Chapter 11 of Admiral's Light is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Admiral's Light is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE RISK He took the stairs at a bound, stumbling in the dark. Below, while he mounted, an uproar broke out. “Come ahead! No! I told ye!
Chapter 11 of Admiral's Light is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
at or in the front
From this reading ““Come ahead!”
confined by bonds
From this reading “THE RISK He took the stairs at a bound, stumbling in the dark.”
lacking funds
From this reading “Below, while he mounted, an uproar broke out.”
assembled for use; especially by being attached to a support
From this reading “Below, while he mounted, an uproar broke out.”
a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
From this reading “THE RISK He took the stairs at a bound, stumbling in the dark.”
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading “THE RISK He took the stairs at a bound, stumbling in the dark.”
-ing form of “stumble” — walk unsteadily
From this reading “THE RISK He took the stairs at a bound, stumbling in the dark.”
a state of commotion and noise and confusion
From this reading “Below, while he mounted, an uproar broke out.”
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.
In this reading “THE RISK He took the stairs at a bound, stumbling in the dark.”
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 THE RISK He took the stairs at a bound, stumbling in the dark.
at or in the front
From this reading “Come ahead!
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Below, while he mounted, an uproar broke out.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE RISK He took the stairs at a bound, stumbling in the dark.
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading Below, while he mounted, an uproar broke out.
confined by bonds
From this reading THE RISK He took the stairs at a bound, stumbling in the dark.
lacking funds
From this reading Below, while he mounted, an uproar broke out.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Come ahead!
absence of light or illumination
From this reading THE RISK He took the stairs at a bound, stumbling in the dark.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE RISK He took the stairs at a bound, stumbling in the dark.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I told ye!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE RISK He took the stairs at a bound, stumbling in the dark.
assembled for use; especially by being attached to a support
From this reading Below, while he mounted, an uproar broke out.
not any; not one
From this reading No!
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Below, while he mounted, an uproar broke out.
a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
From this reading THE RISK He took the stairs at a bound, stumbling in the dark.
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading THE RISK He took the stairs at a bound, stumbling in the dark.
-ing form of “stumble” — walk unsteadily
From this reading THE RISK He took the stairs at a bound, stumbling in the dark.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE RISK He took the stairs at a bound, stumbling in the dark.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading I told ye!
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading THE RISK He took the stairs at a bound, stumbling in the dark.
a state of commotion and noise and confusion
From this reading Below, while he mounted, an uproar broke out.
during the time that
From this reading Below, while he mounted, an uproar broke out.
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading I told ye!
Chapter 11 of Admiral's Light by Henry Milner Rideout holds 188 sentences, grouped into 38 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 11 holds 188 sentences of Admiral's Light, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of Admiral's Light by Henry Milner Rideout exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 188 sentences, grouped into 38 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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