Chapter 5 of Stingaree is here in full — 445 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 5 of Stingaree is here in full — 445 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The knife shore through the rope for the last time, and it lay in short ends all round the tree. "Now my hands," cried Kilbride fiercely. "I beg pardon?" said the satirical Superintendent. "My hands, I tell you!" "There's a little word they teach 'em to say at our State Schools.
Chapter 5 of Stingaree is here in full — 445 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “end” — either extremity of something that has length
From this reading “The knife shore through the rope for the last time, and it lay in short ends all round the tree.”
in a physically fierce manner
From this reading “"Now my hands," cried Kilbride fiercely.”
edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle
From this reading “The knife shore through the rope for the last time, and it lay in short ends all round the tree.”
a strong line
From this reading “The knife shore through the rope for the last time, and it lay in short ends all round the tree.”
exposing human folly to ridicule
From this reading “"I beg pardon?" said the satirical Superintendent.”
plural of “school” — an educational institution
From this reading “"There's a little word they teach 'em to say at our State Schools.”
a person who directs and manages an organization
From this reading “"I beg pardon?" said the satirical Superintendent.”
impart skills or knowledge to
From this reading “"There's a little word they teach 'em to say at our State Schools.”
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In this reading “The knife shore through the rope for the last time, and it lay in short ends all round the tree.”
In this reading “The knife shore through the rope for the last time, and it lay in short ends all round the tree.”
keep or lay aside for future use
In this reading “The knife shore through the rope for the last time, and it lay in short ends all round the tree.”
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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 "There's a little word they teach 'em to say at our State Schools.
(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 The knife shore through the rope for the last time, and it lay in short ends all round the tree.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The knife shore through the rope for the last time, and it lay in short ends all round the tree.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "There's a little word they teach 'em to say at our State Schools.
call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading "I beg pardon?" said the satirical Superintendent.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading "Now my hands," cried Kilbride fiercely.
a quad with a square body
From this reading "There's a little word they teach 'em to say at our State Schools.
plural of “end” — either extremity of something that has length
From this reading The knife shore through the rope for the last time, and it lay in short ends all round the tree.
in a physically fierce manner
From this reading "Now my hands," cried Kilbride fiercely.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The knife shore through the rope for the last time, and it lay in short ends all round the tree.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading "Now my hands," cried Kilbride fiercely.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I beg pardon?" said the satirical Superintendent.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The knife shore through the rope for the last time, and it lay in short ends all round the tree.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The knife shore through the rope for the last time, and it lay in short ends all round the tree.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Now my hands," cried Kilbride fiercely.
edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle
From this reading The knife shore through the rope for the last time, and it lay in short ends all round the tree.
immediately past
From this reading The knife shore through the rope for the last time, and it lay in short ends all round the tree.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading The knife shore through the rope for the last time, and it lay in short ends all round the tree.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "There's a little word they teach 'em to say at our State Schools.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Now my hands," cried Kilbride fiercely.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "Now my hands," cried Kilbride fiercely.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading "There's a little word they teach 'em to say at our State Schools.
accept an excuse for
From this reading "I beg pardon?" said the satirical Superintendent.
a strong line
From this reading The knife shore through the rope for the last time, and it lay in short ends all round the tree.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading The knife shore through the rope for the last time, and it lay in short ends all round the tree.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "I beg pardon?" said the satirical Superintendent.
exposing human folly to ridicule
From this reading "I beg pardon?" said the satirical Superintendent.
express in words
From this reading "There's a little word they teach 'em to say at our State Schools.
plural of “school” — an educational institution
From this reading "There's a little word they teach 'em to say at our State Schools.
the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading The knife shore through the rope for the last time, and it lay in short ends all round the tree.
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading The knife shore through the rope for the last time, and it lay in short ends all round the tree.
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
From this reading "There's a little word they teach 'em to say at our State Schools.
a person who directs and manages an organization
From this reading "I beg pardon?" said the satirical Superintendent.
impart skills or knowledge to
From this reading "There's a little word they teach 'em to say at our State Schools.
express in words
From this reading "My hands, I tell you!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The knife shore through the rope for the last time, and it lay in short ends all round the tree.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "There's a little word they teach 'em to say at our State Schools.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "There's a little word they teach 'em to say at our State Schools.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading The knife shore through the rope for the last time, and it lay in short ends all round the tree.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading The knife shore through the rope for the last time, and it lay in short ends all round the tree.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "There's a little word they teach 'em to say at our State Schools.
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading The knife shore through the rope for the last time, and it lay in short ends all round the tree.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading "There's a little word they teach 'em to say at our State Schools.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "My hands, I tell you!"
Chapter 5 of Stingaree by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung holds 445 sentences, grouped into 89 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 5 holds 445 sentences of Stingaree, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
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