Chapter 10 of Dead Men Tell No Tales is here in full — 238 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Dead Men Tell No Tales is here in full — 238 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Sporting old parson who knows how to swear?” laughed Rattray. “Never saw him in my life before; wondered who the deuce he was.” “Really?” said I. “He professed to know something of you.” “Against me, you mean?
Chapter 10 of Dead Men Tell No Tales is here in full — 238 sentences across 48 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 tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game
From this reading ““Never saw him in my life before; wondered who the deuce he was.””
plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
From this reading ““Sporting old parson who knows how to swear?” laughed Rattray.”
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading ““Sporting old parson who knows how to swear?” laughed Rattray.”
a person authorized to conduct religious worship
From this reading ““Sporting old parson who knows how to swear?” laughed Rattray.”
professing to be qualified
From this reading ““He professed to know something of you.””
exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
From this reading ““Sporting old parson who knows how to swear?” laughed Rattray.”
utter obscenities or profanities
From this reading ““Sporting old parson who knows how to swear?” laughed Rattray.”
past form of “wonder” — have a wish or desire to know something
From this reading ““Never saw him in my life before; wondered who the deuce he was.””
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.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading “Against me, you mean?
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “Never saw him in my life before; wondered who the deuce he was.”
a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game
From this reading “Never saw him in my life before; wondered who the deuce he was.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Never saw him in my life before; wondered who the deuce he was.”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Never saw him in my life before; wondered who the deuce he was.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Sporting old parson who knows how to swear?” laughed Rattray.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Really?” said I.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Never saw him in my life before; wondered who the deuce he was.”
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “He professed to know something of you.”
plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
From this reading “Sporting old parson who knows how to swear?” laughed Rattray.
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading “Sporting old parson who knows how to swear?” laughed Rattray.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading “Never saw him in my life before; wondered who the deuce he was.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Against me, you mean?
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading “Against me, you mean?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Never saw him in my life before; wondered who the deuce he was.”
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading “Never saw him in my life before; wondered who the deuce he was.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “He professed to know something of you.”
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading “Sporting old parson who knows how to swear?” laughed Rattray.
a person authorized to conduct religious worship
From this reading “Sporting old parson who knows how to swear?” laughed Rattray.
professing to be qualified
From this reading “He professed to know something of you.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Sporting old parson who knows how to swear?” laughed Rattray.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading “Really?” said I.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Really?” said I.
cut with a saw
From this reading “Never saw him in my life before; wondered who the deuce he was.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “He professed to know something of you.”
exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
From this reading “Sporting old parson who knows how to swear?” laughed Rattray.
utter obscenities or profanities
From this reading “Sporting old parson who knows how to swear?” laughed Rattray.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Never saw him in my life before; wondered who the deuce he was.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Sporting old parson who knows how to swear?” laughed Rattray.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Never saw him in my life before; wondered who the deuce he was.”
which person or people
From this reading “Sporting old parson who knows how to swear?” laughed Rattray.
past form of “wonder” — have a wish or desire to know something
From this reading “Never saw him in my life before; wondered who the deuce he was.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “He professed to know something of you.”
Chapter 10 of Dead Men Tell No Tales by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung holds 238 sentences, grouped into 48 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 10 holds 238 sentences of Dead Men Tell No Tales, unabridged, divided into 48 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of Dead Men Tell No Tales by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 238 sentences, grouped into 48 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 48 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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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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