Chapter 11 of The Adventures of M. D'Haricot is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XI
Chapter 11 of The Adventures of M. D'Haricot is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“_And then I came to another castle where lived a giant whose name was John Bull._” --Maundeville (adapted). “O you dance?” asked Teddy. “All night, if you will play to me,” I replied. “Ride?” said he. “On a horse?
Chapter 11 of The Adventures of M. D'Haricot is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose
From this reading ““_And then I came to another castle where lived a giant whose name was John Bull._” --Maundeville (adapted).”
uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
From this reading ““_And then I came to another castle where lived a giant whose name was John Bull._” --Maundeville (adapted).”
a large and stately mansion
From this reading ““_And then I came to another castle where lived a giant whose name was John Bull._” --Maundeville (adapted).”
an artistic form of nonverbal communication
From this reading ““O you dance?” asked Teddy.”
any creature of exceptional size
From this reading ““_And then I came to another castle where lived a giant whose name was John Bull._” --Maundeville (adapted).”
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading ““_And then I came to another castle where lived a giant whose name was John Bull._” --Maundeville (adapted).”
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading ““Ride?” said he.”
plaything consisting of a child's toy bear (usually plush and stuffed with soft materials)
From this reading ““O you dance?” asked Teddy.”
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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.
In this reading ““All night, if you will play to me,” I replied.”
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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 “_And then I came to another castle where lived a giant whose name was John Bull._” --Maundeville (adapted).
changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose
From this reading “_And then I came to another castle where lived a giant whose name was John Bull._” --Maundeville (adapted).
(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 “All night, if you will play to me,” I replied.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “_And then I came to another castle where lived a giant whose name was John Bull._” --Maundeville (adapted).
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading “_And then I came to another castle where lived a giant whose name was John Bull._” --Maundeville (adapted).
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “O you dance?” asked Teddy.
uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
From this reading “_And then I came to another castle where lived a giant whose name was John Bull._” --Maundeville (adapted).
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “_And then I came to another castle where lived a giant whose name was John Bull._” --Maundeville (adapted).
a large and stately mansion
From this reading “_And then I came to another castle where lived a giant whose name was John Bull._” --Maundeville (adapted).
an artistic form of nonverbal communication
From this reading “O you dance?” asked Teddy.
any creature of exceptional size
From this reading “_And then I came to another castle where lived a giant whose name was John Bull._” --Maundeville (adapted).
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Ride?” said he.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading “On a horse?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “_And then I came to another castle where lived a giant whose name was John Bull._” --Maundeville (adapted).
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “All night, if you will play to me,” I replied.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading “_And then I came to another castle where lived a giant whose name was John Bull._” --Maundeville (adapted).
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “_And then I came to another castle where lived a giant whose name was John Bull._” --Maundeville (adapted).
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From this reading “_And then I came to another castle where lived a giant whose name was John Bull._” --Maundeville (adapted).
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “All night, if you will play to me,” I replied.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “_And then I came to another castle where lived a giant whose name was John Bull._” --Maundeville (adapted).
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading “All night, if you will play to me,” I replied.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading “O you dance?” asked Teddy.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “On a horse?
participate in games or sport
From this reading “All night, if you will play to me,” I replied.
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading “All night, if you will play to me,” I replied.
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading “Ride?” said he.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Ride?” said he.
plaything consisting of a child's toy bear (usually plush and stuffed with soft materials)
From this reading “O you dance?” asked Teddy.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading “_And then I came to another castle where lived a giant whose name was John Bull._” --Maundeville (adapted).
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “_And then I came to another castle where lived a giant whose name was John Bull._” --Maundeville (adapted).
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “_And then I came to another castle where lived a giant whose name was John Bull._” --Maundeville (adapted).
in or at the place that
From this reading “_And then I came to another castle where lived a giant whose name was John Bull._” --Maundeville (adapted).
belonging to which person
From this reading “_And then I came to another castle where lived a giant whose name was John Bull._” --Maundeville (adapted).
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “All night, if you will play to me,” I replied.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “O you dance?” asked Teddy.
Chapter 11 of The Adventures of M. D'Haricot by J. Storer (Joseph Storer) Clouston holds 188 sentences, grouped into 38 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 11 holds 188 sentences of The Adventures of M. D'Haricot, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
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