Chapter 2 of Cumner's Son and Other South Sea Folk — Volume 04 is here in full — 443 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Cumner's Son and Other South Sea Folk — Volume 04 is here in full — 443 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The beggar crossed himself. "Altogether, senor. And such a funeral had he, with the car all draped, and even the mutes with the gold braid on their black. I will tell you how it was. We were great friends, Bernal's father and me, and when the boy was born, I said, I will be compadre to him.
Chapter 2 of Cumner's Son and Other South Sea Folk — Volume 04 is here in full — 443 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a pauper who lives by begging
From this reading “The beggar crossed himself.”
make by braiding or interlacing
From this reading “And such a funeral had he, with the car all draped, and even the mutes with the gold braid on their black.”
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading “And such a funeral had he, with the car all draped, and even the mutes with the gold braid on their black.”
placed crosswise
From this reading “The beggar crossed himself.”
covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak
From this reading “And such a funeral had he, with the car all draped, and even the mutes with the gold braid on their black.”
a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated
From this reading “And such a funeral had he, with the car all draped, and even the mutes with the gold braid on their black.”
plural of “mute” — a deaf person who is unable to speak
From this reading “And such a funeral had he, with the car all draped, and even the mutes with the gold braid on their black.”
a Spanish title or form of address for a man; similar to the English “Mr” or “sir”
From this reading “"Altogether, senor.”
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 And such a funeral had he, with the car all draped, and even the mutes with the gold braid on their black.
(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 And such a funeral had he, with the car all draped, and even the mutes with the gold braid on their black.
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading "Altogether, senor.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And such a funeral had he, with the car all draped, and even the mutes with the gold braid on their black.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading We were great friends, Bernal's father and me, and when the boy was born, I said, I will be compadre to him.
a pauper who lives by begging
From this reading The beggar crossed himself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We were great friends, Bernal's father and me, and when the boy was born, I said, I will be compadre to him.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading And such a funeral had he, with the car all draped, and even the mutes with the gold braid on their black.
brought into existence
From this reading We were great friends, Bernal's father and me, and when the boy was born, I said, I will be compadre to him.
a youthful male person
From this reading We were great friends, Bernal's father and me, and when the boy was born, I said, I will be compadre to him.
make by braiding or interlacing
From this reading And such a funeral had he, with the car all draped, and even the mutes with the gold braid on their black.
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading And such a funeral had he, with the car all draped, and even the mutes with the gold braid on their black.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We were great friends, Bernal's father and me, and when the boy was born, I said, I will be compadre to him.
placed crosswise
From this reading The beggar crossed himself.
covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak
From this reading And such a funeral had he, with the car all draped, and even the mutes with the gold braid on their black.
divisible by two
From this reading And such a funeral had he, with the car all draped, and even the mutes with the gold braid on their black.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading We were great friends, Bernal's father and me, and when the boy was born, I said, I will be compadre to him.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading We were great friends, Bernal's father and me, and when the boy was born, I said, I will be compadre to him.
a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated
From this reading And such a funeral had he, with the car all draped, and even the mutes with the gold braid on their black.
coins made of gold
From this reading And such a funeral had he, with the car all draped, and even the mutes with the gold braid on their black.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading We were great friends, Bernal's father and me, and when the boy was born, I said, I will be compadre to him.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading And such a funeral had he, with the car all draped, and even the mutes with the gold braid on their black.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And such a funeral had he, with the car all draped, and even the mutes with the gold braid on their black.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We were great friends, Bernal's father and me, and when the boy was born, I said, I will be compadre to him.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading The beggar crossed himself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I will tell you how it was.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I will tell you how it was.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I will tell you how it was.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We were great friends, Bernal's father and me, and when the boy was born, I said, I will be compadre to him.
plural of “mute” — a deaf person who is unable to speak
From this reading And such a funeral had he, with the car all draped, and even the mutes with the gold braid on their black.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading And such a funeral had he, with the car all draped, and even the mutes with the gold braid on their black.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading We were great friends, Bernal's father and me, and when the boy was born, I said, I will be compadre to him.
a Spanish title or form of address for a man; similar to the English “Mr” or “sir”
From this reading "Altogether, senor.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading And such a funeral had he, with the car all draped, and even the mutes with the gold braid on their black.
express in words
From this reading I will tell you how it was.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The beggar crossed himself.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading And such a funeral had he, with the car all draped, and even the mutes with the gold braid on their black.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We were great friends, Bernal's father and me, and when the boy was born, I said, I will be compadre to him.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I will tell you how it was.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We were great friends, Bernal's father and me, and when the boy was born, I said, I will be compadre to him.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We were great friends, Bernal's father and me, and when the boy was born, I said, I will be compadre to him.
at the time that
From this reading We were great friends, Bernal's father and me, and when the boy was born, I said, I will be compadre to him.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading I will tell you how it was.
in the company of; together with
From this reading And such a funeral had he, with the car all draped, and even the mutes with the gold braid on their black.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I will tell you how it was.
Chapter 2 of Cumner's Son and Other South Sea Folk — Volume 04 by Gilbert Parker holds 443 sentences, grouped into 89 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.
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