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Three Good Giants

Chapter VI

Chapter 6 of Three Good Giants is here in full — 111 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By François Rabelais • Curated US English Learning Edition
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THE YEAR GARGANTUA HAD WOODEN HORSES, AND WHAT USE HE MADE OF THEM.
From the time he was three years old to the time he had grown to be a boy of five, Gargantua was brought up, by the strict command of his father, just like all the other children of the Kingdom.
His education was very simple.
It was: Drinking, eating, and sleeping; Eating, sleeping, and drinking; Sleeping, drinking, and eating.
If he loved any one thing more than to play in the mud, that was to roll and wallow about in the mire.
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Three Good Giants

Chapter VI

Chapter 6 of Three Good Giants is here in full — 111 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/22 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
THE YEAR GARGANTUA HAD WOODEN HORSES, AND WHAT USE HE MADE OF THEM.
Line 2
From the time he was three years old to the time he had grown to be a boy of five, Gargantua was brought up, by the strict command of his father, just like all the other children of the Kingdom.
Line 3
His education was very simple.
/hɪz ˌedʒəˈkeɪʃən wɑːz ˈveri ˈsɪmpəl/
Line 4
It was: Drinking, eating, and sleeping; Eating, sleeping, and drinking; Sleeping, drinking, and eating.
/ɪt wɑːz ˈdrɪŋkɪŋ ˈiːtɪŋ ənd ˈsliːpɪŋ ˈiːtɪŋ ˈsliːpɪŋ ənd ˈdrɪŋkɪŋ ˈsliːpɪŋ ˈdrɪŋkɪŋ ənd ˈiːtɪŋ/
Line 5
If he loved any one thing more than to play in the mud, that was to roll and wallow about in the mire.
/ɪf hiː lʌvd ˈeni wʌn θɪŋ mɔːr ðæn tuː pleɪ ɪn ðə mʌd ðæt wɑːz tuː roʊl ənd ˈwɑːloʊ əˈbaʊt ɪn ðə maɪr/

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drinking noun US /ˈdrɪŋkɪŋ/

the act of consuming liquids

From this reading “It was: Drinking, eating, and sleeping; Eating, sleeping, and drinking; Sleeping, drinking, and eating.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
eating noun US /ˈiːtɪŋ/

the act of consuming food

From this reading “It was: Drinking, eating, and sleeping; Eating, sleeping, and drinking; Sleeping, drinking, and eating.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Kingdom noun US /ˈkɪŋdəm/

a domain in which something is dominant

From this reading “From the time he was three years old to the time he had grown to be a boy of five, Gargantua was brought up, by the strict command of his father, just like all the other children of the Kingdom.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
mire noun US /maɪr/

a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

From this reading “If he loved any one thing more than to play in the mud, that was to roll and wallow about in the mire.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
mud noun US /mʌd/

water soaked soil; soft wet earth

From this reading “If he loved any one thing more than to play in the mud, that was to roll and wallow about in the mire.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
roll verb US /roʊl/

move by turning over or rotating

From this reading “If he loved any one thing more than to play in the mud, that was to roll and wallow about in the mire.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
strict adjective US /strɪkt/

rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard

From this reading “From the time he was three years old to the time he had grown to be a boy of five, Gargantua was brought up, by the strict command of his father, just like all the other children of the Kingdom.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
wallow verb US /ˈwɑːloʊ/

devote oneself entirely to something; indulge in to an immoderate degree, usually with pleasure

From this reading “If he loved any one thing more than to play in the mud, that was to roll and wallow about in the mire.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

Word partnerships in these lines

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.

three years noun + noun

In this reading “From the time he was three years old to the time he had grown to be a boy of five, Gargantua was brought up, by the strict command of his father, just like all the other children of the Kingdom.”

21,834 times in 426,211 chapters
WOODEN HORSES adjective + noun counted as “wooden horse”

a large hollow wooden figure of a horse (filled with Greek soldiers) left by the Greeks outside Troy during the Trojan War

In this reading “THE YEAR GARGANTUA HAD WOODEN HORSES, AND WHAT USE HE MADE OF THEM.”

630 times in 426,211 chapters
brought up verb + adjective counted as “bring up”

summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic

In this reading “From the time he was three years old to the time he had grown to be a boy of five, Gargantua was brought up, by the strict command of his father, just like all the other children of the Kingdom.”

29,347 times in 426,211 chapters
in the mire preposition + article + noun counted as “in … mire”

In this reading “If he loved any one thing more than to play in the mud, that was to roll and wallow about in the mire.”

963 times in 426,211 chapters
in the mud preposition + article + noun counted as “in … mud”

In this reading “If he loved any one thing more than to play in the mud, that was to roll and wallow about in the mire.”

3,833 times in 426,211 chapters
other children adjective + noun counted as “other child”

In this reading “From the time he was three years old to the time he had grown to be a boy of five, Gargantua was brought up, by the strict command of his father, just like all the other children of the Kingdom.”

