Chapter 3 of Samba is here in full — 233 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter III
Chapter 3 of Samba is here in full — 233 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Rubber is Death" "Whew! This is a warm country, Jack. There'll soon be nothing left of us." "There's plenty at present, uncle," replied Jack Challoner with a smile. "Barney can spare less, after all."
Chapter 3 of Samba is here in full — 233 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a small worthless amount
From this reading “This is a warm country, Jack.”
a full supply
From this reading “"There's plenty at present, uncle," replied Jack Challoner with a smile.”
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading “"There's plenty at present, uncle," replied Jack Challoner with a smile.”
an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products
From this reading “"Rubber is Death" "Whew!”
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading “"There's plenty at present, uncle," replied Jack Challoner with a smile.”
refrain from harming
From this reading “"Barney can spare less, after all."”
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading “"There's plenty at present, uncle," replied Jack Challoner with a smile.”
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading “This is a warm country, Jack.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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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 This is a warm country, Jack.
later than; following
From this reading "Barney can spare less, after all."
(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 "Barney can spare less, after all."
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "There's plenty at present, uncle," replied Jack Challoner with a smile.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Barney can spare less, after all."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There'll soon be nothing left of us."
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "Barney can spare less, after all."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "There's plenty at present, uncle," replied Jack Challoner with a smile.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading This is a warm country, Jack.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading "Rubber is Death" "Whew!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Rubber is Death" "Whew!
a small worthless amount
From this reading This is a warm country, Jack.
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 There'll soon be nothing left of us."
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading "Barney can spare less, after all."
not one thing; not anything
From this reading There'll soon be nothing left of us."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There'll soon be nothing left of us."
a full supply
From this reading "There's plenty at present, uncle," replied Jack Challoner with a smile.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading "There's plenty at present, uncle," replied Jack Challoner with a smile.
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading "There's plenty at present, uncle," replied Jack Challoner with a smile.
an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products
From this reading "Rubber is Death" "Whew!
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading "There's plenty at present, uncle," replied Jack Challoner with a smile.
in the near future
From this reading There'll soon be nothing left of us."
refrain from harming
From this reading "Barney can spare less, after all."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There'll soon be nothing left of us."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "There's plenty at present, uncle," replied Jack Challoner with a smile.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This is a warm country, Jack.
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading "There's plenty at present, uncle," replied Jack Challoner with a smile.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There'll soon be nothing left of us."
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading This is a warm country, Jack.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Rubber is Death" "Whew!
in the company of; together with
From this reading "There's plenty at present, uncle," replied Jack Challoner with a smile.
Chapter 3 of Samba by Herbert Strang holds 233 sentences, grouped into 47 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 3 holds 233 sentences of Samba, unabridged, divided into 47 reading sections.
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