Chapter 8 of Sailors' Knots (Entire Collection) is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VIII
Chapter 8 of Sailors' Knots (Entire Collection) is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“That!” she said, loudly. “That! That's not my Bert!” “That's what I told 'em,” said Mr. Carter, deferentially, “over and over again.” “What!” said her father, loudly.
Chapter 8 of Sailors' Knots (Entire Collection) is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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anew
From this reading ““That's what I told 'em,” said Mr. Carter, deferentially, “over and over again.””
Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939)
From this reading ““That's what I told 'em,” said Mr. Carter, deferentially, “over and over again.””
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading ““What!” said her father, loudly.”
with relatively high volume
From this reading ““That!” she said, loudly.”
above and across; more than
From this reading ““That's what I told 'em,” said Mr. Carter, deferentially, “over and over again.””
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading ““That!” she said, loudly.”
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading ““That's what I told 'em,” said Mr. Carter, deferentially, “over and over again.””
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anew
From this reading “That's what I told 'em,” said Mr. Carter, deferentially, “over and over again.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “That's what I told 'em,” said Mr. Carter, deferentially, “over and over again.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That's not my Bert!”
Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939)
From this reading “That's what I told 'em,” said Mr. Carter, deferentially, “over and over again.”
in a servile manner
From this reading “That's what I told 'em,” said Mr. Carter, deferentially, “over and over again.”
a quad with a square body
From this reading “That's what I told 'em,” said Mr. Carter, deferentially, “over and over again.”
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading “What!” said her father, loudly.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “What!” said her father, loudly.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “That's what I told 'em,” said Mr. Carter, deferentially, “over and over again.”
with relatively high volume
From this reading “That!” she said, loudly.
a form of address for a man
From this reading “That's what I told 'em,” said Mr. Carter, deferentially, “over and over again.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading That's not my Bert!”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading That's not my Bert!”
above and across; more than
From this reading “That's what I told 'em,” said Mr. Carter, deferentially, “over and over again.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “That!” she said, loudly.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “That!” she said, loudly.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “That!” she said, loudly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That's not my Bert!”
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading “That's what I told 'em,” said Mr. Carter, deferentially, “over and over again.”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “That's what I told 'em,” said Mr. Carter, deferentially, “over and over again.”
Chapter 8 of Sailors' Knots (Entire Collection) by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs holds 406 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 8 holds 406 sentences of Sailors' Knots (Entire Collection), unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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