Chapter 33 of Young Musgrave is here in full — 183 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXXIII
Chapter 33 of Young Musgrave is here in full — 183 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE BABES IN THE WOOD. “Are you very hungry, Nello?’ “Oh, very, _very_. Are you? I have not had any breakfast.
Chapter 33 of Young Musgrave is here in full — 183 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/36 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
plural of “babe” — a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading “THE BABES IN THE WOOD.”
eat an early morning meal
From this reading “I have not had any breakfast.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I have not had any breakfast.”
feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
From this reading ““Are you very hungry, Nello?’”
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
From this reading “THE BABES IN THE WOOD.”
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.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading I have not had any breakfast.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Are you very hungry, Nello?’
plural of “babe” — a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading THE BABES IN THE WOOD.
eat an early morning meal
From this reading I have not had any breakfast.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I have not had any breakfast.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have not had any breakfast.
feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
From this reading “Are you very hungry, Nello?’
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have not had any breakfast.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE BABES IN THE WOOD.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Are you very hungry, Nello?’
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I have not had any breakfast.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, very, _very_.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BABES IN THE WOOD.
precisely as stated
From this reading “Are you very hungry, Nello?’
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
From this reading THE BABES IN THE WOOD.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Are you very hungry, Nello?’
Chapter 33 of Young Musgrave by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant holds 183 sentences, grouped into 37 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 33 holds 183 sentences of Young Musgrave, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 33 of Young Musgrave by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 183 sentences, grouped into 37 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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