Chapter 4 of Story Hour Readers — Book Three is here in full — 499 sentences across 100 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IV
Chapter 4 of Story Hour Readers — Book Three is here in full — 499 sentences across 100 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Then in a rage the Magician rushed to the fire. He threw more of the curious powder upon the fire and muttered the same strange words as before. Instantly the stone slipped back into its place. The earth closed over it, and Aladdin was left in darkness. The Magician at once left Persia and went to Africa.
Chapter 4 of Story Hour Readers — Book Three is here in full — 499 sentences across 100 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/99 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean
From this reading “The Magician at once left Persia and went to Africa.”
in the Arabian Nights a boy who acquires a magic lamp from which he can summon a genie
From this reading “The earth closed over it, and Aladdin was left in darkness.”
A practitioner of magic and ancient arcane arts, often wielding deception and powerful spells.
From this reading “Then in a rage the Magician rushed to the fire.”
past form of “mutter” — talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
From this reading “He threw more of the curious powder upon the fire and muttered the same strange words as before.”
an empire in southern Asia created by Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BC and destroyed by Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC
From this reading “The Magician at once left Persia and went to Africa.”
a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized
From this reading “He threw more of the curious powder upon the fire and muttered the same strange words as before.”
a feeling of intense anger
From this reading “Then in a rage the Magician rushed to the fire.”
inflected form of “slip” — move stealthily
From this reading “Instantly the stone slipped back into its place.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Then in a rage the Magician rushed to the fire.
the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean
From this reading The Magician at once left Persia and went to Africa.
in the Arabian Nights a boy who acquires a magic lamp from which he can summon a genie
From this reading The earth closed over it, and Aladdin was left in darkness.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He threw more of the curious powder upon the fire and muttered the same strange words as before.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He threw more of the curious powder upon the fire and muttered the same strange words as before.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The Magician at once left Persia and went to Africa.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Instantly the stone slipped back into its place.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading He threw more of the curious powder upon the fire and muttered the same strange words as before.
not open or affording passage or access
From this reading The earth closed over it, and Aladdin was left in darkness.
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading He threw more of the curious powder upon the fire and muttered the same strange words as before.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading The earth closed over it, and Aladdin was left in darkness.
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading The earth closed over it, and Aladdin was left in darkness.
start firing a weapon
From this reading Then in a rage the Magician rushed to the fire.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He threw more of the curious powder upon the fire and muttered the same strange words as before.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Then in a rage the Magician rushed to the fire.
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
From this reading Instantly the stone slipped back into its place.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Instantly the stone slipped back into its place.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The earth closed over it, and Aladdin was left in darkness.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Instantly the stone slipped back into its place.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading The earth closed over it, and Aladdin was left in darkness.
A practitioner of magic and ancient arcane arts, often wielding deception and powerful spells.
From this reading Then in a rage the Magician rushed to the fire.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading He threw more of the curious powder upon the fire and muttered the same strange words as before.
past form of “mutter” — talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
From this reading He threw more of the curious powder upon the fire and muttered the same strange words as before.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He threw more of the curious powder upon the fire and muttered the same strange words as before.
on one occasion
From this reading The Magician at once left Persia and went to Africa.
above and across; more than
From this reading The earth closed over it, and Aladdin was left in darkness.
an empire in southern Asia created by Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BC and destroyed by Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC
From this reading The Magician at once left Persia and went to Africa.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading Instantly the stone slipped back into its place.
a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized
From this reading He threw more of the curious powder upon the fire and muttered the same strange words as before.
a feeling of intense anger
From this reading Then in a rage the Magician rushed to the fire.
done under pressure
From this reading Then in a rage the Magician rushed to the fire.
Identical; not different.
From this reading He threw more of the curious powder upon the fire and muttered the same strange words as before.
inflected form of “slip” — move stealthily
From this reading Instantly the stone slipped back into its place.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading Instantly the stone slipped back into its place.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading He threw more of the curious powder upon the fire and muttered the same strange words as before.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Then in a rage the Magician rushed to the fire.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then in a rage the Magician rushed to the fire.
inflected form of “throw” — propel through the air
From this reading He threw more of the curious powder upon the fire and muttered the same strange words as before.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Then in a rage the Magician rushed to the fire.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading He threw more of the curious powder upon the fire and muttered the same strange words as before.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The earth closed over it, and Aladdin was left in darkness.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading The Magician at once left Persia and went to Africa.
the words that are spoken
From this reading He threw more of the curious powder upon the fire and muttered the same strange words as before.
Chapter 4 of Story Hour Readers — Book Three by Ida Coe holds 499 sentences, grouped into 100 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 499 sentences of Story Hour Readers — Book Three, unabridged, divided into 100 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of Story Hour Readers — Book Three by Ida Coe exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 499 sentences, grouped into 100 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.
Work through the 100 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 100 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 4 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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About 163 minutes of reading across 393 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Story Hour Readers — Book Three section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Story Hour Readers — Book Three, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