4,845 times in 426,211 chapters

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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.

adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading From the time he was three years old to the time he had grown to be a boy of five, Gargantua was brought up, by the strict command of his father, just like all the other children of the Kingdom.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading If he loved any one thing more than to play in the mud, that was to roll and wallow about in the mire.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
alladjectiveUS /ɔːl/

(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 From the time he was three years old to the time he had grown to be a boy of five, Gargantua was brought up, by the strict command of his father, just like all the other children of the Kingdom.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading THE YEAR GARGANTUA HAD WOODEN HORSES, AND WHAT USE HE MADE OF THEM.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
anyadjectiveUS /ˈeni/

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading If he loved any one thing more than to play in the mud, that was to roll and wallow about in the mire.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading From the time he was three years old to the time he had grown to be a boy of five, Gargantua was brought up, by the strict command of his father, just like all the other children of the Kingdom.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
boynounUS /bɔɪ/

a youthful male person

From this reading From the time he was three years old to the time he had grown to be a boy of five, Gargantua was brought up, by the strict command of his father, just like all the other children of the Kingdom.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
broughtverbUS /brɔːt/

inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

From this reading From the time he was three years old to the time he had grown to be a boy of five, Gargantua was brought up, by the strict command of his father, just like all the other children of the Kingdom.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading From the time he was three years old to the time he had grown to be a boy of five, Gargantua was brought up, by the strict command of his father, just like all the other children of the Kingdom.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
childrennounUS /ˈtʃɪldrən/

plural of “child” — a young person of either sex

From this reading From the time he was three years old to the time he had grown to be a boy of five, Gargantua was brought up, by the strict command of his father, just like all the other children of the Kingdom.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
commandnounUS /kəˈmænd/

an authoritative direction or instruction to do something

From this reading From the time he was three years old to the time he had grown to be a boy of five, Gargantua was brought up, by the strict command of his father, just like all the other children of the Kingdom.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
DrinkingnounUS /ˈdrɪŋkɪŋ/

the act of consuming liquids

From this reading It was: Drinking, eating, and sleeping; Eating, sleeping, and drinking; Sleeping, drinking, and eating.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
eatingnounUS /ˈiːtɪŋ/

the act of consuming food

From this reading It was: Drinking, eating, and sleeping; Eating, sleeping, and drinking; Sleeping, drinking, and eating.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
educationnounUS /ˌedʒəˈkeɪʃən/

the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill

From this reading His education was very simple.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
fathernounUS /ˈfɑːðər/

a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)

From this reading From the time he was three years old to the time he had grown to be a boy of five, Gargantua was brought up, by the strict command of his father, just like all the other children of the Kingdom.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
fivenounUS /faɪv/

the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one

From this reading From the time he was three years old to the time he had grown to be a boy of five, Gargantua was brought up, by the strict command of his father, just like all the other children of the Kingdom.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading From the time he was three years old to the time he had grown to be a boy of five, Gargantua was brought up, by the strict command of his father, just like all the other children of the Kingdom.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
GARGANTUAnoun

a voracious giant in Francois Rabelais' book of the same name

From this reading THE YEAR GARGANTUA HAD WOODEN HORSES, AND WHAT USE HE MADE OF THEM.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
grownadjectiveUS /ɡroʊn/

(of animals) fully developed

From this reading From the time he was three years old to the time he had grown to be a boy of five, Gargantua was brought up, by the strict command of his father, just like all the other children of the Kingdom.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
HADauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading THE YEAR GARGANTUA HAD WOODEN HORSES, AND WHAT USE HE MADE OF THEM.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
HEpronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading THE YEAR GARGANTUA HAD WOODEN HORSES, AND WHAT USE HE MADE OF THEM.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading From the time he was three years old to the time he had grown to be a boy of five, Gargantua was brought up, by the strict command of his father, just like all the other children of the Kingdom.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
HORSESnounUS /ˈhɔːrsəz/

plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

From this reading THE YEAR GARGANTUA HAD WOODEN HORSES, AND WHAT USE HE MADE OF THEM.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading If he loved any one thing more than to play in the mud, that was to roll and wallow about in the mire.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading If he loved any one thing more than to play in the mud, that was to roll and wallow about in the mire.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It was: Drinking, eating, and sleeping; Eating, sleeping, and drinking; Sleeping, drinking, and eating.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
justadverbUS /dʒʌst/

and nothing more

From this reading From the time he was three years old to the time he had grown to be a boy of five, Gargantua was brought up, by the strict command of his father, just like all the other children of the Kingdom.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
KingdomnounUS /ˈkɪŋdəm/

a domain in which something is dominant

From this reading From the time he was three years old to the time he had grown to be a boy of five, Gargantua was brought up, by the strict command of his father, just like all the other children of the Kingdom.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
likeverbUS /laɪk/

