Chapter 9 of Danger! and Other Stories is here in full — 380 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Danger! and Other Stories is here in full — 380 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Suppose it had hit his body?" "Well, it would have hurt him." "Would he have cried?" from Dimples. "No, boy. That is what games are for, to teach you to take a knock and never show it.
Chapter 9 of Danger! and Other Stories is here in full — 380 sentences across 76 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.
the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
From this reading “"Suppose it had hit his body?"”
plural of “dimple” — a chad that has been punched or dimpled but all four corners are still attached
From this reading “"Would he have cried?" from Dimples.”
plural of “game” — a contest with rules to determine a winner
From this reading “That is what games are for, to teach you to take a knock and never show it.”
cause to move by striking
From this reading “"Suppose it had hit his body?"”
be the source of pain
From this reading “"Well, it would have hurt him."”
deliver a sharp blow or push
From this reading “That is what games are for, to teach you to take a knock and never show it.”
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading “That is what games are for, to teach you to take a knock and never show it.”
impart skills or knowledge to
From this reading “That is what games are for, to teach you to take a knock and never show it.”
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 That is what games are for, to teach you to take a knock and never show it.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading That is what games are for, to teach you to take a knock and never show it.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading That is what games are for, to teach you to take a knock and never show it.
the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
From this reading "Suppose it had hit his body?"
a youthful male person
From this reading "No, boy.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading "Would he have cried?" from Dimples.
plural of “dimple” — a chad that has been punched or dimpled but all four corners are still attached
From this reading "Would he have cried?" from Dimples.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading That is what games are for, to teach you to take a knock and never show it.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "Would he have cried?" from Dimples.
plural of “game” — a contest with rules to determine a winner
From this reading That is what games are for, to teach you to take a knock and never show it.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "Suppose it had hit his body?"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Well, it would have hurt him."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Would he have cried?" from Dimples.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Well, it would have hurt him."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "Suppose it had hit his body?"
cause to move by striking
From this reading "Suppose it had hit his body?"
be the source of pain
From this reading "Well, it would have hurt him."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That is what games are for, to teach you to take a knock and never show it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Suppose it had hit his body?"
deliver a sharp blow or push
From this reading That is what games are for, to teach you to take a knock and never show it.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading That is what games are for, to teach you to take a knock and never show it.
not any; not one
From this reading "No, boy.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading That is what games are for, to teach you to take a knock and never show it.
express a supposition
From this reading "Suppose it had hit his body?"
carry out
From this reading That is what games are for, to teach you to take a knock and never show it.
impart skills or knowledge to
From this reading That is what games are for, to teach you to take a knock and never show it.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That is what games are for, to teach you to take a knock and never show it.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading That is what games are for, to teach you to take a knock and never show it.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Well, it would have hurt him."
used to ask for information about something
From this reading That is what games are for, to teach you to take a knock and never show it.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "Well, it would have hurt him."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading That is what games are for, to teach you to take a knock and never show it.
Chapter 9 of Danger! and Other Stories by Arthur Conan Doyle holds 380 sentences, grouped into 76 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 9 holds 380 sentences of Danger! and Other Stories, unabridged, divided into 76 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Danger! and Other Stories by Arthur Conan Doyle exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 380 sentences, grouped into 76 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.
Work through the 76 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 76 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 9 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Danger! and Other Stories, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
