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Chapter 10 of Sword Blades and Poppy Seed is here in full — 183 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The cursed coach will reach the town And they'll all come out, every loafer grown A lion to handcuff a man that's down. What's that? Oh, the coachman's bulleted hat! I'll give it a head to fit it pat. Thank you!
Chapter 10 of Sword Blades and Poppy Seed is here in full — 183 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports
From this reading “The cursed coach will reach the town And they'll all come out, every loafer grown A lion to handcuff a man that's down.”
deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier
From this reading “The cursed coach will reach the town And they'll all come out, every loafer grown A lion to handcuff a man that's down.”
be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading “I'll give it a head to fit it pat.”
(of animals) fully developed
From this reading “The cursed coach will reach the town And they'll all come out, every loafer grown A lion to handcuff a man that's down.”
shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs
From this reading “The cursed coach will reach the town And they'll all come out, every loafer grown A lion to handcuff a man that's down.”
large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male
From this reading “The cursed coach will reach the town And they'll all come out, every loafer grown A lion to handcuff a man that's down.”
person who does no work
From this reading “The cursed coach will reach the town And they'll all come out, every loafer grown A lion to handcuff a man that's down.”
pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin
From this reading “I'll give it a head to fit it pat.”
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 The cursed coach will reach the town And they'll all come out, every loafer grown A lion to handcuff a man that's down.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading The cursed coach will reach the town And they'll all come out, every loafer grown A lion to handcuff a man that's down.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The cursed coach will reach the town And they'll all come out, every loafer grown A lion to handcuff a man that's down.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, the coachman's bulleted hat!
teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports
From this reading The cursed coach will reach the town And they'll all come out, every loafer grown A lion to handcuff a man that's down.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, the coachman's bulleted hat!
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The cursed coach will reach the town And they'll all come out, every loafer grown A lion to handcuff a man that's down.
deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier
From this reading The cursed coach will reach the town And they'll all come out, every loafer grown A lion to handcuff a man that's down.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading The cursed coach will reach the town And they'll all come out, every loafer grown A lion to handcuff a man that's down.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The cursed coach will reach the town And they'll all come out, every loafer grown A lion to handcuff a man that's down.
be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading I'll give it a head to fit it pat.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading I'll give it a head to fit it pat.
(of animals) fully developed
From this reading The cursed coach will reach the town And they'll all come out, every loafer grown A lion to handcuff a man that's down.
shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs
From this reading The cursed coach will reach the town And they'll all come out, every loafer grown A lion to handcuff a man that's down.
headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
From this reading Oh, the coachman's bulleted hat!
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading I'll give it a head to fit it pat.
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From this reading I'll give it a head to fit it pat.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I'll give it a head to fit it pat.
large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male
From this reading The cursed coach will reach the town And they'll all come out, every loafer grown A lion to handcuff a man that's down.
person who does no work
From this reading The cursed coach will reach the town And they'll all come out, every loafer grown A lion to handcuff a man that's down.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading The cursed coach will reach the town And they'll all come out, every loafer grown A lion to handcuff a man that's down.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, the coachman's bulleted hat!
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading The cursed coach will reach the town And they'll all come out, every loafer grown A lion to handcuff a man that's down.
pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin
From this reading I'll give it a head to fit it pat.
reach a destination, either real or abstract
From this reading The cursed coach will reach the town And they'll all come out, every loafer grown A lion to handcuff a man that's down.
express gratitude or show appreciation to
From this reading Thank you!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading What's that?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The cursed coach will reach the town And they'll all come out, every loafer grown A lion to handcuff a man that's down.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The cursed coach will reach the town And they'll all come out, every loafer grown A lion to handcuff a man that's down.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The cursed coach will reach the town And they'll all come out, every loafer grown A lion to handcuff a man that's down.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The cursed coach will reach the town And they'll all come out, every loafer grown A lion to handcuff a man that's down.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading The cursed coach will reach the town And they'll all come out, every loafer grown A lion to handcuff a man that's down.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What's that?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading The cursed coach will reach the town And they'll all come out, every loafer grown A lion to handcuff a man that's down.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Thank you!
Chapter 10 of Sword Blades and Poppy Seed by Amy Lowell holds 183 sentences, grouped into 37 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 183 sentences of Sword Blades and Poppy Seed, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of Sword Blades and Poppy Seed by Amy Lowell exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 183 sentences, grouped into 37 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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