Chapter 3 of Wet Magic is here in full — 448 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter III
Chapter 3 of Wet Magic is here in full — 448 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Francis broke into a cackle of relief. “You little—animal,” he said. “What a fright you gave me.” “Animal yourself, if you come to that, let alone her and her tail,” the boy answered; and Mavis thought his voice didn’t sound unfriendly. “My!
Chapter 3 of Wet Magic is here in full — 448 sentences across 90 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.
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading ““You little—animal,” he said.”
lacking funds
From this reading “Francis broke into a cackle of relief.”
talk or utter in a cackling manner
From this reading “Francis broke into a cackle of relief.”
an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
From this reading ““What a fright you gave me.””
common Old World thrush noted for its song
From this reading ““Animal yourself, if you come to that, let alone her and her tail,” the boy answered; and Mavis thought his voice didn’t sound unfriendly.”
the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced
From this reading “Francis broke into a cackle of relief.”
the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
From this reading ““Animal yourself, if you come to that, let alone her and her tail,” the boy answered; and Mavis thought his voice didn’t sound unfriendly.”
not easy to understand or use
From this reading ““Animal yourself, if you come to that, let alone her and her tail,” the boy answered; and Mavis thought his voice didn’t sound unfriendly.”
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.
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Francis broke into a cackle of relief.
Having no one else present.
From this reading “Animal yourself, if you come to that, let alone her and her tail,” the boy answered; and Mavis thought his voice didn’t sound unfriendly.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Animal yourself, if you come to that, let alone her and her tail,” the boy answered; and Mavis thought his voice didn’t sound unfriendly.
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading “You little—animal,” he said.
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading “Animal yourself, if you come to that, let alone her and her tail,” the boy answered; and Mavis thought his voice didn’t sound unfriendly.
a youthful male person
From this reading “Animal yourself, if you come to that, let alone her and her tail,” the boy answered; and Mavis thought his voice didn’t sound unfriendly.
lacking funds
From this reading Francis broke into a cackle of relief.
talk or utter in a cackling manner
From this reading Francis broke into a cackle of relief.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Animal yourself, if you come to that, let alone her and her tail,” the boy answered; and Mavis thought his voice didn’t sound unfriendly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Animal yourself, if you come to that, let alone her and her tail,” the boy answered; and Mavis thought his voice didn’t sound unfriendly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Francis broke into a cackle of relief.
an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
From this reading “What a fright you gave me.”
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading “What a fright you gave me.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “You little—animal,” he said.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “Animal yourself, if you come to that, let alone her and her tail,” the boy answered; and Mavis thought his voice didn’t sound unfriendly.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “Animal yourself, if you come to that, let alone her and her tail,” the boy answered; and Mavis thought his voice didn’t sound unfriendly.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “Animal yourself, if you come to that, let alone her and her tail,” the boy answered; and Mavis thought his voice didn’t sound unfriendly.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Francis broke into a cackle of relief.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Animal yourself, if you come to that, let alone her and her tail,” the boy answered; and Mavis thought his voice didn’t sound unfriendly.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “You little—animal,” he said.
common Old World thrush noted for its song
From this reading “Animal yourself, if you come to that, let alone her and her tail,” the boy answered; and Mavis thought his voice didn’t sound unfriendly.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “What a fright you gave me.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “My!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Francis broke into a cackle of relief.
the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced
From this reading Francis broke into a cackle of relief.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “You little—animal,” he said.
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading “Animal yourself, if you come to that, let alone her and her tail,” the boy answered; and Mavis thought his voice didn’t sound unfriendly.
the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
From this reading “Animal yourself, if you come to that, let alone her and her tail,” the boy answered; and Mavis thought his voice didn’t sound unfriendly.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Animal yourself, if you come to that, let alone her and her tail,” the boy answered; and Mavis thought his voice didn’t sound unfriendly.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Animal yourself, if you come to that, let alone her and her tail,” the boy answered; and Mavis thought his voice didn’t sound unfriendly.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “Animal yourself, if you come to that, let alone her and her tail,” the boy answered; and Mavis thought his voice didn’t sound unfriendly.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Animal yourself, if you come to that, let alone her and her tail,” the boy answered; and Mavis thought his voice didn’t sound unfriendly.
not easy to understand or use
From this reading “Animal yourself, if you come to that, let alone her and her tail,” the boy answered; and Mavis thought his voice didn’t sound unfriendly.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading “Animal yourself, if you come to that, let alone her and her tail,” the boy answered; and Mavis thought his voice didn’t sound unfriendly.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What a fright you gave me.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You little—animal,” he said.
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading “Animal yourself, if you come to that, let alone her and her tail,” the boy answered; and Mavis thought his voice didn’t sound unfriendly.
Chapter 3 of Wet Magic by E. (Edith) Nesbit holds 448 sentences, grouped into 90 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 448 sentences of Wet Magic, unabridged, divided into 90 reading sections.
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