Chapter 11 of Garryowen is here in full — 141 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Garryowen is here in full — 141 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Come into the smoking-room," said Mr. Dashwood when they had shaken hands. "This is luck! I only came over by the morning boat. I'm coming down west. Oh, I'll tell you all about it in a minute.
Chapter 11 of Garryowen is here in full — 141 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/28 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading “I only came over by the morning boat.”
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “I'm coming down west.”
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading “"Come into the smoking-room," said Mr. Dashwood when they had shaken hands.”
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
From this reading “"This is luck!”
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading “Oh, I'll tell you all about it in a minute.”
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading “I only came over by the morning boat.”
disturbed psychologically as if by a physical jolt or shock
From this reading “"Come into the smoking-room," said Mr. Dashwood when they had shaken hands.”
the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
From this reading “I'm coming down west.”
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 “"Come into the smoking-room," said Mr. Dashwood when they had shaken hands.”
obtain, especially accidentally
In this reading “"Come into the smoking-room," said Mr. Dashwood when they had shaken hands.”
communicate the intended meaning or impression
In this reading “I only came over by the morning boat.”
In this reading “Oh, I'll tell you all about it in a minute.”
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 Oh, I'll tell you all about it in a minute.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Oh, I'll tell you all about it in a minute.
(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 Oh, I'll tell you all about it in a minute.
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading I only came over by the morning boat.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I only came over by the morning boat.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading I only came over by the morning boat.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Come into the smoking-room," said Mr. Dashwood when they had shaken hands.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading I'm coming down west.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Come into the smoking-room," said Mr. Dashwood when they had shaken hands.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading I'm coming down west.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "Come into the smoking-room," said Mr. Dashwood when they had shaken hands.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading "Come into the smoking-room," said Mr. Dashwood when they had shaken hands.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I only came over by the morning boat.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, I'll tell you all about it in a minute.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm coming down west.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Oh, I'll tell you all about it in a minute.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "Come into the smoking-room," said Mr. Dashwood when they had shaken hands.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "This is luck!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Oh, I'll tell you all about it in a minute.
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
From this reading "This is luck!
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading Oh, I'll tell you all about it in a minute.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading I only came over by the morning boat.
a form of address for a man
From this reading "Come into the smoking-room," said Mr. Dashwood when they had shaken hands.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, I'll tell you all about it in a minute.
and nothing more
From this reading I only came over by the morning boat.
above and across; more than
From this reading I only came over by the morning boat.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Come into the smoking-room," said Mr. Dashwood when they had shaken hands.
disturbed psychologically as if by a physical jolt or shock
From this reading "Come into the smoking-room," said Mr. Dashwood when they had shaken hands.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Come into the smoking-room," said Mr. Dashwood when they had shaken hands.
express in words
From this reading Oh, I'll tell you all about it in a minute.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Come into the smoking-room," said Mr. Dashwood when they had shaken hands.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Come into the smoking-room," said Mr. Dashwood when they had shaken hands.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "This is luck!
the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
From this reading I'm coming down west.
at the time that
From this reading "Come into the smoking-room," said Mr. Dashwood when they had shaken hands.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Oh, I'll tell you all about it in a minute.
Chapter 11 of Garryowen by H. De Vere (Henry De Vere) Stacpoole holds 141 sentences, grouped into 29 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 11 holds 141 sentences of Garryowen, unabridged, divided into 29 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of Garryowen by H. De Vere (Henry De Vere) Stacpoole exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 141 sentences, grouped into 29 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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