Chapter 12 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 XII
Chapter 12 of Fitz the Filibuster is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Well, I don't want to fight," said Fitz. "I want to get back on board some English vessel." "Same here. That's what I want to do: get you on board the schooner. That's an English vessel."
Chapter 12 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 committee having supervisory powers
From this reading “"I want to get back on board some English vessel."”
an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
From this reading “"I want to get back on board some English vessel."”
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading “"Well, I don't want to fight," said Fitz.”
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “"I want to get back on board some English vessel."”
Identical; not different.
From this reading “"Same here.”
a large beer glass
From this reading “That's what I want to do: get you on board the schooner.”
a tube in which a body fluid circulates
From this reading “"I want to get back on board some English vessel."”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “"Well, I don't want to fight," said Fitz.”
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the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading That's an English vessel."
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "I want to get back on board some English vessel."
a committee having supervisory powers
From this reading "I want to get back on board some English vessel."
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading That's what I want to do: get you on board the schooner.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Well, I don't want to fight," said Fitz.
an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
From this reading "I want to get back on board some English vessel."
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading "Well, I don't want to fight," said Fitz.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Well, I don't want to fight," said Fitz.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "I want to get back on board some English vessel."
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "Same here.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Well, I don't want to fight," said Fitz.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "I want to get back on board some English vessel."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Well, I don't want to fight," said Fitz.
Identical; not different.
From this reading "Same here.
a large beer glass
From this reading That's what I want to do: get you on board the schooner.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "I want to get back on board some English vessel."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That's what I want to do: get you on board the schooner.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That's what I want to do: get you on board the schooner.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Well, I don't want to fight," said Fitz.
a tube in which a body fluid circulates
From this reading "I want to get back on board some English vessel."
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading "Well, I don't want to fight," said Fitz.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Well, I don't want to fight," said Fitz.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading That's what I want to do: get you on board the schooner.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading That's what I want to do: get you on board the schooner.
Chapter 12 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.
Chapter 12 holds 410 sentences of Fitz the Filibuster, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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