Chapter 3 of The Topaz Story Book is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The Topaz Story Book is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“To whom were you talking, dear Nightingale?” she asked, putting her beautiful white arms round his neck, and leaning her head on his bosom. “To a Sunbeam,” answered the Nightingale. “Ah, how beautiful he is! I was telling him about you. He longs to see you.”
Chapter 3 of The Topaz Story Book is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept
From this reading ““To whom were you talking, dear Nightingale?” she asked, putting her beautiful white arms round his neck, and leaning her head on his bosom.”
departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
From this reading ““To whom were you talking, dear Nightingale?” she asked, putting her beautiful white arms round his neck, and leaning her head on his bosom.”
third-person singular of “long” — desire strongly or persistently
From this reading “He longs to see you.””
the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
From this reading ““To whom were you talking, dear Nightingale?” she asked, putting her beautiful white arms round his neck, and leaning her head on his bosom.”
European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song
From this reading ““To whom were you talking, dear Nightingale?” she asked, putting her beautiful white arms round his neck, and leaning her head on his bosom.”
hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter
From this reading ““To whom were you talking, dear Nightingale?” she asked, putting her beautiful white arms round his neck, and leaning her head on his bosom.”
a ray of sunlight
From this reading ““To a Sunbeam,” answered the Nightingale.”
disclosing unintentionally something concealed
From this reading “I was telling him about you.”
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 ““To whom were you talking, dear Nightingale?” she asked, putting her beautiful white arms round his neck, and leaning her head on his bosom.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “To a Sunbeam,” answered the Nightingale.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading I was telling him about you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Ah, how beautiful he is!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “To whom were you talking, dear Nightingale?” she asked, putting her beautiful white arms round his neck, and leaning her head on his bosom.
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading “To a Sunbeam,” answered the Nightingale.
weapons considered collectively
From this reading “To whom were you talking, dear Nightingale?” she asked, putting her beautiful white arms round his neck, and leaning her head on his bosom.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “To whom were you talking, dear Nightingale?” she asked, putting her beautiful white arms round his neck, and leaning her head on his bosom.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading “To whom were you talking, dear Nightingale?” she asked, putting her beautiful white arms round his neck, and leaning her head on his bosom.
the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept
From this reading “To whom were you talking, dear Nightingale?” she asked, putting her beautiful white arms round his neck, and leaning her head on his bosom.
dearly loved
From this reading “To whom were you talking, dear Nightingale?” she asked, putting her beautiful white arms round his neck, and leaning her head on his bosom.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Ah, how beautiful he is!
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading “To whom were you talking, dear Nightingale?” she asked, putting her beautiful white arms round his neck, and leaning her head on his bosom.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “To whom were you talking, dear Nightingale?” she asked, putting her beautiful white arms round his neck, and leaning her head on his bosom.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I was telling him about you.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “To whom were you talking, dear Nightingale?” she asked, putting her beautiful white arms round his neck, and leaning her head on his bosom.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Ah, how beautiful he is!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I was telling him about you.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Ah, how beautiful he is!
departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
From this reading “To whom were you talking, dear Nightingale?” she asked, putting her beautiful white arms round his neck, and leaning her head on his bosom.
third-person singular of “long” — desire strongly or persistently
From this reading He longs to see you.”
the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
From this reading “To whom were you talking, dear Nightingale?” she asked, putting her beautiful white arms round his neck, and leaning her head on his bosom.
European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song
From this reading “To whom were you talking, dear Nightingale?” she asked, putting her beautiful white arms round his neck, and leaning her head on his bosom.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “To whom were you talking, dear Nightingale?” she asked, putting her beautiful white arms round his neck, and leaning her head on his bosom.
hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter
From this reading “To whom were you talking, dear Nightingale?” she asked, putting her beautiful white arms round his neck, and leaning her head on his bosom.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading “To whom were you talking, dear Nightingale?” she asked, putting her beautiful white arms round his neck, and leaning her head on his bosom.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading He longs to see you.”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “To whom were you talking, dear Nightingale?” she asked, putting her beautiful white arms round his neck, and leaning her head on his bosom.
a ray of sunlight
From this reading “To a Sunbeam,” answered the Nightingale.
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading “To whom were you talking, dear Nightingale?” she asked, putting her beautiful white arms round his neck, and leaning her head on his bosom.
disclosing unintentionally something concealed
From this reading I was telling him about you.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “To a Sunbeam,” answered the Nightingale.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “To whom were you talking, dear Nightingale?” she asked, putting her beautiful white arms round his neck, and leaning her head on his bosom.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was telling him about you.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “To whom were you talking, dear Nightingale?” she asked, putting her beautiful white arms round his neck, and leaning her head on his bosom.
a Caucasian
From this reading “To whom were you talking, dear Nightingale?” she asked, putting her beautiful white arms round his neck, and leaning her head on his bosom.
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “To whom were you talking, dear Nightingale?” she asked, putting her beautiful white arms round his neck, and leaning her head on his bosom.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “To whom were you talking, dear Nightingale?” she asked, putting her beautiful white arms round his neck, and leaning her head on his bosom.
Chapter 3 of The Topaz Story Book by Ada M. (Ada Maria)[Compiler] Skinner holds 397 sentences, grouped into 80 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 397 sentences of The Topaz Story Book, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of The Topaz Story Book by Ada M. (Ada Maria)[Compiler] Skinner exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 397 sentences, grouped into 80 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 80 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 80 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
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