Chapter 9 of Bull-Dog Drummond is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter IX
Chapter 9 of Bull-Dog Drummond is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
What will you get for them?" "Ten, perhaps fifteen thousand," returned the other. "But it’s not the money I care about; it’s the delight in having them, and the skill required to get them." Peterson shrugged his shoulders. "Skill which would give you hundreds of thousands if you turned it into proper channels."
Chapter 9 of Bull-Dog Drummond is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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official routes of communication
From this reading “"Skill which would give you hundreds of thousands if you turned it into proper channels."”
the cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one
From this reading “"Ten, perhaps fifteen thousand," returned the other.”
plural of “hundred” — ten 10s
From this reading “"Skill which would give you hundreds of thousands if you turned it into proper channels."”
marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness
From this reading “"Skill which would give you hundreds of thousands if you turned it into proper channels."”
necessary for relief or supply
From this reading “"But it’s not the money I care about; it’s the delight in having them, and the skill required to get them."”
inflected form of “shrug” — raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation
From this reading “Peterson shrugged his shoulders.”
an ability that has been acquired by training
From this reading “"But it’s not the money I care about; it’s the delight in having them, and the skill required to get them."”
plural of “thousand” — the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading “"Skill which would give you hundreds of thousands if you turned it into proper channels."”
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.
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In this reading “"Ten, perhaps fifteen thousand," returned the other.”
In this reading “"But it’s not the money I care about; it’s the delight in having them, and the skill required to get them."”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "But it’s not the money I care about; it’s the delight in having them, and the skill required to get them."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "But it’s not the money I care about; it’s the delight in having them, and the skill required to get them."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But it’s not the money I care about; it’s the delight in having them, and the skill required to get them."
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading "But it’s not the money I care about; it’s the delight in having them, and the skill required to get them."
official routes of communication
From this reading "Skill which would give you hundreds of thousands if you turned it into proper channels."
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading "But it’s not the money I care about; it’s the delight in having them, and the skill required to get them."
the cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one
From this reading "Ten, perhaps fifteen thousand," returned the other.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading What will you get for them?"
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading What will you get for them?"
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading "Skill which would give you hundreds of thousands if you turned it into proper channels."
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading "But it’s not the money I care about; it’s the delight in having them, and the skill required to get them."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Peterson shrugged his shoulders.
plural of “hundred” — ten 10s
From this reading "Skill which would give you hundreds of thousands if you turned it into proper channels."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "But it’s not the money I care about; it’s the delight in having them, and the skill required to get them."
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "Skill which would give you hundreds of thousands if you turned it into proper channels."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "But it’s not the money I care about; it’s the delight in having them, and the skill required to get them."
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "Skill which would give you hundreds of thousands if you turned it into proper channels."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Skill which would give you hundreds of thousands if you turned it into proper channels."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "But it’s not the money I care about; it’s the delight in having them, and the skill required to get them."
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading "But it’s not the money I care about; it’s the delight in having them, and the skill required to get them."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "But it’s not the money I care about; it’s the delight in having them, and the skill required to get them."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Skill which would give you hundreds of thousands if you turned it into proper channels."
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading "Ten, perhaps fifteen thousand," returned the other.
by chance
From this reading "Ten, perhaps fifteen thousand," returned the other.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Peterson shrugged his shoulders.
marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness
From this reading "Skill which would give you hundreds of thousands if you turned it into proper channels."
necessary for relief or supply
From this reading "But it’s not the money I care about; it’s the delight in having them, and the skill required to get them."
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading "Ten, perhaps fifteen thousand," returned the other.
plural of “shoulder” — the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm
From this reading Peterson shrugged his shoulders.
inflected form of “shrug” — raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation
From this reading Peterson shrugged his shoulders.
an ability that has been acquired by training
From this reading "But it’s not the money I care about; it’s the delight in having them, and the skill required to get them."
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading "Ten, perhaps fifteen thousand," returned the other.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Ten, perhaps fifteen thousand," returned the other.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading What will you get for them?"
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading "Ten, perhaps fifteen thousand," returned the other.
plural of “thousand” — the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading "Skill which would give you hundreds of thousands if you turned it into proper channels."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "But it’s not the money I care about; it’s the delight in having them, and the skill required to get them."
moved around an axis or center
From this reading "Skill which would give you hundreds of thousands if you turned it into proper channels."
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What will you get for them?"
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading "Skill which would give you hundreds of thousands if you turned it into proper channels."
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading What will you get for them?"
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "Skill which would give you hundreds of thousands if you turned it into proper channels."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What will you get for them?"
Chapter 9 of Bull-Dog Drummond by H. C. (Herman Cyril) McNeile holds 420 sentences, grouped into 84 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.
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