Chapter 12 of The Lion's Mouse is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The Lion's Mouse is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Well, a top-floor room is the only wan I've got vacant. How long would ye be wanting it for?" "Oh, a few days, and maybe more." "You can come and have a look. I don't boast of the room.
Chapter 12 of The Lion's Mouse is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
show off
From this reading “I don't boast of the room.”
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading “"Oh, a few days, and maybe more."”
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “"Well, a top-floor room is the only wan I've got vacant.”
by chance
From this reading “"Oh, a few days, and maybe more."”
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading “"Well, a top-floor room is the only wan I've got vacant.”
void of intelligence or thought
From this reading “"Well, a top-floor room is the only wan I've got vacant.”
(of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble
From this reading “"Well, a top-floor room is the only wan I've got vacant.”
nonexistent
From this reading “How long would ye be wanting it for?"”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "Well, a top-floor room is the only wan I've got vacant.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Oh, a few days, and maybe more."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading How long would ye be wanting it for?"
show off
From this reading I don't boast of the room.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "You can come and have a look.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "You can come and have a look.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading "Oh, a few days, and maybe more."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I don't boast of the room.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading "Oh, a few days, and maybe more."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading How long would ye be wanting it for?"
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "Well, a top-floor room is the only wan I've got vacant.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "You can come and have a look.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How long would ye be wanting it for?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I don't boast of the room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Well, a top-floor room is the only wan I've got vacant.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Well, a top-floor room is the only wan I've got vacant.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading How long would ye be wanting it for?"
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading How long would ye be wanting it for?"
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading "You can come and have a look.
by chance
From this reading "Oh, a few days, and maybe more."
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading "Oh, a few days, and maybe more."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I don't boast of the room.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, a few days, and maybe more."
and nothing more
From this reading "Well, a top-floor room is the only wan I've got vacant.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading "Well, a top-floor room is the only wan I've got vacant.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Well, a top-floor room is the only wan I've got vacant.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Well, a top-floor room is the only wan I've got vacant.
void of intelligence or thought
From this reading "Well, a top-floor room is the only wan I've got vacant.
(of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble
From this reading "Well, a top-floor room is the only wan I've got vacant.
nonexistent
From this reading How long would ye be wanting it for?"
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Well, a top-floor room is the only wan I've got vacant.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading How long would ye be wanting it for?"
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading How long would ye be wanting it for?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You can come and have a look.
Chapter 12 of The Lion's Mouse by C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson holds 418 sentences, grouped into 84 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 12 holds 418 sentences of The Lion's Mouse, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of The Lion's Mouse by C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 418 sentences, grouped into 84 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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