Chapter 10 of Puck's Broom The Wonderful Adventures is here in full — 6 sentences across 2 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Puck's Broom The Wonderful Adventures is here in full — 6 sentences across 2 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
=PRINCESS FORTUNATA= 203 _What happened to George in the magician's castle. A story which is like a patchwork counterpane. How difficult it was to remember the charm! Alexander barks just in time. The Chinese box-trick. The Princess Fortunata! "The magician is coming!"_
Chapter 10 of Puck's Broom The Wonderful Adventures is here in full — 6 sentences across 2 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb
From this reading “Alexander barks just in time.”
plural of “bark” — tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants
From this reading “Alexander barks just in time.”
a large and stately mansion
From this reading “=PRINCESS FORTUNATA= 203 _What happened to George in the magician's castle.”
attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
From this reading “How difficult it was to remember the charm!”
any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system
From this reading “The Chinese box-trick.”
A practitioner of magic and ancient arcane arts, often wielding deception and powerful spells.
From this reading “=PRINCESS FORTUNATA= 203 _What happened to George in the magician's castle.”
a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas
From this reading “A story which is like a patchwork counterpane.”
The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.
From this reading “=PRINCESS FORTUNATA= 203 _What happened to George in the magician's castle.”
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From this reading =PRINCESS FORTUNATA= 203 _What happened to George in the magician's castle.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A story which is like a patchwork counterpane.
European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb
From this reading Alexander barks just in time.
plural of “bark” — tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants
From this reading Alexander barks just in time.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Chinese box-trick.
a large and stately mansion
From this reading =PRINCESS FORTUNATA= 203 _What happened to George in the magician's castle.
attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
From this reading How difficult it was to remember the charm!
any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system
From this reading The Chinese box-trick.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading The Princess Fortunata! "The magician is coming!"_
decorative cover for a bed
From this reading A story which is like a patchwork counterpane.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading How difficult it was to remember the charm!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading =PRINCESS FORTUNATA= 203 _What happened to George in the magician's castle.
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 =PRINCESS FORTUNATA= 203 _What happened to George in the magician's castle.
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading =PRINCESS FORTUNATA= 203 _What happened to George in the magician's castle.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How difficult it was to remember the charm!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading =PRINCESS FORTUNATA= 203 _What happened to George in the magician's castle.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A story which is like a patchwork counterpane.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading How difficult it was to remember the charm!
and nothing more
From this reading Alexander barks just in time.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading A story which is like a patchwork counterpane.
A practitioner of magic and ancient arcane arts, often wielding deception and powerful spells.
From this reading The Princess Fortunata! "The magician is coming!"_
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading =PRINCESS FORTUNATA= 203 _What happened to George in the magician's castle.
a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas
From this reading A story which is like a patchwork counterpane.
The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.
From this reading =PRINCESS FORTUNATA= 203 _What happened to George in the magician's castle.
To recall to mind.
From this reading How difficult it was to remember the charm!
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading A story which is like a patchwork counterpane.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading =PRINCESS FORTUNATA= 203 _What happened to George in the magician's castle.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Alexander barks just in time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading =PRINCESS FORTUNATA= 203 _What happened to George in the magician's castle.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading How difficult it was to remember the charm!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading =PRINCESS FORTUNATA= 203 _What happened to George in the magician's castle.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading A story which is like a patchwork counterpane.
Chapter 10 of Puck's Broom The Wonderful Adventures by E. Gordon (Edgar Gordon) Browne holds 6 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 10 holds 6 sentences of Puck's Broom The Wonderful Adventures, unabridged, divided into 2 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of Puck's Broom The Wonderful Adventures by E. Gordon (Edgar Gordon) Browne exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 6 sentences, grouped into 2 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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