Chapter 5 of Dave Darrin on the Asiatic Station is here in full — 7 sentences across 2 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Dave Darrin on the Asiatic Station is here in full — 7 sentences across 2 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Sin Foo turns green. The treasure of the burned mission. Belle Darrin cool under fire. Fighting men must eat. The mystery of Pembroke. Mrs. Darrin gets a tip. “That is an awful thought.”
Chapter 5 of Dave Darrin on the Asiatic Station is here in full — 7 sentences across 2 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.
a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals
From this reading “Belle Darrin cool under fire.”
treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point
From this reading “The treasure of the burned mission.”
an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work
From this reading “The treasure of the burned mission.”
the smaller and straight-legged variety of corgi having pointed ears and a short tail
From this reading “The mystery of Pembroke.”
estrangement from god
From this reading “Sin Foo turns green.”
the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
From this reading “Mrs. Darrin gets a tip.”
accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.
From this reading “The treasure of the burned mission.”
plural of “turn” — a circular segment of a curve
From this reading “Sin Foo turns green.”
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 “Fighting men must eat.”
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 Mrs. Darrin gets a tip.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “That is an awful thought.”
exceptionally bad or displeasing
From this reading “That is an awful thought.”
a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals
From this reading Belle Darrin cool under fire.
treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point
From this reading The treasure of the burned mission.
neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
From this reading Belle Darrin cool under fire.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Belle Darrin cool under fire.
take in solid food
From this reading Fighting men must eat.
the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
From this reading Fighting men must eat.
start firing a weapon
From this reading Belle Darrin cool under fire.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sin Foo turns green.
plural of “get” — a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
From this reading Mrs. Darrin gets a tip.
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading Sin Foo turns green.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “That is an awful thought.”
the force of workers available
From this reading Fighting men must eat.
an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work
From this reading The treasure of the burned mission.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Mrs. Darrin gets a tip.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Fighting men must eat.
something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
From this reading The mystery of Pembroke.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The treasure of the burned mission.
the smaller and straight-legged variety of corgi having pointed ears and a short tail
From this reading The mystery of Pembroke.
estrangement from god
From this reading Sin Foo turns green.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “That is an awful thought.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The treasure of the burned mission.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “That is an awful thought.”
the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
From this reading Mrs. Darrin gets a tip.
accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.
From this reading The treasure of the burned mission.
plural of “turn” — a circular segment of a curve
From this reading Sin Foo turns green.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Belle Darrin cool under fire.
Chapter 5 of Dave Darrin on the Asiatic Station by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock holds 7 sentences, grouped into 2 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 5 holds 7 sentences of Dave Darrin on the Asiatic Station, unabridged, divided into 2 reading sections.
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