Chapter 11 of Ruggles of Red Gap is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XI
Chapter 11 of Ruggles of Red Gap is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“My word, the chap was taken bad; had to be seen to, what! Revived, I mean to say. All piano Johnnies that way--nervous wrecks, what! Spells! Spells, man--spells!”
Chapter 11 of Ruggles of Red Gap is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 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.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading ““My word, the chap was taken bad; had to be seen to, what!”
a boy or man
From this reading ““My word, the chap was taken bad; had to be seen to, what!”
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading “Revived, I mean to say.”
easily agitated
From this reading “All piano Johnnies that way--nervous wrecks, what!”
a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
From this reading “All piano Johnnies that way--nervous wrecks, what!”
restored to consciousness or life or vigor
From this reading “Revived, I mean to say.”
plural of “spell” — a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation
From this reading “Spells!”
plural of “wreck” — something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation
From this reading “All piano Johnnies that way--nervous wrecks, what!”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading All piano Johnnies that way--nervous wrecks, what!
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading “My word, the chap was taken bad; had to be seen to, what!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “My word, the chap was taken bad; had to be seen to, what!
a boy or man
From this reading “My word, the chap was taken bad; had to be seen to, what!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “My word, the chap was taken bad; had to be seen to, what!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Revived, I mean to say.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All piano Johnnies that way--nervous wrecks, what!
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Spells, man--spells!”
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading Revived, I mean to say.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “My word, the chap was taken bad; had to be seen to, what!
easily agitated
From this reading All piano Johnnies that way--nervous wrecks, what!
a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
From this reading All piano Johnnies that way--nervous wrecks, what!
restored to consciousness or life or vigor
From this reading Revived, I mean to say.
express in words
From this reading Revived, I mean to say.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “My word, the chap was taken bad; had to be seen to, what!
plural of “spell” — a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation
From this reading Spells!
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading “My word, the chap was taken bad; had to be seen to, what!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading All piano Johnnies that way--nervous wrecks, what!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “My word, the chap was taken bad; had to be seen to, what!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “My word, the chap was taken bad; had to be seen to, what!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “My word, the chap was taken bad; had to be seen to, what!
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading All piano Johnnies that way--nervous wrecks, what!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “My word, the chap was taken bad; had to be seen to, what!
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading “My word, the chap was taken bad; had to be seen to, what!
plural of “wreck” — something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation
From this reading All piano Johnnies that way--nervous wrecks, what!
Chapter 11 of Ruggles of Red Gap by Harry Leon Wilson holds 422 sentences, grouped into 85 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 422 sentences of Ruggles of Red Gap, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
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