Chapter 3 of Shen of the Sea: A Book for Children is here in full — 445 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Shen of the Sea: A Book for Children is here in full — 445 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Said master to cook: “Cheng Chang, why don’t you follow the excellent example that I have set and take unto yourself a bride? There’s Pang Tzu, a buxom lady, and wealthy. Why not marry Pang Tzu?” So Cheng Chang answered, “Very well then, Honorable Master; I’ll do as you advise.” And he did.
Chapter 3 of Shen of the Sea: A Book for Children is here in full — 445 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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give advice to
From this reading “So Cheng Chang answered, “Very well then, Honorable Master; I’ll do as you advise.””
a woman who has recently been married
From this reading “Said master to cook: “Cheng Chang, why don’t you follow the excellent example that I have set and take unto yourself a bride?”
(of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves
From this reading “There’s Pang Tzu, a buxom lady, and wealthy.”
the longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai
From this reading “Said master to cook: “Cheng Chang, why don’t you follow the excellent example that I have set and take unto yourself a bride?”
an item of information that is typical of a class or group
From this reading “Said master to cook: “Cheng Chang, why don’t you follow the excellent example that I have set and take unto yourself a bride?”
not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent
From this reading “So Cheng Chang answered, “Very well then, Honorable Master; I’ll do as you advise.””
a sudden sharp feeling
From this reading “There’s Pang Tzu, a buxom lady, and wealthy.”
having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
From this reading “There’s Pang Tzu, a buxom lady, and wealthy.”
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In this reading “Said master to cook: “Cheng Chang, why don’t you follow the excellent example that I have set and take unto yourself a bride?”
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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 Said master to cook: “Cheng Chang, why don’t you follow the excellent example that I have set and take unto yourself a bride?
give advice to
From this reading So Cheng Chang answered, “Very well then, Honorable Master; I’ll do as you advise.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Said master to cook: “Cheng Chang, why don’t you follow the excellent example that I have set and take unto yourself a bride?
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading So Cheng Chang answered, “Very well then, Honorable Master; I’ll do as you advise.”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading So Cheng Chang answered, “Very well then, Honorable Master; I’ll do as you advise.”
a woman who has recently been married
From this reading Said master to cook: “Cheng Chang, why don’t you follow the excellent example that I have set and take unto yourself a bride?
(of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves
From this reading There’s Pang Tzu, a buxom lady, and wealthy.
the longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai
From this reading Said master to cook: “Cheng Chang, why don’t you follow the excellent example that I have set and take unto yourself a bride?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Said master to cook: “Cheng Chang, why don’t you follow the excellent example that I have set and take unto yourself a bride?
prepare a hot meal
From this reading Said master to cook: “Cheng Chang, why don’t you follow the excellent example that I have set and take unto yourself a bride?
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading And he did.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading So Cheng Chang answered, “Very well then, Honorable Master; I’ll do as you advise.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Said master to cook: “Cheng Chang, why don’t you follow the excellent example that I have set and take unto yourself a bride?
an item of information that is typical of a class or group
From this reading Said master to cook: “Cheng Chang, why don’t you follow the excellent example that I have set and take unto yourself a bride?
very good; of the highest quality
From this reading Said master to cook: “Cheng Chang, why don’t you follow the excellent example that I have set and take unto yourself a bride?
to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading Said master to cook: “Cheng Chang, why don’t you follow the excellent example that I have set and take unto yourself a bride?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Said master to cook: “Cheng Chang, why don’t you follow the excellent example that I have set and take unto yourself a bride?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And he did.
not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent
From this reading So Cheng Chang answered, “Very well then, Honorable Master; I’ll do as you advise.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Said master to cook: “Cheng Chang, why don’t you follow the excellent example that I have set and take unto yourself a bride?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So Cheng Chang answered, “Very well then, Honorable Master; I’ll do as you advise.”
a polite name for any woman
From this reading There’s Pang Tzu, a buxom lady, and wealthy.
take in marriage
From this reading Why not marry Pang Tzu?”
an artist of consummate skill
From this reading Said master to cook: “Cheng Chang, why don’t you follow the excellent example that I have set and take unto yourself a bride?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Why not marry Pang Tzu?”
a sudden sharp feeling
From this reading There’s Pang Tzu, a buxom lady, and wealthy.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Said master to cook: “Cheng Chang, why don’t you follow the excellent example that I have set and take unto yourself a bride?
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Said master to cook: “Cheng Chang, why don’t you follow the excellent example that I have set and take unto yourself a bride?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So Cheng Chang answered, “Very well then, Honorable Master; I’ll do as you advise.”
carry out
From this reading Said master to cook: “Cheng Chang, why don’t you follow the excellent example that I have set and take unto yourself a bride?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Said master to cook: “Cheng Chang, why don’t you follow the excellent example that I have set and take unto yourself a bride?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Said master to cook: “Cheng Chang, why don’t you follow the excellent example that I have set and take unto yourself a bride?
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading So Cheng Chang answered, “Very well then, Honorable Master; I’ll do as you advise.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There’s Pang Tzu, a buxom lady, and wealthy.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Said master to cook: “Cheng Chang, why don’t you follow the excellent example that I have set and take unto yourself a bride?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There’s Pang Tzu, a buxom lady, and wealthy.
an old word for “to”
From this reading Said master to cook: “Cheng Chang, why don’t you follow the excellent example that I have set and take unto yourself a bride?
precisely as stated
From this reading So Cheng Chang answered, “Very well then, Honorable Master; I’ll do as you advise.”
having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
From this reading There’s Pang Tzu, a buxom lady, and wealthy.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading So Cheng Chang answered, “Very well then, Honorable Master; I’ll do as you advise.”
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Said master to cook: “Cheng Chang, why don’t you follow the excellent example that I have set and take unto yourself a bride?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Said master to cook: “Cheng Chang, why don’t you follow the excellent example that I have set and take unto yourself a bride?
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading Said master to cook: “Cheng Chang, why don’t you follow the excellent example that I have set and take unto yourself a bride?
Chapter 3 of Shen of the Sea: A Book for Children by Arthur Bowie Chrisman holds 445 sentences, grouped into 89 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.
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