Chapter 4 of Spanish Doubloons is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Spanish Doubloons is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"What's your hurry?" he remarked, with a certain insinuating emphasis. I began to tremble. "I am on my way back to camp, Captain Magnus. Please let me pass." "It won't do no harm if you're a little late.
Chapter 4 of Spanish Doubloons is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/87 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading “"I am on my way back to camp, Captain Magnus.”
special importance or significance
From this reading “"What's your hurry?" he remarked, with a certain insinuating emphasis.”
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
From this reading “"It won't do no harm if you're a little late.”
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading “"What's your hurry?" he remarked, with a certain insinuating emphasis.”
calculated to please or gain favor
From this reading “"What's your hurry?" he remarked, with a certain insinuating emphasis.”
go across or through
From this reading “Please let me pass."”
past form of “remark” — make mention of
From this reading “"What's your hurry?" he remarked, with a certain insinuating emphasis.”
move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways
From this reading “I began to tremble.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 "What's your hurry?" he remarked, with a certain insinuating emphasis.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "I am on my way back to camp, Captain Magnus.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "I am on my way back to camp, Captain Magnus.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading I began to tremble.
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading "I am on my way back to camp, Captain Magnus.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading "I am on my way back to camp, Captain Magnus.
definite but not specified or identified
From this reading "What's your hurry?" he remarked, with a certain insinuating emphasis.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "It won't do no harm if you're a little late.
special importance or significance
From this reading "What's your hurry?" he remarked, with a certain insinuating emphasis.
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
From this reading "It won't do no harm if you're a little late.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "What's your hurry?" he remarked, with a certain insinuating emphasis.
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading "What's your hurry?" he remarked, with a certain insinuating emphasis.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I began to tremble.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "It won't do no harm if you're a little late.
calculated to please or gain favor
From this reading "What's your hurry?" he remarked, with a certain insinuating emphasis.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It won't do no harm if you're a little late.
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading "It won't do no harm if you're a little late.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Please let me pass."
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "It won't do no harm if you're a little late.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I am on my way back to camp, Captain Magnus.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Please let me pass."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "I am on my way back to camp, Captain Magnus.
not any; not one
From this reading "It won't do no harm if you're a little late.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "I am on my way back to camp, Captain Magnus.
go across or through
From this reading Please let me pass."
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading Please let me pass."
past form of “remark” — make mention of
From this reading "What's your hurry?" he remarked, with a certain insinuating emphasis.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I began to tremble.
move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways
From this reading I began to tremble.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading "I am on my way back to camp, Captain Magnus.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "What's your hurry?" he remarked, with a certain insinuating emphasis.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "What's your hurry?" he remarked, with a certain insinuating emphasis.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It won't do no harm if you're a little late.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It won't do no harm if you're a little late.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "What's your hurry?" he remarked, with a certain insinuating emphasis.
Chapter 4 of Spanish Doubloons by Camilla Kenyon holds 437 sentences, grouped into 88 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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