Chapter 3 of The Brownies and Other Tales is here in full — 472 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter III
Chapter 3 of The Brownies and Other Tales is here in full — 472 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"You insatiable rascal!" said the Doctor. "Not another word. Jump up, for I am going to see you home. I have to be off early to-morrow." "Where?" said Deordie.
Chapter 3 of The Brownies and Other Tales is here in full — 472 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading “"You insatiable rascal!" said the Doctor.”
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading “I have to be off early to-morrow."”
the act of departing
From this reading “Jump up, for I am going to see you home.”
where you live at a particular time
From this reading “Jump up, for I am going to see you home.”
impossible to satisfy
From this reading “"You insatiable rascal!" said the Doctor.”
move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading “Jump up, for I am going to see you home.”
a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
From this reading “"You insatiable rascal!" said the Doctor.”
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading “"Not another word.”
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.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Jump up, for I am going to see you home.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading "Not another word.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I have to be off early to-morrow."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Where?" said Deordie.
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading "You insatiable rascal!" said the Doctor.
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading I have to be off early to-morrow."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Jump up, for I am going to see you home.
the act of departing
From this reading Jump up, for I am going to see you home.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have to be off early to-morrow."
where you live at a particular time
From this reading Jump up, for I am going to see you home.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Jump up, for I am going to see you home.
impossible to satisfy
From this reading "You insatiable rascal!" said the Doctor.
move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading Jump up, for I am going to see you home.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Not another word.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading I have to be off early to-morrow."
a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
From this reading "You insatiable rascal!" said the Doctor.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "You insatiable rascal!" said the Doctor.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Jump up, for I am going to see you home.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "You insatiable rascal!" said the Doctor.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Jump up, for I am going to see you home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I have to be off early to-morrow."
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Jump up, for I am going to see you home.
in or at the place that
From this reading "Where?" said Deordie.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading "Not another word.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You insatiable rascal!" said the Doctor.
Chapter 3 of The Brownies and Other Tales by Juliana Horatia Ewing holds 472 sentences, grouped into 95 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 472 sentences of The Brownies and Other Tales, unabridged, divided into 95 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of The Brownies and Other Tales by Juliana Horatia Ewing exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 472 sentences, grouped into 95 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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