Chapter 1 of Clutterbuck's Treasure is here in full — 435 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Clutterbuck's Treasure is here in full — 435 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Chap. I. A Cowardly Attack II. The Old Miser III. The Great Prize is offered IV. I enter for the Race V. Treachery!
Chapter 1 of Clutterbuck's Treasure is here in full — 435 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/87 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
(military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
From this reading “I. A Cowardly Attack II.”
a boy or man
From this reading “Chap.”
lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted
From this reading “I. A Cowardly Attack II.”
a stingy hoarder of money and possessions (often living miserably)
From this reading “The Old Miser III.”
past form of “offer” — make available or accessible, provide or furnish
From this reading “The Great Prize is offered IV.”
something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery
From this reading “The Great Prize is offered IV.”
any competition
From this reading “I enter for the Race V. Treachery!”
Betrayal of trust; deceptive action or disloyalty against a host or ally.
From this reading “I enter for the Race V. Treachery!”
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 “The Old Miser III.”
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 I. A Cowardly Attack II.
(military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
From this reading I. A Cowardly Attack II.
a boy or man
From this reading Chap.
lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted
From this reading I. A Cowardly Attack II.
to come or go into
From this reading I enter for the Race V. Treachery!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I enter for the Race V. Treachery!
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading The Great Prize is offered IV.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I. A Cowardly Attack II.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading I. A Cowardly Attack II.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading The Old Miser III.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Great Prize is offered IV.
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading The Great Prize is offered IV.
a stingy hoarder of money and possessions (often living miserably)
From this reading The Old Miser III.
past form of “offer” — make available or accessible, provide or furnish
From this reading The Great Prize is offered IV.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading The Old Miser III.
something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery
From this reading The Great Prize is offered IV.
any competition
From this reading I enter for the Race V. Treachery!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Old Miser III.
Betrayal of trust; deceptive action or disloyalty against a host or ally.
From this reading I enter for the Race V. Treachery!
a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt
From this reading I enter for the Race V. Treachery!
Chapter 1 of Clutterbuck's Treasure by Frederick Whishaw holds 435 sentences, grouped into 87 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 1 holds 435 sentences of Clutterbuck's Treasure, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Clutterbuck's Treasure by Frederick Whishaw exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 435 sentences, grouped into 87 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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