Chapter 2 of The Queen Who Flew: A Fairy Tale is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of The Queen Who Flew: A Fairy Tale is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"But I _am_ the Queen," the Queen said angrily. The cobbler knocked the nail into the shoe. "King Mark’s a widower," was all he said. And the crowd laughed until the Queen felt quite uncomfortable. She was not used to being stared at.
Chapter 2 of The Queen Who Flew: A Fairy Tale is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 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.
with anger
From this reading “"But I _am_ the Queen," the Queen said angrily.”
a person who makes or repairs shoes
From this reading “The cobbler knocked the nail into the shoe.”
past form of “knock” — deliver a sharp blow or push
From this reading “The cobbler knocked the nail into the shoe.”
possessive form of “mark” — a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
attach something somewhere by means of nails
From this reading “The cobbler knocked the nail into the shoe.”
footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material
From this reading “The cobbler knocked the nail into the shoe.”
conducive to or feeling mental discomfort
From this reading “And the crowd laughed until the Queen felt quite uncomfortable.”
a man whose wife is dead especially one who has not remarried
From this reading “"King Mark’s a widower," was all he said.”
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.
In this reading “She was not used to being stared at.”
In this reading “And the crowd laughed until the Queen felt quite uncomfortable.”
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "King Mark’s a widower," was all he said.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "King Mark’s a widower," was all he said.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "But I _am_ the Queen," the Queen said angrily.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And the crowd laughed until the Queen felt quite uncomfortable.
with anger
From this reading "But I _am_ the Queen," the Queen said angrily.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She was not used to being stared at.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading She was not used to being stared at.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But I _am_ the Queen," the Queen said angrily.
a person who makes or repairs shoes
From this reading The cobbler knocked the nail into the shoe.
cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
From this reading And the crowd laughed until the Queen felt quite uncomfortable.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading And the crowd laughed until the Queen felt quite uncomfortable.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "King Mark’s a widower," was all he said.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "But I _am_ the Queen," the Queen said angrily.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The cobbler knocked the nail into the shoe.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading "King Mark’s a widower," was all he said.
past form of “knock” — deliver a sharp blow or push
From this reading The cobbler knocked the nail into the shoe.
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading And the crowd laughed until the Queen felt quite uncomfortable.
possessive form of “mark” — a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
From this reading "King Mark’s a widower," was all he said.
attach something somewhere by means of nails
From this reading The cobbler knocked the nail into the shoe.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She was not used to being stared at.
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading "But I _am_ the Queen," the Queen said angrily.
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading And the crowd laughed until the Queen felt quite uncomfortable.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "But I _am_ the Queen," the Queen said angrily.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was not used to being stared at.
footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material
From this reading The cobbler knocked the nail into the shoe.
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading She was not used to being stared at.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "But I _am_ the Queen," the Queen said angrily.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She was not used to being stared at.
conducive to or feeling mental discomfort
From this reading And the crowd laughed until the Queen felt quite uncomfortable.
up to a particular time
From this reading And the crowd laughed until the Queen felt quite uncomfortable.
employed in accomplishing something
From this reading She was not used to being stared at.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "King Mark’s a widower," was all he said.
a man whose wife is dead especially one who has not remarried
From this reading "King Mark’s a widower," was all he said.
Chapter 2 of The Queen Who Flew: A Fairy Tale by Ford Madox Ford holds 423 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 423 sentences of The Queen Who Flew: A Fairy Tale, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
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