Chapter 2 of Tales of St. Austin's is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Tales of St. Austin's is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
IV Part of Letter from Richard Venables, of St Austin's, to his father Major-General Sir Everard Venables, V.C., K.C.M.G.: So you see it was really his fault. The Emperor of Germany has no right to come and dig holes in our best wicket. Take a parallel case.
Chapter 2 of Tales of St. Austin's is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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possessive form of “austin” — state capital of Texas on the Colorado River; site of the University of Texas
From this reading “IV Part of Letter from Richard Venables, of St Austin's, to his father Major-General Sir Everard Venables, V.C., K.C.M.G.:”
turn up, loosen, or remove earth
From this reading “The Emperor of Germany has no right to come and dig holes in our best wicket.”
the male ruler of an empire
From this reading “The Emperor of Germany has no right to come and dig holes in our best wicket.”
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading “So you see it was really his fault.”
a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990
From this reading “The Emperor of Germany has no right to come and dig holes in our best wicket.”
plural of “hole” — an opening into or through something
From this reading “The Emperor of Germany has no right to come and dig holes in our best wicket.”
something having the property of being analogous to something else
From this reading “Take a parallel case.”
cricket equipment consisting of a set of three stumps topped by crosspieces; used in playing cricket
From this reading “The Emperor of Germany has no right to come and dig holes in our best wicket.”
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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 Take a parallel case.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Emperor of Germany has no right to come and dig holes in our best wicket.
possessive form of “austin” — state capital of Texas on the Colorado River; site of the University of Texas
From this reading IV Part of Letter from Richard Venables, of St Austin's, to his father Major-General Sir Everard Venables, V.C., K.C.M.G.:
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading The Emperor of Germany has no right to come and dig holes in our best wicket.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading IV Part of Letter from Richard Venables, of St Austin's, to his father Major-General Sir Everard Venables, V.C., K.C.M.G.:
an occurrence of something
From this reading Take a parallel case.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The Emperor of Germany has no right to come and dig holes in our best wicket.
turn up, loosen, or remove earth
From this reading The Emperor of Germany has no right to come and dig holes in our best wicket.
the male ruler of an empire
From this reading The Emperor of Germany has no right to come and dig holes in our best wicket.
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From this reading IV Part of Letter from Richard Venables, of St Austin's, to his father Major-General Sir Everard Venables, V.C., K.C.M.G.:
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading IV Part of Letter from Richard Venables, of St Austin's, to his father Major-General Sir Everard Venables, V.C., K.C.M.G.:
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading So you see it was really his fault.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading IV Part of Letter from Richard Venables, of St Austin's, to his father Major-General Sir Everard Venables, V.C., K.C.M.G.:
a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram
From this reading IV Part of Letter from Richard Venables, of St Austin's, to his father Major-General Sir Everard Venables, V.C., K.C.M.G.:
a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990
From this reading The Emperor of Germany has no right to come and dig holes in our best wicket.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Emperor of Germany has no right to come and dig holes in our best wicket.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading IV Part of Letter from Richard Venables, of St Austin's, to his father Major-General Sir Everard Venables, V.C., K.C.M.G.:
plural of “hole” — an opening into or through something
From this reading The Emperor of Germany has no right to come and dig holes in our best wicket.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Emperor of Germany has no right to come and dig holes in our best wicket.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading So you see it was really his fault.
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading IV Part of Letter from Richard Venables, of St Austin's, to his father Major-General Sir Everard Venables, V.C., K.C.M.G.:
the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading IV Part of Letter from Richard Venables, of St Austin's, to his father Major-General Sir Everard Venables, V.C., K.C.M.G.:
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading IV Part of Letter from Richard Venables, of St Austin's, to his father Major-General Sir Everard Venables, V.C., K.C.M.G.:
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
From this reading IV Part of Letter from Richard Venables, of St Austin's, to his father Major-General Sir Everard Venables, V.C., K.C.M.G.:
a general officer ranking above a brigadier general and below a lieutenant general
From this reading IV Part of Letter from Richard Venables, of St Austin's, to his father Major-General Sir Everard Venables, V.C., K.C.M.G.:
not any; not one
From this reading The Emperor of Germany has no right to come and dig holes in our best wicket.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading IV Part of Letter from Richard Venables, of St Austin's, to his father Major-General Sir Everard Venables, V.C., K.C.M.G.:
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading The Emperor of Germany has no right to come and dig holes in our best wicket.
something having the property of being analogous to something else
From this reading Take a parallel case.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading IV Part of Letter from Richard Venables, of St Austin's, to his father Major-General Sir Everard Venables, V.C., K.C.M.G.:
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading So you see it was really his fault.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading IV Part of Letter from Richard Venables, of St Austin's, to his father Major-General Sir Everard Venables, V.C., K.C.M.G.:
precisely, exactly
From this reading The Emperor of Germany has no right to come and dig holes in our best wicket.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading So you see it was really his fault.
term of address for a man
From this reading IV Part of Letter from Richard Venables, of St Austin's, to his father Major-General Sir Everard Venables, V.C., K.C.M.G.:
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So you see it was really his fault.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading IV Part of Letter from Richard Venables, of St Austin's, to his father Major-General Sir Everard Venables, V.C., K.C.M.G.:
carry out
From this reading Take a parallel case.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Emperor of Germany has no right to come and dig holes in our best wicket.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading IV Part of Letter from Richard Venables, of St Austin's, to his father Major-General Sir Everard Venables, V.C., K.C.M.G.:
a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt
From this reading IV Part of Letter from Richard Venables, of St Austin's, to his father Major-General Sir Everard Venables, V.C., K.C.M.G.:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading IV Part of Letter from Richard Venables, of St Austin's, to his father Major-General Sir Everard Venables, V.C., K.C.M.G.:
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading So you see it was really his fault.
cricket equipment consisting of a set of three stumps topped by crosspieces; used in playing cricket
From this reading The Emperor of Germany has no right to come and dig holes in our best wicket.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading So you see it was really his fault.
Chapter 2 of Tales of St. Austin's by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse holds 417 sentences, grouped into 84 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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