Chapter 13 of Captain Jim is here in full — 298 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of Captain Jim is here in full — 298 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE END OF A PERFECT DAY “Are you ready, Norah?” “Coming, Phil—half a minute!” Hardress, in riding kit, looked into the kitchen, where Norah was carrying on a feverish consultation with Miss de Lisle. “You’ll be late,” he said warningly. “Your father and Geoffrey have gone on.”
Chapter 13 of Captain Jim is here in full — 298 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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-ing form of “carry” — move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading “Hardress, in riding kit, looked into the kitchen, where Norah was carrying on a feverish consultation with Miss de Lisle.”
a conference (usually with someone important)
From this reading “Hardress, in riding kit, looked into the kitchen, where Norah was carrying on a feverish consultation with Miss de Lisle.”
marked by intense agitation or emotion
From this reading “Hardress, in riding kit, looked into the kitchen, where Norah was carrying on a feverish consultation with Miss de Lisle.”
a case for containing a set of articles
From this reading “Hardress, in riding kit, looked into the kitchen, where Norah was carrying on a feverish consultation with Miss de Lisle.”
a room equipped for preparing meals
From this reading “Hardress, in riding kit, looked into the kitchen, where Norah was carrying on a feverish consultation with Miss de Lisle.”
a fabric woven with lisle thread
From this reading “Hardress, in riding kit, looked into the kitchen, where Norah was carrying on a feverish consultation with Miss de Lisle.”
being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish
From this reading “THE END OF A PERFECT DAY “Are you ready, Norah?””
the sport of sitting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements
From this reading “Hardress, in riding kit, looked into the kitchen, where Norah was carrying on a feverish consultation with Miss de Lisle.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading THE END OF A PERFECT DAY “Are you ready, Norah?”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Your father and Geoffrey have gone on.”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading THE END OF A PERFECT DAY “Are you ready, Norah?”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “You’ll be late,” he said warningly.
-ing form of “carry” — move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading Hardress, in riding kit, looked into the kitchen, where Norah was carrying on a feverish consultation with Miss de Lisle.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “Coming, Phil—half a minute!”
a conference (usually with someone important)
From this reading Hardress, in riding kit, looked into the kitchen, where Norah was carrying on a feverish consultation with Miss de Lisle.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading THE END OF A PERFECT DAY “Are you ready, Norah?”
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading Hardress, in riding kit, looked into the kitchen, where Norah was carrying on a feverish consultation with Miss de Lisle.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading THE END OF A PERFECT DAY “Are you ready, Norah?”
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading “Your father and Geoffrey have gone on.”
marked by intense agitation or emotion
From this reading Hardress, in riding kit, looked into the kitchen, where Norah was carrying on a feverish consultation with Miss de Lisle.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Your father and Geoffrey have gone on.”
destroyed or killed
From this reading “Your father and Geoffrey have gone on.”
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading “Coming, Phil—half a minute!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hardress, in riding kit, looked into the kitchen, where Norah was carrying on a feverish consultation with Miss de Lisle.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Your father and Geoffrey have gone on.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “You’ll be late,” he said warningly.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Hardress, in riding kit, looked into the kitchen, where Norah was carrying on a feverish consultation with Miss de Lisle.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Hardress, in riding kit, looked into the kitchen, where Norah was carrying on a feverish consultation with Miss de Lisle.
a case for containing a set of articles
From this reading Hardress, in riding kit, looked into the kitchen, where Norah was carrying on a feverish consultation with Miss de Lisle.
a room equipped for preparing meals
From this reading Hardress, in riding kit, looked into the kitchen, where Norah was carrying on a feverish consultation with Miss de Lisle.
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading “You’ll be late,” he said warningly.
a fabric woven with lisle thread
From this reading Hardress, in riding kit, looked into the kitchen, where Norah was carrying on a feverish consultation with Miss de Lisle.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Hardress, in riding kit, looked into the kitchen, where Norah was carrying on a feverish consultation with Miss de Lisle.
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading “Coming, Phil—half a minute!”
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading Hardress, in riding kit, looked into the kitchen, where Norah was carrying on a feverish consultation with Miss de Lisle.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE END OF A PERFECT DAY “Are you ready, Norah?”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE END OF A PERFECT DAY “Are you ready, Norah?”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Hardress, in riding kit, looked into the kitchen, where Norah was carrying on a feverish consultation with Miss de Lisle.
being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish
From this reading THE END OF A PERFECT DAY “Are you ready, Norah?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Coming, Phil—half a minute!”
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading THE END OF A PERFECT DAY “Are you ready, Norah?”
the sport of sitting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements
From this reading Hardress, in riding kit, looked into the kitchen, where Norah was carrying on a feverish consultation with Miss de Lisle.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “You’ll be late,” he said warningly.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE END OF A PERFECT DAY “Are you ready, Norah?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You’ll be late,” he said warningly.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Hardress, in riding kit, looked into the kitchen, where Norah was carrying on a feverish consultation with Miss de Lisle.
in or at the place that
From this reading Hardress, in riding kit, looked into the kitchen, where Norah was carrying on a feverish consultation with Miss de Lisle.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Hardress, in riding kit, looked into the kitchen, where Norah was carrying on a feverish consultation with Miss de Lisle.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading THE END OF A PERFECT DAY “Are you ready, Norah?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You’ll be late,” he said warningly.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Your father and Geoffrey have gone on.”
Chapter 13 of Captain Jim by Mary Grant Bruce holds 298 sentences, grouped into 60 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 13 holds 298 sentences of Captain Jim, unabridged, divided into 60 reading sections.
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