Chapter 19 of Captain Margaret is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of Captain Margaret is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
It was the last of her farewells. Howard went indoors, to his game of cribbage with Mrs. Prinsep. “They have gone to found an empire,” he said to himself. “That song is an imperial hymn. Men of the Breed.
Chapter 19 of Captain Margaret is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
call forth
From this reading “Men of the Breed.”
a card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two
From this reading “Howard went indoors, to his game of cribbage with Mrs. Prinsep.”
the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised
From this reading ““They have gone to found an empire,” he said to himself.”
plural of “farewell” — an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting
From this reading “It was the last of her farewells.”
English actor of stage and screen (1893-1943)
From this reading “Howard went indoors, to his game of cribbage with Mrs. Prinsep.”
a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)
From this reading ““That song is an imperial hymn.”
relating to or associated with an empire
From this reading ““That song is an imperial hymn.”
within a building
From this reading “Howard went indoors, to his game of cribbage with Mrs. Prinsep.”
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 “Howard went indoors, to his game of cribbage with Mrs. Prinsep.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “They have gone to found an empire,” he said to himself.
call forth
From this reading Men of the Breed.
a card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two
From this reading Howard went indoors, to his game of cribbage with Mrs. Prinsep.
the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised
From this reading “They have gone to found an empire,” he said to himself.
plural of “farewell” — an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting
From this reading It was the last of her farewells.
set up or found
From this reading “They have gone to found an empire,” he said to himself.
a contest with rules to determine a winner
From this reading Howard went indoors, to his game of cribbage with Mrs. Prinsep.
destroyed or killed
From this reading “They have gone to found an empire,” he said to himself.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “They have gone to found an empire,” he said to himself.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “They have gone to found an empire,” he said to himself.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading It was the last of her farewells.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “They have gone to found an empire,” he said to himself.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Howard went indoors, to his game of cribbage with Mrs. Prinsep.
English actor of stage and screen (1893-1943)
From this reading Howard went indoors, to his game of cribbage with Mrs. Prinsep.
a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)
From this reading “That song is an imperial hymn.
relating to or associated with an empire
From this reading “That song is an imperial hymn.
within a building
From this reading Howard went indoors, to his game of cribbage with Mrs. Prinsep.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “That song is an imperial hymn.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was the last of her farewells.
immediately past
From this reading It was the last of her farewells.
the force of workers available
From this reading Men of the Breed.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Howard went indoors, to his game of cribbage with Mrs. Prinsep.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was the last of her farewells.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Howard went indoors, to his game of cribbage with Mrs. Prinsep.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “They have gone to found an empire,” he said to himself.
a short musical composition with words
From this reading “That song is an imperial hymn.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “That song is an imperial hymn.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was the last of her farewells.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “They have gone to found an empire,” he said to himself.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Howard went indoors, to his game of cribbage with Mrs. Prinsep.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was the last of her farewells.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Howard went indoors, to his game of cribbage with Mrs. Prinsep.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Howard went indoors, to his game of cribbage with Mrs. Prinsep.
Chapter 19 of Captain Margaret by John Masefield holds 421 sentences, grouped into 85 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 19 holds 421 sentences of Captain Margaret, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 19 of Captain Margaret by John Masefield exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 421 sentences, grouped into 85 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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