Chapter 40 of Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 40 of Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"LAST SCENE OF ALL, THAT ENDS THIS STRANGE, EVENTFUL HISTORY." "Jack." "Yes, father." "What do you think you are going to be? I mean what business or profession?"
Chapter 40 of Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 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.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading “I mean what business or profession?"”
plural of “end” — either extremity of something that has length
From this reading “"LAST SCENE OF ALL, THAT ENDS THIS STRANGE, EVENTFUL HISTORY."”
full of events or incidents
From this reading “"LAST SCENE OF ALL, THAT ENDS THIS STRANGE, EVENTFUL HISTORY."”
the aggregate of past events
From this reading “"LAST SCENE OF ALL, THAT ENDS THIS STRANGE, EVENTFUL HISTORY."”
a small worthless amount
From this reading “"Jack."”
the body of people in a learned occupation
From this reading “I mean what business or profession?"”
the place where some action occurs
From this reading “"LAST SCENE OF ALL, THAT ENDS THIS STRANGE, EVENTFUL HISTORY."”
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading “"LAST SCENE OF ALL, THAT ENDS THIS STRANGE, EVENTFUL HISTORY."”
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.
(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 "LAST SCENE OF ALL, THAT ENDS THIS STRANGE, EVENTFUL HISTORY."
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "What do you think you are going to be?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "What do you think you are going to be?
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading I mean what business or profession?"
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "What do you think you are going to be?
plural of “end” — either extremity of something that has length
From this reading "LAST SCENE OF ALL, THAT ENDS THIS STRANGE, EVENTFUL HISTORY."
full of events or incidents
From this reading "LAST SCENE OF ALL, THAT ENDS THIS STRANGE, EVENTFUL HISTORY."
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading "Yes, father."
the act of departing
From this reading "What do you think you are going to be?
the aggregate of past events
From this reading "LAST SCENE OF ALL, THAT ENDS THIS STRANGE, EVENTFUL HISTORY."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I mean what business or profession?"
a small worthless amount
From this reading "Jack."
immediately past
From this reading "LAST SCENE OF ALL, THAT ENDS THIS STRANGE, EVENTFUL HISTORY."
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading I mean what business or profession?"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "LAST SCENE OF ALL, THAT ENDS THIS STRANGE, EVENTFUL HISTORY."
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading I mean what business or profession?"
the body of people in a learned occupation
From this reading I mean what business or profession?"
the place where some action occurs
From this reading "LAST SCENE OF ALL, THAT ENDS THIS STRANGE, EVENTFUL HISTORY."
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading "LAST SCENE OF ALL, THAT ENDS THIS STRANGE, EVENTFUL HISTORY."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "LAST SCENE OF ALL, THAT ENDS THIS STRANGE, EVENTFUL HISTORY."
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading "What do you think you are going to be?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "LAST SCENE OF ALL, THAT ENDS THIS STRANGE, EVENTFUL HISTORY."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "What do you think you are going to be?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What do you think you are going to be?
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes, father."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "What do you think you are going to be?
Chapter 40 of Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks by Bracebridge Hemyng holds 147 sentences, grouped into 30 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 40 holds 147 sentences of Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.
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