Chapter 8 of The Real Fairy Folk is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VIII
Chapter 8 of The Real Fairy Folk is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MRS. TUMBLE BUG AND OTHERS Their wings with azure green And purple glossed. —_Anna L. Barbauld._ Something exciting was going on. Ruth could not tell just what it was at first. She could only watch and wonder.
Chapter 8 of The Real Fairy Folk is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 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.
a former copper coin of Pakistan and India
a light shade of blue
From this reading “TUMBLE BUG AND OTHERS Their wings with azure green And purple glossed.”
general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate
From this reading “TUMBLE BUG AND OTHERS Their wings with azure green And purple glossed.”
creating or arousing excitement
From this reading “—_Anna L. Barbauld._ Something exciting was going on.”
past form of “gloss” — give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing
From this reading “TUMBLE BUG AND OTHERS Their wings with azure green And purple glossed.”
a purple color or pigment
From this reading “TUMBLE BUG AND OTHERS Their wings with azure green And purple glossed.”
United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)
From this reading “Ruth could not tell just what it was at first.”
fall down, as if collapsing
From this reading “TUMBLE BUG AND OTHERS Their wings with azure green And purple glossed.”
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.
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 TUMBLE BUG AND OTHERS Their wings with azure green And purple glossed.
a former copper coin of Pakistan and India
From this reading —_Anna L. Barbauld._ Something exciting was going on.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Ruth could not tell just what it was at first.
a light shade of blue
From this reading TUMBLE BUG AND OTHERS Their wings with azure green And purple glossed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading —_Anna L. Barbauld._ Something exciting was going on.
general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate
From this reading TUMBLE BUG AND OTHERS Their wings with azure green And purple glossed.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Ruth could not tell just what it was at first.
creating or arousing excitement
From this reading —_Anna L. Barbauld._ Something exciting was going on.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading Ruth could not tell just what it was at first.
past form of “gloss” — give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing
From this reading TUMBLE BUG AND OTHERS Their wings with azure green And purple glossed.
the act of departing
From this reading —_Anna L. Barbauld._ Something exciting was going on.
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading TUMBLE BUG AND OTHERS Their wings with azure green And purple glossed.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Ruth could not tell just what it was at first.
and nothing more
From this reading Ruth could not tell just what it was at first.
a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
From this reading —_Anna L. Barbauld._ Something exciting was going on.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading MRS.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Ruth could not tell just what it was at first.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading —_Anna L. Barbauld._ Something exciting was going on.
and nothing more
From this reading She could only watch and wonder.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading TUMBLE BUG AND OTHERS Their wings with azure green And purple glossed.
a purple color or pigment
From this reading TUMBLE BUG AND OTHERS Their wings with azure green And purple glossed.
United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)
From this reading Ruth could not tell just what it was at first.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She could only watch and wonder.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading —_Anna L. Barbauld._ Something exciting was going on.
express in words
From this reading Ruth could not tell just what it was at first.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading TUMBLE BUG AND OTHERS Their wings with azure green And purple glossed.
fall down, as if collapsing
From this reading TUMBLE BUG AND OTHERS Their wings with azure green And purple glossed.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading —_Anna L. Barbauld._ Something exciting was going on.
look attentively
From this reading She could only watch and wonder.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Ruth could not tell just what it was at first.
a means of flight or ascent
From this reading TUMBLE BUG AND OTHERS Their wings with azure green And purple glossed.
in the company of; together with
From this reading TUMBLE BUG AND OTHERS Their wings with azure green And purple glossed.
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading She could only watch and wonder.
Chapter 8 of The Real Fairy Folk by Louise Jamison holds 167 sentences, grouped into 34 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 8 holds 167 sentences of The Real Fairy Folk, unabridged, divided into 34 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of The Real Fairy Folk by Louise Jamison exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 167 sentences, grouped into 34 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 34 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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