Chapter 3 of The Home and the World is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The Home and the World is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
What! To be touched by a flunkey! I snatched away my arm and gave the man a sounding blow. At this moment Bee came out of the room to find the man about to insult me. I shall never forget the picture of her wrath!
Chapter 3 of The Home and the World is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
From this reading “At this moment Bee came out of the room to find the man about to insult me.”
exhale hard
From this reading “I snatched away my arm and gave the man a sounding blow.”
a rude expression intended to offend or hurt
From this reading “At this moment Bee came out of the room to find the man about to insult me.”
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading “I shall never forget the picture of her wrath!”
past form of “snatch” — to grasp hastily or eagerly
From this reading “I snatched away my arm and gave the man a sounding blow.”
appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms
From this reading “I snatched away my arm and gave the man a sounding blow.”
having come into contact
From this reading “To be touched by a flunkey!”
intense anger (usually on an epic scale)
From this reading “I shall never forget the picture of her wrath!”
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 To be touched by a flunkey!
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading At this moment Bee came out of the room to find the man about to insult me.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I snatched away my arm and gave the man a sounding blow.
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 I snatched away my arm and gave the man a sounding blow.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At this moment Bee came out of the room to find the man about to insult me.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading I snatched away my arm and gave the man a sounding blow.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading To be touched by a flunkey!
any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
From this reading At this moment Bee came out of the room to find the man about to insult me.
exhale hard
From this reading I snatched away my arm and gave the man a sounding blow.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading To be touched by a flunkey!
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading At this moment Bee came out of the room to find the man about to insult me.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading At this moment Bee came out of the room to find the man about to insult me.
a male servant (especially a footman)
From this reading To be touched by a flunkey!
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading I shall never forget the picture of her wrath!
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading I snatched away my arm and gave the man a sounding blow.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I shall never forget the picture of her wrath!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I snatched away my arm and gave the man a sounding blow.
a rude expression intended to offend or hurt
From this reading At this moment Bee came out of the room to find the man about to insult me.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading I snatched away my arm and gave the man a sounding blow.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading At this moment Bee came out of the room to find the man about to insult me.
a particular point in time
From this reading At this moment Bee came out of the room to find the man about to insult me.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I snatched away my arm and gave the man a sounding blow.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading I shall never forget the picture of her wrath!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At this moment Bee came out of the room to find the man about to insult me.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading At this moment Bee came out of the room to find the man about to insult me.
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading I shall never forget the picture of her wrath!
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading At this moment Bee came out of the room to find the man about to insult me.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading I shall never forget the picture of her wrath!
past form of “snatch” — to grasp hastily or eagerly
From this reading I snatched away my arm and gave the man a sounding blow.
appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms
From this reading I snatched away my arm and gave the man a sounding blow.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I snatched away my arm and gave the man a sounding blow.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading At this moment Bee came out of the room to find the man about to insult me.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To be touched by a flunkey!
having come into contact
From this reading To be touched by a flunkey!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What!
intense anger (usually on an epic scale)
From this reading I shall never forget the picture of her wrath!
Chapter 3 of The Home and the World by Rabindranath Tagore holds 424 sentences, grouped into 85 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 3 holds 424 sentences of The Home and the World, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
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