Chapter 9 of The Magical Mimics in Oz is here in full — 164 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The Magical Mimics in Oz is here in full — 164 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Mr. and Mrs. Hi-Lo "Step right in, folks! Watch your step, Miss. We're on our way up--next stop the top! Only two stops--bottom and top. Next stop's the top!"
Chapter 9 of The Magical Mimics in Oz is here in full — 164 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the lower side of anything
From this reading “Only two stops--bottom and top.”
your parents
From this reading “Mr. and Mrs. Hi-Lo "Step right in, folks!”
immediately following in time or order
From this reading “We're on our way up--next stop the top!”
any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
From this reading “Mr. and Mrs. Hi-Lo "Step right in, folks!”
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading “We're on our way up--next stop the top!”
a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck)
From this reading “Only two stops--bottom and top.”
the upper part of anything
From this reading “We're on our way up--next stop the top!”
look attentively
From this reading “Watch your step, Miss.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Hi-Lo "Step right in, folks!
the lower side of anything
From this reading Only two stops--bottom and top.
your parents
From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Hi-Lo "Step right in, folks!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Hi-Lo "Step right in, folks!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Hi-Lo "Step right in, folks!
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading Watch your step, Miss.
a form of address for a man
From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Hi-Lo "Step right in, folks!
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Hi-Lo "Step right in, folks!
immediately following in time or order
From this reading We're on our way up--next stop the top!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading We're on our way up--next stop the top!
and nothing more
From this reading Only two stops--bottom and top.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We're on our way up--next stop the top!
precisely, exactly
From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Hi-Lo "Step right in, folks!
any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Hi-Lo "Step right in, folks!
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading We're on our way up--next stop the top!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Next stop's the top!"
a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck)
From this reading Only two stops--bottom and top.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We're on our way up--next stop the top!
the upper part of anything
From this reading We're on our way up--next stop the top!
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Only two stops--bottom and top.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading We're on our way up--next stop the top!
look attentively
From this reading Watch your step, Miss.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading We're on our way up--next stop the top!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We're on our way up--next stop the top!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Watch your step, Miss.
Chapter 9 of The Magical Mimics in Oz by Jack Snow holds 164 sentences, grouped into 33 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 9 holds 164 sentences of The Magical Mimics in Oz, unabridged, divided into 33 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of The Magical Mimics in Oz by Jack Snow exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 164 sentences, grouped into 33 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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