Chapter 17 of The Silver Princess in Oz is here in full — 87 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of The Silver Princess in Oz is here in full — 87 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
All Together at Last "KABUMPO! Kabumpo! Randy! Oh, my mercy me!" Rolling to his feet, Jinnicky tottered over to the hearth and, encountering Ginger half-way there, clasped his faithful Bell Boy to his shiny glass bosom.
Chapter 17 of The Silver Princess in Oz is here in full — 87 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/17 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept
From this reading “Rolling to his feet, Jinnicky tottered over to the hearth and, encountering Ginger half-way there, clasped his faithful Bell Boy to his shiny glass bosom.”
past form of “clasp” — hold firmly and tightly
From this reading “Rolling to his feet, Jinnicky tottered over to the hearth and, encountering Ginger half-way there, clasped his faithful Bell Boy to his shiny glass bosom.”
-ing form of “encounter” — come together
From this reading “Rolling to his feet, Jinnicky tottered over to the hearth and, encountering Ginger half-way there, clasped his faithful Bell Boy to his shiny glass bosom.”
perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems
From this reading “Rolling to his feet, Jinnicky tottered over to the hearth and, encountering Ginger half-way there, clasped his faithful Bell Boy to his shiny glass bosom.”
an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built
From this reading “Rolling to his feet, Jinnicky tottered over to the hearth and, encountering Ginger half-way there, clasped his faithful Bell Boy to his shiny glass bosom.”
feeling great sexual desire
From this reading “Randy!”
uttered with a trill
From this reading “Rolling to his feet, Jinnicky tottered over to the hearth and, encountering Ginger half-way there, clasped his faithful Bell Boy to his shiny glass bosom.”
reflecting light
From this reading “Rolling to his feet, Jinnicky tottered over to the hearth and, encountering Ginger half-way there, clasped his faithful Bell Boy to his shiny glass bosom.”
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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(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 All Together at Last "KABUMPO!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Rolling to his feet, Jinnicky tottered over to the hearth and, encountering Ginger half-way there, clasped his faithful Bell Boy to his shiny glass bosom.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading All Together at Last "KABUMPO!
a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
From this reading Rolling to his feet, Jinnicky tottered over to the hearth and, encountering Ginger half-way there, clasped his faithful Bell Boy to his shiny glass bosom.
the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept
From this reading Rolling to his feet, Jinnicky tottered over to the hearth and, encountering Ginger half-way there, clasped his faithful Bell Boy to his shiny glass bosom.
a youthful male person
From this reading Rolling to his feet, Jinnicky tottered over to the hearth and, encountering Ginger half-way there, clasped his faithful Bell Boy to his shiny glass bosom.
past form of “clasp” — hold firmly and tightly
From this reading Rolling to his feet, Jinnicky tottered over to the hearth and, encountering Ginger half-way there, clasped his faithful Bell Boy to his shiny glass bosom.
-ing form of “encounter” — come together
From this reading Rolling to his feet, Jinnicky tottered over to the hearth and, encountering Ginger half-way there, clasped his faithful Bell Boy to his shiny glass bosom.
steadfast in affection or allegiance
From this reading Rolling to his feet, Jinnicky tottered over to the hearth and, encountering Ginger half-way there, clasped his faithful Bell Boy to his shiny glass bosom.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading Rolling to his feet, Jinnicky tottered over to the hearth and, encountering Ginger half-way there, clasped his faithful Bell Boy to his shiny glass bosom.
perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems
From this reading Rolling to his feet, Jinnicky tottered over to the hearth and, encountering Ginger half-way there, clasped his faithful Bell Boy to his shiny glass bosom.
a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
From this reading Rolling to his feet, Jinnicky tottered over to the hearth and, encountering Ginger half-way there, clasped his faithful Bell Boy to his shiny glass bosom.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Rolling to his feet, Jinnicky tottered over to the hearth and, encountering Ginger half-way there, clasped his faithful Bell Boy to his shiny glass bosom.
an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built
From this reading Rolling to his feet, Jinnicky tottered over to the hearth and, encountering Ginger half-way there, clasped his faithful Bell Boy to his shiny glass bosom.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Rolling to his feet, Jinnicky tottered over to the hearth and, encountering Ginger half-way there, clasped his faithful Bell Boy to his shiny glass bosom.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Rolling to his feet, Jinnicky tottered over to the hearth and, encountering Ginger half-way there, clasped his faithful Bell Boy to his shiny glass bosom.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All Together at Last "KABUMPO!
immediately past
From this reading All Together at Last "KABUMPO!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Oh, my mercy me!"
leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
From this reading Oh, my mercy me!"
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Oh, my mercy me!"
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, my mercy me!"
above and across; more than
From this reading Rolling to his feet, Jinnicky tottered over to the hearth and, encountering Ginger half-way there, clasped his faithful Bell Boy to his shiny glass bosom.
feeling great sexual desire
From this reading Randy!
uttered with a trill
From this reading Rolling to his feet, Jinnicky tottered over to the hearth and, encountering Ginger half-way there, clasped his faithful Bell Boy to his shiny glass bosom.
reflecting light
From this reading Rolling to his feet, Jinnicky tottered over to the hearth and, encountering Ginger half-way there, clasped his faithful Bell Boy to his shiny glass bosom.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Rolling to his feet, Jinnicky tottered over to the hearth and, encountering Ginger half-way there, clasped his faithful Bell Boy to his shiny glass bosom.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Rolling to his feet, Jinnicky tottered over to the hearth and, encountering Ginger half-way there, clasped his faithful Bell Boy to his shiny glass bosom.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Rolling to his feet, Jinnicky tottered over to the hearth and, encountering Ginger half-way there, clasped his faithful Bell Boy to his shiny glass bosom.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading All Together at Last "KABUMPO!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Rolling to his feet, Jinnicky tottered over to the hearth and, encountering Ginger half-way there, clasped his faithful Bell Boy to his shiny glass bosom.
Chapter 17 of The Silver Princess in Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson holds 87 sentences, grouped into 18 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 17 holds 87 sentences of The Silver Princess in Oz, unabridged, divided into 18 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 17 of The Silver Princess in Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 87 sentences, grouped into 18 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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