Chapter 12 of Captain Chub is here in full — 184 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Captain Chub is here in full — 184 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE TABLES TURNED “Anybody got anything to suggest?” Chub asked softly. “If we rushed him all at once, the three of us,” said Dick, “we could get aboard all right. You know very well he wouldn’t dare shoot at us.” But Chub shook his head.
Chapter 12 of Captain Chub is here in full — 184 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle
From this reading ““If we rushed him all at once, the three of us,” said Dick, “we could get aboard all right.”
any person at all
From this reading “THE TABLES TURNED “Anybody got anything to suggest?””
take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
From this reading “You know very well he wouldn’t dare shoot at us.””
done under pressure
From this reading ““If we rushed him all at once, the three of us,” said Dick, “we could get aboard all right.”
hit with a missile from a weapon
From this reading “You know very well he wouldn’t dare shoot at us.””
with low volume
From this reading “Chub asked softly.”
make a proposal, declare a plan for something
From this reading “THE TABLES TURNED “Anybody got anything to suggest?””
plural of “table” — a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading “THE TABLES TURNED “Anybody got anything to suggest?””
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.
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
In this reading ““If we rushed him all at once, the three of us,” said Dick, “we could get aboard all right.”
In this reading ““If we rushed him all at once, the three of us,” said Dick, “we could get aboard all right.”
In this reading “You know very well he wouldn’t dare shoot at us.””
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.
on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle
From this reading “If we rushed him all at once, the three of us,” said Dick, “we could get aboard all right.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading “If we rushed him all at once, the three of us,” said Dick, “we could get aboard all right.
any person at all
From this reading THE TABLES TURNED “Anybody got anything to suggest?”
any thing at all
From this reading THE TABLES TURNED “Anybody got anything to suggest?”
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading Chub asked softly.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “If we rushed him all at once, the three of us,” said Dick, “we could get aboard all right.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But Chub shook his head.
European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body
From this reading Chub asked softly.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “If we rushed him all at once, the three of us,” said Dick, “we could get aboard all right.
take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
From this reading You know very well he wouldn’t dare shoot at us.”
someone who is a detective
From this reading “If we rushed him all at once, the three of us,” said Dick, “we could get aboard all right.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “If we rushed him all at once, the three of us,” said Dick, “we could get aboard all right.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading THE TABLES TURNED “Anybody got anything to suggest?”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading You know very well he wouldn’t dare shoot at us.”
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading But Chub shook his head.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “If we rushed him all at once, the three of us,” said Dick, “we could get aboard all right.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading But Chub shook his head.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “If we rushed him all at once, the three of us,” said Dick, “we could get aboard all right.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading You know very well he wouldn’t dare shoot at us.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “If we rushed him all at once, the three of us,” said Dick, “we could get aboard all right.
on one occasion
From this reading “If we rushed him all at once, the three of us,” said Dick, “we could get aboard all right.
precisely, exactly
From this reading “If we rushed him all at once, the three of us,” said Dick, “we could get aboard all right.
done under pressure
From this reading “If we rushed him all at once, the three of us,” said Dick, “we could get aboard all right.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “If we rushed him all at once, the three of us,” said Dick, “we could get aboard all right.
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading But Chub shook his head.
hit with a missile from a weapon
From this reading You know very well he wouldn’t dare shoot at us.”
with low volume
From this reading Chub asked softly.
make a proposal, declare a plan for something
From this reading THE TABLES TURNED “Anybody got anything to suggest?”
plural of “table” — a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading THE TABLES TURNED “Anybody got anything to suggest?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE TABLES TURNED “Anybody got anything to suggest?”
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading “If we rushed him all at once, the three of us,” said Dick, “we could get aboard all right.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE TABLES TURNED “Anybody got anything to suggest?”
moved around an axis or center
From this reading THE TABLES TURNED “Anybody got anything to suggest?”
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “If we rushed him all at once, the three of us,” said Dick, “we could get aboard all right.
precisely as stated
From this reading You know very well he wouldn’t dare shoot at us.”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “If we rushed him all at once, the three of us,” said Dick, “we could get aboard all right.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading You know very well he wouldn’t dare shoot at us.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You know very well he wouldn’t dare shoot at us.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You know very well he wouldn’t dare shoot at us.”
Chapter 12 of Captain Chub by Ralph Henry Barbour holds 184 sentences, grouped into 37 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 12 holds 184 sentences of Captain Chub, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
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