Chapter 2 of Fitz the Filibuster is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Fitz the Filibuster is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Eh, what--what fever?" said the skipper. "Ah, ah," and he gave a peculiar cock of his eye towards his son, "brain-fever, my lad, brain-fever. It made you a bit delirious. But that's all over now." "And you will write, sir?
Chapter 2 of Fitz the Filibuster is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading “It made you a bit delirious.”
tilt or slant to one side
From this reading “"Ah, ah," and he gave a peculiar cock of his eye towards his son, "brain-fever, my lad, brain-fever.”
experiencing delirium
From this reading “It made you a bit delirious.”
a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection
From this reading “"Eh, what--what fever?" said the skipper.”
a boy or man
From this reading “"Ah, ah," and he gave a peculiar cock of his eye towards his son, "brain-fever, my lad, brain-fever.”
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading “"Ah, ah," and he gave a peculiar cock of his eye towards his son, "brain-fever, my lad, brain-fever.”
a student who fails to attend classes
From this reading “"Eh, what--what fever?" said the skipper.”
produce a literary work
From this reading “"And you will write, sir?”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "Ah, ah," and he gave a peculiar cock of his eye towards his son, "brain-fever, my lad, brain-fever.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Ah, ah," and he gave a peculiar cock of his eye towards his son, "brain-fever, my lad, brain-fever.
(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 But that's all over now."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Ah, ah," and he gave a peculiar cock of his eye towards his son, "brain-fever, my lad, brain-fever.
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading It made you a bit delirious.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Ah, ah," and he gave a peculiar cock of his eye towards his son, "brain-fever, my lad, brain-fever.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But that's all over now."
tilt or slant to one side
From this reading "Ah, ah," and he gave a peculiar cock of his eye towards his son, "brain-fever, my lad, brain-fever.
experiencing delirium
From this reading It made you a bit delirious.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Eh, what--what fever?" said the skipper.
the organ of sight
From this reading "Ah, ah," and he gave a peculiar cock of his eye towards his son, "brain-fever, my lad, brain-fever.
a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection
From this reading "Eh, what--what fever?" said the skipper.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading "Ah, ah," and he gave a peculiar cock of his eye towards his son, "brain-fever, my lad, brain-fever.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Ah, ah," and he gave a peculiar cock of his eye towards his son, "brain-fever, my lad, brain-fever.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "Ah, ah," and he gave a peculiar cock of his eye towards his son, "brain-fever, my lad, brain-fever.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It made you a bit delirious.
a boy or man
From this reading "Ah, ah," and he gave a peculiar cock of his eye towards his son, "brain-fever, my lad, brain-fever.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading It made you a bit delirious.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Ah, ah," and he gave a peculiar cock of his eye towards his son, "brain-fever, my lad, brain-fever.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading But that's all over now."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Ah, ah," and he gave a peculiar cock of his eye towards his son, "brain-fever, my lad, brain-fever.
above and across; more than
From this reading But that's all over now."
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading "Ah, ah," and he gave a peculiar cock of his eye towards his son, "brain-fever, my lad, brain-fever.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Eh, what--what fever?" said the skipper.
term of address for a man
From this reading "And you will write, sir?
a student who fails to attend classes
From this reading "Eh, what--what fever?" said the skipper.
a male human offspring
From this reading "Ah, ah," and he gave a peculiar cock of his eye towards his son, "brain-fever, my lad, brain-fever.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But that's all over now."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Eh, what--what fever?" said the skipper.
in the direction of
From this reading "Ah, ah," and he gave a peculiar cock of his eye towards his son, "brain-fever, my lad, brain-fever.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Eh, what--what fever?" said the skipper.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "And you will write, sir?
produce a literary work
From this reading "And you will write, sir?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It made you a bit delirious.
Chapter 2 of Fitz the Filibuster by George Manville Fenn holds 410 sentences, grouped into 82 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.
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