Chapter 8 of A Voyage Round the World — Volume I is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of A Voyage Round the World — Volume I is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"My friend Captain Commins if you please send me that Rum I been beg you and thank you for lettle Beef too if you got any. "Toby Tom Narrow." (NO. 6.) "Captain R. Commings Sir I mush obliged to you for please spear me some nails for make door do my friend I remain Sir "Tom Duke."
Chapter 8 of A Voyage Round the World — Volume I is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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cattle that are reared for their meat
From this reading “"My friend Captain Commins if you please send me that Rum I been beg you and thank you for lettle Beef too if you got any.”
call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading “"My friend Captain Commins if you please send me that Rum I been beg you and thank you for lettle Beef too if you got any.”
any soft or soggy mass
From this reading “"Captain R. Commings Sir I mush obliged to you for please spear me some nails for make door do my friend I remain Sir "Tom Duke."”
plural of “nail” — horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits
From this reading “"Captain R. Commings Sir I mush obliged to you for please spear me some nails for make door do my friend I remain Sir "Tom Duke."”
make or become more narrow or restricted
From this reading “"Toby Tom Narrow."”
liquor distilled from fermented molasses
From this reading “"My friend Captain Commins if you please send me that Rum I been beg you and thank you for lettle Beef too if you got any.”
a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
From this reading “"Captain R. Commings Sir I mush obliged to you for please spear me some nails for make door do my friend I remain Sir "Tom Duke."”
a drinking mug in the shape of a stout man wearing a three-cornered hat
From this reading “"Toby Tom Narrow."”
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From this reading 6.)
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "My friend Captain Commins if you please send me that Rum I been beg you and thank you for lettle Beef too if you got any.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading "My friend Captain Commins if you please send me that Rum I been beg you and thank you for lettle Beef too if you got any.
cattle that are reared for their meat
From this reading "My friend Captain Commins if you please send me that Rum I been beg you and thank you for lettle Beef too if you got any.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "My friend Captain Commins if you please send me that Rum I been beg you and thank you for lettle Beef too if you got any.
call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading "My friend Captain Commins if you please send me that Rum I been beg you and thank you for lettle Beef too if you got any.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading "My friend Captain Commins if you please send me that Rum I been beg you and thank you for lettle Beef too if you got any.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Captain R. Commings Sir I mush obliged to you for please spear me some nails for make door do my friend I remain Sir "Tom Duke."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "My friend Captain Commins if you please send me that Rum I been beg you and thank you for lettle Beef too if you got any.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Captain R. Commings Sir I mush obliged to you for please spear me some nails for make door do my friend I remain Sir "Tom Duke."
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading "Captain R. Commings Sir I mush obliged to you for please spear me some nails for make door do my friend I remain Sir "Tom Duke."
a British peer of the highest rank
From this reading "Captain R. Commings Sir I mush obliged to you for please spear me some nails for make door do my friend I remain Sir "Tom Duke."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "My friend Captain Commins if you please send me that Rum I been beg you and thank you for lettle Beef too if you got any.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading "My friend Captain Commins if you please send me that Rum I been beg you and thank you for lettle Beef too if you got any.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "My friend Captain Commins if you please send me that Rum I been beg you and thank you for lettle Beef too if you got any.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "My friend Captain Commins if you please send me that Rum I been beg you and thank you for lettle Beef too if you got any.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "My friend Captain Commins if you please send me that Rum I been beg you and thank you for lettle Beef too if you got any.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "My friend Captain Commins if you please send me that Rum I been beg you and thank you for lettle Beef too if you got any.
engage in
From this reading "Captain R. Commings Sir I mush obliged to you for please spear me some nails for make door do my friend I remain Sir "Tom Duke."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "My friend Captain Commins if you please send me that Rum I been beg you and thank you for lettle Beef too if you got any.
any soft or soggy mass
From this reading "Captain R. Commings Sir I mush obliged to you for please spear me some nails for make door do my friend I remain Sir "Tom Duke."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "My friend Captain Commins if you please send me that Rum I been beg you and thank you for lettle Beef too if you got any.
plural of “nail” — horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits
From this reading "Captain R. Commings Sir I mush obliged to you for please spear me some nails for make door do my friend I remain Sir "Tom Duke."
make or become more narrow or restricted
From this reading "Toby Tom Narrow."
not any; not one
From this reading (NO.
under a moral obligation to do something
From this reading "Captain R. Commings Sir I mush obliged to you for please spear me some nails for make door do my friend I remain Sir "Tom Duke."
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading "My friend Captain Commins if you please send me that Rum I been beg you and thank you for lettle Beef too if you got any.
a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air
From this reading "Captain R. Commings Sir I mush obliged to you for please spear me some nails for make door do my friend I remain Sir "Tom Duke."
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading "Captain R. Commings Sir I mush obliged to you for please spear me some nails for make door do my friend I remain Sir "Tom Duke."
liquor distilled from fermented molasses
From this reading "My friend Captain Commins if you please send me that Rum I been beg you and thank you for lettle Beef too if you got any.
cause to go somewhere
From this reading "My friend Captain Commins if you please send me that Rum I been beg you and thank you for lettle Beef too if you got any.
term of address for a man
From this reading "Captain R. Commings Sir I mush obliged to you for please spear me some nails for make door do my friend I remain Sir "Tom Duke."
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "Captain R. Commings Sir I mush obliged to you for please spear me some nails for make door do my friend I remain Sir "Tom Duke."
a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
From this reading "Captain R. Commings Sir I mush obliged to you for please spear me some nails for make door do my friend I remain Sir "Tom Duke."
express gratitude or show appreciation to
From this reading "My friend Captain Commins if you please send me that Rum I been beg you and thank you for lettle Beef too if you got any.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "My friend Captain Commins if you please send me that Rum I been beg you and thank you for lettle Beef too if you got any.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Captain R. Commings Sir I mush obliged to you for please spear me some nails for make door do my friend I remain Sir "Tom Duke."
a drinking mug in the shape of a stout man wearing a three-cornered hat
From this reading "Toby Tom Narrow."
male cat
From this reading "Toby Tom Narrow."
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading "My friend Captain Commins if you please send me that Rum I been beg you and thank you for lettle Beef too if you got any.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "My friend Captain Commins if you please send me that Rum I been beg you and thank you for lettle Beef too if you got any.
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