Chapter 13 of The Adventures of Gerard is here in full — 196 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of The Adventures of Gerard is here in full — 196 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Colonel Gerard,” said he, “things are going very badly with us. The men are starving. We must have food at all costs.” “The horses,” I suggested. “Save your handful of cavalry; there are none left.”
Chapter 13 of The Adventures of Gerard is here in full — 196 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
to a severe or serious degree
From this reading ““Colonel Gerard,” said he, “things are going very badly with us.”
troops trained to fight on horseback
From this reading ““Save your handful of cavalry; there are none left.””
a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
From this reading ““Colonel Gerard,” said he, “things are going very badly with us.”
pecuniary reimbursement to the winning party for the expenses of litigation
From this reading “We must have food at all costs.””
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
From this reading “We must have food at all costs.””
a small number or amount
From this reading ““Save your handful of cavalry; there are none left.””
suffering from lack of food
From this reading “The men are starving.”
past form of “suggest” — make a proposal, declare a plan for something
From this reading ““The horses,” I suggested.”
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.
(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 We must have food at all costs.”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Colonel Gerard,” said he, “things are going very badly with us.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading We must have food at all costs.”
to a severe or serious degree
From this reading “Colonel Gerard,” said he, “things are going very badly with us.
troops trained to fight on horseback
From this reading “Save your handful of cavalry; there are none left.”
a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
From this reading “Colonel Gerard,” said he, “things are going very badly with us.
pecuniary reimbursement to the winning party for the expenses of litigation
From this reading We must have food at all costs.”
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
From this reading We must have food at all costs.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Colonel Gerard,” said he, “things are going very badly with us.
the act of departing
From this reading “Colonel Gerard,” said he, “things are going very badly with us.
a small number or amount
From this reading “Save your handful of cavalry; there are none left.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We must have food at all costs.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Colonel Gerard,” said he, “things are going very badly with us.
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading “The horses,” I suggested.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “The horses,” I suggested.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading “Save your handful of cavalry; there are none left.”
the force of workers available
From this reading The men are starving.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading We must have food at all costs.”
not one, and not any
From this reading “Save your handful of cavalry; there are none left.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Save your handful of cavalry; there are none left.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Colonel Gerard,” said he, “things are going very badly with us.
except for; apart from
From this reading “Save your handful of cavalry; there are none left.”
suffering from lack of food
From this reading The men are starving.
past form of “suggest” — make a proposal, declare a plan for something
From this reading “The horses,” I suggested.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The men are starving.
in or at that place or location
From this reading “Save your handful of cavalry; there are none left.”
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading “Colonel Gerard,” said he, “things are going very badly with us.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Colonel Gerard,” said he, “things are going very badly with us.
precisely as stated
From this reading “Colonel Gerard,” said he, “things are going very badly with us.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We must have food at all costs.”
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Colonel Gerard,” said he, “things are going very badly with us.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Save your handful of cavalry; there are none left.”
Chapter 13 of The Adventures of Gerard by Arthur Conan Doyle holds 196 sentences, grouped into 40 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 13 holds 196 sentences of The Adventures of Gerard, unabridged, divided into 40 reading sections.
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