Chapter 11 of Picked Up Adrift: Illustrated is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Picked Up Adrift: Illustrated is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“But we’ll go back first to where we left the boys.” “Course, that’s the first thing; and then your vyge ends, and we’ve got to arrange a fresh one.” “Well, can we start to-day?” asked Tom. “To-day? No, sir!
Chapter 11 of Picked Up Adrift: Illustrated is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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put into a proper or systematic order
From this reading ““Course, that’s the first thing; and then your vyge ends, and we’ve got to arrange a fresh one.””
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading ““But we’ll go back first to where we left the boys.””
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading ““Course, that’s the first thing; and then your vyge ends, and we’ve got to arrange a fresh one.””
plural of “end” — either extremity of something that has length
From this reading ““Course, that’s the first thing; and then your vyge ends, and we’ve got to arrange a fresh one.””
recently made, produced, or harvested
From this reading ““Course, that’s the first thing; and then your vyge ends, and we’ve got to arrange a fresh one.””
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading ““Well, can we start to-day?” asked Tom.”
a special situation
From this reading ““Course, that’s the first thing; and then your vyge ends, and we’ve got to arrange a fresh one.””
male cat
From this reading ““Well, can we start to-day?” asked Tom.”
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belong to an earlier time
In this reading ““But we’ll go back first to where we left the boys.””
In this reading ““Course, that’s the first thing; and then your vyge ends, and we’ve got to arrange a fresh one.””
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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 “Course, that’s the first thing; and then your vyge ends, and we’ve got to arrange a fresh one.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Course, that’s the first thing; and then your vyge ends, and we’ve got to arrange a fresh one.”
put into a proper or systematic order
From this reading “Course, that’s the first thing; and then your vyge ends, and we’ve got to arrange a fresh one.”
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “Well, can we start to-day?” asked Tom.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading “But we’ll go back first to where we left the boys.”
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading “But we’ll go back first to where we left the boys.”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “But we’ll go back first to where we left the boys.”
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “Well, can we start to-day?” asked Tom.
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading “Course, that’s the first thing; and then your vyge ends, and we’ve got to arrange a fresh one.”
plural of “end” — either extremity of something that has length
From this reading “Course, that’s the first thing; and then your vyge ends, and we’ve got to arrange a fresh one.”
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading “But we’ll go back first to where we left the boys.”
recently made, produced, or harvested
From this reading “Course, that’s the first thing; and then your vyge ends, and we’ve got to arrange a fresh one.”
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “But we’ll go back first to where we left the boys.”
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “Course, that’s the first thing; and then your vyge ends, and we’ve got to arrange a fresh one.”
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading “But we’ll go back first to where we left the boys.”
not any; not one
From this reading No, sir!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Course, that’s the first thing; and then your vyge ends, and we’ve got to arrange a fresh one.”
term of address for a man
From this reading No, sir!
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading “Well, can we start to-day?” asked Tom.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Course, that’s the first thing; and then your vyge ends, and we’ve got to arrange a fresh one.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “But we’ll go back first to where we left the boys.”
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading “Course, that’s the first thing; and then your vyge ends, and we’ve got to arrange a fresh one.”
a special situation
From this reading “Course, that’s the first thing; and then your vyge ends, and we’ve got to arrange a fresh one.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “But we’ll go back first to where we left the boys.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Well, can we start to-day?” asked Tom.
male cat
From this reading “Well, can we start to-day?” asked Tom.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Course, that’s the first thing; and then your vyge ends, and we’ve got to arrange a fresh one.”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “But we’ll go back first to where we left the boys.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “But we’ll go back first to where we left the boys.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Course, that’s the first thing; and then your vyge ends, and we’ve got to arrange a fresh one.”
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “Well, can we start to-day?” asked Tom.
in or at the place that
From this reading “But we’ll go back first to where we left the boys.”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Course, that’s the first thing; and then your vyge ends, and we’ve got to arrange a fresh one.”
Chapter 11 of Picked Up Adrift: Illustrated by James De Mille holds 409 sentences, grouped into 82 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 11 holds 409 sentences of Picked Up Adrift: Illustrated, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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