Chapter 14 of Mass' George is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 14 of Mass' George is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Look. Can you make out anything?" he said. I looked long and intently, and was obliged to answer-- "No." "Quick! Try and find that boy," said my father, angrily now.
Chapter 14 of Mass' George is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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with anger
From this reading “Try and find that boy," said my father, angrily now.”
react verbally
From this reading “I looked long and intently, and was obliged to answer-- "No."”
any thing at all
From this reading “Can you make out anything?" he said.”
a youthful male person
From this reading “Try and find that boy," said my father, angrily now.”
with strained or eager attention
From this reading “I looked long and intently, and was obliged to answer-- "No."”
under a moral obligation to do something
From this reading “I looked long and intently, and was obliged to answer-- "No."”
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading “"Quick!”
make an effort or attempt
From this reading “Try and find that boy," said my father, angrily now.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I looked long and intently, and was obliged to answer-- "No."
with anger
From this reading Try and find that boy," said my father, angrily now.
react verbally
From this reading I looked long and intently, and was obliged to answer-- "No."
any thing at all
From this reading Can you make out anything?" he said.
a youthful male person
From this reading Try and find that boy," said my father, angrily now.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Can you make out anything?" he said.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading Try and find that boy," said my father, angrily now.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading Try and find that boy," said my father, angrily now.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Can you make out anything?" he said.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I looked long and intently, and was obliged to answer-- "No."
with strained or eager attention
From this reading I looked long and intently, and was obliged to answer-- "No."
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading I looked long and intently, and was obliged to answer-- "No."
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading "Look.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading I looked long and intently, and was obliged to answer-- "No."
engage in
From this reading Can you make out anything?" he said.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Try and find that boy," said my father, angrily now.
not any; not one
From this reading I looked long and intently, and was obliged to answer-- "No."
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Try and find that boy," said my father, angrily now.
under a moral obligation to do something
From this reading I looked long and intently, and was obliged to answer-- "No."
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Can you make out anything?" he said.
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading "Quick!
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Can you make out anything?" he said.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Try and find that boy," said my father, angrily now.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I looked long and intently, and was obliged to answer-- "No."
make an effort or attempt
From this reading Try and find that boy," said my father, angrily now.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I looked long and intently, and was obliged to answer-- "No."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Can you make out anything?" he said.
Chapter 14 of Mass' George by George Manville Fenn holds 411 sentences, grouped into 83 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 14 holds 411 sentences of Mass' George, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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