Chapter 20 of The Black Police: A Story of Modern Australia is here in full — 155 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of The Black Police: A Story of Modern Australia is here in full — 155 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE GRAVE. “Sleepe after toyle, Port after stormie seas, Ease after warre, Death after life, Doth greatly please.” SPENSER’S “_Faërie Queene_.” “It was there he fell, boss. He struck right on top of them gibbers (stones).
Chapter 20 of The Black Police: A Story of Modern Australia is here in full — 155 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a person who exercises control over workers
From this reading ““It was there he fell, boss.”
an old form of “does”
From this reading ““Sleepe after toyle, Port after stormie seas, Ease after warre, Death after life, Doth greatly please.””
move gently or carefully
From this reading ““Sleepe after toyle, Port after stormie seas, Ease after warre, Death after life, Doth greatly please.””
to an extraordinary extent or degree
From this reading ““Sleepe after toyle, Port after stormie seas, Ease after warre, Death after life, Doth greatly please.””
a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
From this reading ““Sleepe after toyle, Port after stormie seas, Ease after warre, Death after life, Doth greatly please.””
plural of “sea” — a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading ““Sleepe after toyle, Port after stormie seas, Ease after warre, Death after life, Doth greatly please.””
possessive form of “spenser” — English poet who wrote an allegorical romance celebrating Elizabeth I in the Spenserian stanza (1552-1599)
plural of “stone” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading “He struck right on top of them gibbers (stones).”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “He struck right on top of them gibbers (stones).”
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later than; following
From this reading “Sleepe after toyle, Port after stormie seas, Ease after warre, Death after life, Doth greatly please.”
a person who exercises control over workers
From this reading “It was there he fell, boss.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading “Sleepe after toyle, Port after stormie seas, Ease after warre, Death after life, Doth greatly please.”
an old form of “does”
From this reading “Sleepe after toyle, Port after stormie seas, Ease after warre, Death after life, Doth greatly please.”
move gently or carefully
From this reading “Sleepe after toyle, Port after stormie seas, Ease after warre, Death after life, Doth greatly please.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SPENSER’S “_Faërie Queene_.”
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading “It was there he fell, boss.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He struck right on top of them gibbers (stones).
death of a person
From this reading THE GRAVE.
to an extraordinary extent or degree
From this reading “Sleepe after toyle, Port after stormie seas, Ease after warre, Death after life, Doth greatly please.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “It was there he fell, boss.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “It was there he fell, boss.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading “Sleepe after toyle, Port after stormie seas, Ease after warre, Death after life, Doth greatly please.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He struck right on top of them gibbers (stones).
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He struck right on top of them gibbers (stones).
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading “Sleepe after toyle, Port after stormie seas, Ease after warre, Death after life, Doth greatly please.”
a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
From this reading “Sleepe after toyle, Port after stormie seas, Ease after warre, Death after life, Doth greatly please.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SPENSER’S “_Faërie Queene_.”
precisely, exactly
From this reading He struck right on top of them gibbers (stones).
plural of “sea” — a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading “Sleepe after toyle, Port after stormie seas, Ease after warre, Death after life, Doth greatly please.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Sleepe after toyle, Port after stormie seas, Ease after warre, Death after life, Doth greatly please.”
possessive form of “spenser” — English poet who wrote an allegorical romance celebrating Elizabeth I in the Spenserian stanza (1552-1599)
From this reading SPENSER’S “_Faërie Queene_.”
plural of “stone” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading He struck right on top of them gibbers (stones).
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Sleepe after toyle, Port after stormie seas, Ease after warre, Death after life, Doth greatly please.”
(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
From this reading He struck right on top of them gibbers (stones).
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE GRAVE.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading He struck right on top of them gibbers (stones).
in or at that place or location
From this reading “It was there he fell, boss.
the upper part of anything
From this reading He struck right on top of them gibbers (stones).
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Sleepe after toyle, Port after stormie seas, Ease after warre, Death after life, Doth greatly please.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Sleepe after toyle, Port after stormie seas, Ease after warre, Death after life, Doth greatly please.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “It was there he fell, boss.
Chapter 20 of The Black Police: A Story of Modern Australia by A. J. (Arthur James) Vogan holds 155 sentences, grouped into 31 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 20 holds 155 sentences of The Black Police: A Story of Modern Australia, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.
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