Chapter 3 of The Rainbow Cat is here in full — 396 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter III
Chapter 3 of The Rainbow Cat is here in full — 396 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“There’s one coming,” they said. “We can see him riding along the high road.” “Oh, what is he like?” said the princess. “He is a very fine-looking gentleman indeed,” said the ash-trees. “He rides on a great black prancing horse, and a company of twenty knights rides behind him.
Chapter 3 of The Rainbow Cat is here in full — 396 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an institution created to conduct business
From this reading ““He rides on a great black prancing horse, and a company of twenty knights rides behind him.”
a man of refinement
From this reading ““He is a very fine-looking gentleman indeed,” said the ash-trees.”
plural of “knight” — originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
From this reading ““He rides on a great black prancing horse, and a company of twenty knights rides behind him.”
-ing form of “prance” — to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
From this reading ““He rides on a great black prancing horse, and a company of twenty knights rides behind him.”
The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.
From this reading ““Oh, what is he like?” said the princess.”
plural of “ride” — a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
From this reading ““He rides on a great black prancing horse, and a company of twenty knights rides behind him.”
the sport of sitting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements
From this reading ““We can see him riding along the high road.””
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading ““He rides on a great black prancing horse, and a company of twenty knights rides behind him.”
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 ““We can see him riding along the high road.””
In this reading ““He rides on a great black prancing horse, and a company of twenty knights rides behind him.”
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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 “He is a very fine-looking gentleman indeed,” said the ash-trees.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “We can see him riding along the high road.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “He rides on a great black prancing horse, and a company of twenty knights rides behind him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “He is a very fine-looking gentleman indeed,” said the ash-trees.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading “He rides on a great black prancing horse, and a company of twenty knights rides behind him.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading “He rides on a great black prancing horse, and a company of twenty knights rides behind him.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “We can see him riding along the high road.”
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “There’s one coming,” they said.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading “He rides on a great black prancing horse, and a company of twenty knights rides behind him.
pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion
From this reading “He is a very fine-looking gentleman indeed,” said the ash-trees.
a man of refinement
From this reading “He is a very fine-looking gentleman indeed,” said the ash-trees.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading “He rides on a great black prancing horse, and a company of twenty knights rides behind him.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Oh, what is he like?” said the princess.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading “We can see him riding along the high road.”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “We can see him riding along the high road.”
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading “He rides on a great black prancing horse, and a company of twenty knights rides behind him.
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading “He is a very fine-looking gentleman indeed,” said the ash-trees.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Oh, what is he like?” said the princess.
plural of “knight” — originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
From this reading “He rides on a great black prancing horse, and a company of twenty knights rides behind him.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading “Oh, what is he like?” said the princess.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “He rides on a great black prancing horse, and a company of twenty knights rides behind him.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, what is he like?” said the princess.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “He rides on a great black prancing horse, and a company of twenty knights rides behind him.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “There’s one coming,” they said.
-ing form of “prance” — to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
From this reading “He rides on a great black prancing horse, and a company of twenty knights rides behind him.
The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.
From this reading “Oh, what is he like?” said the princess.
plural of “ride” — a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
From this reading “He rides on a great black prancing horse, and a company of twenty knights rides behind him.
the sport of sitting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements
From this reading “We can see him riding along the high road.”
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading “We can see him riding along the high road.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “There’s one coming,” they said.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “We can see him riding along the high road.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “We can see him riding along the high road.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There’s one coming,” they said.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “There’s one coming,” they said.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading “He rides on a great black prancing horse, and a company of twenty knights rides behind him.
precisely as stated
From this reading “He is a very fine-looking gentleman indeed,” said the ash-trees.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “We can see him riding along the high road.”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “Oh, what is he like?” said the princess.
Chapter 3 of The Rainbow Cat by Rose Fyleman holds 396 sentences, grouped into 80 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 3 holds 396 sentences of The Rainbow Cat, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
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