Chapter 3 of The Blue Star is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter III
Chapter 3 of The Blue Star is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
He bustled into the shop-room and returned with a pair of quills. “Up your nose, one on either side. So. I’d like it better if there were another cloak for you, but leave the hood of this one down; with your hair changed, and your face .
Chapter 3 of The Blue Star is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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made or become different in nature or form
From this reading “I’d like it better if there were another cloak for you, but leave the hood of this one down; with your hair changed, and your face .”
anything that covers or conceals
From this reading “I’d like it better if there were another cloak for you, but leave the hood of this one down; with your hair changed, and your face .”
one or the other of two
From this reading ““Up your nose, one on either side.”
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading “I’d like it better if there were another cloak for you, but leave the hood of this one down; with your hair changed, and your face .”
an aggressive and violent young criminal
From this reading “I’d like it better if there were another cloak for you, but leave the hood of this one down; with your hair changed, and your face .”
the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
From this reading ““Up your nose, one on either side.”
a set of two similar things considered as a unit
From this reading “He bustled into the shop-room and returned with a pair of quills.”
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading “He bustled into the shop-room and returned with a pair of quills.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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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 He bustled into the shop-room and returned with a pair of quills.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He bustled into the shop-room and returned with a pair of quills.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading I’d like it better if there were another cloak for you, but leave the hood of this one down; with your hair changed, and your face .
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading I’d like it better if there were another cloak for you, but leave the hood of this one down; with your hair changed, and your face .
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He bustled into the shop-room and returned with a pair of quills.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I’d like it better if there were another cloak for you, but leave the hood of this one down; with your hair changed, and your face .
made or become different in nature or form
From this reading I’d like it better if there were another cloak for you, but leave the hood of this one down; with your hair changed, and your face .
anything that covers or conceals
From this reading I’d like it better if there were another cloak for you, but leave the hood of this one down; with your hair changed, and your face .
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading I’d like it better if there were another cloak for you, but leave the hood of this one down; with your hair changed, and your face .
one or the other of two
From this reading “Up your nose, one on either side.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading I’d like it better if there were another cloak for you, but leave the hood of this one down; with your hair changed, and your face .
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I’d like it better if there were another cloak for you, but leave the hood of this one down; with your hair changed, and your face .
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading I’d like it better if there were another cloak for you, but leave the hood of this one down; with your hair changed, and your face .
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He bustled into the shop-room and returned with a pair of quills.
an aggressive and violent young criminal
From this reading I’d like it better if there were another cloak for you, but leave the hood of this one down; with your hair changed, and your face .
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’d like it better if there were another cloak for you, but leave the hood of this one down; with your hair changed, and your face .
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading I’d like it better if there were another cloak for you, but leave the hood of this one down; with your hair changed, and your face .
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He bustled into the shop-room and returned with a pair of quills.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I’d like it better if there were another cloak for you, but leave the hood of this one down; with your hair changed, and your face .
go away from a place
From this reading I’d like it better if there were another cloak for you, but leave the hood of this one down; with your hair changed, and your face .
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading I’d like it better if there were another cloak for you, but leave the hood of this one down; with your hair changed, and your face .
the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
From this reading “Up your nose, one on either side.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He bustled into the shop-room and returned with a pair of quills.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “Up your nose, one on either side.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Up your nose, one on either side.
a set of two similar things considered as a unit
From this reading He bustled into the shop-room and returned with a pair of quills.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He bustled into the shop-room and returned with a pair of quills.
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading He bustled into the shop-room and returned with a pair of quills.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He bustled into the shop-room and returned with a pair of quills.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading “Up your nose, one on either side.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He bustled into the shop-room and returned with a pair of quills.
in or at that place or location
From this reading I’d like it better if there were another cloak for you, but leave the hood of this one down; with your hair changed, and your face .
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I’d like it better if there were another cloak for you, but leave the hood of this one down; with your hair changed, and your face .
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “Up your nose, one on either side.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I’d like it better if there were another cloak for you, but leave the hood of this one down; with your hair changed, and your face .
in the company of; together with
From this reading He bustled into the shop-room and returned with a pair of quills.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I’d like it better if there were another cloak for you, but leave the hood of this one down; with your hair changed, and your face .
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Up your nose, one on either side.
Chapter 3 of The Blue Star by Fletcher Pratt holds 403 sentences, grouped into 81 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 403 sentences of The Blue Star, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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