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Chapter 14 of First in the Field is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"About Leather?" cried Nic. "That's it, sir. There'll be another hunt 'safternoon and to-morrer; and if they don't ketch him then, when they go back they'll take a 'spatch from Mr Dillon, and we shall have a lot of 'em down here." Nic's face contracted from his mental pain. "Don't you look like that, my lad.
Chapter 14 of First in the Field is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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reduced in size or pulled together
From this reading “Nic's face contracted from his mental pain.”
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
From this reading “There'll be another hunt 'safternoon and to-morrer; and if they don't ketch him then, when they go back they'll take a 'spatch from Mr Dillon, and we shall have a lot of 'em down here."”
a sailing vessel with two masts; the mizzen is forward of the rudderpost
From this reading “There'll be another hunt 'safternoon and to-morrer; and if they don't ketch him then, when they go back they'll take a 'spatch from Mr Dillon, and we shall have a lot of 'em down here."”
a boy or man
From this reading “"Don't you look like that, my lad.”
an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning
From this reading “"About Leather?" cried Nic.”
(often followed by “of”) a large number or amount or extent
From this reading “There'll be another hunt 'safternoon and to-morrer; and if they don't ketch him then, when they go back they'll take a 'spatch from Mr Dillon, and we shall have a lot of 'em down here."”
involving the mind or an intellectual process
From this reading “Nic's face contracted from his mental pain.”
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
From this reading “Nic's face contracted from his mental pain.”
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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 There'll be another hunt 'safternoon and to-morrer; and if they don't ketch him then, when they go back they'll take a 'spatch from Mr Dillon, and we shall have a lot of 'em down here."
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "About Leather?" cried Nic.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There'll be another hunt 'safternoon and to-morrer; and if they don't ketch him then, when they go back they'll take a 'spatch from Mr Dillon, and we shall have a lot of 'em down here."
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading There'll be another hunt 'safternoon and to-morrer; and if they don't ketch him then, when they go back they'll take a 'spatch from Mr Dillon, and we shall have a lot of 'em down here."
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading There'll be another hunt 'safternoon and to-morrer; and if they don't ketch him then, when they go back they'll take a 'spatch from Mr Dillon, and we shall have a lot of 'em down here."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There'll be another hunt 'safternoon and to-morrer; and if they don't ketch him then, when they go back they'll take a 'spatch from Mr Dillon, and we shall have a lot of 'em down here."
reduced in size or pulled together
From this reading Nic's face contracted from his mental pain.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading "About Leather?" cried Nic.
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From this reading There'll be another hunt 'safternoon and to-morrer; and if they don't ketch him then, when they go back they'll take a 'spatch from Mr Dillon, and we shall have a lot of 'em down here."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There'll be another hunt 'safternoon and to-morrer; and if they don't ketch him then, when they go back they'll take a 'spatch from Mr Dillon, and we shall have a lot of 'em down here."
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading There'll be another hunt 'safternoon and to-morrer; and if they don't ketch him then, when they go back they'll take a 'spatch from Mr Dillon, and we shall have a lot of 'em down here."
a quad with a square body
From this reading There'll be another hunt 'safternoon and to-morrer; and if they don't ketch him then, when they go back they'll take a 'spatch from Mr Dillon, and we shall have a lot of 'em down here."
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Nic's face contracted from his mental pain.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading There'll be another hunt 'safternoon and to-morrer; and if they don't ketch him then, when they go back they'll take a 'spatch from Mr Dillon, and we shall have a lot of 'em down here."
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading There'll be another hunt 'safternoon and to-morrer; and if they don't ketch him then, when they go back they'll take a 'spatch from Mr Dillon, and we shall have a lot of 'em down here."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading There'll be another hunt 'safternoon and to-morrer; and if they don't ketch him then, when they go back they'll take a 'spatch from Mr Dillon, and we shall have a lot of 'em down here."
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading There'll be another hunt 'safternoon and to-morrer; and if they don't ketch him then, when they go back they'll take a 'spatch from Mr Dillon, and we shall have a lot of 'em down here."
