Chapter 6 of The Enchanted Burro is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Enchanted Burro is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“_No hay cuidado_,” said a strange voice as she stopped short, in alarm. “The _sargento_ bade me bring a cup of _caldo_ for thy brother, seeing thee so much a woman. For now that there is nothing to eat, he said, perhaps that would be the best medicine.” “God pay you!” cried the child nervously. “And my brother?”
Chapter 6 of The Enchanted Burro is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 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.
fear resulting from the awareness of danger
From this reading ““_No hay cuidado_,” said a strange voice as she stopped short, in alarm.”
a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria
From this reading ““The _sargento_ bade me bring a cup of _caldo_ for thy brother, seeing thee so much a woman.”
a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
From this reading ““The _sargento_ bade me bring a cup of _caldo_ for thy brother, seeing thee so much a woman.”
take in solid food
From this reading “For now that there is nothing to eat, he said, perhaps that would be the best medicine.””
grass mowed and cured for use as fodder
From this reading ““_No hay cuidado_,” said a strange voice as she stopped short, in alarm.”
the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
From this reading “For now that there is nothing to eat, he said, perhaps that would be the best medicine.””
in an anxiously nervous manner
From this reading ““God pay you!” cried the child nervously.”
perception by means of the eyes
From this reading ““The _sargento_ bade me bring a cup of _caldo_ for thy brother, seeing thee so much a woman.”
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.
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In this reading “For now that there is nothing to eat, he said, perhaps that would be the best medicine.””
In this reading ““_No hay cuidado_,” said a strange voice as she stopped short, in alarm.”
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 “_No hay cuidado_,” said a strange voice as she stopped short, in alarm.
fear resulting from the awareness of danger
From this reading “_No hay cuidado_,” said a strange voice as she stopped short, in alarm.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “And my brother?”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “_No hay cuidado_,” said a strange voice as she stopped short, in alarm.
a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria
From this reading “The _sargento_ bade me bring a cup of _caldo_ for thy brother, seeing thee so much a woman.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading For now that there is nothing to eat, he said, perhaps that would be the best medicine.”
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading For now that there is nothing to eat, he said, perhaps that would be the best medicine.”
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading “The _sargento_ bade me bring a cup of _caldo_ for thy brother, seeing thee so much a woman.
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading “The _sargento_ bade me bring a cup of _caldo_ for thy brother, seeing thee so much a woman.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “The _sargento_ bade me bring a cup of _caldo_ for thy brother, seeing thee so much a woman.
a young person of either sex
From this reading “God pay you!” cried the child nervously.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “God pay you!” cried the child nervously.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “_No hay cuidado_,” said a strange voice as she stopped short, in alarm.
a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
From this reading “The _sargento_ bade me bring a cup of _caldo_ for thy brother, seeing thee so much a woman.
take in solid food
From this reading For now that there is nothing to eat, he said, perhaps that would be the best medicine.”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “The _sargento_ bade me bring a cup of _caldo_ for thy brother, seeing thee so much a woman.
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading “God pay you!” cried the child nervously.
grass mowed and cured for use as fodder
From this reading “_No hay cuidado_,” said a strange voice as she stopped short, in alarm.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading For now that there is nothing to eat, he said, perhaps that would be the best medicine.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “_No hay cuidado_,” said a strange voice as she stopped short, in alarm.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading For now that there is nothing to eat, he said, perhaps that would be the best medicine.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “The _sargento_ bade me bring a cup of _caldo_ for thy brother, seeing thee so much a woman.
the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
From this reading For now that there is nothing to eat, he said, perhaps that would be the best medicine.”
to a great degree or extent
From this reading “The _sargento_ bade me bring a cup of _caldo_ for thy brother, seeing thee so much a woman.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “And my brother?”
in an anxiously nervous manner
From this reading “God pay you!” cried the child nervously.
not any; not one
From this reading “_No hay cuidado_,” said a strange voice as she stopped short, in alarm.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading For now that there is nothing to eat, he said, perhaps that would be the best medicine.”
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading For now that there is nothing to eat, he said, perhaps that would be the best medicine.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “The _sargento_ bade me bring a cup of _caldo_ for thy brother, seeing thee so much a woman.
give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
From this reading “God pay you!” cried the child nervously.
by chance
From this reading For now that there is nothing to eat, he said, perhaps that would be the best medicine.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “_No hay cuidado_,” said a strange voice as she stopped short, in alarm.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “The _sargento_ bade me bring a cup of _caldo_ for thy brother, seeing thee so much a woman.
perception by means of the eyes
From this reading “The _sargento_ bade me bring a cup of _caldo_ for thy brother, seeing thee so much a woman.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “_No hay cuidado_,” said a strange voice as she stopped short, in alarm.
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading “_No hay cuidado_,” said a strange voice as she stopped short, in alarm.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “The _sargento_ bade me bring a cup of _caldo_ for thy brother, seeing thee so much a woman.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading “_No hay cuidado_,” said a strange voice as she stopped short, in alarm.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading “_No hay cuidado_,” said a strange voice as she stopped short, in alarm.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading For now that there is nothing to eat, he said, perhaps that would be the best medicine.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “The _sargento_ bade me bring a cup of _caldo_ for thy brother, seeing thee so much a woman.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading “The _sargento_ bade me bring a cup of _caldo_ for thy brother, seeing thee so much a woman.
in or at that place or location
From this reading For now that there is nothing to eat, he said, perhaps that would be the best medicine.”
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading “The _sargento_ bade me bring a cup of _caldo_ for thy brother, seeing thee so much a woman.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading For now that there is nothing to eat, he said, perhaps that would be the best medicine.”
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading “_No hay cuidado_,” said a strange voice as she stopped short, in alarm.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading “The _sargento_ bade me bring a cup of _caldo_ for thy brother, seeing thee so much a woman.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading For now that there is nothing to eat, he said, perhaps that would be the best medicine.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “God pay you!” cried the child nervously.
Chapter 6 of The Enchanted Burro by Charles Fletcher Lummis holds 419 sentences, grouped into 84 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 6 holds 419 sentences of The Enchanted Burro, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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