Chapter 3 of The Daffodil Fields is here in full — 382 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter III
Chapter 3 of The Daffodil Fields is here in full — 382 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Is he a brute?" he asked. "No," she replied. "I did not understand what it would mean. And now that you are back, would I had died; Died, and the misery of it not have been. Lion would not be wrecked, nor I unclean.
Chapter 3 of The Daffodil Fields is here in full — 382 sentences across 77 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.
a cruelly rapacious person
From this reading “"Is he a brute?" he asked.”
past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading “And now that you are back, would I had died; Died, and the misery of it not have been.”
large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male
From this reading “Lion would not be wrecked, nor I unclean.”
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading “"I did not understand what it would mean.”
a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
From this reading “And now that you are back, would I had died; Died, and the misery of it not have been.”
soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
From this reading “Lion would not be wrecked, nor I unclean.”
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading “"I did not understand what it would mean.”
destroyed in an accident
From this reading “Lion would not be wrecked, nor I unclean.”
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.
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 "Is he a brute?" he asked.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And now that you are back, would I had died; Died, and the misery of it not have been.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading And now that you are back, would I had died; Died, and the misery of it not have been.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "Is he a brute?" he asked.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading And now that you are back, would I had died; Died, and the misery of it not have been.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Lion would not be wrecked, nor I unclean.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading And now that you are back, would I had died; Died, and the misery of it not have been.
a cruelly rapacious person
From this reading "Is he a brute?" he asked.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "I did not understand what it would mean.
past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading And now that you are back, would I had died; Died, and the misery of it not have been.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading And now that you are back, would I had died; Died, and the misery of it not have been.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading And now that you are back, would I had died; Died, and the misery of it not have been.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Is he a brute?" he asked.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I did not understand what it would mean.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Is he a brute?" he asked.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "I did not understand what it would mean.
large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male
From this reading Lion would not be wrecked, nor I unclean.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading "I did not understand what it would mean.
a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
From this reading And now that you are back, would I had died; Died, and the misery of it not have been.
not any; not one
From this reading "No," she replied.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Lion would not be wrecked, nor I unclean.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "I did not understand what it would mean.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading And now that you are back, would I had died; Died, and the misery of it not have been.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And now that you are back, would I had died; Died, and the misery of it not have been.
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading "No," she replied.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "No," she replied.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And now that you are back, would I had died; Died, and the misery of it not have been.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And now that you are back, would I had died; Died, and the misery of it not have been.
soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
From this reading Lion would not be wrecked, nor I unclean.
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading "I did not understand what it would mean.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "I did not understand what it would mean.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "I did not understand what it would mean.
destroyed in an accident
From this reading Lion would not be wrecked, nor I unclean.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And now that you are back, would I had died; Died, and the misery of it not have been.
Chapter 3 of The Daffodil Fields by John Masefield holds 382 sentences, grouped into 77 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.
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