Chapter 16 of Forge of Foxenby is here in full — 139 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of Forge of Foxenby is here in full — 139 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
In which Peter has an Unhappy Day "Give me back my tin of biscuits, I tell you! You've pinched my cakes, chocolates, apples, bananas, everything. Cads, thieves, pirates!" "Peace, thou scurvy knave! Dost dare to speak slightingly of the great Robin Hood and his Merry Men?
Chapter 16 of Forge of Foxenby is here in full — 139 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/27 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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plural of “apple” — fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh
From this reading “You've pinched my cakes, chocolates, apples, bananas, everything.”
plural of “banana” — any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits
From this reading “You've pinched my cakes, chocolates, apples, bananas, everything.”
plural of “biscuit” — small round bread leavened with baking-powder or soda
From this reading “In which Peter has an Unhappy Day "Give me back my tin of biscuits, I tell you!”
plural of “cad” — someone who is morally reprehensible
From this reading “Cads, thieves, pirates!"”
plural of “cake” — a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
From this reading “You've pinched my cakes, chocolates, apples, bananas, everything.”
plural of “chocolate” — a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot
From this reading “You've pinched my cakes, chocolates, apples, bananas, everything.”
a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
From this reading “"Peace, thou scurvy knave!”
sounding as if the nose were pinched
From this reading “You've pinched my cakes, chocolates, apples, bananas, everything.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Dost dare to speak slightingly of the great Robin Hood and his Merry Men?”
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.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading In which Peter has an Unhappy Day "Give me back my tin of biscuits, I tell you!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Dost dare to speak slightingly of the great Robin Hood and his Merry Men?
plural of “apple” — fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh
From this reading You've pinched my cakes, chocolates, apples, bananas, everything.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading In which Peter has an Unhappy Day "Give me back my tin of biscuits, I tell you!
plural of “banana” — any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits
From this reading You've pinched my cakes, chocolates, apples, bananas, everything.
plural of “biscuit” — small round bread leavened with baking-powder or soda
From this reading In which Peter has an Unhappy Day "Give me back my tin of biscuits, I tell you!
plural of “cad” — someone who is morally reprehensible
From this reading Cads, thieves, pirates!"
plural of “cake” — a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
From this reading You've pinched my cakes, chocolates, apples, bananas, everything.
plural of “chocolate” — a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot
From this reading You've pinched my cakes, chocolates, apples, bananas, everything.
take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
From this reading Dost dare to speak slightingly of the great Robin Hood and his Merry Men?
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading In which Peter has an Unhappy Day "Give me back my tin of biscuits, I tell you!
an old form of “do”, used with “thou”
From this reading Dost dare to speak slightingly of the great Robin Hood and his Merry Men?
all things; all of a situation
From this reading You've pinched my cakes, chocolates, apples, bananas, everything.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading In which Peter has an Unhappy Day "Give me back my tin of biscuits, I tell you!
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Dost dare to speak slightingly of the great Robin Hood and his Merry Men?
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In which Peter has an Unhappy Day "Give me back my tin of biscuits, I tell you!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Dost dare to speak slightingly of the great Robin Hood and his Merry Men?
an aggressive and violent young criminal
From this reading Dost dare to speak slightingly of the great Robin Hood and his Merry Men?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading In which Peter has an Unhappy Day "Give me back my tin of biscuits, I tell you!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In which Peter has an Unhappy Day "Give me back my tin of biscuits, I tell you!
a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
From this reading "Peace, thou scurvy knave!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading In which Peter has an Unhappy Day "Give me back my tin of biscuits, I tell you!
the force of workers available
From this reading Dost dare to speak slightingly of the great Robin Hood and his Merry Men?
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading Dost dare to speak slightingly of the great Robin Hood and his Merry Men?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading In which Peter has an Unhappy Day "Give me back my tin of biscuits, I tell you!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In which Peter has an Unhappy Day "Give me back my tin of biscuits, I tell you!
the state prevailing during the absence of war
From this reading "Peace, thou scurvy knave!
disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope
From this reading In which Peter has an Unhappy Day "Give me back my tin of biscuits, I tell you!
sounding as if the nose were pinched
From this reading You've pinched my cakes, chocolates, apples, bananas, everything.
plural of “pirate” — someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own
From this reading Cads, thieves, pirates!"
small Old World songbird with a reddish breast
From this reading Dost dare to speak slightingly of the great Robin Hood and his Merry Men?
a condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C)
From this reading "Peace, thou scurvy knave!
in a disparaging manner
From this reading Dost dare to speak slightingly of the great Robin Hood and his Merry Men?
express in speech
From this reading Dost dare to speak slightingly of the great Robin Hood and his Merry Men?
express in words
From this reading In which Peter has an Unhappy Day "Give me back my tin of biscuits, I tell you!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Dost dare to speak slightingly of the great Robin Hood and his Merry Men?
plural of “thief” — a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
From this reading Cads, thieves, pirates!"
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading "Peace, thou scurvy knave!
a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide
From this reading In which Peter has an Unhappy Day "Give me back my tin of biscuits, I tell you!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Dost dare to speak slightingly of the great Robin Hood and his Merry Men?
experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent
From this reading In which Peter has an Unhappy Day "Give me back my tin of biscuits, I tell you!
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading In which Peter has an Unhappy Day "Give me back my tin of biscuits, I tell you!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading In which Peter has an Unhappy Day "Give me back my tin of biscuits, I tell you!
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From this reading You've pinched my cakes, chocolates, apples, bananas, everything.
Chapter 16 of Forge of Foxenby by R. A. H. (Robert Arthur Hanson) Goodyear holds 139 sentences, grouped into 28 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 16 holds 139 sentences of Forge of Foxenby, unabridged, divided into 28 reading sections.
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