Chapter 13 of The Cricket is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of The Cricket is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"O ye delicious, crickety Cricket!" he groaned. "Go on." "There isn't any 'on'. That's up to now. Tell me about you."
Chapter 13 of The Cricket is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 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.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “Tell me about you."”
leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together
From this reading “"O ye delicious, crickety Cricket!" he groaned.”
greatly pleasing or entertaining
From this reading “"O ye delicious, crickety Cricket!" he groaned.”
past form of “groan” — indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure
From this reading “"O ye delicious, crickety Cricket!" he groaned.”
express in words
From this reading “Tell me about you."”
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 Tell me about you."
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading "There isn't any 'on'.
leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together
From this reading "O ye delicious, crickety Cricket!" he groaned.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "O ye delicious, crickety Cricket!" he groaned.
greatly pleasing or entertaining
From this reading "O ye delicious, crickety Cricket!" he groaned.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "Go on."
past form of “groan” — indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure
From this reading "O ye delicious, crickety Cricket!" he groaned.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "O ye delicious, crickety Cricket!" he groaned.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "There isn't any 'on'.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Tell me about you."
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading That's up to now.
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 ye delicious, crickety Cricket!" he groaned.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Go on."
express in words
From this reading Tell me about you."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That's up to now.
in or at that place or location
From this reading "There isn't any 'on'.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading That's up to now.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading That's up to now.
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading "O ye delicious, crickety Cricket!" he groaned.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Tell me about you."
Chapter 13 of The Cricket by Marjorie Benton Cooke holds 398 sentences, grouped into 80 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 13 holds 398 sentences of The Cricket, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 13 of The Cricket by Marjorie Benton Cooke exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 398 sentences, grouped into 80 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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