Chapter 3 of Tales of Giants from Brazil is here in full — 449 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Tales of Giants from Brazil is here in full — 449 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The poor fisherman burst into tears. "What shall I do! What shall I do!" he sobbed. "I dare not break my vow to the river giant." The fisherman's wife was heartbroken when she heard about the business which her husband had transacted with the river giant.
Chapter 3 of Tales of Giants from Brazil is here in full — 449 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.
come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
From this reading “The poor fisherman burst into tears.”
someone whose occupation is catching fish
From this reading “The poor fisherman burst into tears.”
possessive form of “fisherman” — someone whose occupation is catching fish
From this reading “The fisherman's wife was heartbroken when she heard about the business which her husband had transacted with the river giant.”
any creature of exceptional size
From this reading “"I dare not break my vow to the river giant."”
full of sorrow
From this reading “The fisherman's wife was heartbroken when she heard about the business which her husband had transacted with the river giant.”
inflected form of “sob” — weep convulsively
From this reading “What shall I do!" he sobbed.”
past form of “transact” — conduct business
From this reading “The fisherman's wife was heartbroken when she heard about the business which her husband had transacted with the river giant.”
make a vow; promise
From this reading “"I dare not break my vow to the river giant."”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The fisherman's wife was heartbroken when she heard about the business which her husband had transacted with the river giant.
terminate
From this reading "I dare not break my vow to the river giant."
come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
From this reading The poor fisherman burst into tears.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading The fisherman's wife was heartbroken when she heard about the business which her husband had transacted with the river giant.
take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
From this reading "I dare not break my vow to the river giant."
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "What shall I do!
someone whose occupation is catching fish
From this reading The poor fisherman burst into tears.
possessive form of “fisherman” — someone whose occupation is catching fish
From this reading The fisherman's wife was heartbroken when she heard about the business which her husband had transacted with the river giant.
any creature of exceptional size
From this reading "I dare not break my vow to the river giant."
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The fisherman's wife was heartbroken when she heard about the business which her husband had transacted with the river giant.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading What shall I do!" he sobbed.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading The fisherman's wife was heartbroken when she heard about the business which her husband had transacted with the river giant.
full of sorrow
From this reading The fisherman's wife was heartbroken when she heard about the business which her husband had transacted with the river giant.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The fisherman's wife was heartbroken when she heard about the business which her husband had transacted with the river giant.
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading The fisherman's wife was heartbroken when she heard about the business which her husband had transacted with the river giant.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "What shall I do!
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The poor fisherman burst into tears.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "I dare not break my vow to the river giant."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "I dare not break my vow to the river giant."
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading The poor fisherman burst into tears.
a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
From this reading "I dare not break my vow to the river giant."
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "What shall I do!
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The fisherman's wife was heartbroken when she heard about the business which her husband had transacted with the river giant.
inflected form of “sob” — weep convulsively
From this reading What shall I do!" he sobbed.
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
From this reading The poor fisherman burst into tears.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The poor fisherman burst into tears.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I dare not break my vow to the river giant."
past form of “transact” — conduct business
From this reading The fisherman's wife was heartbroken when she heard about the business which her husband had transacted with the river giant.
make a vow; promise
From this reading "I dare not break my vow to the river giant."
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The fisherman's wife was heartbroken when she heard about the business which her husband had transacted with the river giant.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What shall I do!
at the time that
From this reading The fisherman's wife was heartbroken when she heard about the business which her husband had transacted with the river giant.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The fisherman's wife was heartbroken when she heard about the business which her husband had transacted with the river giant.
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading The fisherman's wife was heartbroken when she heard about the business which her husband had transacted with the river giant.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The fisherman's wife was heartbroken when she heard about the business which her husband had transacted with the river giant.
Chapter 3 of Tales of Giants from Brazil by Elsie Spicer Eells holds 449 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 449 sentences of Tales of Giants from Brazil, unabridged, divided into 90 reading sections.
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