Chapter 3 of Jack Hardy is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Jack Hardy is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The angry squire strode away, leaving his breakfast unfinished. "Your poor father will be so hungry, and so bad-tempered all day," said Mrs. Bastable, whom nothing seemed to ruffle. "Jack, will you carve the pork? You have not finished, Monsieur de Fronsac?" "Absolutely, Madame," said the Frenchman with a bow and a smile.
Chapter 3 of Jack Hardy is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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form by carving
From this reading “"Jack, will you carve the pork?”
a person of French nationality
From this reading “"Absolutely, Madame," said the Frenchman with a bow and a smile.”
feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
From this reading “"Your poor father will be so hungry, and so bad-tempered all day," said Mrs. Bastable, whom nothing seemed to ruffle.”
meat from a domestic hog or pig
From this reading “"Jack, will you carve the pork?”
stir up (water) so as to form ripples
From this reading “"Your poor father will be so hungry, and so bad-tempered all day," said Mrs. Bastable, whom nothing seemed to ruffle.”
young nobleman attendant on a knight
From this reading “The angry squire strode away, leaving his breakfast unfinished.”
inflected form of “stride” — walk with long steps
From this reading “The angry squire strode away, leaving his breakfast unfinished.”
not brought to the desired final state
From this reading “The angry squire strode away, leaving his breakfast unfinished.”
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 “"Your poor father will be so hungry, and so bad-tempered all day," said Mrs. Bastable, whom nothing seemed to ruffle.”
In this reading “"Your poor father will be so hungry, and so bad-tempered all day," said Mrs. Bastable, whom nothing seemed to ruffle.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "Absolutely, Madame," said the Frenchman with a bow and a smile.
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading "Absolutely, Madame," said the Frenchman with a bow and a smile.
(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 "Your poor father will be so hungry, and so bad-tempered all day," said Mrs. Bastable, whom nothing seemed to ruffle.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Your poor father will be so hungry, and so bad-tempered all day," said Mrs. Bastable, whom nothing seemed to ruffle.
feeling or showing anger
From this reading The angry squire strode away, leaving his breakfast unfinished.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading The angry squire strode away, leaving his breakfast unfinished.
annoyed and irritable
From this reading "Your poor father will be so hungry, and so bad-tempered all day," said Mrs. Bastable, whom nothing seemed to ruffle.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Your poor father will be so hungry, and so bad-tempered all day," said Mrs. Bastable, whom nothing seemed to ruffle.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Your poor father will be so hungry, and so bad-tempered all day," said Mrs. Bastable, whom nothing seemed to ruffle.
a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces
From this reading "Absolutely, Madame," said the Frenchman with a bow and a smile.
eat an early morning meal
From this reading The angry squire strode away, leaving his breakfast unfinished.
form by carving
From this reading "Jack, will you carve the pork?
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading "Your poor father will be so hungry, and so bad-tempered all day," said Mrs. Bastable, whom nothing seemed to ruffle.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading You have not finished, Monsieur de Fronsac?"
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading "Your poor father will be so hungry, and so bad-tempered all day," said Mrs. Bastable, whom nothing seemed to ruffle.
(of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state
From this reading You have not finished, Monsieur de Fronsac?"
a person of French nationality
From this reading "Absolutely, Madame," said the Frenchman with a bow and a smile.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You have not finished, Monsieur de Fronsac?"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You have not finished, Monsieur de Fronsac?"
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The angry squire strode away, leaving his breakfast unfinished.
feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
From this reading "Your poor father will be so hungry, and so bad-tempered all day," said Mrs. Bastable, whom nothing seemed to ruffle.
a small worthless amount
From this reading "Jack, will you carve the pork?
the act of departing
From this reading The angry squire strode away, leaving his breakfast unfinished.
title used for a married Frenchwoman
From this reading "Absolutely, Madame," said the Frenchman with a bow and a smile.
used as a French courtesy title; equivalent to English “Mr”
From this reading You have not finished, Monsieur de Fronsac?"
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading "Your poor father will be so hungry, and so bad-tempered all day," said Mrs. Bastable, whom nothing seemed to ruffle.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading You have not finished, Monsieur de Fronsac?"
not one thing; not anything
From this reading "Your poor father will be so hungry, and so bad-tempered all day," said Mrs. Bastable, whom nothing seemed to ruffle.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading "Your poor father will be so hungry, and so bad-tempered all day," said Mrs. Bastable, whom nothing seemed to ruffle.
meat from a domestic hog or pig
From this reading "Jack, will you carve the pork?
stir up (water) so as to form ripples
From this reading "Your poor father will be so hungry, and so bad-tempered all day," said Mrs. Bastable, whom nothing seemed to ruffle.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Your poor father will be so hungry, and so bad-tempered all day," said Mrs. Bastable, whom nothing seemed to ruffle.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading "Your poor father will be so hungry, and so bad-tempered all day," said Mrs. Bastable, whom nothing seemed to ruffle.
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading "Absolutely, Madame," said the Frenchman with a bow and a smile.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "Your poor father will be so hungry, and so bad-tempered all day," said Mrs. Bastable, whom nothing seemed to ruffle.
young nobleman attendant on a knight
From this reading The angry squire strode away, leaving his breakfast unfinished.
inflected form of “stride” — walk with long steps
From this reading The angry squire strode away, leaving his breakfast unfinished.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The angry squire strode away, leaving his breakfast unfinished.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Your poor father will be so hungry, and so bad-tempered all day," said Mrs. Bastable, whom nothing seemed to ruffle.
not brought to the desired final state
From this reading The angry squire strode away, leaving his breakfast unfinished.
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Your poor father will be so hungry, and so bad-tempered all day," said Mrs. Bastable, whom nothing seemed to ruffle.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Your poor father will be so hungry, and so bad-tempered all day," said Mrs. Bastable, whom nothing seemed to ruffle.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Absolutely, Madame," said the Frenchman with a bow and a smile.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Jack, will you carve the pork?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Your poor father will be so hungry, and so bad-tempered all day," said Mrs. Bastable, whom nothing seemed to ruffle.
Chapter 3 of Jack Hardy by Herbert Strang holds 421 sentences, grouped into 85 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 3 holds 421 sentences of Jack Hardy, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
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