Chapter 28 of It Is Never Too Late to Mend is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 28 of It Is Never Too Late to Mend is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“GEORGE, I want you to go to Bathurst.” “What for?” “To buy some things.” “What things?” “First of all, a revolver; there were fellows about our tent last night, creeping and prowling.”
Chapter 28 of It Is Never Too Late to Mend is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 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.
obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
From this reading ““To buy some things.””
a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
From this reading ““First of all, a revolver; there were fellows about our tent last night, creeping and prowling.””
plural of “fellow” — a boy or man
From this reading ““First of all, a revolver; there were fellows about our tent last night, creeping and prowling.””
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading ““GEORGE, I want you to go to Bathurst.””
-ing form of “prowl” — move about in or as if in a predatory manner
From this reading ““First of all, a revolver; there were fellows about our tent last night, creeping and prowling.””
a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets)
From this reading ““First of all, a revolver; there were fellows about our tent last night, creeping and prowling.””
a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
From this reading ““First of all, a revolver; there were fellows about our tent last night, creeping and prowling.””
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading ““GEORGE, I want you to go to Bathurst.””
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 “First of all, a revolver; there were fellows about our tent last night, creeping and prowling.”
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “First of all, a revolver; there were fellows about our tent last night, creeping and prowling.”
(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 “First of all, a revolver; there were fellows about our tent last night, creeping and prowling.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “First of all, a revolver; there were fellows about our tent last night, creeping and prowling.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “GEORGE, I want you to go to Bathurst.”
obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
From this reading “To buy some things.”
a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
From this reading “First of all, a revolver; there were fellows about our tent last night, creeping and prowling.”
plural of “fellow” — a boy or man
From this reading “First of all, a revolver; there were fellows about our tent last night, creeping and prowling.”
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading “First of all, a revolver; there were fellows about our tent last night, creeping and prowling.”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “What for?”
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading “GEORGE, I want you to go to Bathurst.”
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “GEORGE, I want you to go to Bathurst.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “GEORGE, I want you to go to Bathurst.”
immediately past
From this reading “First of all, a revolver; there were fellows about our tent last night, creeping and prowling.”
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading “First of all, a revolver; there were fellows about our tent last night, creeping and prowling.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “First of all, a revolver; there were fellows about our tent last night, creeping and prowling.”
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading “First of all, a revolver; there were fellows about our tent last night, creeping and prowling.”
-ing form of “prowl” — move about in or as if in a predatory manner
From this reading “First of all, a revolver; there were fellows about our tent last night, creeping and prowling.”
a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets)
From this reading “First of all, a revolver; there were fellows about our tent last night, creeping and prowling.”
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading “To buy some things.”
a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
From this reading “First of all, a revolver; there were fellows about our tent last night, creeping and prowling.”
in or at that place or location
From this reading “First of all, a revolver; there were fellows about our tent last night, creeping and prowling.”
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading “To buy some things.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “GEORGE, I want you to go to Bathurst.”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “GEORGE, I want you to go to Bathurst.”
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “First of all, a revolver; there were fellows about our tent last night, creeping and prowling.”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What for?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “GEORGE, I want you to go to Bathurst.”
Chapter 28 of It Is Never Too Late to Mend by Charles Reade holds 417 sentences, grouped into 84 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.
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