Chapter 15 of Sir Gibbie is here in full — 136 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Sir Gibbie is here in full — 136 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MORE SCHOOLING. The first opportunity Donal had, he questioned Fergus as to his share in the ill-usage of Gibbie. Fergus treated the inquiry as an impertinent interference, and mounted his high horse at once. What right had his father’s herd-boy to question him as to his conduct? He put it so to him and in nearly just as many words.
Chapter 15 of Sir Gibbie is here in full — 136 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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direct the course of; manage or control
From this reading “What right had his father’s herd-boy to question him as to his conduct?”
characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
From this reading “Fergus treated the inquiry as an impertinent interference, and mounted his high horse at once.”
a search for knowledge
From this reading “Fergus treated the inquiry as an impertinent interference, and mounted his high horse at once.”
a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries
From this reading “Fergus treated the inquiry as an impertinent interference, and mounted his high horse at once.”
assembled for use; especially by being attached to a support
From this reading “Fergus treated the inquiry as an impertinent interference, and mounted his high horse at once.”
past form of “question” — challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading “The first opportunity Donal had, he questioned Fergus as to his share in the ill-usage of Gibbie.”
the act of teaching at school
From this reading “MORE SCHOOLING.”
subjected to a physical (or chemical) treatment or action or agent
From this reading “Fergus treated the inquiry as an impertinent interference, and mounted his high horse at once.”
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the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Fergus treated the inquiry as an impertinent interference, and mounted his high horse at once.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Fergus treated the inquiry as an impertinent interference, and mounted his high horse at once.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The first opportunity Donal had, he questioned Fergus as to his share in the ill-usage of Gibbie.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Fergus treated the inquiry as an impertinent interference, and mounted his high horse at once.
direct the course of; manage or control
From this reading What right had his father’s herd-boy to question him as to his conduct?
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From this reading The first opportunity Donal had, he questioned Fergus as to his share in the ill-usage of Gibbie.
possessive form of “father” — a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading What right had his father’s herd-boy to question him as to his conduct?
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From this reading The first opportunity Donal had, he questioned Fergus as to his share in the ill-usage of Gibbie.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading The first opportunity Donal had, he questioned Fergus as to his share in the ill-usage of Gibbie.
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From this reading The first opportunity Donal had, he questioned Fergus as to his share in the ill-usage of Gibbie.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The first opportunity Donal had, he questioned Fergus as to his share in the ill-usage of Gibbie.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The first opportunity Donal had, he questioned Fergus as to his share in the ill-usage of Gibbie.
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From this reading What right had his father’s herd-boy to question him as to his conduct?
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading Fergus treated the inquiry as an impertinent interference, and mounted his high horse at once.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading What right had his father’s herd-boy to question him as to his conduct?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The first opportunity Donal had, he questioned Fergus as to his share in the ill-usage of Gibbie.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading Fergus treated the inquiry as an impertinent interference, and mounted his high horse at once.
cruel or inhumane treatment
From this reading The first opportunity Donal had, he questioned Fergus as to his share in the ill-usage of Gibbie.
characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
From this reading Fergus treated the inquiry as an impertinent interference, and mounted his high horse at once.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The first opportunity Donal had, he questioned Fergus as to his share in the ill-usage of Gibbie.
a search for knowledge
From this reading Fergus treated the inquiry as an impertinent interference, and mounted his high horse at once.
a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries
From this reading Fergus treated the inquiry as an impertinent interference, and mounted his high horse at once.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He put it so to him and in nearly just as many words.
and nothing more
From this reading He put it so to him and in nearly just as many words.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading He put it so to him and in nearly just as many words.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading MORE SCHOOLING.
assembled for use; especially by being attached to a support
From this reading Fergus treated the inquiry as an impertinent interference, and mounted his high horse at once.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading He put it so to him and in nearly just as many words.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The first opportunity Donal had, he questioned Fergus as to his share in the ill-usage of Gibbie.
on one occasion
From this reading Fergus treated the inquiry as an impertinent interference, and mounted his high horse at once.
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading The first opportunity Donal had, he questioned Fergus as to his share in the ill-usage of Gibbie.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading He put it so to him and in nearly just as many words.
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading What right had his father’s herd-boy to question him as to his conduct?
past form of “question” — challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading The first opportunity Donal had, he questioned Fergus as to his share in the ill-usage of Gibbie.
precisely, exactly
From this reading What right had his father’s herd-boy to question him as to his conduct?
the act of teaching at school
From this reading MORE SCHOOLING.
have in common
From this reading The first opportunity Donal had, he questioned Fergus as to his share in the ill-usage of Gibbie.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He put it so to him and in nearly just as many words.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The first opportunity Donal had, he questioned Fergus as to his share in the ill-usage of Gibbie.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The first opportunity Donal had, he questioned Fergus as to his share in the ill-usage of Gibbie.
subjected to a physical (or chemical) treatment or action or agent
From this reading Fergus treated the inquiry as an impertinent interference, and mounted his high horse at once.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What right had his father’s herd-boy to question him as to his conduct?
the words that are spoken
From this reading He put it so to him and in nearly just as many words.
Chapter 15 of Sir Gibbie by George MacDonald holds 136 sentences, grouped into 28 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 15 holds 136 sentences of Sir Gibbie, unabridged, divided into 28 reading sections.
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