Chapter 6 of Old Man Savarin Stories is here in full — 381 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Old Man Savarin Stories is here in full — 381 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Surely, surely," implored little Baptiste, silently, "I shall find some fish!" Up! up! only four remained! The boy broke down. Could it be? Had he not somehow skipped many hooks?
Chapter 6 of Old Man Savarin Stories is here in full — 381 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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lacking funds
From this reading “The boy broke down.”
any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
From this reading “"Surely, surely," implored little Baptiste, silently, "I shall find some fish!"”
large strong hand (as of a fighter)
From this reading “Had he not somehow skipped many hooks?”
past form of “implore” — call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading “"Surely, surely," implored little Baptiste, silently, "I shall find some fish!"”
without speaking
From this reading “"Surely, surely," implored little Baptiste, silently, "I shall find some fish!"”
inflected form of “skip” — bypass
From this reading “Had he not somehow skipped many hooks?”
in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means
From this reading “Had he not somehow skipped many hooks?”
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading “"Surely, surely," implored little Baptiste, silently, "I shall find some fish!"”
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In this reading “"Surely, surely," implored little Baptiste, silently, "I shall find some fish!"”
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From this reading "Surely, surely," implored little Baptiste, silently, "I shall find some fish!"
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Could it be?
a youthful male person
From this reading The boy broke down.
lacking funds
From this reading The boy broke down.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Could it be?
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading The boy broke down.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading "Surely, surely," implored little Baptiste, silently, "I shall find some fish!"
any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
From this reading "Surely, surely," implored little Baptiste, silently, "I shall find some fish!"
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading Up! up! only four remained!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Had he not somehow skipped many hooks?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Had he not somehow skipped many hooks?
large strong hand (as of a fighter)
From this reading Had he not somehow skipped many hooks?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Surely, surely," implored little Baptiste, silently, "I shall find some fish!"
past form of “implore” — call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading "Surely, surely," implored little Baptiste, silently, "I shall find some fish!"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Could it be?
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "Surely, surely," implored little Baptiste, silently, "I shall find some fish!"
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading Had he not somehow skipped many hooks?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Had he not somehow skipped many hooks?
and nothing more
From this reading Up! up! only four remained!
past form of “remain” — stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading Up! up! only four remained!
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "Surely, surely," implored little Baptiste, silently, "I shall find some fish!"
without speaking
From this reading "Surely, surely," implored little Baptiste, silently, "I shall find some fish!"
inflected form of “skip” — bypass
From this reading Had he not somehow skipped many hooks?
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "Surely, surely," implored little Baptiste, silently, "I shall find some fish!"
in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means
From this reading Had he not somehow skipped many hooks?
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading "Surely, surely," implored little Baptiste, silently, "I shall find some fish!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The boy broke down.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Up! up! only four remained!
Chapter 6 of Old Man Savarin Stories by Edward William Thomson holds 381 sentences, grouped into 77 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 6 holds 381 sentences of Old Man Savarin Stories, unabridged, divided into 77 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of Old Man Savarin Stories by Edward William Thomson exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 381 sentences, grouped into 77 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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