Chapter 2 of Harper's Round Table, March 9, 1897 is here in full — 199 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Harper's Round Table, March 9, 1897 is here in full — 199 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AN EXCHANGE AND A ROBBERY. "Come, lads," I said at last, "don't give up. Give way together. We'll make for that old castle rock, and go ashore." In a few minutes we had beached both boats in a little cove hardly twenty feet across.
Chapter 2 of Harper's Round Table, March 9, 1897 is here in full — 199 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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towards the shore from the water
From this reading “We'll make for that old castle rock, and go ashore."”
past form of “beach” — land on a beach
From this reading “In a few minutes we had beached both boats in a little cove hardly twenty feet across.”
plural of “boat” — a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading “In a few minutes we had beached both boats in a little cove hardly twenty feet across.”
a large and stately mansion
From this reading “We'll make for that old castle rock, and go ashore."”
a small inlet
From this reading “In a few minutes we had beached both boats in a little cove hardly twenty feet across.”
chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another
From this reading “AN EXCHANGE AND A ROBBERY.”
plural of “lad” — a boy or man
From this reading “"Come, lads," I said at last, "don't give up.”
larceny by threat of violence
From this reading “AN EXCHANGE AND A ROBBERY.”
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 “In a few minutes we had beached both boats in a little cove hardly twenty feet across.”
In this reading “In a few minutes we had beached both boats in a little cove hardly twenty feet across.”
In this reading “We'll make for that old castle rock, and go ashore."”
In this reading “In a few minutes we had beached both boats in a little cove hardly twenty feet across.”
move in order to make room for someone for something
In this reading “Give way together.”
In this reading “We'll make for that old castle rock, and go ashore."”
lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime
In this reading “"Come, lads," I said at last, "don't give up.”
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 AN EXCHANGE AND A ROBBERY.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading In a few minutes we had beached both boats in a little cove hardly twenty feet across.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading AN EXCHANGE AND A ROBBERY.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading AN EXCHANGE AND A ROBBERY.
towards the shore from the water
From this reading We'll make for that old castle rock, and go ashore."
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Come, lads," I said at last, "don't give up.
past form of “beach” — land on a beach
From this reading In a few minutes we had beached both boats in a little cove hardly twenty feet across.
plural of “boat” — a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading In a few minutes we had beached both boats in a little cove hardly twenty feet across.
the two together, not just one
From this reading In a few minutes we had beached both boats in a little cove hardly twenty feet across.
a large and stately mansion
From this reading We'll make for that old castle rock, and go ashore."
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Come, lads," I said at last, "don't give up.
a small inlet
From this reading In a few minutes we had beached both boats in a little cove hardly twenty feet across.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Come, lads," I said at last, "don't give up.
chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another
From this reading AN EXCHANGE AND A ROBBERY.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading In a few minutes we had beached both boats in a little cove hardly twenty feet across.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading In a few minutes we had beached both boats in a little cove hardly twenty feet across.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading We'll make for that old castle rock, and go ashore."
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading "Come, lads," I said at last, "don't give up.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading We'll make for that old castle rock, and go ashore."
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In a few minutes we had beached both boats in a little cove hardly twenty feet across.
only a very short time before
From this reading In a few minutes we had beached both boats in a little cove hardly twenty feet across.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Come, lads," I said at last, "don't give up.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In a few minutes we had beached both boats in a little cove hardly twenty feet across.
plural of “lad” — a boy or man
From this reading "Come, lads," I said at last, "don't give up.
immediately past
From this reading "Come, lads," I said at last, "don't give up.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading In a few minutes we had beached both boats in a little cove hardly twenty feet across.
engage in
From this reading We'll make for that old castle rock, and go ashore."
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading In a few minutes we had beached both boats in a little cove hardly twenty feet across.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading We'll make for that old castle rock, and go ashore."
larceny by threat of violence
From this reading AN EXCHANGE AND A ROBBERY.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading We'll make for that old castle rock, and go ashore."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Come, lads," I said at last, "don't give up.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading We'll make for that old castle rock, and go ashore."
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading Give way together.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading In a few minutes we had beached both boats in a little cove hardly twenty feet across.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "Come, lads," I said at last, "don't give up.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Give way together.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading In a few minutes we had beached both boats in a little cove hardly twenty feet across.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We'll make for that old castle rock, and go ashore."
Chapter 2 of Harper's Round Table, March 9, 1897 by Various holds 199 sentences, grouped into 40 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 2 holds 199 sentences of Harper's Round Table, March 9, 1897, unabridged, divided into 40 reading sections.
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