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There'll be another hunt 'safternoon and to-morrer; and if they don't ketch him then, when they go back they'll take a 'spatch from Mr Dillon, and we shall have a lot of 'em down here."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Nic's face contracted from his mental pain.
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
From this reading There'll be another hunt 'safternoon and to-morrer; and if they don't ketch him then, when they go back they'll take a 'spatch from Mr Dillon, and we shall have a lot of 'em down here."
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading There'll be another hunt 'safternoon and to-morrer; and if they don't ketch him then, when they go back they'll take a 'spatch from Mr Dillon, and we shall have a lot of 'em down here."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "That's it, sir.
a sailing vessel with two masts; the mizzen is forward of the rudderpost
From this reading There'll be another hunt 'safternoon and to-morrer; and if they don't ketch him then, when they go back they'll take a 'spatch from Mr Dillon, and we shall have a lot of 'em down here."
a boy or man
From this reading "Don't you look like that, my lad.
an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning
From this reading "About Leather?" cried Nic.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "Don't you look like that, my lad.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading "Don't you look like that, my lad.
(often followed by “of”) a large number or amount or extent
From this reading There'll be another hunt 'safternoon and to-morrer; and if they don't ketch him then, when they go back they'll take a 'spatch from Mr Dillon, and we shall have a lot of 'em down here."
involving the mind or an intellectual process
From this reading Nic's face contracted from his mental pain.
a form of address for a man
From this reading There'll be another hunt 'safternoon and to-morrer; and if they don't ketch him then, when they go back they'll take a 'spatch from Mr Dillon, and we shall have a lot of 'em down here."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Don't you look like that, my lad.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "About Leather?" cried Nic.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nic's face contracted from his mental pain.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There'll be another hunt 'safternoon and to-morrer; and if they don't ketch him then, when they go back they'll take a 'spatch from Mr Dillon, and we shall have a lot of 'em down here."
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
From this reading Nic's face contracted from his mental pain.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There'll be another hunt 'safternoon and to-morrer; and if they don't ketch him then, when they go back they'll take a 'spatch from Mr Dillon, and we shall have a lot of 'em down here."
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading There'll be another hunt 'safternoon and to-morrer; and if they don't ketch him then, when they go back they'll take a 'spatch from Mr Dillon, and we shall have a lot of 'em down here."
term of address for a man
From this reading "That's it, sir.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There'll be another hunt 'safternoon and to-morrer; and if they don't ketch him then, when they go back they'll take a 'spatch from Mr Dillon, and we shall have a lot of 'em down here."
carry out
From this reading There'll be another hunt 'safternoon and to-morrer; and if they don't ketch him then, when they go back they'll take a 'spatch from Mr Dillon, and we shall have a lot of 'em down here."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Don't you look like that, my lad.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That's it, sir.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading There'll be another hunt 'safternoon and to-morrer; and if they don't ketch him then, when they go back they'll take a 'spatch from Mr Dillon, and we shall have a lot of 'em down here."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There'll be another hunt 'safternoon and to-morrer; and if they don't ketch him then, when they go back they'll take a 'spatch from Mr Dillon, and we shall have a lot of 'em down here."
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There'll be another hunt 'safternoon and to-morrer; and if they don't ketch him then, when they go back they'll take a 'spatch from Mr Dillon, and we shall have a lot of 'em down here."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There'll be another hunt 'safternoon and to-morrer; and if they don't ketch him then, when they go back they'll take a 'spatch from Mr Dillon, and we shall have a lot of 'em down here."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There'll be another hunt 'safternoon and to-morrer; and if they don't ketch him then, when they go back they'll take a 'spatch from Mr Dillon, and we shall have a lot of 'em down here."
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading There'll be another hunt 'safternoon and to-morrer; and if they don't ketch him then, when they go back they'll take a 'spatch from Mr Dillon, and we shall have a lot of 'em down here."
at the time that
From this reading There'll be another hunt 'safternoon and to-morrer; and if they don't ketch him then, when they go back they'll take a 'spatch from Mr Dillon, and we shall have a lot of 'em down here."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Don't you look like that, my lad.
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