Chapter 4 of Nada the Lily is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Nada the Lily is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MOPO VENTURES HOME I threw myself down on the grass and panted till my breath came back; then I went and hid in a patch of reeds down by a swamp. All day long I lay there thinking. What was I to do? Now I was a jackal without a hole. If I went back to my people, certainly they would kill me, whom they thought a thief.
Chapter 4 of Nada the Lily is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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inflected form of “hide” — prevent from being seen or discovered
From this reading “MOPO VENTURES HOME I threw myself down on the grass and panted till my breath came back; then I went and hid in a patch of reeds down by a swamp.”
Old World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog; smaller than a wolf; sometimes hunts in a pack but usually singly or as a member of a pair
From this reading “Now I was a jackal without a hole.”
past form of “pant” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
From this reading “MOPO VENTURES HOME I threw myself down on the grass and panted till my breath came back; then I went and hid in a patch of reeds down by a swamp.”
a small contrasting part of something
From this reading “MOPO VENTURES HOME I threw myself down on the grass and panted till my breath came back; then I went and hid in a patch of reeds down by a swamp.”
plural of “reed” — tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites
From this reading “MOPO VENTURES HOME I threw myself down on the grass and panted till my breath came back; then I went and hid in a patch of reeds down by a swamp.”
drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged
From this reading “MOPO VENTURES HOME I threw myself down on the grass and panted till my breath came back; then I went and hid in a patch of reeds down by a swamp.”
a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
From this reading “If I went back to my people, certainly they would kill me, whom they thought a thief.”
plural of “venture” — any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
From this reading “MOPO VENTURES HOME I threw myself down on the grass and panted till my breath came back; then I went and hid in a patch of reeds down by a swamp.”
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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 MOPO VENTURES HOME I threw myself down on the grass and panted till my breath came back; then I went and hid in a patch of reeds down by a swamp.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading All day long I lay there thinking.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading MOPO VENTURES HOME I threw myself down on the grass and panted till my breath came back; then I went and hid in a patch of reeds down by a swamp.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading MOPO VENTURES HOME I threw myself down on the grass and panted till my breath came back; then I went and hid in a patch of reeds down by a swamp.
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading MOPO VENTURES HOME I threw myself down on the grass and panted till my breath came back; then I went and hid in a patch of reeds down by a swamp.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading MOPO VENTURES HOME I threw myself down on the grass and panted till my breath came back; then I went and hid in a patch of reeds down by a swamp.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading MOPO VENTURES HOME I threw myself down on the grass and panted till my breath came back; then I went and hid in a patch of reeds down by a swamp.
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading If I went back to my people, certainly they would kill me, whom they thought a thief.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading All day long I lay there thinking.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading What was I to do?
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading MOPO VENTURES HOME I threw myself down on the grass and panted till my breath came back; then I went and hid in a patch of reeds down by a swamp.
shoot down, of birds
From this reading MOPO VENTURES HOME I threw myself down on the grass and panted till my breath came back; then I went and hid in a patch of reeds down by a swamp.
inflected form of “hide” — prevent from being seen or discovered
From this reading MOPO VENTURES HOME I threw myself down on the grass and panted till my breath came back; then I went and hid in a patch of reeds down by a swamp.
an opening into or through something
From this reading Now I was a jackal without a hole.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading MOPO VENTURES HOME I threw myself down on the grass and panted till my breath came back; then I went and hid in a patch of reeds down by a swamp.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading MOPO VENTURES HOME I threw myself down on the grass and panted till my breath came back; then I went and hid in a patch of reeds down by a swamp.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If I went back to my people, certainly they would kill me, whom they thought a thief.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading MOPO VENTURES HOME I threw myself down on the grass and panted till my breath came back; then I went and hid in a patch of reeds down by a swamp.
Old World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog; smaller than a wolf; sometimes hunts in a pack but usually singly or as a member of a pair
From this reading Now I was a jackal without a hole.
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading If I went back to my people, certainly they would kill me, whom they thought a thief.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading All day long I lay there thinking.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading All day long I lay there thinking.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading If I went back to my people, certainly they would kill me, whom they thought a thief.
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From this reading MOPO VENTURES HOME I threw myself down on the grass and panted till my breath came back; then I went and hid in a patch of reeds down by a swamp.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading MOPO VENTURES HOME I threw myself down on the grass and panted till my breath came back; then I went and hid in a patch of reeds down by a swamp.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading MOPO VENTURES HOME I threw myself down on the grass and panted till my breath came back; then I went and hid in a patch of reeds down by a swamp.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now I was a jackal without a hole.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading MOPO VENTURES HOME I threw myself down on the grass and panted till my breath came back; then I went and hid in a patch of reeds down by a swamp.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading MOPO VENTURES HOME I threw myself down on the grass and panted till my breath came back; then I went and hid in a patch of reeds down by a swamp.
past form of “pant” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
From this reading MOPO VENTURES HOME I threw myself down on the grass and panted till my breath came back; then I went and hid in a patch of reeds down by a swamp.
a small contrasting part of something
From this reading MOPO VENTURES HOME I threw myself down on the grass and panted till my breath came back; then I went and hid in a patch of reeds down by a swamp.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading If I went back to my people, certainly they would kill me, whom they thought a thief.
plural of “reed” — tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites
From this reading MOPO VENTURES HOME I threw myself down on the grass and panted till my breath came back; then I went and hid in a patch of reeds down by a swamp.
drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged
From this reading MOPO VENTURES HOME I threw myself down on the grass and panted till my breath came back; then I went and hid in a patch of reeds down by a swamp.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading MOPO VENTURES HOME I threw myself down on the grass and panted till my breath came back; then I went and hid in a patch of reeds down by a swamp.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading MOPO VENTURES HOME I threw myself down on the grass and panted till my breath came back; then I went and hid in a patch of reeds down by a swamp.
in or at that place or location
From this reading All day long I lay there thinking.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading If I went back to my people, certainly they would kill me, whom they thought a thief.
a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
From this reading If I went back to my people, certainly they would kill me, whom they thought a thief.
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading All day long I lay there thinking.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading If I went back to my people, certainly they would kill me, whom they thought a thief.
inflected form of “throw” — propel through the air
From this reading MOPO VENTURES HOME I threw myself down on the grass and panted till my breath came back; then I went and hid in a patch of reeds down by a swamp.
up to a particular time
From this reading MOPO VENTURES HOME I threw myself down on the grass and panted till my breath came back; then I went and hid in a patch of reeds down by a swamp.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading What was I to do?
plural of “venture” — any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
From this reading MOPO VENTURES HOME I threw myself down on the grass and panted till my breath came back; then I went and hid in a patch of reeds down by a swamp.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What was I to do?
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading MOPO VENTURES HOME I threw myself down on the grass and panted till my breath came back; then I went and hid in a patch of reeds down by a swamp.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What was I to do?
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading If I went back to my people, certainly they would kill me, whom they thought a thief.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Now I was a jackal without a hole.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading If I went back to my people, certainly they would kill me, whom they thought a thief.
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