Chapter 3 of Our Little Turkish Cousin is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Our Little Turkish Cousin is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE FIRE "LISTEN, listen, Osman. What is all the noise about?" exclaimed Selim. It was toward the end of the afternoon, and both boys were growing tired of play. "It's a fire. Don't you see the police?
Chapter 3 of Our Little Turkish Cousin is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/25 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading “It was toward the end of the afternoon, and both boys were growing tired of play.”
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading “What is all the noise about?" exclaimed Selim.”
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading “It was toward the end of the afternoon, and both boys were growing tired of play.”
hear with intention
From this reading “THE FIRE "LISTEN, listen, Osman.”
sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
From this reading “What is all the noise about?" exclaimed Selim.”
participate in games or sport
From this reading “It was toward the end of the afternoon, and both boys were growing tired of play.”
the force of policemen and officers
From this reading “Don't you see the police?”
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading “It was toward the end of the afternoon, and both boys were growing tired of play.”
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 “It was toward the end of the afternoon, and both boys were growing tired of play.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "It's a fire.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading What is all the noise about?" exclaimed Selim.
the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading It was toward the end of the afternoon, and both boys were growing tired of play.
(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 What is all the noise about?" exclaimed Selim.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was toward the end of the afternoon, and both boys were growing tired of play.
the two together, not just one
From this reading It was toward the end of the afternoon, and both boys were growing tired of play.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading It was toward the end of the afternoon, and both boys were growing tired of play.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don't you see the police?
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading It was toward the end of the afternoon, and both boys were growing tired of play.
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading What is all the noise about?" exclaimed Selim.
start firing a weapon
From this reading THE FIRE "LISTEN, listen, Osman.
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading It was toward the end of the afternoon, and both boys were growing tired of play.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What is all the noise about?" exclaimed Selim.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was toward the end of the afternoon, and both boys were growing tired of play.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's a fire.
hear with intention
From this reading THE FIRE "LISTEN, listen, Osman.
sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
From this reading What is all the noise about?" exclaimed Selim.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was toward the end of the afternoon, and both boys were growing tired of play.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FIRE "LISTEN, listen, Osman.
participate in games or sport
From this reading It was toward the end of the afternoon, and both boys were growing tired of play.
the force of policemen and officers
From this reading Don't you see the police?
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Don't you see the police?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What is all the noise about?" exclaimed Selim.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FIRE "LISTEN, listen, Osman.
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading It was toward the end of the afternoon, and both boys were growing tired of play.
in the direction of
From this reading It was toward the end of the afternoon, and both boys were growing tired of play.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was toward the end of the afternoon, and both boys were growing tired of play.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It was toward the end of the afternoon, and both boys were growing tired of play.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What is all the noise about?" exclaimed Selim.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Don't you see the police?
Chapter 3 of Our Little Turkish Cousin by Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade holds 125 sentences, grouped into 25 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 3 holds 125 sentences of Our Little Turkish Cousin, unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of Our Little Turkish Cousin by Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 125 sentences, grouped into 25 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.
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