Chapter 8 of The golden windmill, and other stories is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of The golden windmill, and other stories is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Ho! you, there, what are you doing over there? You come back the way you came. I saw yer.” The burly figure of a park-keeper with gaiters and stout stick beckoned him. Edwin got up and clambered back again, scratching his arm.
Chapter 8 of The golden windmill, and other stories is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “beckon” — signal with the hands or nod
From this reading “The burly figure of a park-keeper with gaiters and stout stick beckoned him.”
muscular and heavily built
From this reading “The burly figure of a park-keeper with gaiters and stout stick beckoned him.”
past form of “clamber” — climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
From this reading “Edwin got up and clambered back again, scratching his arm.”
king of Northumbria who was converted to Christianity (585-633)
From this reading “Edwin got up and clambered back again, scratching his arm.”
a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
From this reading “The burly figure of a park-keeper with gaiters and stout stick beckoned him.”
a harsh noise made by scraping
From this reading “Edwin got up and clambered back again, scratching his arm.”
put, fix, force, or implant
From this reading “The burly figure of a park-keeper with gaiters and stout stick beckoned him.”
dependable
From this reading “The burly figure of a park-keeper with gaiters and stout stick beckoned him.”
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.
In this reading “The burly figure of a park-keeper with gaiters and stout stick beckoned him.”
be restored
In this reading “You come back the way you came.”
rise to one's feet
In this reading “Edwin got up and clambered back again, scratching his arm.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The burly figure of a park-keeper with gaiters and stout stick beckoned him.
anew
From this reading Edwin got up and clambered back again, scratching his arm.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The burly figure of a park-keeper with gaiters and stout stick beckoned him.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Ho! you, there, what are you doing over there?
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading Edwin got up and clambered back again, scratching his arm.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading You come back the way you came.
past form of “beckon” — signal with the hands or nod
From this reading The burly figure of a park-keeper with gaiters and stout stick beckoned him.
muscular and heavily built
From this reading The burly figure of a park-keeper with gaiters and stout stick beckoned him.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading You come back the way you came.
past form of “clamber” — climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
From this reading Edwin got up and clambered back again, scratching his arm.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading You come back the way you came.
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading “Ho! you, there, what are you doing over there?
king of Northumbria who was converted to Christianity (585-633)
From this reading Edwin got up and clambered back again, scratching his arm.
a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
From this reading The burly figure of a park-keeper with gaiters and stout stick beckoned him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The burly figure of a park-keeper with gaiters and stout stick beckoned him.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Edwin got up and clambered back again, scratching his arm.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The burly figure of a park-keeper with gaiters and stout stick beckoned him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Edwin got up and clambered back again, scratching his arm.
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds
From this reading “Ho! you, there, what are you doing over there?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I saw yer.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The burly figure of a park-keeper with gaiters and stout stick beckoned him.
above and across; more than
From this reading “Ho! you, there, what are you doing over there?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The burly figure of a park-keeper with gaiters and stout stick beckoned him.
cut with a saw
From this reading I saw yer.”
a harsh noise made by scraping
From this reading Edwin got up and clambered back again, scratching his arm.
put, fix, force, or implant
From this reading The burly figure of a park-keeper with gaiters and stout stick beckoned him.
dependable
From this reading The burly figure of a park-keeper with gaiters and stout stick beckoned him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading You come back the way you came.
in or at that place or location
From this reading “Ho! you, there, what are you doing over there?
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Edwin got up and clambered back again, scratching his arm.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading You come back the way you came.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “Ho! you, there, what are you doing over there?
in the company of; together with
From this reading The burly figure of a park-keeper with gaiters and stout stick beckoned him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I saw yer.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Ho! you, there, what are you doing over there?
Chapter 8 of The golden windmill, and other stories by Stacy Aumonier holds 413 sentences, grouped into 83 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 8 holds 413 sentences of The golden windmill, and other stories, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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