Chapter 13 of Fire Island is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of Fire Island is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"It would be madness to hurry away." "And what about the niggers?" said Mr Rimmer, who looked amused. "They haven't worried us lately." "But the volcano? Really, gentlemen, I never feel safe from one day to another.
Chapter 13 of Fire Island is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 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.
pleasantly occupied
From this reading “"And what about the niggers?" said Mr Rimmer, who looked amused.”
plural of “gentleman” — a man of refinement
From this reading “Really, gentlemen, I never feel safe from one day to another.”
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading “"It would be madness to hurry away."”
in the recent past
From this reading “"They haven't worried us lately."”
obsolete terms for legal insanity
From this reading “"It would be madness to hurry away."”
free from danger or the risk of harm
From this reading “Really, gentlemen, I never feel safe from one day to another.”
a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
From this reading “"But the volcano?”
afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
From this reading “"They haven't worried us lately."”
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.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "And what about the niggers?" said Mr Rimmer, who looked amused.
pleasantly occupied
From this reading "And what about the niggers?" said Mr Rimmer, who looked amused.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And what about the niggers?" said Mr Rimmer, who looked amused.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading Really, gentlemen, I never feel safe from one day to another.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "It would be madness to hurry away."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "It would be madness to hurry away."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But the volcano?
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Really, gentlemen, I never feel safe from one day to another.
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading Really, gentlemen, I never feel safe from one day to another.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Really, gentlemen, I never feel safe from one day to another.
plural of “gentleman” — a man of refinement
From this reading Really, gentlemen, I never feel safe from one day to another.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "They haven't worried us lately."
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading "It would be madness to hurry away."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Really, gentlemen, I never feel safe from one day to another.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It would be madness to hurry away."
in the recent past
From this reading "They haven't worried us lately."
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading "And what about the niggers?" said Mr Rimmer, who looked amused.
obsolete terms for legal insanity
From this reading "It would be madness to hurry away."
a form of address for a man
From this reading "And what about the niggers?" said Mr Rimmer, who looked amused.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Really, gentlemen, I never feel safe from one day to another.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "And what about the niggers?" said Mr Rimmer, who looked amused.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Really, gentlemen, I never feel safe from one day to another.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading Really, gentlemen, I never feel safe from one day to another.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "And what about the niggers?" said Mr Rimmer, who looked amused.
free from danger or the risk of harm
From this reading Really, gentlemen, I never feel safe from one day to another.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "And what about the niggers?" said Mr Rimmer, who looked amused.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "And what about the niggers?" said Mr Rimmer, who looked amused.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "They haven't worried us lately."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "It would be madness to hurry away."
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "They haven't worried us lately."
a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
From this reading "But the volcano?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "And what about the niggers?" said Mr Rimmer, who looked amused.
which person or people
From this reading "And what about the niggers?" said Mr Rimmer, who looked amused.
afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
From this reading "They haven't worried us lately."
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "It would be madness to hurry away."
Chapter 13 of Fire Island by George Manville Fenn holds 413 sentences, grouped into 83 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 13 holds 413 sentences of Fire Island, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 13 of Fire Island by George Manville Fenn exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 413 sentences, grouped into 83 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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