Chapter 9 of News from the Duchy is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of News from the Duchy is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Call yourself his friend!" Jim snapped him up. "Get off, the pair of you. Friend indeed! Go and buy him a veil."
Chapter 9 of News from the Duchy is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
From this reading “Go and buy him a veil."”
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “"Call yourself his friend!"”
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading “"Call yourself his friend!"”
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading “Friend indeed!”
a set of two similar things considered as a unit
From this reading “"Get off, the pair of you.”
inflected form of “snap” — utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
From this reading “Jim snapped him up.”
a garment that covers the head and face
From this reading “Go and buy him a veil."”
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading “"Call yourself his friend!"”
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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 Go and buy him a veil."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Go and buy him a veil."
obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
From this reading Go and buy him a veil."
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading "Call yourself his friend!"
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading "Call yourself his friend!"
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "Get off, the pair of you.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Go and buy him a veil."
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Jim snapped him up.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "Call yourself his friend!"
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading Friend indeed!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jim snapped him up.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Get off, the pair of you.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "Get off, the pair of you.
a set of two similar things considered as a unit
From this reading "Get off, the pair of you.
inflected form of “snap” — utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
From this reading Jim snapped him up.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Get off, the pair of you.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Jim snapped him up.
a garment that covers the head and face
From this reading Go and buy him a veil."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Get off, the pair of you.
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading "Call yourself his friend!"
Chapter 9 of News from the Duchy by Arthur Quiller-Couch holds 419 sentences, grouped into 84 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 419 sentences of News from the Duchy, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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