Chapter 6 of Legend is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Legend is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“No, not envy,” said that woman slowly. “She was too—innocent—how could one envy? She didn’t know her own strength. She said—‘Don’t hurt me,’ with a sword at her side.” “Excalibur.”
Chapter 6 of Legend is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another
From this reading ““No, not envy,” said that woman slowly.”
the legendary sword of King Arthur
From this reading ““Excalibur.””
be the source of pain
From this reading “She said—‘Don’t hurt me,’ with a sword at her side.””
free from evil or guilt
From this reading ““She was too—innocent—how could one envy?”
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading ““No, not envy,” said that woman slowly.”
the property of being physically or mentally strong
From this reading “She didn’t know her own strength.”
a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
From this reading “She said—‘Don’t hurt me,’ with a sword at her side.””
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading ““No, not envy,” said that woman slowly.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “She didn’t know her own strength.”
In this reading “She said—‘Don’t hurt me,’ with a sword at her side.””
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading She said—‘Don’t hurt me,’ with a sword at her side.”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She said—‘Don’t hurt me,’ with a sword at her side.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “She was too—innocent—how could one envy?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She didn’t know her own strength.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She said—‘Don’t hurt me,’ with a sword at her side.”
a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another
From this reading “No, not envy,” said that woman slowly.
the legendary sword of King Arthur
From this reading “Excalibur.”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She didn’t know her own strength.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “She was too—innocent—how could one envy?
be the source of pain
From this reading She said—‘Don’t hurt me,’ with a sword at her side.”
free from evil or guilt
From this reading “She was too—innocent—how could one envy?
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading She didn’t know her own strength.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She said—‘Don’t hurt me,’ with a sword at her side.”
not any; not one
From this reading “No, not envy,” said that woman slowly.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “No, not envy,” said that woman slowly.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “She was too—innocent—how could one envy?
have ownership or possession of
From this reading She didn’t know her own strength.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “No, not envy,” said that woman slowly.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “She was too—innocent—how could one envy?
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading She said—‘Don’t hurt me,’ with a sword at her side.”
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading “No, not envy,” said that woman slowly.
the property of being physically or mentally strong
From this reading She didn’t know her own strength.
a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
From this reading She said—‘Don’t hurt me,’ with a sword at her side.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “No, not envy,” said that woman slowly.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading “She was too—innocent—how could one envy?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “She was too—innocent—how could one envy?
in the company of; together with
From this reading She said—‘Don’t hurt me,’ with a sword at her side.”
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading “No, not envy,” said that woman slowly.
Chapter 6 of Legend by Clemence Dane holds 426 sentences, grouped into 86 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 6 holds 426 sentences of Legend, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of Legend by Clemence Dane exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 426 sentences, grouped into 86 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 86 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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