Chapter 9 of More Tish is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IX
Chapter 9 of More Tish is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Name’s Weber. We pulled off a raid last night, and he and a fellow named Sands got grabbed.” “Weber?” said Mr. Burton, forgetting to whisper. “You—you don’t mean Captain Weber?” I asked after a sickening pause.
Chapter 9 of More Tish is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 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.
English explorer who with John Speke was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika (1821-1890)
From this reading ““Weber?” said Mr. Burton, forgetting to whisper.”
inflected form of “forget” — dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading ““Weber?” said Mr. Burton, forgetting to whisper.”
inflected form of “grab” — take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
From this reading “We pulled off a raid last night, and he and a fellow named Sands got grabbed.””
possessive form of “name” — a language unit by which a person or thing is known
search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on
From this reading “We pulled off a raid last night, and he and a fellow named Sands got grabbed.””
the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean
From this reading “We pulled off a raid last night, and he and a fellow named Sands got grabbed.””
causing or able to cause nausea
From this reading “I asked after a sickening pause.”
a unit of magnetic flux equal to 100,000,000 maxwells
From this reading ““Name’s Weber.”
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 We pulled off a raid last night, and he and a fellow named Sands got grabbed.”
later than; following
From this reading I asked after a sickening pause.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We pulled off a raid last night, and he and a fellow named Sands got grabbed.”
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading I asked after a sickening pause.
English explorer who with John Speke was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika (1821-1890)
From this reading “Weber?” said Mr. Burton, forgetting to whisper.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading “You—you don’t mean Captain Weber?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You—you don’t mean Captain Weber?”
a boy or man
From this reading We pulled off a raid last night, and he and a fellow named Sands got grabbed.”
inflected form of “forget” — dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading “Weber?” said Mr. Burton, forgetting to whisper.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading We pulled off a raid last night, and he and a fellow named Sands got grabbed.”
inflected form of “grab” — take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
From this reading We pulled off a raid last night, and he and a fellow named Sands got grabbed.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading We pulled off a raid last night, and he and a fellow named Sands got grabbed.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I asked after a sickening pause.
immediately past
From this reading We pulled off a raid last night, and he and a fellow named Sands got grabbed.”
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading “You—you don’t mean Captain Weber?”
a form of address for a man
From this reading “Weber?” said Mr. Burton, forgetting to whisper.
possessive form of “name” — a language unit by which a person or thing is known
From this reading “Name’s Weber.
past form of “name” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading We pulled off a raid last night, and he and a fellow named Sands got grabbed.”
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading We pulled off a raid last night, and he and a fellow named Sands got grabbed.”
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading We pulled off a raid last night, and he and a fellow named Sands got grabbed.”
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
From this reading I asked after a sickening pause.
past form of “pull” — cause to move by pulling
From this reading We pulled off a raid last night, and he and a fellow named Sands got grabbed.”
search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on
From this reading We pulled off a raid last night, and he and a fellow named Sands got grabbed.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Weber?” said Mr. Burton, forgetting to whisper.
the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean
From this reading We pulled off a raid last night, and he and a fellow named Sands got grabbed.”
causing or able to cause nausea
From this reading I asked after a sickening pause.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Weber?” said Mr. Burton, forgetting to whisper.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We pulled off a raid last night, and he and a fellow named Sands got grabbed.”
a unit of magnetic flux equal to 100,000,000 maxwells
From this reading “Name’s Weber.
speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
From this reading “Weber?” said Mr. Burton, forgetting to whisper.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You—you don’t mean Captain Weber?”
Chapter 9 of More Tish by Mary Roberts Rinehart holds 434 sentences, grouped into 87 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 9 holds 434 sentences of More Tish, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of More Tish by Mary Roberts Rinehart exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 434 sentences, grouped into 87 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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