Chapter 10 of Puck of Pook's Hill is here in full — 214 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 10 of Puck of Pook's Hill is here in full — 214 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
'I see,' said he. 'That accounts for your being in the wood. We hid among the cliffs.' 'Did you have a governess, then?' 'Did we not?
Chapter 10 of Puck of Pook's Hill is here in full — 214 sentences across 43 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.
plural of “account” — a record or narrative description of past events
From this reading “'That accounts for your being in the wood.”
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading “We hid among the cliffs.'”
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading “'That accounts for your being in the wood.”
plural of “cliff” — a steep high face of rock
From this reading “We hid among the cliffs.'”
a woman entrusted with the care and supervision of a child (especially in a private home)
From this reading “'Did you have a governess, then?'”
inflected form of “hide” — prevent from being seen or discovered
From this reading “We hid among the cliffs.'”
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “'I see,' said he.”
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
From this reading “'That accounts for your being in the wood.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 'Did you have a governess, then?'
plural of “account” — a record or narrative description of past events
From this reading 'That accounts for your being in the wood.
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading We hid among the cliffs.'
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading 'That accounts for your being in the wood.
plural of “cliff” — a steep high face of rock
From this reading We hid among the cliffs.'
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading 'Did you have a governess, then?'
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading 'That accounts for your being in the wood.
a woman entrusted with the care and supervision of a child (especially in a private home)
From this reading 'Did you have a governess, then?'
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading 'Did you have a governess, then?'
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading 'I see,' said he.
inflected form of “hide” — prevent from being seen or discovered
From this reading We hid among the cliffs.'
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 'I see,' said he.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading 'That accounts for your being in the wood.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading 'Did we not?
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading 'I see,' said he.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading 'I see,' said he.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading 'That accounts for your being in the wood.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 'That accounts for your being in the wood.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading 'Did you have a governess, then?'
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We hid among the cliffs.'
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
From this reading 'That accounts for your being in the wood.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'Did you have a governess, then?'
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'That accounts for your being in the wood.
Chapter 10 of Puck of Pook's Hill by Rudyard Kipling holds 214 sentences, grouped into 43 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 10 holds 214 sentences of Puck of Pook's Hill, unabridged, divided into 43 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of Puck of Pook's Hill by Rudyard Kipling exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 214 sentences, grouped into 43 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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