Chapter 5 of The Magic City is here in full — 384 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Magic City is here in full — 384 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ON THE CARPET The Princess was just Lucy. 'It's too bad,' said Philip. 'I do think.' Then he stopped short and just looked cross. 'The Princess and the Champion will now have their teas,' said Mr. Noah.
Chapter 5 of The Magic City is here in full — 384 sentences across 77 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.
floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)
From this reading “ON THE CARPET The Princess was just Lucy.”
someone who has won first place in a competition
From this reading “'The Princess and the Champion will now have their teas,' said Mr. Noah.”
travel across or pass over
From this reading “Then he stopped short and just looked cross.”
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading “ON THE CARPET The Princess was just Lucy.”
the Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain; the story of Noah and the flood is told in the Book of Genesis
From this reading “'The Princess and the Champion will now have their teas,' said Mr. Noah.”
Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)
From this reading “'It's too bad,' said Philip.”
The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.
From this reading “ON THE CARPET The Princess was just Lucy.”
plural of “tea” — a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
From this reading “'The Princess and the Champion will now have their teas,' said Mr. Noah.”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Then he stopped short and just looked cross.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading 'It's too bad,' said Philip.
floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)
From this reading ON THE CARPET The Princess was just Lucy.
someone who has won first place in a competition
From this reading 'The Princess and the Champion will now have their teas,' said Mr. Noah.
travel across or pass over
From this reading Then he stopped short and just looked cross.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading 'I do think.'
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading 'The Princess and the Champion will now have their teas,' said Mr. Noah.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then he stopped short and just looked cross.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 'I do think.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'It's too bad,' said Philip.
and nothing more
From this reading ON THE CARPET The Princess was just Lucy.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Then he stopped short and just looked cross.
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading ON THE CARPET The Princess was just Lucy.
a form of address for a man
From this reading 'The Princess and the Champion will now have their teas,' said Mr. Noah.
the Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain; the story of Noah and the flood is told in the Book of Genesis
From this reading 'The Princess and the Champion will now have their teas,' said Mr. Noah.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading 'The Princess and the Champion will now have their teas,' said Mr. Noah.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ON THE CARPET The Princess was just Lucy.
Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)
From this reading 'It's too bad,' said Philip.
The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.
From this reading ON THE CARPET The Princess was just Lucy.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading 'It's too bad,' said Philip.
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading Then he stopped short and just looked cross.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading Then he stopped short and just looked cross.
plural of “tea” — a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
From this reading 'The Princess and the Champion will now have their teas,' said Mr. Noah.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ON THE CARPET The Princess was just Lucy.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading 'The Princess and the Champion will now have their teas,' said Mr. Noah.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then he stopped short and just looked cross.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading 'I do think.'
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading 'It's too bad,' said Philip.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ON THE CARPET The Princess was just Lucy.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading 'The Princess and the Champion will now have their teas,' said Mr. Noah.
Chapter 5 of The Magic City by E. (Edith) Nesbit holds 384 sentences, grouped into 77 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 5 holds 384 sentences of The Magic City, unabridged, divided into 77 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of The Magic City by E. (Edith) Nesbit exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 384 sentences, grouped into 77 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 77 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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