Chapter 8 of David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"This is a fine time to separate a bank from assets. What are you buying? Blue sky or a phony gold mine?" "Neither one," said Davy promptly. "It's a ranch--with an old man on it--with a gun, defying all comers."
Chapter 8 of David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company
From this reading “"This is a fine time to separate a bank from assets.”
the act of buying
From this reading “What are you buying?”
plural of “comer” — someone with a promising future
From this reading “"It's a ranch--with an old man on it--with a gun, defying all comers."”
English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829)
From this reading “"Neither one," said Davy promptly.”
-ing form of “defy” — resist or confront with resistance
From this reading “"It's a ranch--with an old man on it--with a gun, defying all comers."”
a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
From this reading “Blue sky or a phony gold mine?"”
with little or no delay
From this reading “"Neither one," said Davy promptly.”
farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
From this reading “"It's a ranch--with an old man on it--with a gun, defying all comers."”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "This is a fine time to separate a bank from assets.
(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 "It's a ranch--with an old man on it--with a gun, defying all comers."
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading "It's a ranch--with an old man on it--with a gun, defying all comers."
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading What are you buying?
anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company
From this reading "This is a fine time to separate a bank from assets.
sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
From this reading "This is a fine time to separate a bank from assets.
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading Blue sky or a phony gold mine?"
the act of buying
From this reading What are you buying?
plural of “comer” — someone with a promising future
From this reading "It's a ranch--with an old man on it--with a gun, defying all comers."
English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829)
From this reading "Neither one," said Davy promptly.
-ing form of “defy” — resist or confront with resistance
From this reading "It's a ranch--with an old man on it--with a gun, defying all comers."
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading "This is a fine time to separate a bank from assets.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "This is a fine time to separate a bank from assets.
coins made of gold
From this reading Blue sky or a phony gold mine?"
a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
From this reading "It's a ranch--with an old man on it--with a gun, defying all comers."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "This is a fine time to separate a bank from assets.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It's a ranch--with an old man on it--with a gun, defying all comers."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's a ranch--with an old man on it--with a gun, defying all comers."
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading "It's a ranch--with an old man on it--with a gun, defying all comers."
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Blue sky or a phony gold mine?"
not one and not the other of two
From this reading "Neither one," said Davy promptly.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading "It's a ranch--with an old man on it--with a gun, defying all comers."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "It's a ranch--with an old man on it--with a gun, defying all comers."
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "Neither one," said Davy promptly.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Blue sky or a phony gold mine?"
a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
From this reading Blue sky or a phony gold mine?"
with little or no delay
From this reading "Neither one," said Davy promptly.
farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
From this reading "It's a ranch--with an old man on it--with a gun, defying all comers."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Neither one," said Davy promptly.
act as a barrier between; stand between
From this reading "This is a fine time to separate a bank from assets.
the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
From this reading Blue sky or a phony gold mine?"
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "This is a fine time to separate a bank from assets.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading "This is a fine time to separate a bank from assets.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "This is a fine time to separate a bank from assets.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What are you buying?
in the company of; together with
From this reading "It's a ranch--with an old man on it--with a gun, defying all comers."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What are you buying?
Chapter 8 of David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story by George S. Harney holds 403 sentences, grouped into 81 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 8 holds 403 sentences of David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story by George S. Harney exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 403 sentences, grouped into 81 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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