Chapter 7 of From Powder Monkey to Admiral is here in full — 435 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of From Powder Monkey to Admiral is here in full — 435 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"What! Bill! Jack! I thought you had gone to Davy Jones's locker," he exclaimed. "Are you really yourselves?"
Chapter 7 of From Powder Monkey to Admiral is here in full — 435 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/87 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading “Bill!”
English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829)
From this reading “I thought you had gone to Davy Jones's locker," he exclaimed.”
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading “I thought you had gone to Davy Jones's locker," he exclaimed.”
a small worthless amount
From this reading “Jack!”
possessive form of “jones” — United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930)
From this reading “I thought you had gone to Davy Jones's locker," he exclaimed.”
a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock
From this reading “I thought you had gone to Davy Jones's locker," he exclaimed.”
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading “"Are you really yourselves?"”
used when the people spoken to are both doing and receiving the action
From this reading “"Are you really yourselves?"”
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the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Are you really yourselves?"
a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading Bill!
English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829)
From this reading I thought you had gone to Davy Jones's locker," he exclaimed.
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading I thought you had gone to Davy Jones's locker," he exclaimed.
destroyed or killed
From this reading I thought you had gone to Davy Jones's locker," he exclaimed.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I thought you had gone to Davy Jones's locker," he exclaimed.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I thought you had gone to Davy Jones's locker," he exclaimed.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I thought you had gone to Davy Jones's locker," he exclaimed.
a small worthless amount
From this reading Jack!
possessive form of “jones” — United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930)
From this reading I thought you had gone to Davy Jones's locker," he exclaimed.
a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock
From this reading I thought you had gone to Davy Jones's locker," he exclaimed.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading "Are you really yourselves?"
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading I thought you had gone to Davy Jones's locker," he exclaimed.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I thought you had gone to Davy Jones's locker," he exclaimed.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I thought you had gone to Davy Jones's locker," he exclaimed.
used when the people spoken to are both doing and receiving the action
From this reading "Are you really yourselves?"
Chapter 7 of From Powder Monkey to Admiral by William Henry Giles Kingston holds 435 sentences, grouped into 87 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 7 holds 435 sentences of From Powder Monkey to Admiral, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
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