Chapter 9 of Stalky & Co. is here in full — 225 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Stalky & Co. is here in full — 225 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Turkey’s long arm closed on a hurried and anxious ornament of the Lower Second. “Oh, McTurk, please let me go. I don’t stink--I swear I don’t!” “Guilty conscience!” cried Beetle. “Who said you did?”
Chapter 9 of Stalky & Co. is here in full — 225 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
From this reading ““Guilty conscience!” cried Beetle.”
motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
From this reading ““Guilty conscience!” cried Beetle.”
responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act
From this reading ““Guilty conscience!” cried Beetle.”
moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste
From this reading “Turkey’s long arm closed on a hurried and anxious ornament of the Lower Second.”
make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
From this reading “Turkey’s long arm closed on a hurried and anxious ornament of the Lower Second.”
be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance
From this reading “I don’t stink--I swear I don’t!””
utter obscenities or profanities
From this reading “I don’t stink--I swear I don’t!””
possessive form of “turkey” — large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food
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 Turkey’s long arm closed on a hurried and anxious ornament of the Lower Second.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Turkey’s long arm closed on a hurried and anxious ornament of the Lower Second.
eagerly desirous
From this reading Turkey’s long arm closed on a hurried and anxious ornament of the Lower Second.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading Turkey’s long arm closed on a hurried and anxious ornament of the Lower Second.
insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
From this reading “Guilty conscience!” cried Beetle.
not open or affording passage or access
From this reading Turkey’s long arm closed on a hurried and anxious ornament of the Lower Second.
motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
From this reading “Guilty conscience!” cried Beetle.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “Guilty conscience!” cried Beetle.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “Who said you did?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I don’t stink--I swear I don’t!”
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “Oh, McTurk, please let me go.
responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act
From this reading “Guilty conscience!” cried Beetle.
moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste
From this reading Turkey’s long arm closed on a hurried and anxious ornament of the Lower Second.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I don’t stink--I swear I don’t!”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Oh, McTurk, please let me go.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading Turkey’s long arm closed on a hurried and anxious ornament of the Lower Second.
move something or somebody to a lower position
From this reading Turkey’s long arm closed on a hurried and anxious ornament of the Lower Second.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Oh, McTurk, please let me go.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Oh, McTurk, please let me go.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Turkey’s long arm closed on a hurried and anxious ornament of the Lower Second.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, McTurk, please let me go.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Turkey’s long arm closed on a hurried and anxious ornament of the Lower Second.
make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
From this reading Turkey’s long arm closed on a hurried and anxious ornament of the Lower Second.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading “Oh, McTurk, please let me go.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Who said you did?”
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading Turkey’s long arm closed on a hurried and anxious ornament of the Lower Second.
be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance
From this reading I don’t stink--I swear I don’t!”
utter obscenities or profanities
From this reading I don’t stink--I swear I don’t!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Turkey’s long arm closed on a hurried and anxious ornament of the Lower Second.
possessive form of “turkey” — large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food
From this reading Turkey’s long arm closed on a hurried and anxious ornament of the Lower Second.
which person or people
From this reading “Who said you did?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Who said you did?”
Chapter 9 of Stalky & Co. by Rudyard Kipling holds 225 sentences, grouped into 45 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 9 holds 225 sentences of Stalky & Co., unabridged, divided into 45 reading sections.
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