Chapter 3 of The Singing Mouse Stories is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter III
Chapter 3 of The Singing Mouse Stories is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Do you see the figures there?" said the Singing Mouse. "Do you see the marching men? Have you never heard the hoofs ring on the roof when the wind blows high? Have you not seen their ranks sweep swift across the sky when storms arise? Have you never seen them marching through the long aisles of the wood at night?
Chapter 3 of The Singing Mouse Stories is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 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.
plural of “aisle” — a long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods)
From this reading “Have you never seen them marching through the long aisles of the wood at night?”
come into existence; take on form or shape
From this reading “Have you not seen their ranks sweep swift across the sky when storms arise?”
plural of “hoof” — the foot of an ungulate mammal
From this reading “Have you never heard the hoofs ring on the roof when the wind blows high?”
the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind)
From this reading “"Do you see the marching men?”
any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
From this reading “"Do you see the figures there?" said the Singing Mouse.”
plural of “rank” — a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another
From this reading “Have you not seen their ranks sweep swift across the sky when storms arise?”
plural of “storm” — a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning
From this reading “Have you not seen their ranks sweep swift across the sky when storms arise?”
sweep across or over
From this reading “Have you not seen their ranks sweep swift across the sky when storms arise?”
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.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Have you not seen their ranks sweep swift across the sky when storms arise?
plural of “aisle” — a long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods)
From this reading Have you never seen them marching through the long aisles of the wood at night?
come into existence; take on form or shape
From this reading Have you not seen their ranks sweep swift across the sky when storms arise?
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Have you never seen them marching through the long aisles of the wood at night?
plural of “blow” — a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon
From this reading Have you never heard the hoofs ring on the roof when the wind blows high?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Do you see the figures there?" said the Singing Mouse.
plural of “figure” — a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
From this reading "Do you see the figures there?" said the Singing Mouse.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Have you never heard the hoofs ring on the roof when the wind blows high?
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading Have you never heard the hoofs ring on the roof when the wind blows high?
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading Have you never heard the hoofs ring on the roof when the wind blows high?
plural of “hoof” — the foot of an ungulate mammal
From this reading Have you never heard the hoofs ring on the roof when the wind blows high?
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading Have you never seen them marching through the long aisles of the wood at night?
the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind)
From this reading "Do you see the marching men?
the force of workers available
From this reading "Do you see the marching men?
any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
From this reading "Do you see the figures there?" said the Singing Mouse.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Have you never heard the hoofs ring on the roof when the wind blows high?
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Have you never seen them marching through the long aisles of the wood at night?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Have you not seen their ranks sweep swift across the sky when storms arise?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Have you never seen them marching through the long aisles of the wood at night?
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Have you never heard the hoofs ring on the roof when the wind blows high?
plural of “rank” — a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another
From this reading Have you not seen their ranks sweep swift across the sky when storms arise?
sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading Have you never heard the hoofs ring on the roof when the wind blows high?
a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building
From this reading Have you never heard the hoofs ring on the roof when the wind blows high?
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Do you see the figures there?" said the Singing Mouse.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "Do you see the figures there?" said the Singing Mouse.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Have you not seen their ranks sweep swift across the sky when storms arise?
the act of singing vocal music
From this reading "Do you see the figures there?" said the Singing Mouse.
the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
From this reading Have you not seen their ranks sweep swift across the sky when storms arise?
plural of “storm” — a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning
From this reading Have you not seen their ranks sweep swift across the sky when storms arise?
sweep across or over
From this reading Have you not seen their ranks sweep swift across the sky when storms arise?
moving very fast
From this reading Have you not seen their ranks sweep swift across the sky when storms arise?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Do you see the figures there?" said the Singing Mouse.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Have you not seen their ranks sweep swift across the sky when storms arise?
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Have you never seen them marching through the long aisles of the wood at night?
in or at that place or location
From this reading "Do you see the figures there?" said the Singing Mouse.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Have you never seen them marching through the long aisles of the wood at night?
at the time that
From this reading Have you never heard the hoofs ring on the roof when the wind blows high?
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading Have you never heard the hoofs ring on the roof when the wind blows high?
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
From this reading Have you never seen them marching through the long aisles of the wood at night?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Do you see the figures there?" said the Singing Mouse.
Chapter 3 of The Singing Mouse Stories by Emerson Hough holds 406 sentences, grouped into 82 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 406 sentences of The Singing Mouse Stories, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of The Singing Mouse Stories by Emerson Hough exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 406 sentences, grouped into 82 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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