Chapter 6 of Under the Deodars is here in full — 221 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Under the Deodars is here in full — 221 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
See-saw! Margery Daw! Sold her bed to lie upon straw. Wasn’t she a silly slut To sell her bed and lie upon dirt? Captain Congleton, I’m going to alter that to ‘flirt.’
Chapter 6 of Under the Deodars is here in full — 221 sentences across 45 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.
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading “Captain Congleton, I’m going to alter that to ‘flirt.’”
common black-and-grey Eurasian bird noted for thievery
From this reading “Margery Daw!”
the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
From this reading “Wasn’t she a silly slut To sell her bed and lie upon dirt?”
talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
From this reading “Captain Congleton, I’m going to alter that to ‘flirt.’”
ludicrous, foolish
From this reading “Wasn’t she a silly slut To sell her bed and lie upon dirt?”
a dirty untidy woman
From this reading “Wasn’t she a silly slut To sell her bed and lie upon dirt?”
disposed of to a purchaser
From this reading “Sold her bed to lie upon straw.”
plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder
From this reading “Sold her bed to lie upon straw.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 Wasn’t she a silly slut To sell her bed and lie upon dirt?
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading Captain Congleton, I’m going to alter that to ‘flirt.’
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Wasn’t she a silly slut To sell her bed and lie upon dirt?
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading Sold her bed to lie upon straw.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading Captain Congleton, I’m going to alter that to ‘flirt.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Captain Congleton, I’m going to alter that to ‘flirt.’
common black-and-grey Eurasian bird noted for thievery
From this reading Margery Daw!
the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
From this reading Wasn’t she a silly slut To sell her bed and lie upon dirt?
talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
From this reading Captain Congleton, I’m going to alter that to ‘flirt.’
the act of departing
From this reading Captain Congleton, I’m going to alter that to ‘flirt.’
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Sold her bed to lie upon straw.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Captain Congleton, I’m going to alter that to ‘flirt.’
be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
From this reading Sold her bed to lie upon straw.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Margery Daw!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading See-saw!
exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
From this reading Wasn’t she a silly slut To sell her bed and lie upon dirt?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Wasn’t she a silly slut To sell her bed and lie upon dirt?
ludicrous, foolish
From this reading Wasn’t she a silly slut To sell her bed and lie upon dirt?
a dirty untidy woman
From this reading Wasn’t she a silly slut To sell her bed and lie upon dirt?
disposed of to a purchaser
From this reading Sold her bed to lie upon straw.
plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder
From this reading Sold her bed to lie upon straw.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Captain Congleton, I’m going to alter that to ‘flirt.’
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Sold her bed to lie upon straw.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Sold her bed to lie upon straw.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Wasn’t she a silly slut To sell her bed and lie upon dirt?
Chapter 6 of Under the Deodars by Rudyard Kipling holds 221 sentences, grouped into 45 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 221 sentences of Under the Deodars, unabridged, divided into 45 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of Under the Deodars by Rudyard Kipling exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 221 sentences, grouped into 45 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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