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Whereon Prince
The Enchanted Island of Yew Whereon Prince

Chapter X · Chapter 10

Chapter 10 of The Enchanted Island of Yew Whereon Prince is here in full — 176 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Whereon Prince
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"Has any one ever yet dared defy him?" asked Nerle.
"Certainly not!" said the man.
"No one wishes to become a June-bug or a grasshopper.
No one dares defy him.".
"I am anxious to see this sorcerer," exclaimed King Terribus.
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The Enchanted Island of Yew Whereon Prince

Chapter X · Chapter 10

Chapter 10 of The Enchanted Island of Yew Whereon Prince is here in full — 176 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/35 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"Has any one ever yet dared defy him?" asked Nerle.
Line 2
"Certainly not!" said the man.
Line 3
"No one wishes to become a June-bug or a grasshopper.
Line 4
No one dares defy him.".
Line 5
"I am anxious to see this sorcerer," exclaimed King Terribus.

Learner Dictionary

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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

Sorcerer noun US /ˈsɔːr.sər.ər/

A person who claims or is believed to have magical powers; a wizard of dark enchantments.

From this reading “"I am anxious to see this sorcerer," exclaimed King Terribus.”

All words in this reading · 33

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a

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From this reading "No one wishes to become a June-bug or a grasshopper.

am

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From this reading "I am anxious to see this sorcerer," exclaimed King Terribus.

anxious

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From this reading "I am anxious to see this sorcerer," exclaimed King Terribus.

any

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From this reading "Has any one ever yet dared defy him?" asked Nerle.

asked

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From this reading "Has any one ever yet dared defy him?" asked Nerle.

become

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From this reading "No one wishes to become a June-bug or a grasshopper.

Certainly

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From this reading "Certainly not!" said the man.

dared

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From this reading "Has any one ever yet dared defy him?" asked Nerle.

dares

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From this reading No one dares defy him.".

defy

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From this reading "Has any one ever yet dared defy him?" asked Nerle.

ever

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From this reading "Has any one ever yet dared defy him?" asked Nerle.

exclaimed

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From this reading "I am anxious to see this sorcerer," exclaimed King Terribus.

grasshopper

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From this reading "No one wishes to become a June-bug or a grasshopper.

Has

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From this reading "Has any one ever yet dared defy him?" asked Nerle.

him

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From this reading "Has any one ever yet dared defy him?" asked Nerle.

I

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From this reading "I am anxious to see this sorcerer," exclaimed King Terribus.

June-bug

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From this reading "No one wishes to become a June-bug or a grasshopper.

King

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From this reading "I am anxious to see this sorcerer," exclaimed King Terribus.

man

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From this reading "Certainly not!" said the man.

Nerle

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From this reading "Has any one ever yet dared defy him?" asked Nerle.

No

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From this reading "No one wishes to become a June-bug or a grasshopper.

not

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From this reading "Certainly not!" said the man.

one

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From this reading "Has any one ever yet dared defy him?" asked Nerle.

or

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From this reading "No one wishes to become a June-bug or a grasshopper.

said

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From this reading "Certainly not!" said the man.

see

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From this reading "I am anxious to see this sorcerer," exclaimed King Terribus.

sorcerernounUS /ˈsɔːr.sər.ər/

A person who claims or is believed to have magical powers; a wizard of dark enchantments.

From this reading "I am anxious to see this sorcerer," exclaimed King Terribus.

Terribus

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From this reading "I am anxious to see this sorcerer," exclaimed King Terribus.

the

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From this reading "Certainly not!" said the man.

this

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From this reading "I am anxious to see this sorcerer," exclaimed King Terribus.

to

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From this reading "No one wishes to become a June-bug or a grasshopper.

wishes

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From this reading "No one wishes to become a June-bug or a grasshopper.

yet

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From this reading "Has any one ever yet dared defy him?" asked Nerle.

Chapter 10 of The Enchanted Island of Yew Whereon Prince by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum holds 176 sentences, grouped into 36 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.

What does chapter 10 of The Enchanted Island of Yew Whereon Prince contain?

Chapter 10 holds 176 sentences of The Enchanted Island of Yew Whereon Prince, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 10 of The Enchanted Island of Yew Whereon Prince by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 176 sentences, grouped into 36 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.

How do I study chapter 10 of The Enchanted Island of Yew Whereon Prince?

Work through the 36 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 36 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

Can chapter 10 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 10 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

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Yes. All 2002 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #518 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #518, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 166 minutes of reading across 401 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Enchanted Island of Yew Whereon Prince

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Enchanted Island of Yew Whereon Prince, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Whereon
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Enchanted Island of Yew Whereon Prince; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Prince
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Enchanted Island of Yew Whereon Prince; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Marvel
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Enchanted Island of Yew Whereon Prince; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Encountered
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Enchanted Island of Yew Whereon Prince; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.