Chapter 2 of The Light Princess and Other Fairy Stories is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Light Princess and Other Fairy Stories is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Yes, I will," she persisted. "What business had you to pull me down out of the water, and throw me to the bottom of the air? I never did you any harm." "Pardon me. I did not mean to hurt you."
Chapter 2 of The Light Princess and Other Fairy Stories is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/84 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
the lower side of anything
From this reading “"What business had you to pull me down out of the water, and throw me to the bottom of the air?”
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading “"What business had you to pull me down out of the water, and throw me to the bottom of the air?”
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
From this reading “I never did you any harm."”
be the source of pain
From this reading “I did not mean to hurt you."”
accept an excuse for
From this reading “"Pardon me.”
past form of “persist” — continue to exist
From this reading “"Yes, I will," she persisted.”
cause to move by pulling
From this reading “"What business had you to pull me down out of the water, and throw me to the bottom of the air?”
propel through the air
From this reading “"What business had you to pull me down out of the water, and throw me to the bottom of the air?”
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.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading "What business had you to pull me down out of the water, and throw me to the bottom of the air?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "What business had you to pull me down out of the water, and throw me to the bottom of the air?
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading I never did you any harm."
the lower side of anything
From this reading "What business had you to pull me down out of the water, and throw me to the bottom of the air?
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading "What business had you to pull me down out of the water, and throw me to the bottom of the air?
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading I never did you any harm."
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading "What business had you to pull me down out of the water, and throw me to the bottom of the air?
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "What business had you to pull me down out of the water, and throw me to the bottom of the air?
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
From this reading I never did you any harm."
be the source of pain
From this reading I did not mean to hurt you."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Yes, I will," she persisted.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "What business had you to pull me down out of the water, and throw me to the bottom of the air?
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading I did not mean to hurt you."
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading I never did you any harm."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I did not mean to hurt you."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "What business had you to pull me down out of the water, and throw me to the bottom of the air?
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "What business had you to pull me down out of the water, and throw me to the bottom of the air?
accept an excuse for
From this reading "Pardon me.
past form of “persist” — continue to exist
From this reading "Yes, I will," she persisted.
cause to move by pulling
From this reading "What business had you to pull me down out of the water, and throw me to the bottom of the air?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Yes, I will," she persisted.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "What business had you to pull me down out of the water, and throw me to the bottom of the air?
propel through the air
From this reading "What business had you to pull me down out of the water, and throw me to the bottom of the air?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "What business had you to pull me down out of the water, and throw me to the bottom of the air?
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading "What business had you to pull me down out of the water, and throw me to the bottom of the air?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What business had you to pull me down out of the water, and throw me to the bottom of the air?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Yes, I will," she persisted.
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes, I will," she persisted.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "What business had you to pull me down out of the water, and throw me to the bottom of the air?
Chapter 2 of The Light Princess and Other Fairy Stories by George MacDonald 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 2 holds 424 sentences of The Light Princess and Other Fairy Stories, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of The Light Princess and Other Fairy Stories by George MacDonald exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 424 sentences, grouped into 85 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.
Work through the 85 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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