Chapter 32 of Puck's Broom The Wonderful Adventures is here in full — 54 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 32 of Puck's Broom The Wonderful Adventures is here in full — 54 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_What the Fairies Thought_ Puck was sitting on top of his favourite toadstool, balancing a blade of grass on his nose. The fairies were watching him do one trick after another with delight. He wasn't the least bit cross now. "_Ker-ek!_" croaked the old frog. "You make me dizzy."
Chapter 32 of Puck's Broom The Wonderful Adventures is here in full — 54 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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getting two things to correspond
From this reading “_What the Fairies Thought_ Puck was sitting on top of his favourite toadstool, balancing a blade of grass on his nose.”
especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole
From this reading “_What the Fairies Thought_ Puck was sitting on top of his favourite toadstool, balancing a blade of grass on his nose.”
having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling
From this reading “"You make me dizzy."”
plural of “fairy” — a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
From this reading “_What the Fairies Thought_ Puck was sitting on top of his favourite toadstool, balancing a blade of grass on his nose.”
a competitor thought likely to win
From this reading “_What the Fairies Thought_ Puck was sitting on top of his favourite toadstool, balancing a blade of grass on his nose.”
any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
From this reading “"_Ker-ek!_" croaked the old frog.”
a mischievous sprite of English folklore
From this reading “_What the Fairies Thought_ Puck was sitting on top of his favourite toadstool, balancing a blade of grass on his nose.”
a cunning or deceitful action or device
From this reading “The fairies were watching him do one trick after another with delight.”
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 “He wasn't the least bit cross now.”
In this reading “_What the Fairies Thought_ Puck was sitting on top of his favourite toadstool, balancing a blade of grass on his nose.”
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 _What the Fairies Thought_ Puck was sitting on top of his favourite toadstool, balancing a blade of grass on his nose.
later than; following
From this reading The fairies were watching him do one trick after another with delight.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading The fairies were watching him do one trick after another with delight.
getting two things to correspond
From this reading _What the Fairies Thought_ Puck was sitting on top of his favourite toadstool, balancing a blade of grass on his nose.
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading He wasn't the least bit cross now.
especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole
From this reading _What the Fairies Thought_ Puck was sitting on top of his favourite toadstool, balancing a blade of grass on his nose.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "_Ker-ek!_" croaked the old frog.
travel across or pass over
From this reading He wasn't the least bit cross now.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading The fairies were watching him do one trick after another with delight.
having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling
From this reading "You make me dizzy."
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading The fairies were watching him do one trick after another with delight.
plural of “fairy” — a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
From this reading _What the Fairies Thought_ Puck was sitting on top of his favourite toadstool, balancing a blade of grass on his nose.
a competitor thought likely to win
From this reading _What the Fairies Thought_ Puck was sitting on top of his favourite toadstool, balancing a blade of grass on his nose.
any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
From this reading "_Ker-ek!_" croaked the old frog.
shoot down, of birds
From this reading _What the Fairies Thought_ Puck was sitting on top of his favourite toadstool, balancing a blade of grass on his nose.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He wasn't the least bit cross now.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The fairies were watching him do one trick after another with delight.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading _What the Fairies Thought_ Puck was sitting on top of his favourite toadstool, balancing a blade of grass on his nose.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "_Ker-ek!_" croaked the old frog.
the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
From this reading He wasn't the least bit cross now.
engage in
From this reading "You make me dizzy."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "You make me dizzy."
the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
From this reading _What the Fairies Thought_ Puck was sitting on top of his favourite toadstool, balancing a blade of grass on his nose.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading He wasn't the least bit cross now.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _What the Fairies Thought_ Puck was sitting on top of his favourite toadstool, balancing a blade of grass on his nose.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading "_Ker-ek!_" croaked the old frog.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading _What the Fairies Thought_ Puck was sitting on top of his favourite toadstool, balancing a blade of grass on his nose.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The fairies were watching him do one trick after another with delight.
a mischievous sprite of English folklore
From this reading _What the Fairies Thought_ Puck was sitting on top of his favourite toadstool, balancing a blade of grass on his nose.
(photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)
From this reading _What the Fairies Thought_ Puck was sitting on top of his favourite toadstool, balancing a blade of grass on his nose.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _What the Fairies Thought_ Puck was sitting on top of his favourite toadstool, balancing a blade of grass on his nose.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading _What the Fairies Thought_ Puck was sitting on top of his favourite toadstool, balancing a blade of grass on his nose.
common name for an inedible or poisonous agaric (contrasting with the edible mushroom)
From this reading _What the Fairies Thought_ Puck was sitting on top of his favourite toadstool, balancing a blade of grass on his nose.
the upper part of anything
From this reading _What the Fairies Thought_ Puck was sitting on top of his favourite toadstool, balancing a blade of grass on his nose.
a cunning or deceitful action or device
From this reading The fairies were watching him do one trick after another with delight.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _What the Fairies Thought_ Puck was sitting on top of his favourite toadstool, balancing a blade of grass on his nose.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He wasn't the least bit cross now.
the act of observing; taking a patient look
From this reading The fairies were watching him do one trick after another with delight.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The fairies were watching him do one trick after another with delight.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading _What the Fairies Thought_ Puck was sitting on top of his favourite toadstool, balancing a blade of grass on his nose.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The fairies were watching him do one trick after another with delight.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You make me dizzy."
Chapter 32 of Puck's Broom The Wonderful Adventures by E. Gordon (Edgar Gordon) Browne holds 54 sentences, grouped into 11 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 32 holds 54 sentences of Puck's Broom The Wonderful Adventures, unabridged, divided into 11 reading sections.
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