Chapter 16 of The Jungle Book is here in full — 179 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of The Jungle Book is here in full — 179 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The troop-horse gave a kick and a bound and a snort. “Don’t talk of it,” he said. “I can smell it now, just thinking of it. It makes me want to run--when I haven’t Dick on my back.” “But it is not here,” said the camel and the bullocks.
Chapter 16 of The Jungle Book is here in full — 179 sentences across 36 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.
confined by bonds
From this reading “The troop-horse gave a kick and a bound and a snort.”
plural of “bullock” — young bull
From this reading ““But it is not here,” said the camel and the bullocks.”
cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions
From this reading ““But it is not here,” said the camel and the bullocks.”
someone who is a detective
From this reading “It makes me want to run--when I haven’t Dick on my back.””
drive or propel with the foot
From this reading “The troop-horse gave a kick and a bound and a snort.”
plural of “make” — a recognizable kind
From this reading “It makes me want to run--when I haven’t Dick on my back.””
the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
From this reading ““I can smell it now, just thinking of it.”
indicate contempt by breathing noisily and forcefully through the nose
From this reading “The troop-horse gave a kick and a bound and a snort.”
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 troop-horse gave a kick and a bound and a snort.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The troop-horse gave a kick and a bound and a snort.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading It makes me want to run--when I haven’t Dick on my back.”
confined by bonds
From this reading The troop-horse gave a kick and a bound and a snort.
plural of “bullock” — young bull
From this reading “But it is not here,” said the camel and the bullocks.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “But it is not here,” said the camel and the bullocks.
cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions
From this reading “But it is not here,” said the camel and the bullocks.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “I can smell it now, just thinking of it.
someone who is a detective
From this reading It makes me want to run--when I haven’t Dick on my back.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Don’t talk of it,” he said.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading The troop-horse gave a kick and a bound and a snort.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It makes me want to run--when I haven’t Dick on my back.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Don’t talk of it,” he said.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “But it is not here,” said the camel and the bullocks.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I can smell it now, just thinking of it.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “But it is not here,” said the camel and the bullocks.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Don’t talk of it,” he said.
and nothing more
From this reading “I can smell it now, just thinking of it.
drive or propel with the foot
From this reading The troop-horse gave a kick and a bound and a snort.
plural of “make” — a recognizable kind
From this reading It makes me want to run--when I haven’t Dick on my back.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It makes me want to run--when I haven’t Dick on my back.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It makes me want to run--when I haven’t Dick on my back.”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “But it is not here,” said the camel and the bullocks.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading “I can smell it now, just thinking of it.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Don’t talk of it,” he said.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It makes me want to run--when I haven’t Dick on my back.”
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading It makes me want to run--when I haven’t Dick on my back.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Don’t talk of it,” he said.
the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
From this reading “I can smell it now, just thinking of it.
indicate contempt by breathing noisily and forcefully through the nose
From this reading The troop-horse gave a kick and a bound and a snort.
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading “Don’t talk of it,” he said.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The troop-horse gave a kick and a bound and a snort.
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading “I can smell it now, just thinking of it.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It makes me want to run--when I haven’t Dick on my back.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The troop-horse gave a kick and a bound and a snort.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading It makes me want to run--when I haven’t Dick on my back.”
at the time that
From this reading It makes me want to run--when I haven’t Dick on my back.”
Chapter 16 of The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling holds 179 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.
Chapter 16 holds 179 sentences of The Jungle Book, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 16 of The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 179 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.
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