Chapter 5 of Mark Tidd's Citadel is here in full — 146 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Mark Tidd's Citadel is here in full — 146 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
We got home with our fish just as Plunk and Binney were getting ready to eat. They had cooked dinner and waited for us until they couldn’t stand it any longer. Mark and I were perfectly ready to begin, too. After lunch we made a live-box to keep our fish in. It wasn’t a first-class live-box, but it was enough to keep the fish from getting away.
Chapter 5 of Mark Tidd's Citadel is here in full — 146 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading “Mark and I were perfectly ready to begin, too.”
having been prepared for eating by the application of heat
From this reading “They had cooked dinner and waited for us until they couldn’t stand it any longer.”
very good; of the highest quality
From this reading “It wasn’t a first-class live-box, but it was enough to keep the fish from getting away.”
any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
From this reading “We got home with our fish just as Plunk and Binney were getting ready to eat.”
take the midday meal
From this reading “After lunch we made a live-box to keep our fish in.”
attach a tag or label to
From this reading “Mark and I were perfectly ready to begin, too.”
make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground
From this reading “We got home with our fish just as Plunk and Binney were getting ready to eat.”
past form of “wait” — stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading “They had cooked dinner and waited for us until they couldn’t stand it any longer.”
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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In this reading “They had cooked dinner and waited for us until they couldn’t stand it any longer.”
In this reading “We got home with our fish just as Plunk and Binney were getting ready to eat.”
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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 After lunch we made a live-box to keep our fish in.
later than; following
From this reading After lunch we made a live-box to keep our fish in.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We got home with our fish just as Plunk and Binney were getting ready to eat.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading They had cooked dinner and waited for us until they couldn’t stand it any longer.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading We got home with our fish just as Plunk and Binney were getting ready to eat.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading It wasn’t a first-class live-box, but it was enough to keep the fish from getting away.
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading Mark and I were perfectly ready to begin, too.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We got home with our fish just as Plunk and Binney were getting ready to eat.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It wasn’t a first-class live-box, but it was enough to keep the fish from getting away.
having been prepared for eating by the application of heat
From this reading They had cooked dinner and waited for us until they couldn’t stand it any longer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They had cooked dinner and waited for us until they couldn’t stand it any longer.
the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
From this reading They had cooked dinner and waited for us until they couldn’t stand it any longer.
take in solid food
From this reading We got home with our fish just as Plunk and Binney were getting ready to eat.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading It wasn’t a first-class live-box, but it was enough to keep the fish from getting away.
very good; of the highest quality
From this reading It wasn’t a first-class live-box, but it was enough to keep the fish from getting away.
any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
From this reading We got home with our fish just as Plunk and Binney were getting ready to eat.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading They had cooked dinner and waited for us until they couldn’t stand it any longer.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It wasn’t a first-class live-box, but it was enough to keep the fish from getting away.
the act of acquiring something
From this reading We got home with our fish just as Plunk and Binney were getting ready to eat.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading We got home with our fish just as Plunk and Binney were getting ready to eat.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They had cooked dinner and waited for us until they couldn’t stand it any longer.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading We got home with our fish just as Plunk and Binney were getting ready to eat.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Mark and I were perfectly ready to begin, too.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading After lunch we made a live-box to keep our fish in.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading They had cooked dinner and waited for us until they couldn’t stand it any longer.
and nothing more
From this reading We got home with our fish just as Plunk and Binney were getting ready to eat.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading After lunch we made a live-box to keep our fish in.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading After lunch we made a live-box to keep our fish in.
for more time
From this reading They had cooked dinner and waited for us until they couldn’t stand it any longer.
take the midday meal
From this reading After lunch we made a live-box to keep our fish in.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading After lunch we made a live-box to keep our fish in.
attach a tag or label to
From this reading Mark and I were perfectly ready to begin, too.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We got home with our fish just as Plunk and Binney were getting ready to eat.
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading Mark and I were perfectly ready to begin, too.
make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground
From this reading We got home with our fish just as Plunk and Binney were getting ready to eat.
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading We got home with our fish just as Plunk and Binney were getting ready to eat.
be standing; be upright
From this reading They had cooked dinner and waited for us until they couldn’t stand it any longer.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It wasn’t a first-class live-box, but it was enough to keep the fish from getting away.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had cooked dinner and waited for us until they couldn’t stand it any longer.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We got home with our fish just as Plunk and Binney were getting ready to eat.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading Mark and I were perfectly ready to begin, too.
up to a particular time
From this reading They had cooked dinner and waited for us until they couldn’t stand it any longer.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They had cooked dinner and waited for us until they couldn’t stand it any longer.
past form of “wait” — stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading They had cooked dinner and waited for us until they couldn’t stand it any longer.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It wasn’t a first-class live-box, but it was enough to keep the fish from getting away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It wasn’t a first-class live-box, but it was enough to keep the fish from getting away.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We got home with our fish just as Plunk and Binney were getting ready to eat.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We got home with our fish just as Plunk and Binney were getting ready to eat.
in the company of; together with
From this reading We got home with our fish just as Plunk and Binney were getting ready to eat.
Chapter 5 of Mark Tidd's Citadel by Clarence Budington Kelland holds 146 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 5 holds 146 sentences of Mark Tidd's Citadel, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.
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