Chapter 40 of On a Donkey's Hurricane Deck is here in full — 184 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 40 of On a Donkey's Hurricane Deck is here in full — 184 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BY PYE POD. Who can tell a man from manners? Who can tell him by his close? Beggars often smoke Havanners; Nabobs wear a bottle-nose. --_Dog-eared Doggerels._ Placerville greeted us royally.
Chapter 40 of On a Donkey's Hurricane Deck is here in full — 184 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “beggar” — a pauper who lives by begging
From this reading “Beggars often smoke Havanners; Nabobs wear a bottle-nose.”
past form of “greet” — express greetings upon meeting someone
From this reading “--_Dog-eared Doggerels._ Placerville greeted us royally.”
social deportment
From this reading “Who can tell a man from manners?”
plural of “nabob” — a governor in India during the Mogul empire
From this reading “Beggars often smoke Havanners; Nabobs wear a bottle-nose.”
the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
From this reading “BY PYE POD.”
in a royal manner
From this reading “--_Dog-eared Doggerels._ Placerville greeted us royally.”
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
From this reading “Beggars often smoke Havanners; Nabobs wear a bottle-nose.”
be dressed in
From this reading “Beggars often smoke Havanners; Nabobs wear a bottle-nose.”
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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 Who can tell a man from manners?
plural of “beggar” — a pauper who lives by begging
From this reading Beggars often smoke Havanners; Nabobs wear a bottle-nose.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Beggars often smoke Havanners; Nabobs wear a bottle-nose.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY PYE POD.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Who can tell a man from manners?
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading Who can tell him by his close?
worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down
From this reading --_Dog-eared Doggerels._ Placerville greeted us royally.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading --_Dog-eared Doggerels._ Placerville greeted us royally.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Who can tell a man from manners?
past form of “greet” — express greetings upon meeting someone
From this reading --_Dog-eared Doggerels._ Placerville greeted us royally.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Beggars often smoke Havanners; Nabobs wear a bottle-nose.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Who can tell him by his close?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Who can tell him by his close?
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Who can tell a man from manners?
social deportment
From this reading Who can tell a man from manners?
plural of “nabob” — a governor in India during the Mogul empire
From this reading Beggars often smoke Havanners; Nabobs wear a bottle-nose.
many times at short intervals
From this reading Beggars often smoke Havanners; Nabobs wear a bottle-nose.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading --_Dog-eared Doggerels._ Placerville greeted us royally.
the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
From this reading BY PYE POD.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BY PYE POD.
in a royal manner
From this reading --_Dog-eared Doggerels._ Placerville greeted us royally.
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
From this reading Beggars often smoke Havanners; Nabobs wear a bottle-nose.
express in words
From this reading Who can tell a man from manners?
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading --_Dog-eared Doggerels._ Placerville greeted us royally.
be dressed in
From this reading Beggars often smoke Havanners; Nabobs wear a bottle-nose.
which person or people
From this reading Who can tell a man from manners?
Chapter 40 of On a Donkey's Hurricane Deck by R. Pitcher (Robert Pitcher) Woodward holds 184 sentences, grouped into 37 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 40 holds 184 sentences of On a Donkey's Hurricane Deck, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
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