Chapter 11 of Beware, the Usurpers! is here in full — 194 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Beware, the Usurpers! is here in full — 194 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Where can we talk?" I asked him quietly, when I had got control of myself. "Why, 'ere, General." "No, no. A good safe place where we can talk privately and without interruption."
Chapter 11 of Beware, the Usurpers! is here in full — 194 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/38 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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power to direct or determine
From this reading “I asked him quietly, when I had got control of myself.”
an old word for “before”
From this reading “"Why, 'ere, General."”
applying to all or most members of a category or group
From this reading “"Why, 'ere, General."”
an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
From this reading “A good safe place where we can talk privately and without interruption."”
kept private or confined to those intimately concerned
From this reading “A good safe place where we can talk privately and without interruption."”
with low volume
From this reading “I asked him quietly, when I had got control of myself.”
free from danger or the risk of harm
From this reading “A good safe place where we can talk privately and without interruption."”
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading “"Where can we talk?"”
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 “A good safe place where we can talk privately and without interruption."”
In this reading “A good safe place where we can talk privately and without interruption."”
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 A good safe place where we can talk privately and without interruption."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A good safe place where we can talk privately and without interruption."
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading I asked him quietly, when I had got control of myself.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "Where can we talk?"
power to direct or determine
From this reading I asked him quietly, when I had got control of myself.
an old word for “before”
From this reading "Why, 'ere, General."
applying to all or most members of a category or group
From this reading "Why, 'ere, General."
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading A good safe place where we can talk privately and without interruption."
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading I asked him quietly, when I had got control of myself.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I asked him quietly, when I had got control of myself.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I asked him quietly, when I had got control of myself.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I asked him quietly, when I had got control of myself.
an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
From this reading A good safe place where we can talk privately and without interruption."
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I asked him quietly, when I had got control of myself.
not any; not one
From this reading "No, no.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I asked him quietly, when I had got control of myself.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading A good safe place where we can talk privately and without interruption."
kept private or confined to those intimately concerned
From this reading A good safe place where we can talk privately and without interruption."
with low volume
From this reading I asked him quietly, when I had got control of myself.
free from danger or the risk of harm
From this reading A good safe place where we can talk privately and without interruption."
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading "Where can we talk?"
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "Where can we talk?"
at the time that
From this reading I asked him quietly, when I had got control of myself.
in or at the place that
From this reading "Where can we talk?"
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why, 'ere, General."
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading A good safe place where we can talk privately and without interruption."
Chapter 11 of Beware, the Usurpers! by Robert W. Krepps holds 194 sentences, grouped into 39 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 194 sentences of Beware, the Usurpers!, unabridged, divided into 39 reading sections.
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