Chapter 4 of Puck's Broom The Wonderful Adventures is here in full — 8 sentences across 2 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Puck's Broom The Wonderful Adventures is here in full — 8 sentences across 2 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
=THE WITCH= 113 _The witch's kitchen. What a witch really looks like. Her curious smile. Wonders will never cease! What happened when the kettle boiled. "Will you ride on your catoplane?" George guesses again. It is all_ very _puzzling_.
Chapter 4 of Puck's Broom The Wonderful Adventures is here in full — 8 sentences across 2 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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cooked in hot water
From this reading “What happened when the kettle boiled.”
put an end to a state or an activity
From this reading “Wonders will never cease!”
plural of “guess” — a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
From this reading “George guesses again.”
a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid
From this reading “What happened when the kettle boiled.”
not clear to the understanding
a female sorcerer or magician
From this reading “=THE WITCH= 113 _The witch's kitchen.”
possessive form of “witch” — a female sorcerer or magician
From this reading “=THE WITCH= 113 _The witch's kitchen.”
plural of “wonder” — the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading “Wonders will never cease!”
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 “"Will you ride on your catoplane?"”
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From this reading =THE WITCH= 113 _The witch's kitchen.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading What a witch really looks like.
anew
From this reading George guesses again.
(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 It is all_ very _puzzling_.
cooked in hot water
From this reading What happened when the kettle boiled.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Will you ride on your catoplane?"
put an end to a state or an activity
From this reading Wonders will never cease!
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading Her curious smile.
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading George guesses again.
plural of “guess” — a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
From this reading George guesses again.
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading What happened when the kettle boiled.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her curious smile.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is all_ very _puzzling_.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is all_ very _puzzling_.
a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid
From this reading What happened when the kettle boiled.
a room equipped for preparing meals
From this reading =THE WITCH= 113 _The witch's kitchen.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading What a witch really looks like.
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading What a witch really looks like.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Wonders will never cease!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Will you ride on your catoplane?"
not clear to the understanding
From this reading It is all_ very _puzzling_.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading What a witch really looks like.
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading "Will you ride on your catoplane?"
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading Her curious smile.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading =THE WITCH= 113 _The witch's kitchen.
precisely as stated
From this reading It is all_ very _puzzling_.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What a witch really looks like.
at the time that
From this reading What happened when the kettle boiled.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Wonders will never cease!
a female sorcerer or magician
From this reading =THE WITCH= 113 _The witch's kitchen.
possessive form of “witch” — a female sorcerer or magician
From this reading =THE WITCH= 113 _The witch's kitchen.
plural of “wonder” — the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading Wonders will never cease!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Will you ride on your catoplane?"
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Will you ride on your catoplane?"
Chapter 4 of Puck's Broom The Wonderful Adventures by E. Gordon (Edgar Gordon) Browne holds 8 sentences, grouped into 2 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 4 holds 8 sentences of Puck's Broom The Wonderful Adventures, unabridged, divided into 2 reading sections.
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