Chapter 17 of Mark Tidd in Business is here in full — 338 sentences across 68 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of Mark Tidd in Business is here in full — 338 sentences across 68 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
We started right in to nose around, but that smoke-house was pretty nearly air-tight. Dark! Mister, but it was dark! And it was full of cobwebs and smell and dirt. There was just as much chance of getting out of there till Mr. Hamilcar Janes let us out as there would be of sawing a bar of steel with a chunk of cheese.
Chapter 17 of Mark Tidd in Business is here in full — 338 sentences across 68 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk
From this reading “There was just as much chance of getting out of there till Mr. Hamilcar Janes let us out as there would be of sawing a bar of steel with a chunk of cheese.”
a compact mass
From this reading “There was just as much chance of getting out of there till Mr. Hamilcar Janes let us out as there would be of sawing a bar of steel with a chunk of cheese.”
plural of “cobweb” — a fabric so delicate and transparent as to resemble a web of a spider
From this reading “And it was full of cobwebs and smell and dirt.”
the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
From this reading “And it was full of cobwebs and smell and dirt.”
a form of address for a man
From this reading “Mister, but it was dark!”
-ing form of “saw” — cut with a saw
From this reading “There was just as much chance of getting out of there till Mr. Hamilcar Janes let us out as there would be of sawing a bar of steel with a chunk of cheese.”
the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
From this reading “And it was full of cobwebs and smell and dirt.”
an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range
From this reading “There was just as much chance of getting out of there till Mr. Hamilcar Janes let us out as there would be of sawing a bar of steel with a chunk of cheese.”
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.
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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 There was just as much chance of getting out of there till Mr. Hamilcar Janes let us out as there would be of sawing a bar of steel with a chunk of cheese.
having no weak points
From this reading We started right in to nose around, but that smoke-house was pretty nearly air-tight.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And it was full of cobwebs and smell and dirt.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading We started right in to nose around, but that smoke-house was pretty nearly air-tight.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There was just as much chance of getting out of there till Mr. Hamilcar Janes let us out as there would be of sawing a bar of steel with a chunk of cheese.
a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
From this reading There was just as much chance of getting out of there till Mr. Hamilcar Janes let us out as there would be of sawing a bar of steel with a chunk of cheese.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There was just as much chance of getting out of there till Mr. Hamilcar Janes let us out as there would be of sawing a bar of steel with a chunk of cheese.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading We started right in to nose around, but that smoke-house was pretty nearly air-tight.
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading There was just as much chance of getting out of there till Mr. Hamilcar Janes let us out as there would be of sawing a bar of steel with a chunk of cheese.
a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk
From this reading There was just as much chance of getting out of there till Mr. Hamilcar Janes let us out as there would be of sawing a bar of steel with a chunk of cheese.
a compact mass
From this reading There was just as much chance of getting out of there till Mr. Hamilcar Janes let us out as there would be of sawing a bar of steel with a chunk of cheese.
plural of “cobweb” — a fabric so delicate and transparent as to resemble a web of a spider
From this reading And it was full of cobwebs and smell and dirt.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading Dark!
the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
From this reading And it was full of cobwebs and smell and dirt.
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading And it was full of cobwebs and smell and dirt.
the act of acquiring something
From this reading There was just as much chance of getting out of there till Mr. Hamilcar Janes let us out as there would be of sawing a bar of steel with a chunk of cheese.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There was just as much chance of getting out of there till Mr. Hamilcar Janes let us out as there would be of sawing a bar of steel with a chunk of cheese.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We started right in to nose around, but that smoke-house was pretty nearly air-tight.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Mister, but it was dark!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There was just as much chance of getting out of there till Mr. Hamilcar Janes let us out as there would be of sawing a bar of steel with a chunk of cheese.
and nothing more
From this reading There was just as much chance of getting out of there till Mr. Hamilcar Janes let us out as there would be of sawing a bar of steel with a chunk of cheese.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading There was just as much chance of getting out of there till Mr. Hamilcar Janes let us out as there would be of sawing a bar of steel with a chunk of cheese.
a form of address for a man
From this reading Mister, but it was dark!
a form of address for a man
From this reading There was just as much chance of getting out of there till Mr. Hamilcar Janes let us out as there would be of sawing a bar of steel with a chunk of cheese.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading There was just as much chance of getting out of there till Mr. Hamilcar Janes let us out as there would be of sawing a bar of steel with a chunk of cheese.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading We started right in to nose around, but that smoke-house was pretty nearly air-tight.
the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
From this reading We started right in to nose around, but that smoke-house was pretty nearly air-tight.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And it was full of cobwebs and smell and dirt.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading There was just as much chance of getting out of there till Mr. Hamilcar Janes let us out as there would be of sawing a bar of steel with a chunk of cheese.
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading We started right in to nose around, but that smoke-house was pretty nearly air-tight.
precisely, exactly
From this reading We started right in to nose around, but that smoke-house was pretty nearly air-tight.
-ing form of “saw” — cut with a saw
From this reading There was just as much chance of getting out of there till Mr. Hamilcar Janes let us out as there would be of sawing a bar of steel with a chunk of cheese.
the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
From this reading And it was full of cobwebs and smell and dirt.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We started right in to nose around, but that smoke-house was pretty nearly air-tight.
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading We started right in to nose around, but that smoke-house was pretty nearly air-tight.
an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range
From this reading There was just as much chance of getting out of there till Mr. Hamilcar Janes let us out as there would be of sawing a bar of steel with a chunk of cheese.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading We started right in to nose around, but that smoke-house was pretty nearly air-tight.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was just as much chance of getting out of there till Mr. Hamilcar Janes let us out as there would be of sawing a bar of steel with a chunk of cheese.
up to a particular time
From this reading There was just as much chance of getting out of there till Mr. Hamilcar Janes let us out as there would be of sawing a bar of steel with a chunk of cheese.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We started right in to nose around, but that smoke-house was pretty nearly air-tight.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There was just as much chance of getting out of there till Mr. Hamilcar Janes let us out as there would be of sawing a bar of steel with a chunk of cheese.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading We started right in to nose around, but that smoke-house was pretty nearly air-tight.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We started right in to nose around, but that smoke-house was pretty nearly air-tight.
in the company of; together with
From this reading There was just as much chance of getting out of there till Mr. Hamilcar Janes let us out as there would be of sawing a bar of steel with a chunk of cheese.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading There was just as much chance of getting out of there till Mr. Hamilcar Janes let us out as there would be of sawing a bar of steel with a chunk of cheese.
Chapter 17 of Mark Tidd in Business by Clarence Budington Kelland holds 338 sentences, grouped into 68 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.
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