Chapter 13 of Short Stories for English Courses is here in full — 393 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of Short Stories for English Courses is here in full — 393 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A half-hour may have passed. At the end of that time the whole juvenile company were laying alternate eyes and ears to the chinks, to gather what they could of an interesting quarrel going on within. "I did not, saw! I given you no cause of offence, saw! It's not so, saw!
Chapter 13 of Short Stories for English Courses is here in full — 393 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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every second one of a series
From this reading “At the end of that time the whole juvenile company were laying alternate eyes and ears to the chinks, to gather what they could of an interesting quarrel going on within.”
plural of “chink” — (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent
From this reading “At the end of that time the whole juvenile company were laying alternate eyes and ears to the chinks, to gather what they could of an interesting quarrel going on within.”
assemble or get together
From this reading “At the end of that time the whole juvenile company were laying alternate eyes and ears to the chinks, to gather what they could of an interesting quarrel going on within.”
a half of an hour
From this reading “A half-hour may have passed.”
arousing or holding the attention
From this reading “At the end of that time the whole juvenile company were laying alternate eyes and ears to the chinks, to gather what they could of an interesting quarrel going on within.”
of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people
From this reading “At the end of that time the whole juvenile company were laying alternate eyes and ears to the chinks, to gather what they could of an interesting quarrel going on within.”
the production of eggs (especially in birds)
From this reading “At the end of that time the whole juvenile company were laying alternate eyes and ears to the chinks, to gather what they could of an interesting quarrel going on within.”
an angry dispute
From this reading “At the end of that time the whole juvenile company were laying alternate eyes and ears to the chinks, to gather what they could of an interesting quarrel going on within.”
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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 A half-hour may have passed.
every second one of a series
From this reading At the end of that time the whole juvenile company were laying alternate eyes and ears to the chinks, to gather what they could of an interesting quarrel going on within.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading At the end of that time the whole juvenile company were laying alternate eyes and ears to the chinks, to gather what they could of an interesting quarrel going on within.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading At the end of that time the whole juvenile company were laying alternate eyes and ears to the chinks, to gather what they could of an interesting quarrel going on within.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the end of that time the whole juvenile company were laying alternate eyes and ears to the chinks, to gather what they could of an interesting quarrel going on within.
events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
From this reading I given you no cause of offence, saw!
plural of “chink” — (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent
From this reading At the end of that time the whole juvenile company were laying alternate eyes and ears to the chinks, to gather what they could of an interesting quarrel going on within.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading At the end of that time the whole juvenile company were laying alternate eyes and ears to the chinks, to gather what they could of an interesting quarrel going on within.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading At the end of that time the whole juvenile company were laying alternate eyes and ears to the chinks, to gather what they could of an interesting quarrel going on within.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "I did not, saw!
plural of “ear” — the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading At the end of that time the whole juvenile company were laying alternate eyes and ears to the chinks, to gather what they could of an interesting quarrel going on within.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading At the end of that time the whole juvenile company were laying alternate eyes and ears to the chinks, to gather what they could of an interesting quarrel going on within.
opinion or judgment
From this reading At the end of that time the whole juvenile company were laying alternate eyes and ears to the chinks, to gather what they could of an interesting quarrel going on within.
assemble or get together
From this reading At the end of that time the whole juvenile company were laying alternate eyes and ears to the chinks, to gather what they could of an interesting quarrel going on within.
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading I given you no cause of offence, saw!
the act of departing
From this reading At the end of that time the whole juvenile company were laying alternate eyes and ears to the chinks, to gather what they could of an interesting quarrel going on within.
a half of an hour
From this reading A half-hour may have passed.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading A half-hour may have passed.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I did not, saw!
arousing or holding the attention
From this reading At the end of that time the whole juvenile company were laying alternate eyes and ears to the chinks, to gather what they could of an interesting quarrel going on within.
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From this reading It's not so, saw!
of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people
From this reading At the end of that time the whole juvenile company were laying alternate eyes and ears to the chinks, to gather what they could of an interesting quarrel going on within.
the production of eggs (especially in birds)
From this reading At the end of that time the whole juvenile company were laying alternate eyes and ears to the chinks, to gather what they could of an interesting quarrel going on within.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading A half-hour may have passed.
not any; not one
From this reading I given you no cause of offence, saw!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "I did not, saw!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At the end of that time the whole juvenile company were laying alternate eyes and ears to the chinks, to gather what they could of an interesting quarrel going on within.
the action of attacking an enemy
From this reading I given you no cause of offence, saw!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading At the end of that time the whole juvenile company were laying alternate eyes and ears to the chinks, to gather what they could of an interesting quarrel going on within.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading A half-hour may have passed.
an angry dispute
From this reading At the end of that time the whole juvenile company were laying alternate eyes and ears to the chinks, to gather what they could of an interesting quarrel going on within.
cut with a saw
From this reading "I did not, saw!
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It's not so, saw!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading At the end of that time the whole juvenile company were laying alternate eyes and ears to the chinks, to gather what they could of an interesting quarrel going on within.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading At the end of that time the whole juvenile company were laying alternate eyes and ears to the chinks, to gather what they could of an interesting quarrel going on within.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At the end of that time the whole juvenile company were laying alternate eyes and ears to the chinks, to gather what they could of an interesting quarrel going on within.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading At the end of that time the whole juvenile company were laying alternate eyes and ears to the chinks, to gather what they could of an interesting quarrel going on within.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading At the end of that time the whole juvenile company were laying alternate eyes and ears to the chinks, to gather what they could of an interesting quarrel going on within.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading At the end of that time the whole juvenile company were laying alternate eyes and ears to the chinks, to gather what they could of an interesting quarrel going on within.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading At the end of that time the whole juvenile company were laying alternate eyes and ears to the chinks, to gather what they could of an interesting quarrel going on within.
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading At the end of that time the whole juvenile company were laying alternate eyes and ears to the chinks, to gather what they could of an interesting quarrel going on within.
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading At the end of that time the whole juvenile company were laying alternate eyes and ears to the chinks, to gather what they could of an interesting quarrel going on within.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I given you no cause of offence, saw!
Chapter 13 of Short Stories for English Courses by Rosa Mary Redding[Editor] Mikels holds 393 sentences, grouped into 79 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.
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