Chapter 12 of Modern Broods is here in full — 177 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Modern Broods is here in full — 177 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Good luck to your fishing! Whom watch ye to-night? A man of mean, or a man of might?”—SCOTT. SOMETHING black was before the tossed boat! Yes, and light, not lightning.
Chapter 12 of Modern Broods is here in full — 177 sentences across 36 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.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading “SOMETHING black was before the tossed boat!”
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading “SOMETHING black was before the tossed boat!”
the act of someone who fishes as a diversion
From this reading ““Good luck to your fishing!”
abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light
From this reading “Yes, and light, not lightning.”
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
From this reading ““Good luck to your fishing!”
award-winning United States film actor (1928-1999)
From this reading “A man of mean, or a man of might?”—SCOTT.”
past form of “toss” — throw or toss with a light motion
From this reading “SOMETHING black was before the tossed boat!”
look attentively
From this reading “Whom watch ye to-night?”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 A man of mean, or a man of might?”—SCOTT.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Yes, and light, not lightning.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading SOMETHING black was before the tossed boat!
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading SOMETHING black was before the tossed boat!
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading SOMETHING black was before the tossed boat!
the act of someone who fishes as a diversion
From this reading “Good luck to your fishing!
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading “Good luck to your fishing!
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading Yes, and light, not lightning.
abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light
From this reading Yes, and light, not lightning.
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
From this reading “Good luck to your fishing!
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading A man of mean, or a man of might?”—SCOTT.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading A man of mean, or a man of might?”—SCOTT.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading A man of mean, or a man of might?”—SCOTT.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Yes, and light, not lightning.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A man of mean, or a man of might?”—SCOTT.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading A man of mean, or a man of might?”—SCOTT.
award-winning United States film actor (1928-1999)
From this reading A man of mean, or a man of might?”—SCOTT.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading SOMETHING black was before the tossed boat!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SOMETHING black was before the tossed boat!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Good luck to your fishing!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Whom watch ye to-night?
past form of “toss” — throw or toss with a light motion
From this reading SOMETHING black was before the tossed boat!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading SOMETHING black was before the tossed boat!
look attentively
From this reading Whom watch ye to-night?
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Whom watch ye to-night?
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading Whom watch ye to-night?
an affirmative
From this reading Yes, and light, not lightning.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Good luck to your fishing!
Chapter 12 of Modern Broods by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge holds 177 sentences, grouped into 36 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 12 holds 177 sentences of Modern Broods, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.
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