Chapter 3 of The cats' Arabian nights, or, King Grimalkum is here in full — 446 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The cats' Arabian nights, or, King Grimalkum is here in full — 446 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Scarcely had David finished when out popped two gray little kittens, twins, both named Kittywinks, saying: “‘We are the Kittywinkses, and we’ve come to this famous party.’ “Lady Yellow-paw waved her paw and said: ‘One Kittywinks at a time, my dears.’ “One Kittywinks then said: ‘David talked about a child-baby. Call bad.
Chapter 3 of The cats' Arabian nights, or, King Grimalkum is here in full — 446 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)
From this reading ““Scarcely had David finished when out popped two gray little kittens, twins, both named Kittywinks, saying:”
widely known and esteemed
From this reading ““‘We are the Kittywinkses, and we’ve come to this famous party.’”
plural of “kitten” — young domestic cat
From this reading ““Scarcely had David finished when out popped two gray little kittens, twins, both named Kittywinks, saying:”
past form of “name” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading ““Scarcely had David finished when out popped two gray little kittens, twins, both named Kittywinks, saying:”
scrape with the paws
From this reading ““Lady Yellow-paw waved her paw and said: ‘One Kittywinks at a time, my dears.’”
inflected form of “pop” — bulge outward
From this reading ““Scarcely had David finished when out popped two gray little kittens, twins, both named Kittywinks, saying:”
(mineralogy) two interwoven crystals that are mirror images on each other
From this reading ““Scarcely had David finished when out popped two gray little kittens, twins, both named Kittywinks, saying:”
past form of “wave” — signal with the hands or nod
From this reading ““Lady Yellow-paw waved her paw and said: ‘One Kittywinks at a time, my dears.’”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
to consider or examine in speech or writing
In this reading ““One Kittywinks then said: ‘David talked about a child-baby.”
In this reading ““Scarcely had David finished when out popped two gray little kittens, twins, both named Kittywinks, saying:”
simultaneously
In this reading ““Lady Yellow-paw waved her paw and said: ‘One Kittywinks at a time, my dears.’”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “Lady Yellow-paw waved her paw and said: ‘One Kittywinks at a time, my dears.’
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “One Kittywinks then said: ‘David talked about a child-baby.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “‘We are the Kittywinkses, and we’ve come to this famous party.’
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “‘We are the Kittywinkses, and we’ve come to this famous party.’
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “Lady Yellow-paw waved her paw and said: ‘One Kittywinks at a time, my dears.’
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading Call bad.
the two together, not just one
From this reading “Scarcely had David finished when out popped two gray little kittens, twins, both named Kittywinks, saying:
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Call bad.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “One Kittywinks then said: ‘David talked about a child-baby.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “‘We are the Kittywinkses, and we’ve come to this famous party.’
patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)
From this reading “Scarcely had David finished when out popped two gray little kittens, twins, both named Kittywinks, saying:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Lady Yellow-paw waved her paw and said: ‘One Kittywinks at a time, my dears.’
widely known and esteemed
From this reading “‘We are the Kittywinkses, and we’ve come to this famous party.’
(of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state
From this reading “Scarcely had David finished when out popped two gray little kittens, twins, both named Kittywinks, saying:
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading “Scarcely had David finished when out popped two gray little kittens, twins, both named Kittywinks, saying:
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “Scarcely had David finished when out popped two gray little kittens, twins, both named Kittywinks, saying:
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “Lady Yellow-paw waved her paw and said: ‘One Kittywinks at a time, my dears.’
plural of “kitten” — young domestic cat
From this reading “Scarcely had David finished when out popped two gray little kittens, twins, both named Kittywinks, saying:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Scarcely had David finished when out popped two gray little kittens, twins, both named Kittywinks, saying:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “‘We are the Kittywinkses, and we’ve come to this famous party.’
a polite name for any woman
From this reading “Lady Yellow-paw waved her paw and said: ‘One Kittywinks at a time, my dears.’
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “Scarcely had David finished when out popped two gray little kittens, twins, both named Kittywinks, saying:
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Lady Yellow-paw waved her paw and said: ‘One Kittywinks at a time, my dears.’
past form of “name” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “Scarcely had David finished when out popped two gray little kittens, twins, both named Kittywinks, saying:
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Lady Yellow-paw waved her paw and said: ‘One Kittywinks at a time, my dears.’
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading “Scarcely had David finished when out popped two gray little kittens, twins, both named Kittywinks, saying:
an organization to gain political power
From this reading “‘We are the Kittywinkses, and we’ve come to this famous party.’
scrape with the paws
From this reading “Lady Yellow-paw waved her paw and said: ‘One Kittywinks at a time, my dears.’
inflected form of “pop” — bulge outward
From this reading “Scarcely had David finished when out popped two gray little kittens, twins, both named Kittywinks, saying:
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Lady Yellow-paw waved her paw and said: ‘One Kittywinks at a time, my dears.’
a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
From this reading “Scarcely had David finished when out popped two gray little kittens, twins, both named Kittywinks, saying:
only a very short time before
From this reading “Scarcely had David finished when out popped two gray little kittens, twins, both named Kittywinks, saying:
past form of “talk” — exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading “One Kittywinks then said: ‘David talked about a child-baby.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “‘We are the Kittywinkses, and we’ve come to this famous party.’
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading “One Kittywinks then said: ‘David talked about a child-baby.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “‘We are the Kittywinkses, and we’ve come to this famous party.’
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading “Lady Yellow-paw waved her paw and said: ‘One Kittywinks at a time, my dears.’
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “‘We are the Kittywinkses, and we’ve come to this famous party.’
(mineralogy) two interwoven crystals that are mirror images on each other
From this reading “Scarcely had David finished when out popped two gray little kittens, twins, both named Kittywinks, saying:
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading “Scarcely had David finished when out popped two gray little kittens, twins, both named Kittywinks, saying:
past form of “wave” — signal with the hands or nod
From this reading “Lady Yellow-paw waved her paw and said: ‘One Kittywinks at a time, my dears.’
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “‘We are the Kittywinkses, and we’ve come to this famous party.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “‘We are the Kittywinkses, and we’ve come to this famous party.’
at the time that
From this reading “Scarcely had David finished when out popped two gray little kittens, twins, both named Kittywinks, saying:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Lady Yellow-paw waved her paw and said: ‘One Kittywinks at a time, my dears.’
Chapter 3 of The cats' Arabian nights, or, King Grimalkum by Abby Morton Diaz holds 446 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 446 sentences of The cats' Arabian nights, or, King Grimalkum, unabridged, divided into 90 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of The cats' Arabian nights, or, King Grimalkum by Abby Morton Diaz exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 446 sentences, grouped into 90 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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