Chapter 6 of The Bradys' Chinese Clew is here in full — 229 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Bradys' Chinese Clew is here in full — 229 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ED GETS THE TIN CASE, AND THE CHINKS GET ED. Did Ed find the crooked pension agent's buried treasure? That we must now proceed to show. The Albany boy made a long dive and came up at some distance away from the pier. Treading water, he peered in beneath it, and seeing no one, swam in closer, for it was very dark.
Chapter 6 of The Bradys' Chinese Clew is here in full — 229 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
possessive form of “agent” — an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect
From this reading “Did Ed find the crooked pension agent's buried treasure?”
state capital of New York; located in eastern New York State on the west bank of the Hudson river
From this reading “The Albany boy made a long dive and came up at some distance away from the pier.”
plural of “chink” — (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent
From this reading “ED GETS THE TIN CASE, AND THE CHINKS GET ED.”
a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall
From this reading “The Albany boy made a long dive and came up at some distance away from the pier.”
a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working
From this reading “Did Ed find the crooked pension agent's buried treasure?”
a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
From this reading “The Albany boy made a long dive and came up at some distance away from the pier.”
inflected form of “swim” — travel through water
From this reading “Treading water, he peered in beneath it, and seeing no one, swam in closer, for it was very dark.”
-ing form of “tread” — put down or press the foot, place the foot
From this reading “Treading water, he peered in beneath it, and seeing no one, swam in closer, for it was very dark.”
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 “Did Ed find the crooked pension agent's buried treasure?”
In this reading “The Albany boy made a long dive and came up at some distance away from the pier.”
In this reading “ED GETS THE TIN CASE, AND THE CHINKS GET ED.”
In this reading “Treading water, he peered in beneath it, and seeing no one, swam in closer, for it was very dark.”
bring forth, usually something desirable
In this reading “The Albany boy made a long dive and came up at some distance away from the pier.”
In this reading “Treading water, he peered in beneath it, and seeing no one, swam in closer, for it was very dark.”
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 The Albany boy made a long dive and came up at some distance away from the pier.
possessive form of “agent” — an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect
From this reading Did Ed find the crooked pension agent's buried treasure?
state capital of New York; located in eastern New York State on the west bank of the Hudson river
From this reading The Albany boy made a long dive and came up at some distance away from the pier.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ED GETS THE TIN CASE, AND THE CHINKS GET ED.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The Albany boy made a long dive and came up at some distance away from the pier.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading The Albany boy made a long dive and came up at some distance away from the pier.
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading Treading water, he peered in beneath it, and seeing no one, swam in closer, for it was very dark.
a youthful male person
From this reading The Albany boy made a long dive and came up at some distance away from the pier.
placed in a grave
From this reading Did Ed find the crooked pension agent's buried treasure?
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The Albany boy made a long dive and came up at some distance away from the pier.
an occurrence of something
From this reading ED GETS THE TIN CASE, AND THE CHINKS GET ED.
plural of “chink” — (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent
From this reading ED GETS THE TIN CASE, AND THE CHINKS GET ED.
(comparative of “near” or “close”) within a shorter distance
From this reading Treading water, he peered in beneath it, and seeing no one, swam in closer, for it was very dark.
having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned
From this reading Did Ed find the crooked pension agent's buried treasure?
absence of light or illumination
From this reading Treading water, he peered in beneath it, and seeing no one, swam in closer, for it was very dark.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Did Ed find the crooked pension agent's buried treasure?
the property created by the space between two objects or points
From this reading The Albany boy made a long dive and came up at some distance away from the pier.
a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall
From this reading The Albany boy made a long dive and came up at some distance away from the pier.
impotence resulting from a man's inability to have or maintain an erection of his penis
From this reading ED GETS THE TIN CASE, AND THE CHINKS GET ED.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading Did Ed find the crooked pension agent's buried treasure?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Treading water, he peered in beneath it, and seeing no one, swam in closer, for it was very dark.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The Albany boy made a long dive and came up at some distance away from the pier.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading ED GETS THE TIN CASE, AND THE CHINKS GET ED.
plural of “get” — a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
From this reading ED GETS THE TIN CASE, AND THE CHINKS GET ED.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Treading water, he peered in beneath it, and seeing no one, swam in closer, for it was very dark.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Treading water, he peered in beneath it, and seeing no one, swam in closer, for it was very dark.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Treading water, he peered in beneath it, and seeing no one, swam in closer, for it was very dark.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading The Albany boy made a long dive and came up at some distance away from the pier.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading The Albany boy made a long dive and came up at some distance away from the pier.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading That we must now proceed to show.
not any; not one
From this reading Treading water, he peered in beneath it, and seeing no one, swam in closer, for it was very dark.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading That we must now proceed to show.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Treading water, he peered in beneath it, and seeing no one, swam in closer, for it was very dark.
past form of “peer” — look searchingly
From this reading Treading water, he peered in beneath it, and seeing no one, swam in closer, for it was very dark.
a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working
From this reading Did Ed find the crooked pension agent's buried treasure?
a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
From this reading The Albany boy made a long dive and came up at some distance away from the pier.
continue talking
From this reading That we must now proceed to show.
perception by means of the eyes
From this reading Treading water, he peered in beneath it, and seeing no one, swam in closer, for it was very dark.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading That we must now proceed to show.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading The Albany boy made a long dive and came up at some distance away from the pier.
inflected form of “swim” — travel through water
From this reading Treading water, he peered in beneath it, and seeing no one, swam in closer, for it was very dark.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That we must now proceed to show.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ED GETS THE TIN CASE, AND THE CHINKS GET ED.
a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide
From this reading ED GETS THE TIN CASE, AND THE CHINKS GET ED.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading That we must now proceed to show.
-ing form of “tread” — put down or press the foot, place the foot
From this reading Treading water, he peered in beneath it, and seeing no one, swam in closer, for it was very dark.
accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.
From this reading Did Ed find the crooked pension agent's buried treasure?
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The Albany boy made a long dive and came up at some distance away from the pier.
precisely as stated
From this reading Treading water, he peered in beneath it, and seeing no one, swam in closer, for it was very dark.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Treading water, he peered in beneath it, and seeing no one, swam in closer, for it was very dark.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading Treading water, he peered in beneath it, and seeing no one, swam in closer, for it was very dark.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading That we must now proceed to show.
Chapter 6 of The Bradys' Chinese Clew by Francis Worcester Doughty holds 229 sentences, grouped into 46 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 6 holds 229 sentences of The Bradys' Chinese Clew, unabridged, divided into 46 reading sections.
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