Chapter 3 of The star jewels, and other wonders is here in full — 474 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The star jewels, and other wonders is here in full — 474 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Begging, Katie!” cried Rob. “Oh, what do they say? Please, please tell me quickly.” “La, no! Master Rob,” said Katie, looking sidewise at the little boy, “your Mamma wouldn’t want me to be frightenin’ ye with tales the likes o’ these.”
Chapter 3 of The star jewels, and other wonders is here in full — 474 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/94 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
From this reading ““Begging, Katie!” cried Rob.”
plural of “like” — a similar kind
From this reading “Master Rob,” said Katie, looking sidewise at the little boy, “your Mamma wouldn’t want me to be frightenin’ ye with tales the likes o’ these.””
informal terms for a mother
From this reading “Master Rob,” said Katie, looking sidewise at the little boy, “your Mamma wouldn’t want me to be frightenin’ ye with tales the likes o’ these.””
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading “Please, please tell me quickly.””
with speed
From this reading “Please, please tell me quickly.””
take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
From this reading ““Begging, Katie!” cried Rob.”
toward one side
From this reading “Master Rob,” said Katie, looking sidewise at the little boy, “your Mamma wouldn’t want me to be frightenin’ ye with tales the likes o’ these.””
plural of “tale” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading “Master Rob,” said Katie, looking sidewise at the little boy, “your Mamma wouldn’t want me to be frightenin’ ye with tales the likes o’ these.””
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 “Master Rob,” said Katie, looking sidewise at the little boy, “your Mamma wouldn’t want me to be frightenin’ ye with tales the likes o’ these.””
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.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Master Rob,” said Katie, looking sidewise at the little boy, “your Mamma wouldn’t want me to be frightenin’ ye with tales the likes o’ these.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Master Rob,” said Katie, looking sidewise at the little boy, “your Mamma wouldn’t want me to be frightenin’ ye with tales the likes o’ these.”
a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
From this reading “Begging, Katie!” cried Rob.
a youthful male person
From this reading Master Rob,” said Katie, looking sidewise at the little boy, “your Mamma wouldn’t want me to be frightenin’ ye with tales the likes o’ these.”
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “Begging, Katie!” cried Rob.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Oh, what do they say?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Master Rob,” said Katie, looking sidewise at the little boy, “your Mamma wouldn’t want me to be frightenin’ ye with tales the likes o’ these.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Begging, Katie!” cried Rob.
a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth
From this reading “La, no!
plural of “like” — a similar kind
From this reading Master Rob,” said Katie, looking sidewise at the little boy, “your Mamma wouldn’t want me to be frightenin’ ye with tales the likes o’ these.”
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Master Rob,” said Katie, looking sidewise at the little boy, “your Mamma wouldn’t want me to be frightenin’ ye with tales the likes o’ these.”
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading Master Rob,” said Katie, looking sidewise at the little boy, “your Mamma wouldn’t want me to be frightenin’ ye with tales the likes o’ these.”
informal terms for a mother
From this reading Master Rob,” said Katie, looking sidewise at the little boy, “your Mamma wouldn’t want me to be frightenin’ ye with tales the likes o’ these.”
an artist of consummate skill
From this reading Master Rob,” said Katie, looking sidewise at the little boy, “your Mamma wouldn’t want me to be frightenin’ ye with tales the likes o’ these.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Please, please tell me quickly.”
not any; not one
From this reading “La, no!
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading Master Rob,” said Katie, looking sidewise at the little boy, “your Mamma wouldn’t want me to be frightenin’ ye with tales the likes o’ these.”
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, what do they say?
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading Please, please tell me quickly.”
with speed
From this reading Please, please tell me quickly.”
take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
From this reading “Begging, Katie!” cried Rob.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Master Rob,” said Katie, looking sidewise at the little boy, “your Mamma wouldn’t want me to be frightenin’ ye with tales the likes o’ these.”
express in words
From this reading “Oh, what do they say?
toward one side
From this reading Master Rob,” said Katie, looking sidewise at the little boy, “your Mamma wouldn’t want me to be frightenin’ ye with tales the likes o’ these.”
plural of “tale” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading Master Rob,” said Katie, looking sidewise at the little boy, “your Mamma wouldn’t want me to be frightenin’ ye with tales the likes o’ these.”
express in words
From this reading Please, please tell me quickly.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Master Rob,” said Katie, looking sidewise at the little boy, “your Mamma wouldn’t want me to be frightenin’ ye with tales the likes o’ these.”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Master Rob,” said Katie, looking sidewise at the little boy, “your Mamma wouldn’t want me to be frightenin’ ye with tales the likes o’ these.”
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Oh, what do they say?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Master Rob,” said Katie, looking sidewise at the little boy, “your Mamma wouldn’t want me to be frightenin’ ye with tales the likes o’ these.”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading Master Rob,” said Katie, looking sidewise at the little boy, “your Mamma wouldn’t want me to be frightenin’ ye with tales the likes o’ these.”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “Oh, what do they say?
in the company of; together with
From this reading Master Rob,” said Katie, looking sidewise at the little boy, “your Mamma wouldn’t want me to be frightenin’ ye with tales the likes o’ these.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Master Rob,” said Katie, looking sidewise at the little boy, “your Mamma wouldn’t want me to be frightenin’ ye with tales the likes o’ these.”
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading Master Rob,” said Katie, looking sidewise at the little boy, “your Mamma wouldn’t want me to be frightenin’ ye with tales the likes o’ these.”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Master Rob,” said Katie, looking sidewise at the little boy, “your Mamma wouldn’t want me to be frightenin’ ye with tales the likes o’ these.”
Chapter 3 of The star jewels, and other wonders by Abbie Farwell Brown holds 474 sentences, grouped into 95 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.
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