Chapter 13 of A Dog with a Bad Name is here in full — 380 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of A Dog with a Bad Name is here in full — 380 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Not your last chance, Jonah." "No. I've a week more to live. Then you'll be rid of me. Who's to save me then?" "Some one, Jonah.
Chapter 13 of A Dog with a Bad Name is here in full — 380 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading “"Not your last chance, Jonah."”
(Old Testament) Jonah did not wish to become a prophet so God caused a great storm to throw him overboard from a ship; he was saved by being swallowed by a whale that vomited him out onto dry land
From this reading “"Not your last chance, Jonah."”
immediately past
From this reading “"Not your last chance, Jonah."”
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “"No. I've a week more to live.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “"Some one, Jonah.”
relieve from
From this reading “Then you'll be rid of me.”
except for; apart from
From this reading “Who's to save me then?"”
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading “"No. I've a week more to live.”
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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 "No. I've a week more to live.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Then you'll be rid of me.
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading "Not your last chance, Jonah."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "No. I've a week more to live.
(Old Testament) Jonah did not wish to become a prophet so God caused a great storm to throw him overboard from a ship; he was saved by being swallowed by a whale that vomited him out onto dry land
From this reading "Not your last chance, Jonah."
immediately past
From this reading "Not your last chance, Jonah."
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading "No. I've a week more to live.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Then you'll be rid of me.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading "No. I've a week more to live.
not any; not one
From this reading "No. I've a week more to live.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Not your last chance, Jonah."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Then you'll be rid of me.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "Some one, Jonah.
relieve from
From this reading Then you'll be rid of me.
except for; apart from
From this reading Who's to save me then?"
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "Some one, Jonah.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then you'll be rid of me.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "No. I've a week more to live.
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading "No. I've a week more to live.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Who's to save me then?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then you'll be rid of me.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Not your last chance, Jonah."
Chapter 13 of A Dog with a Bad Name by Talbot Baines Reed holds 380 sentences, grouped into 76 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 13 holds 380 sentences of A Dog with a Bad Name, unabridged, divided into 76 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 13 of A Dog with a Bad Name by Talbot Baines Reed exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 380 sentences, grouped into 76 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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