Chapter 3 of Snowdrop & Other Tales is here in full — 447 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter III
Chapter 3 of Snowdrop & Other Tales is here in full — 447 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
'She gave me a knife.' 'Where is the knife, Hans?' 'I stuck it in my sleeve.' 'That's a stupid place, Hans. You should have put it in your pocket.'
Chapter 3 of Snowdrop & Other Tales is here in full — 447 sentences across 90 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.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading “'She gave me a knife.'”
plural of “han” — imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of Chinese civilization
From this reading “'Where is the knife, Hans?'”
edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle
From this reading “'She gave me a knife.'”
a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
From this reading “You should have put it in your pocket.'”
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading “You should have put it in your pocket.'”
the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm
From this reading “'I stuck it in my sleeve.'”
caught or fixed
From this reading “'I stuck it in my sleeve.'”
lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
From this reading “'That's a stupid place, Hans.”
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Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
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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 'She gave me a knife.'
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading 'She gave me a knife.'
plural of “han” — imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of Chinese civilization
From this reading 'Where is the knife, Hans?'
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You should have put it in your pocket.'
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 'I stuck it in my sleeve.'
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading 'I stuck it in my sleeve.'
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading 'Where is the knife, Hans?'
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading 'I stuck it in my sleeve.'
edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle
From this reading 'She gave me a knife.'
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading 'She gave me a knife.'
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading 'I stuck it in my sleeve.'
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading 'That's a stupid place, Hans.
a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
From this reading You should have put it in your pocket.'
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading You should have put it in your pocket.'
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading 'She gave me a knife.'
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading You should have put it in your pocket.'
the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm
From this reading 'I stuck it in my sleeve.'
caught or fixed
From this reading 'I stuck it in my sleeve.'
lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
From this reading 'That's a stupid place, Hans.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'That's a stupid place, Hans.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 'Where is the knife, Hans?'
in or at the place that
From this reading 'Where is the knife, Hans?'
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You should have put it in your pocket.'
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You should have put it in your pocket.'
Chapter 3 of Snowdrop & Other Tales by Jacob Grimm holds 447 sentences, grouped into 90 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 3 holds 447 sentences of Snowdrop & Other Tales, unabridged, divided into 90 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of Snowdrop & Other Tales by Jacob Grimm exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 447 sentences, grouped into 90 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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