Chapter 6 of The Story of the Amulet is here in full — 304 sentences across 61 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Story of the Amulet is here in full — 304 sentences across 61 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE WAY TO BABYLON “How many miles to Babylon? Three score and ten! Can I get there by candle light? Yes, and back again!” Jane was singing to her doll, rocking it to and fro in the house which she had made for herself and it.
Chapter 6 of The Story of the Amulet is here in full — 304 sentences across 61 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia
From this reading “THE WAY TO BABYLON “How many miles to Babylon?”
stick of wax with a wick in the middle
From this reading “Can I get there by candle light?”
a small replica of a person; used as a toy
From this reading “Jane was singing to her doll, rocking it to and fro in the house which she had made for herself and it.”
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading “THE WAY TO BABYLON “How many miles to Babylon?”
-ing form of “rock” — move back and forth or sideways
From this reading “Jane was singing to her doll, rocking it to and fro in the house which she had made for herself and it.”
a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
From this reading “Three score and ten!”
the act of singing vocal music
From this reading “Jane was singing to her doll, rocking it to and fro in the house which she had made for herself and it.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading “Three score and ten!”
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anew
From this reading Yes, and back again!”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Three score and ten!
the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia
From this reading THE WAY TO BABYLON “How many miles to Babylon?
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Yes, and back again!”
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Can I get there by candle light?
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Can I get there by candle light?
stick of wax with a wick in the middle
From this reading Can I get there by candle light?
a small replica of a person; used as a toy
From this reading Jane was singing to her doll, rocking it to and fro in the house which she had made for herself and it.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Jane was singing to her doll, rocking it to and fro in the house which she had made for herself and it.
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From this reading Jane was singing to her doll, rocking it to and fro in the house which she had made for herself and it.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Can I get there by candle light?
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Jane was singing to her doll, rocking it to and fro in the house which she had made for herself and it.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Jane was singing to her doll, rocking it to and fro in the house which she had made for herself and it.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Jane was singing to her doll, rocking it to and fro in the house which she had made for herself and it.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading Jane was singing to her doll, rocking it to and fro in the house which she had made for herself and it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE WAY TO BABYLON “How many miles to Babylon?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Can I get there by candle light?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Jane was singing to her doll, rocking it to and fro in the house which she had made for herself and it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Jane was singing to her doll, rocking it to and fro in the house which she had made for herself and it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jane was singing to her doll, rocking it to and fro in the house which she had made for herself and it.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading Can I get there by candle light?
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Jane was singing to her doll, rocking it to and fro in the house which she had made for herself and it.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading THE WAY TO BABYLON “How many miles to Babylon?
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading THE WAY TO BABYLON “How many miles to Babylon?
-ing form of “rock” — move back and forth or sideways
From this reading Jane was singing to her doll, rocking it to and fro in the house which she had made for herself and it.
a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
From this reading Three score and ten!
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Jane was singing to her doll, rocking it to and fro in the house which she had made for herself and it.
the act of singing vocal music
From this reading Jane was singing to her doll, rocking it to and fro in the house which she had made for herself and it.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading Three score and ten!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WAY TO BABYLON “How many miles to Babylon?
in or at that place or location
From this reading Can I get there by candle light?
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading Three score and ten!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE WAY TO BABYLON “How many miles to Babylon?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Jane was singing to her doll, rocking it to and fro in the house which she had made for herself and it.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading THE WAY TO BABYLON “How many miles to Babylon?
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Jane was singing to her doll, rocking it to and fro in the house which she had made for herself and it.
an affirmative
From this reading Yes, and back again!”
Chapter 6 of The Story of the Amulet by E. (Edith) Nesbit holds 304 sentences, grouped into 61 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 6 holds 304 sentences of The Story of the Amulet, unabridged, divided into 61 reading sections.
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