Chapter 23 of Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 23 of Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
STILL THE BATTLE RAGES. At that moment Kara-al-Zariel's horse received a mortal wound, and sank beneath the chief. He fell heavily, and narrowly escaped being trampled to death by his own advancing men. But procuring another steed, he again led the van. Jack Harkaway had already had two horses killed under him.
Chapter 23 of Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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moving forward
From this reading “He fell heavily, and narrowly escaped being trampled to death by his own advancing men.”
to a considerable degree
From this reading “He fell heavily, and narrowly escaped being trampled to death by his own advancing men.”
subject to death
From this reading “At that moment Kara-al-Zariel's horse received a mortal wound, and sank beneath the chief.”
in a narrow manner; not allowing for exceptions
From this reading “He fell heavily, and narrowly escaped being trampled to death by his own advancing men.”
-ing form of “procure” — get by special effort
From this reading “But procuring another steed, he again led the van.”
plural of “rage” — a feeling of intense anger
From this reading “STILL THE BATTLE RAGES.”
(literary) a spirited horse for state of war
From this reading “But procuring another steed, he again led the van.”
past form of “trample” — tread or stomp heavily or roughly
From this reading “He fell heavily, and narrowly escaped being trampled to death by his own advancing men.”
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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 At that moment Kara-al-Zariel's horse received a mortal wound, and sank beneath the chief.
moving forward
From this reading He fell heavily, and narrowly escaped being trampled to death by his own advancing men.
anew
From this reading But procuring another steed, he again led the van.
prior to a specified or implied time
From this reading Jack Harkaway had already had two horses killed under him.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading At that moment Kara-al-Zariel's horse received a mortal wound, and sank beneath the chief.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading But procuring another steed, he again led the van.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At that moment Kara-al-Zariel's horse received a mortal wound, and sank beneath the chief.
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
From this reading STILL THE BATTLE RAGES.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading He fell heavily, and narrowly escaped being trampled to death by his own advancing men.
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading At that moment Kara-al-Zariel's horse received a mortal wound, and sank beneath the chief.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But procuring another steed, he again led the van.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He fell heavily, and narrowly escaped being trampled to death by his own advancing men.
a person who is in charge
From this reading At that moment Kara-al-Zariel's horse received a mortal wound, and sank beneath the chief.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading He fell heavily, and narrowly escaped being trampled to death by his own advancing men.
having escaped, especially from confinement
From this reading He fell heavily, and narrowly escaped being trampled to death by his own advancing men.
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading He fell heavily, and narrowly escaped being trampled to death by his own advancing men.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Jack Harkaway had already had two horses killed under him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jack Harkaway had already had two horses killed under him.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He fell heavily, and narrowly escaped being trampled to death by his own advancing men.
to a considerable degree
From this reading He fell heavily, and narrowly escaped being trampled to death by his own advancing men.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Jack Harkaway had already had two horses killed under him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He fell heavily, and narrowly escaped being trampled to death by his own advancing men.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading At that moment Kara-al-Zariel's horse received a mortal wound, and sank beneath the chief.
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading Jack Harkaway had already had two horses killed under him.
a small worthless amount
From this reading Jack Harkaway had already had two horses killed under him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At that moment Kara-al-Zariel's horse received a mortal wound, and sank beneath the chief.
past form of “kill” — cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading Jack Harkaway had already had two horses killed under him.
diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
From this reading But procuring another steed, he again led the van.
the force of workers available
From this reading He fell heavily, and narrowly escaped being trampled to death by his own advancing men.
a particular point in time
From this reading At that moment Kara-al-Zariel's horse received a mortal wound, and sank beneath the chief.
subject to death
From this reading At that moment Kara-al-Zariel's horse received a mortal wound, and sank beneath the chief.
in a narrow manner; not allowing for exceptions
From this reading He fell heavily, and narrowly escaped being trampled to death by his own advancing men.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading He fell heavily, and narrowly escaped being trampled to death by his own advancing men.
-ing form of “procure” — get by special effort
From this reading But procuring another steed, he again led the van.
plural of “rage” — a feeling of intense anger
From this reading STILL THE BATTLE RAGES.
conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers
From this reading At that moment Kara-al-Zariel's horse received a mortal wound, and sank beneath the chief.
inflected form of “sink” — fall or descend to a lower place or level
From this reading At that moment Kara-al-Zariel's horse received a mortal wound, and sank beneath the chief.
(literary) a spirited horse for state of war
From this reading But procuring another steed, he again led the van.
not in physical motion
From this reading STILL THE BATTLE RAGES.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading At that moment Kara-al-Zariel's horse received a mortal wound, and sank beneath the chief.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading STILL THE BATTLE RAGES.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He fell heavily, and narrowly escaped being trampled to death by his own advancing men.
past form of “trample” — tread or stomp heavily or roughly
From this reading He fell heavily, and narrowly escaped being trampled to death by his own advancing men.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Jack Harkaway had already had two horses killed under him.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Jack Harkaway had already had two horses killed under him.
any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
From this reading But procuring another steed, he again led the van.
an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
From this reading At that moment Kara-al-Zariel's horse received a mortal wound, and sank beneath the chief.
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