Chapter 13 of Frank Reade, Jr., and His Electric Ice Ship is here in full — 136 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 13 of Frank Reade, Jr., and His Electric Ice Ship is here in full — 136 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
OFF THE CLIFF. “Shtop ther Ranger—quick!” “All right, Barney.” “Give us yer hand, me bye.” “Here you are, sir.”
Chapter 13 of Frank Reade, Jr., and His Electric Ice Ship is here in full — 136 sentences across 28 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.
an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
From this reading ““Give us yer hand, me bye.””
a steep high face of rock
From this reading “OFF THE CLIFF.”
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading ““Give us yer hand, me bye.””
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “OFF THE CLIFF.”
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading ““Shtop ther Ranger—quick!””
a member of the Texas state highway patrol; formerly a mounted lawman who maintained order on the frontier
From this reading ““Shtop ther Ranger—quick!””
precisely, exactly
From this reading ““All right, Barney.””
term of address for a man
From this reading ““Here you are, sir.””
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.
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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(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 “All right, Barney.”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Here you are, sir.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “All right, Barney.”
an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
From this reading “Give us yer hand, me bye.”
a steep high face of rock
From this reading OFF THE CLIFF.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading “Give us yer hand, me bye.”
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading “Give us yer hand, me bye.”
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “Here you are, sir.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Give us yer hand, me bye.”
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading OFF THE CLIFF.
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading “Shtop ther Ranger—quick!”
a member of the Texas state highway patrol; formerly a mounted lawman who maintained order on the frontier
From this reading “Shtop ther Ranger—quick!”
precisely, exactly
From this reading “All right, Barney.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Shtop ther Ranger—quick!”
term of address for a man
From this reading “Here you are, sir.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading OFF THE CLIFF.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Shtop ther Ranger—quick!”
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Give us yer hand, me bye.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Give us yer hand, me bye.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Here you are, sir.”
Chapter 13 of Frank Reade, Jr., and His Electric Ice Ship by Luis Senarens holds 136 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 13 holds 136 sentences of Frank Reade, Jr., and His Electric Ice Ship, unabridged, divided into 28 reading sections.
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