Chapter 6 of Wet Magic is here in full — 451 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Wet Magic is here in full — 451 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“I must have fallen asleep. Where are the others?” They were all there, and the devoted Porpoises quickly restored them to consciousness. The four children stood up and looked at each other. “I wish Reuben was here,” said Cathay.
Chapter 6 of Wet Magic is here in full — 451 sentences across 91 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.
in a state of sleep
From this reading ““I must have fallen asleep.”
a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world
From this reading ““I wish Reuben was here,” said Cathay.”
an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation
From this reading “They were all there, and the devoted Porpoises quickly restored them to consciousness.”
zealous in devotion or affection
From this reading “They were all there, and the devoted Porpoises quickly restored them to consciousness.”
having dropped by the force of gravity
From this reading ““I must have fallen asleep.”
plural of “porpoise” — any of several small gregarious cetacean mammals having a blunt snout and many teeth
From this reading “They were all there, and the devoted Porpoises quickly restored them to consciousness.”
past form of “restore” — return to its original or usable and functioning condition
From this reading “They were all there, and the devoted Porpoises quickly restored them to consciousness.”
(Old Testment) a son of Jacob and forefather of one of the tribes of Israel
From this reading ““I wish Reuben was here,” said Cathay.”
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.
take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
In this reading “The four children stood up and looked at each other.”
In this reading “The four children stood up and looked at each other.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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(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 They were all there, and the devoted Porpoises quickly restored them to consciousness.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They were all there, and the devoted Porpoises quickly restored them to consciousness.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Where are the others?”
in a state of sleep
From this reading “I must have fallen asleep.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The four children stood up and looked at each other.
a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world
From this reading “I wish Reuben was here,” said Cathay.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading The four children stood up and looked at each other.
an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation
From this reading They were all there, and the devoted Porpoises quickly restored them to consciousness.
zealous in devotion or affection
From this reading They were all there, and the devoted Porpoises quickly restored them to consciousness.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading The four children stood up and looked at each other.
having dropped by the force of gravity
From this reading “I must have fallen asleep.
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading The four children stood up and looked at each other.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I must have fallen asleep.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “I wish Reuben was here,” said Cathay.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I must have fallen asleep.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading The four children stood up and looked at each other.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “I must have fallen asleep.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading The four children stood up and looked at each other.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Where are the others?”
plural of “porpoise” — any of several small gregarious cetacean mammals having a blunt snout and many teeth
From this reading They were all there, and the devoted Porpoises quickly restored them to consciousness.
with speed
From this reading They were all there, and the devoted Porpoises quickly restored them to consciousness.
past form of “restore” — return to its original or usable and functioning condition
From this reading They were all there, and the devoted Porpoises quickly restored them to consciousness.
(Old Testment) a son of Jacob and forefather of one of the tribes of Israel
From this reading “I wish Reuben was here,” said Cathay.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “I wish Reuben was here,” said Cathay.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading The four children stood up and looked at each other.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Where are the others?”
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading They were all there, and the devoted Porpoises quickly restored them to consciousness.
in or at that place or location
From this reading They were all there, and the devoted Porpoises quickly restored them to consciousness.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were all there, and the devoted Porpoises quickly restored them to consciousness.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They were all there, and the devoted Porpoises quickly restored them to consciousness.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The four children stood up and looked at each other.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “I wish Reuben was here,” said Cathay.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They were all there, and the devoted Porpoises quickly restored them to consciousness.
in or at the place that
From this reading Where are the others?”
hope for; have a wish
From this reading “I wish Reuben was here,” said Cathay.
Chapter 6 of Wet Magic by E. (Edith) Nesbit holds 451 sentences, grouped into 91 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 6 holds 451 sentences of Wet Magic, unabridged, divided into 91 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of Wet Magic by E. (Edith) Nesbit exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 451 sentences, grouped into 91 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 91 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 91 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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