Chapter 14 of Dave Fearless after a sunken treasure is here in full — 97 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of Dave Fearless after a sunken treasure is here in full — 97 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ANOTHER CAPTURE "We are in for it now, Dave!" "Right you are, Bob. What shall we do, fight?" "It would be useless, for they outnumber us ten to one." And so speaking, Bob lowered the rifle once more.
Chapter 14 of Dave Fearless after a sunken treasure is here in full — 97 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/19 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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move up and down repeatedly
From this reading “"Right you are, Bob.”
succeed in representing or expressing something intangible
From this reading “ANOTHER CAPTURE "We are in for it now, Dave!"”
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading “What shall we do, fight?"”
below the surround or below the normal position
From this reading “And so speaking, Bob lowered the rifle once more.”
be larger in number
From this reading “"It would be useless, for they outnumber us ten to one."”
steal goods; take as spoils
From this reading “And so speaking, Bob lowered the rifle once more.”
the utterance of intelligible speech
From this reading “And so speaking, Bob lowered the rifle once more.”
having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully
From this reading “"It would be useless, for they outnumber us ten to one."”
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.
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anew
In this reading “And so speaking, Bob lowered the rifle once more.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And so speaking, Bob lowered the rifle once more.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading ANOTHER CAPTURE "We are in for it now, Dave!"
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading ANOTHER CAPTURE "We are in for it now, Dave!"
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "It would be useless, for they outnumber us ten to one."
move up and down repeatedly
From this reading "Right you are, Bob.
succeed in representing or expressing something intangible
From this reading ANOTHER CAPTURE "We are in for it now, Dave!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ANOTHER CAPTURE "We are in for it now, Dave!"
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading What shall we do, fight?"
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading What shall we do, fight?"
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading ANOTHER CAPTURE "We are in for it now, Dave!"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ANOTHER CAPTURE "We are in for it now, Dave!"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading ANOTHER CAPTURE "We are in for it now, Dave!"
below the surround or below the normal position
From this reading And so speaking, Bob lowered the rifle once more.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading And so speaking, Bob lowered the rifle once more.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading ANOTHER CAPTURE "We are in for it now, Dave!"
on one occasion
From this reading And so speaking, Bob lowered the rifle once more.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "It would be useless, for they outnumber us ten to one."
be larger in number
From this reading "It would be useless, for they outnumber us ten to one."
steal goods; take as spoils
From this reading And so speaking, Bob lowered the rifle once more.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "Right you are, Bob.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading What shall we do, fight?"
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading And so speaking, Bob lowered the rifle once more.
the utterance of intelligible speech
From this reading And so speaking, Bob lowered the rifle once more.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading "It would be useless, for they outnumber us ten to one."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And so speaking, Bob lowered the rifle once more.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "It would be useless, for they outnumber us ten to one."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "It would be useless, for they outnumber us ten to one."
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "It would be useless, for they outnumber us ten to one."
having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully
From this reading "It would be useless, for they outnumber us ten to one."
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading ANOTHER CAPTURE "We are in for it now, Dave!"
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What shall we do, fight?"
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "It would be useless, for they outnumber us ten to one."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Right you are, Bob.
Chapter 14 of Dave Fearless after a sunken treasure by Roy Rockwood holds 97 sentences, grouped into 20 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 14 holds 97 sentences of Dave Fearless after a sunken treasure, unabridged, divided into 20 reading sections.
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