Chapter 21 of The Blue Raider is here in full — 187 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of The Blue Raider is here in full — 187 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE LAST RAID ’Ephraim, have you made your will, me lad?’ asked Grinson, sitting in the hut with Meek in the early hours of the morning. ’Never did I think of such a thing, Mr. Grinson,’ replied Meek. ’’Tis only lords and skippers as make wills.’ ’That ’s where you ’re wrong, me lad. Specially now.
Chapter 21 of The Blue Raider is here in full — 187 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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temporary military shelter
From this reading “THE LAST RAID ’Ephraim, have you made your will, me lad?’ asked Grinson, sitting in the hut with Meek in the early hours of the morning.”
a boy or man
From this reading “THE LAST RAID ’Ephraim, have you made your will, me lad?’ asked Grinson, sitting in the hut with Meek in the early hours of the morning.”
plural of “lord” — terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading “’’Tis only lords and skippers as make wills.’”
humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness
From this reading “THE LAST RAID ’Ephraim, have you made your will, me lad?’ asked Grinson, sitting in the hut with Meek in the early hours of the morning.”
search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on
From this reading “THE LAST RAID ’Ephraim, have you made your will, me lad?’ asked Grinson, sitting in the hut with Meek in the early hours of the morning.”
plural of “skipper” — a student who fails to attend classes
From this reading “’’Tis only lords and skippers as make wills.’”
in a special manner
From this reading “Specially now.”
plural of “will” — the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention
From this reading “’’Tis only lords and skippers as make wills.’”
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.
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In this reading “THE LAST RAID ’Ephraim, have you made your will, me lad?’ asked Grinson, sitting in the hut with Meek in the early hours of the morning.”
keep in mind for attention or consideration
In this reading “’Never did I think of such a thing, Mr. Grinson,’ replied Meek.”
In this reading “THE LAST RAID ’Ephraim, have you made your will, me lad?’ asked Grinson, sitting in the hut with Meek in the early hours of the morning.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 ’Never did I think of such a thing, Mr. Grinson,’ replied Meek.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ’’Tis only lords and skippers as make wills.’
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading ’’Tis only lords and skippers as make wills.’
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading THE LAST RAID ’Ephraim, have you made your will, me lad?’ asked Grinson, sitting in the hut with Meek in the early hours of the morning.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading ’Never did I think of such a thing, Mr. Grinson,’ replied Meek.
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading THE LAST RAID ’Ephraim, have you made your will, me lad?’ asked Grinson, sitting in the hut with Meek in the early hours of the morning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE LAST RAID ’Ephraim, have you made your will, me lad?’ asked Grinson, sitting in the hut with Meek in the early hours of the morning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE LAST RAID ’Ephraim, have you made your will, me lad?’ asked Grinson, sitting in the hut with Meek in the early hours of the morning.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading THE LAST RAID ’Ephraim, have you made your will, me lad?’ asked Grinson, sitting in the hut with Meek in the early hours of the morning.
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading THE LAST RAID ’Ephraim, have you made your will, me lad?’ asked Grinson, sitting in the hut with Meek in the early hours of the morning.
temporary military shelter
From this reading THE LAST RAID ’Ephraim, have you made your will, me lad?’ asked Grinson, sitting in the hut with Meek in the early hours of the morning.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ’Never did I think of such a thing, Mr. Grinson,’ replied Meek.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE LAST RAID ’Ephraim, have you made your will, me lad?’ asked Grinson, sitting in the hut with Meek in the early hours of the morning.
a boy or man
From this reading THE LAST RAID ’Ephraim, have you made your will, me lad?’ asked Grinson, sitting in the hut with Meek in the early hours of the morning.
immediately past
From this reading THE LAST RAID ’Ephraim, have you made your will, me lad?’ asked Grinson, sitting in the hut with Meek in the early hours of the morning.
plural of “lord” — terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading ’’Tis only lords and skippers as make wills.’
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading THE LAST RAID ’Ephraim, have you made your will, me lad?’ asked Grinson, sitting in the hut with Meek in the early hours of the morning.
engage in
From this reading ’’Tis only lords and skippers as make wills.’
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THE LAST RAID ’Ephraim, have you made your will, me lad?’ asked Grinson, sitting in the hut with Meek in the early hours of the morning.
humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness
From this reading THE LAST RAID ’Ephraim, have you made your will, me lad?’ asked Grinson, sitting in the hut with Meek in the early hours of the morning.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading THE LAST RAID ’Ephraim, have you made your will, me lad?’ asked Grinson, sitting in the hut with Meek in the early hours of the morning.
a form of address for a man
From this reading ’Never did I think of such a thing, Mr. Grinson,’ replied Meek.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading ’Never did I think of such a thing, Mr. Grinson,’ replied Meek.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Specially now.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE LAST RAID ’Ephraim, have you made your will, me lad?’ asked Grinson, sitting in the hut with Meek in the early hours of the morning.
and nothing more
From this reading ’’Tis only lords and skippers as make wills.’
search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on
From this reading THE LAST RAID ’Ephraim, have you made your will, me lad?’ asked Grinson, sitting in the hut with Meek in the early hours of the morning.
a rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys; is obtained as a by-product in refining molybdenum
From this reading ’That ’s where you ’re wrong, me lad.
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading ’Never did I think of such a thing, Mr. Grinson,’ replied Meek.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading ’That ’s where you ’re wrong, me lad.
(photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)
From this reading THE LAST RAID ’Ephraim, have you made your will, me lad?’ asked Grinson, sitting in the hut with Meek in the early hours of the morning.
plural of “skipper” — a student who fails to attend classes
From this reading ’’Tis only lords and skippers as make wills.’
in a special manner
From this reading Specially now.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading ’Never did I think of such a thing, Mr. Grinson,’ replied Meek.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading ’That ’s where you ’re wrong, me lad.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LAST RAID ’Ephraim, have you made your will, me lad?’ asked Grinson, sitting in the hut with Meek in the early hours of the morning.
a special situation
From this reading ’Never did I think of such a thing, Mr. Grinson,’ replied Meek.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading ’Never did I think of such a thing, Mr. Grinson,’ replied Meek.
plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
From this reading ’’Tis only lords and skippers as make wills.’
in or at the place that
From this reading ’That ’s where you ’re wrong, me lad.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading THE LAST RAID ’Ephraim, have you made your will, me lad?’ asked Grinson, sitting in the hut with Meek in the early hours of the morning.
plural of “will” — the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention
From this reading ’’Tis only lords and skippers as make wills.’
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE LAST RAID ’Ephraim, have you made your will, me lad?’ asked Grinson, sitting in the hut with Meek in the early hours of the morning.
not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
From this reading ’That ’s where you ’re wrong, me lad.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading THE LAST RAID ’Ephraim, have you made your will, me lad?’ asked Grinson, sitting in the hut with Meek in the early hours of the morning.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading THE LAST RAID ’Ephraim, have you made your will, me lad?’ asked Grinson, sitting in the hut with Meek in the early hours of the morning.
Chapter 21 of The Blue Raider by Herbert Strang holds 187 sentences, grouped into 38 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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