Chapter 2 of Tales of Daring and Danger is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Tales of Daring and Danger is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"That's right, Jack, hang up your oilskin there. Johnson, give us a couple of towels; we have been pretty well smothered up there on deck. Now what have you got for us?" "There is some soup ready, sir, and that cold pie you had for dinner yesterday." "That will do; open a couple of bottles of stout."
Chapter 2 of Tales of Daring and Danger is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “bottle” — a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
From this reading “"That will do; open a couple of bottles of stout."”
be suspended or hanging
From this reading “"That's right, Jack, hang up your oilskin there.”
English writer and lexicographer (1709-1784)
From this reading “Johnson, give us a couple of towels; we have been pretty well smothered up there on deck.”
dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top
From this reading “"There is some soup ready, sir, and that cold pie you had for dinner yesterday."”
held in check with difficulty
From this reading “Johnson, give us a couple of towels; we have been pretty well smothered up there on deck.”
liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food
From this reading “"There is some soup ready, sir, and that cold pie you had for dinner yesterday."”
dependable
From this reading “"That will do; open a couple of bottles of stout."”
plural of “towel” — a rectangular piece of absorbent cloth (or paper) for drying or wiping
From this reading “Johnson, give us a couple of towels; we have been pretty well smothered up there on deck.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Johnson, give us a couple of towels; we have been pretty well smothered up there on deck.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "There is some soup ready, sir, and that cold pie you had for dinner yesterday."
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Johnson, give us a couple of towels; we have been pretty well smothered up there on deck.
plural of “bottle” — a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
From this reading "That will do; open a couple of bottles of stout."
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading "There is some soup ready, sir, and that cold pie you had for dinner yesterday."
a pair who associate with one another
From this reading Johnson, give us a couple of towels; we have been pretty well smothered up there on deck.
any of various platforms built into a vessel
From this reading Johnson, give us a couple of towels; we have been pretty well smothered up there on deck.
the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
From this reading "There is some soup ready, sir, and that cold pie you had for dinner yesterday."
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "That will do; open a couple of bottles of stout."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Now what have you got for us?"
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Johnson, give us a couple of towels; we have been pretty well smothered up there on deck.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Now what have you got for us?"
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "There is some soup ready, sir, and that cold pie you had for dinner yesterday."
be suspended or hanging
From this reading "That's right, Jack, hang up your oilskin there.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Johnson, give us a couple of towels; we have been pretty well smothered up there on deck.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "There is some soup ready, sir, and that cold pie you had for dinner yesterday."
a small worthless amount
From this reading "That's right, Jack, hang up your oilskin there.
English writer and lexicographer (1709-1784)
From this reading Johnson, give us a couple of towels; we have been pretty well smothered up there on deck.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now what have you got for us?"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Johnson, give us a couple of towels; we have been pretty well smothered up there on deck.
a macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof
From this reading "That's right, Jack, hang up your oilskin there.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Johnson, give us a couple of towels; we have been pretty well smothered up there on deck.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading "That will do; open a couple of bottles of stout."
dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top
From this reading "There is some soup ready, sir, and that cold pie you had for dinner yesterday."
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading Johnson, give us a couple of towels; we have been pretty well smothered up there on deck.
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading "There is some soup ready, sir, and that cold pie you had for dinner yesterday."
precisely, exactly
From this reading "That's right, Jack, hang up your oilskin there.
term of address for a man
From this reading "There is some soup ready, sir, and that cold pie you had for dinner yesterday."
held in check with difficulty
From this reading Johnson, give us a couple of towels; we have been pretty well smothered up there on deck.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "There is some soup ready, sir, and that cold pie you had for dinner yesterday."
liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food
From this reading "There is some soup ready, sir, and that cold pie you had for dinner yesterday."
dependable
From this reading "That will do; open a couple of bottles of stout."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "There is some soup ready, sir, and that cold pie you had for dinner yesterday."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That's right, Jack, hang up your oilskin there.
in or at that place or location
From this reading "That's right, Jack, hang up your oilskin there.
plural of “towel” — a rectangular piece of absorbent cloth (or paper) for drying or wiping
From this reading Johnson, give us a couple of towels; we have been pretty well smothered up there on deck.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "That's right, Jack, hang up your oilskin there.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Johnson, give us a couple of towels; we have been pretty well smothered up there on deck.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Johnson, give us a couple of towels; we have been pretty well smothered up there on deck.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Johnson, give us a couple of towels; we have been pretty well smothered up there on deck.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Now what have you got for us?"
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "That will do; open a couple of bottles of stout."
the day immediately before today
From this reading "There is some soup ready, sir, and that cold pie you had for dinner yesterday."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Now what have you got for us?"
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "That's right, Jack, hang up your oilskin there.
Chapter 2 of Tales of Daring and Danger by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty holds 423 sentences, grouped into 85 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 2 holds 423 sentences of Tales of Daring and Danger, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
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