Chapter 2 of The Elson Readers, Book 5 is here in full — 2345 sentences across 469 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Elson Readers, Book 5 is here in full — 2345 sentences across 469 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
STORIES OF ADVENTURE Hush! Again a forest and somebody up in a tree--not Robin Hood... but an Eastern King with a glittering scimitar and turban. It is the setting-in of the bright Arabian Nights. Oh, now ail common things become uncommon and enchanted to me. All lamps are wonderful; all rings are talismans...
Chapter 2 of The Elson Readers, Book 5 is here in full — 2345 sentences across 469 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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be ill or unwell
From this reading “Oh, now ail common things become uncommon and enchanted to me.”
a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa
From this reading “It is the setting-in of the bright Arabian Nights.”
Filled with or placed under the influence of magical power or charm.
From this reading “Oh, now ail common things become uncommon and enchanted to me.”
an aggressive and violent young criminal
From this reading “Again a forest and somebody up in a tree--not Robin Hood... but an Eastern King with a glittering scimitar and turban.”
plural of “lamp” — an artificial source of visible illumination
From this reading “All lamps are wonderful; all rings are talismans...”
gymnastic apparatus consisting of a pair of heavy metal circles (usually covered with leather) suspended by ropes; used for gymnastic exercises
From this reading “All lamps are wonderful; all rings are talismans...”
a traditional Muslim headdress consisting of a long scarf wrapped around the head
From this reading “Again a forest and somebody up in a tree--not Robin Hood... but an Eastern King with a glittering scimitar and turban.”
not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind
From this reading “Oh, now ail common things become uncommon and enchanted to me.”
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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 Again a forest and somebody up in a tree--not Robin Hood... but an Eastern King with a glittering scimitar and turban.
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
From this reading STORIES OF ADVENTURE Hush!
anew
From this reading Again a forest and somebody up in a tree--not Robin Hood... but an Eastern King with a glittering scimitar and turban.
be ill or unwell
From this reading Oh, now ail common things become uncommon and enchanted to me.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading All lamps are wonderful; all rings are talismans...
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Again a forest and somebody up in a tree--not Robin Hood... but an Eastern King with a glittering scimitar and turban.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Again a forest and somebody up in a tree--not Robin Hood... but an Eastern King with a glittering scimitar and turban.
a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa
From this reading It is the setting-in of the bright Arabian Nights.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading All lamps are wonderful; all rings are talismans...
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading Oh, now ail common things become uncommon and enchanted to me.
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading It is the setting-in of the bright Arabian Nights.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Again a forest and somebody up in a tree--not Robin Hood... but an Eastern King with a glittering scimitar and turban.
belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
From this reading Oh, now ail common things become uncommon and enchanted to me.
lying toward or situated in the east
From this reading Again a forest and somebody up in a tree--not Robin Hood... but an Eastern King with a glittering scimitar and turban.
Filled with or placed under the influence of magical power or charm.
From this reading Oh, now ail common things become uncommon and enchanted to me.
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading Again a forest and somebody up in a tree--not Robin Hood... but an Eastern King with a glittering scimitar and turban.
having brief brilliant points or flashes of light
From this reading Again a forest and somebody up in a tree--not Robin Hood... but an Eastern King with a glittering scimitar and turban.
an aggressive and violent young criminal
From this reading Again a forest and somebody up in a tree--not Robin Hood... but an Eastern King with a glittering scimitar and turban.
become quiet or still; fall silent
From this reading STORIES OF ADVENTURE Hush!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Again a forest and somebody up in a tree--not Robin Hood... but an Eastern King with a glittering scimitar and turban.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is the setting-in of the bright Arabian Nights.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is the setting-in of the bright Arabian Nights.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading Again a forest and somebody up in a tree--not Robin Hood... but an Eastern King with a glittering scimitar and turban.
plural of “lamp” — an artificial source of visible illumination
From this reading All lamps are wonderful; all rings are talismans...
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Oh, now ail common things become uncommon and enchanted to me.
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading It is the setting-in of the bright Arabian Nights.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Again a forest and somebody up in a tree--not Robin Hood... but an Eastern King with a glittering scimitar and turban.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Oh, now ail common things become uncommon and enchanted to me.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading STORIES OF ADVENTURE Hush!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, now ail common things become uncommon and enchanted to me.
gymnastic apparatus consisting of a pair of heavy metal circles (usually covered with leather) suspended by ropes; used for gymnastic exercises
From this reading All lamps are wonderful; all rings are talismans...
small Old World songbird with a reddish breast
From this reading Again a forest and somebody up in a tree--not Robin Hood... but an Eastern King with a glittering scimitar and turban.
a curved oriental saber; the edge is on the convex side of the blade
From this reading Again a forest and somebody up in a tree--not Robin Hood... but an Eastern King with a glittering scimitar and turban.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It is the setting-in of the bright Arabian Nights.
a person, without saying who
From this reading Again a forest and somebody up in a tree--not Robin Hood... but an Eastern King with a glittering scimitar and turban.
plural of “story” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading STORIES OF ADVENTURE Hush!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All lamps are wonderful; all rings are talismans...
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It is the setting-in of the bright Arabian Nights.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading Oh, now ail common things become uncommon and enchanted to me.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Oh, now ail common things become uncommon and enchanted to me.
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading Again a forest and somebody up in a tree--not Robin Hood... but an Eastern King with a glittering scimitar and turban.
a traditional Muslim headdress consisting of a long scarf wrapped around the head
From this reading Again a forest and somebody up in a tree--not Robin Hood... but an Eastern King with a glittering scimitar and turban.
not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind
From this reading Oh, now ail common things become uncommon and enchanted to me.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Again a forest and somebody up in a tree--not Robin Hood... but an Eastern King with a glittering scimitar and turban.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Again a forest and somebody up in a tree--not Robin Hood... but an Eastern King with a glittering scimitar and turban.
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading All lamps are wonderful; all rings are talismans...
Chapter 2 of The Elson Readers, Book 5 by William H. (William Harris) Elson holds 2345 sentences, grouped into 469 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 2 holds 2345 sentences of The Elson Readers, Book 5, unabridged, divided into 469 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of The Elson Readers, Book 5 by William H. (William Harris) Elson exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 2345 sentences, grouped into 469 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.
Work through the 469 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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