Chapter 14 of The Orange Fairy Book is here in full — 175 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of The Orange Fairy Book is here in full — 175 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
'You are mistaken,' answered the jackal. 'It was I who drew the water, and you who poured it into the trenches. Anybody will tell you that! If you like, I will ask those people who are digging there!' 'Very well,' replied the sheep.
Chapter 14 of The Orange Fairy Book is here in full — 175 sentences across 35 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.
any person at all
From this reading “Anybody will tell you that!”
the act of digging
From this reading “If you like, I will ask those people who are digging there!'”
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading “'It was I who drew the water, and you who poured it into the trenches.”
Old World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog; smaller than a wolf; sometimes hunts in a pack but usually singly or as a member of a pair
From this reading “'You are mistaken,' answered the jackal.”
wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment
From this reading “'You are mistaken,' answered the jackal.”
past form of “pour” — cause to run
From this reading “'It was I who drew the water, and you who poured it into the trenches.”
woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
From this reading “'Very well,' replied the sheep.”
plural of “trench” — a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
From this reading “'It was I who drew the water, and you who poured it into the trenches.”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading 'It was I who drew the water, and you who poured it into the trenches.
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading 'You are mistaken,' answered the jackal.
any person at all
From this reading Anybody will tell you that!
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading 'You are mistaken,' answered the jackal.
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading If you like, I will ask those people who are digging there!'
the act of digging
From this reading If you like, I will ask those people who are digging there!'
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading 'It was I who drew the water, and you who poured it into the trenches.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 'It was I who drew the water, and you who poured it into the trenches.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If you like, I will ask those people who are digging there!'
moving to the inside of something
From this reading 'It was I who drew the water, and you who poured it into the trenches.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading 'It was I who drew the water, and you who poured it into the trenches.
Old World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog; smaller than a wolf; sometimes hunts in a pack but usually singly or as a member of a pair
From this reading 'You are mistaken,' answered the jackal.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading If you like, I will ask those people who are digging there!'
wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment
From this reading 'You are mistaken,' answered the jackal.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading If you like, I will ask those people who are digging there!'
past form of “pour” — cause to run
From this reading 'It was I who drew the water, and you who poured it into the trenches.
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading 'Very well,' replied the sheep.
woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
From this reading 'Very well,' replied the sheep.
express in words
From this reading Anybody will tell you that!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Anybody will tell you that!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 'You are mistaken,' answered the jackal.
in or at that place or location
From this reading If you like, I will ask those people who are digging there!'
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading If you like, I will ask those people who are digging there!'
plural of “trench” — a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
From this reading 'It was I who drew the water, and you who poured it into the trenches.
precisely as stated
From this reading 'Very well,' replied the sheep.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading 'It was I who drew the water, and you who poured it into the trenches.
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 'It was I who drew the water, and you who poured it into the trenches.
(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 'Very well,' replied the sheep.
which person or people
From this reading 'It was I who drew the water, and you who poured it into the trenches.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Anybody will tell you that!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'You are mistaken,' answered the jackal.
Chapter 14 of The Orange Fairy Book by Andrew Lang holds 175 sentences, grouped into 35 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 14 holds 175 sentences of The Orange Fairy Book, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.
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