Chapter 4 of Center Rush Rowland is here in full — 235 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Center Rush Rowland is here in full — 235 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
FOUND--A ROOMMATE "Now I guess you'll behave yourself," exclaimed the landlady triumphantly. "Here's the young man that's taken the room." "He hasn't any right to it," declared the boy on the trunk, gripping the bag on his knees more firmly. "You gave me the refusal of it! I told you I'd be back!
Chapter 4 of Center Rush Rowland is here in full — 235 sentences across 47 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.
behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
From this reading “FOUND--A ROOMMATE "Now I guess you'll behave yourself," exclaimed the landlady triumphantly.”
with resolute determination
From this reading “"He hasn't any right to it," declared the boy on the trunk, gripping the bag on his knees more firmly.”
capable of arousing and holding the attention
From this reading “"He hasn't any right to it," declared the boy on the trunk, gripping the bag on his knees more firmly.”
a landlord who is a woman
From this reading “FOUND--A ROOMMATE "Now I guess you'll behave yourself," exclaimed the landlady triumphantly.”
the act of refusing
From this reading “"You gave me the refusal of it!”
an associate who shares a room with you
From this reading “FOUND--A ROOMMATE "Now I guess you'll behave yourself," exclaimed the landlady triumphantly.”
in a triumphant manner
From this reading “FOUND--A ROOMMATE "Now I guess you'll behave yourself," exclaimed the landlady triumphantly.”
the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber
From this reading “"He hasn't any right to it," declared the boy on the trunk, gripping the bag on his knees more firmly.”
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.
a teenager or a young adult male
In this reading “"Here's the young man that's taken the room."”
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 FOUND--A ROOMMATE "Now I guess you'll behave yourself," exclaimed the landlady triumphantly.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading "He hasn't any right to it," declared the boy on the trunk, gripping the bag on his knees more firmly.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading I told you I'd be back!
a flexible container with a single opening
From this reading "He hasn't any right to it," declared the boy on the trunk, gripping the bag on his knees more firmly.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I told you I'd be back!
behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
From this reading FOUND--A ROOMMATE "Now I guess you'll behave yourself," exclaimed the landlady triumphantly.
a youthful male person
From this reading "He hasn't any right to it," declared the boy on the trunk, gripping the bag on his knees more firmly.
made known or openly avowed
From this reading "He hasn't any right to it," declared the boy on the trunk, gripping the bag on his knees more firmly.
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading FOUND--A ROOMMATE "Now I guess you'll behave yourself," exclaimed the landlady triumphantly.
with resolute determination
From this reading "He hasn't any right to it," declared the boy on the trunk, gripping the bag on his knees more firmly.
set up or found
From this reading FOUND--A ROOMMATE "Now I guess you'll behave yourself," exclaimed the landlady triumphantly.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading "You gave me the refusal of it!
capable of arousing and holding the attention
From this reading "He hasn't any right to it," declared the boy on the trunk, gripping the bag on his knees more firmly.
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading FOUND--A ROOMMATE "Now I guess you'll behave yourself," exclaimed the landlady triumphantly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "He hasn't any right to it," declared the boy on the trunk, gripping the bag on his knees more firmly.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "He hasn't any right to it," declared the boy on the trunk, gripping the bag on his knees more firmly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Here's the young man that's taken the room."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "He hasn't any right to it," declared the boy on the trunk, gripping the bag on his knees more firmly.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading FOUND--A ROOMMATE "Now I guess you'll behave yourself," exclaimed the landlady triumphantly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I told you I'd be back!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "He hasn't any right to it," declared the boy on the trunk, gripping the bag on his knees more firmly.
plural of “knee” — hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
From this reading "He hasn't any right to it," declared the boy on the trunk, gripping the bag on his knees more firmly.
a landlord who is a woman
From this reading FOUND--A ROOMMATE "Now I guess you'll behave yourself," exclaimed the landlady triumphantly.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading "Here's the young man that's taken the room."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "You gave me the refusal of it!
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading "He hasn't any right to it," declared the boy on the trunk, gripping the bag on his knees more firmly.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading FOUND--A ROOMMATE "Now I guess you'll behave yourself," exclaimed the landlady triumphantly.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "You gave me the refusal of it!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "He hasn't any right to it," declared the boy on the trunk, gripping the bag on his knees more firmly.
the act of refusing
From this reading "You gave me the refusal of it!
precisely, exactly
From this reading "He hasn't any right to it," declared the boy on the trunk, gripping the bag on his knees more firmly.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading "Here's the young man that's taken the room."
an associate who shares a room with you
From this reading FOUND--A ROOMMATE "Now I guess you'll behave yourself," exclaimed the landlady triumphantly.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading "Here's the young man that's taken the room."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Here's the young man that's taken the room."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading FOUND--A ROOMMATE "Now I guess you'll behave yourself," exclaimed the landlady triumphantly.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "He hasn't any right to it," declared the boy on the trunk, gripping the bag on his knees more firmly.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading I told you I'd be back!
in a triumphant manner
From this reading FOUND--A ROOMMATE "Now I guess you'll behave yourself," exclaimed the landlady triumphantly.
the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber
From this reading "He hasn't any right to it," declared the boy on the trunk, gripping the bag on his knees more firmly.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You gave me the refusal of it!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FOUND--A ROOMMATE "Now I guess you'll behave yourself," exclaimed the landlady triumphantly.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading "Here's the young man that's taken the room."
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading FOUND--A ROOMMATE "Now I guess you'll behave yourself," exclaimed the landlady triumphantly.
Chapter 4 of Center Rush Rowland by Ralph Henry Barbour holds 235 sentences, grouped into 47 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 4 holds 235 sentences of Center Rush Rowland, unabridged, divided into 47 reading sections.
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