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading From the time he was three years old to the time he had grown to be a boy of five, Gargantua was brought up, by the strict command of his father, just like all the other children of the Kingdom.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
lovedadjectiveUS /lʌvd/

held dear

From this reading If he loved any one thing more than to play in the mud, that was to roll and wallow about in the mire.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
MADEadjectiveUS /meɪd/

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading THE YEAR GARGANTUA HAD WOODEN HORSES, AND WHAT USE HE MADE OF THEM.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
mirenounUS /maɪr/

a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

From this reading If he loved any one thing more than to play in the mud, that was to roll and wallow about in the mire.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
moreadjectiveUS /mɔːr/

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading If he loved any one thing more than to play in the mud, that was to roll and wallow about in the mire.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
mudnounUS /mʌd/

water soaked soil; soft wet earth

From this reading If he loved any one thing more than to play in the mud, that was to roll and wallow about in the mire.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading THE YEAR GARGANTUA HAD WOODEN HORSES, AND WHAT USE HE MADE OF THEM.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
oldadjectiveUS /oʊld/

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading From the time he was three years old to the time he had grown to be a boy of five, Gargantua was brought up, by the strict command of his father, just like all the other children of the Kingdom.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading If he loved any one thing more than to play in the mud, that was to roll and wallow about in the mire.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
otheradjectiveUS /ˈʌðər/

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading From the time he was three years old to the time he had grown to be a boy of five, Gargantua was brought up, by the strict command of his father, just like all the other children of the Kingdom.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
playverbUS /pleɪ/

participate in games or sport

From this reading If he loved any one thing more than to play in the mud, that was to roll and wallow about in the mire.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
rollverbUS /roʊl/

move by turning over or rotating

From this reading If he loved any one thing more than to play in the mud, that was to roll and wallow about in the mire.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
simpleadjectiveUS /ˈsɪmpəl/

having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved

From this reading His education was very simple.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
sleepingnounUS /ˈsliːpɪŋ/

the state of being asleep

From this reading It was: Drinking, eating, and sleeping; Eating, sleeping, and drinking; Sleeping, drinking, and eating.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
strictadjectiveUS /strɪkt/

rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard

From this reading From the time he was three years old to the time he had grown to be a boy of five, Gargantua was brought up, by the strict command of his father, just like all the other children of the Kingdom.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading If he loved any one thing more than to play in the mud, that was to roll and wallow about in the mire.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading If he loved any one thing more than to play in the mud, that was to roll and wallow about in the mire.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading THE YEAR GARGANTUA HAD WOODEN HORSES, AND WHAT USE HE MADE OF THEM.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
THEMpronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading THE YEAR GARGANTUA HAD WOODEN HORSES, AND WHAT USE HE MADE OF THEM.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
thingnounUS /θɪŋ/

a special situation

From this reading If he loved any one thing more than to play in the mud, that was to roll and wallow about in the mire.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
threenounUS /θriː/

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

From this reading From the time he was three years old to the time he had grown to be a boy of five, Gargantua was brought up, by the strict command of his father, just like all the other children of the Kingdom.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
timenounUS /taɪm/

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading From the time he was three years old to the time he had grown to be a boy of five, Gargantua was brought up, by the strict command of his father, just like all the other children of the Kingdom.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading From the time he was three years old to the time he had grown to be a boy of five, Gargantua was brought up, by the strict command of his father, just like all the other children of the Kingdom.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
upadjectiveUS /ʌp/

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading From the time he was three years old to the time he had grown to be a boy of five, Gargantua was brought up, by the strict command of his father, just like all the other children of the Kingdom.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
USEnounUS /juːs/

the act of using

From this reading THE YEAR GARGANTUA HAD WOODEN HORSES, AND WHAT USE HE MADE OF THEM.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
veryadjectiveUS /ˈveri/

precisely as stated

From this reading His education was very simple.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
wallowverbUS /ˈwɑːloʊ/

devote oneself entirely to something; indulge in to an immoderate degree, usually with pleasure

From this reading If he loved any one thing more than to play in the mud, that was to roll and wallow about in the mire.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading From the time he was three years old to the time he had grown to be a boy of five, Gargantua was brought up, by the strict command of his father, just like all the other children of the Kingdom.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
WHATpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading THE YEAR GARGANTUA HAD WOODEN HORSES, AND WHAT USE HE MADE OF THEM.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
WOODENadjectiveUS /ˈwʊdən/

made or consisting of (entirely or in part) or employing wood

From this reading THE YEAR GARGANTUA HAD WOODEN HORSES, AND WHAT USE HE MADE OF THEM.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
YEARnounUS /jɪr/

a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

From this reading THE YEAR GARGANTUA HAD WOODEN HORSES, AND WHAT USE HE MADE OF THEM.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
yearsnounUS /jɪrz/

a late time of life

From this reading From the time he was three years old to the time he had grown to be a boy of five, Gargantua was brought up, by the strict command of his father, just like all the other children of the Kingdom.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

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