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Chapter 5 of The Cattle-Baron's Daughter is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"You listen to me. We are going to take those men out, if we have to pull this place to pieces until we find them. That, it's quite plain, would let the others go, and you would lose the whole of your prisoners instead of two of them. Tell us where you put them, and you can keep the rest." "That's square?"
Chapter 5 of The Cattle-Baron's Daughter is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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.
in place of, or as an alternative to
From this reading “That, it's quite plain, would let the others go, and you would lose the whole of your prisoners instead of two of them.”
hear with intention
From this reading “"You listen to me.”
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading “That, it's quite plain, would let the others go, and you would lose the whole of your prisoners instead of two of them.”
plural of “piece” — a separate part of a whole
From this reading “We are going to take those men out, if we have to pull this place to pieces until we find them.”
clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
From this reading “That, it's quite plain, would let the others go, and you would lose the whole of your prisoners instead of two of them.”
plural of “prisoner” — a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading “That, it's quite plain, would let the others go, and you would lose the whole of your prisoners instead of two of them.”
cause to move by pulling
From this reading “We are going to take those men out, if we have to pull this place to pieces until we find them.”
make square
From this reading “"That's square?"”
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 “That, it's quite plain, would let the others go, and you would lose the whole of your prisoners instead of two of them.”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading That, it's quite plain, would let the others go, and you would lose the whole of your prisoners instead of two of them.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We are going to take those men out, if we have to pull this place to pieces until we find them.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Tell us where you put them, and you can keep the rest."
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading We are going to take those men out, if we have to pull this place to pieces until we find them.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading That, it's quite plain, would let the others go, and you would lose the whole of your prisoners instead of two of them.
the act of departing
From this reading We are going to take those men out, if we have to pull this place to pieces until we find them.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We are going to take those men out, if we have to pull this place to pieces until we find them.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading We are going to take those men out, if we have to pull this place to pieces until we find them.
in place of, or as an alternative to
From this reading That, it's quite plain, would let the others go, and you would lose the whole of your prisoners instead of two of them.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That, it's quite plain, would let the others go, and you would lose the whole of your prisoners instead of two of them.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading Tell us where you put them, and you can keep the rest."
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading That, it's quite plain, would let the others go, and you would lose the whole of your prisoners instead of two of them.
hear with intention
From this reading "You listen to me.
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading That, it's quite plain, would let the others go, and you would lose the whole of your prisoners instead of two of them.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "You listen to me.
the force of workers available
From this reading We are going to take those men out, if we have to pull this place to pieces until we find them.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading That, it's quite plain, would let the others go, and you would lose the whole of your prisoners instead of two of them.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That, it's quite plain, would let the others go, and you would lose the whole of your prisoners instead of two of them.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading We are going to take those men out, if we have to pull this place to pieces until we find them.
plural of “piece” — a separate part of a whole
From this reading We are going to take those men out, if we have to pull this place to pieces until we find them.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading We are going to take those men out, if we have to pull this place to pieces until we find them.
clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
From this reading That, it's quite plain, would let the others go, and you would lose the whole of your prisoners instead of two of them.
plural of “prisoner” — a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading That, it's quite plain, would let the others go, and you would lose the whole of your prisoners instead of two of them.
cause to move by pulling
From this reading We are going to take those men out, if we have to pull this place to pieces until we find them.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Tell us where you put them, and you can keep the rest."
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading That, it's quite plain, would let the others go, and you would lose the whole of your prisoners instead of two of them.
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading Tell us where you put them, and you can keep the rest."
make square
From this reading "That's square?"
carry out
From this reading We are going to take those men out, if we have to pull this place to pieces until we find them.
express in words
From this reading Tell us where you put them, and you can keep the rest."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That, it's quite plain, would let the others go, and you would lose the whole of your prisoners instead of two of them.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That's square?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That, it's quite plain, would let the others go, and you would lose the whole of your prisoners instead of two of them.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading We are going to take those men out, if we have to pull this place to pieces until we find them.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading We are going to take those men out, if we have to pull this place to pieces until we find them.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading We are going to take those men out, if we have to pull this place to pieces until we find them.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "You listen to me.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading That, it's quite plain, would let the others go, and you would lose the whole of your prisoners instead of two of them.
up to a particular time
From this reading We are going to take those men out, if we have to pull this place to pieces until we find them.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Tell us where you put them, and you can keep the rest."
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We are going to take those men out, if we have to pull this place to pieces until we find them.
in or at the place that
From this reading Tell us where you put them, and you can keep the rest."
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading That, it's quite plain, would let the others go, and you would lose the whole of your prisoners instead of two of them.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading That, it's quite plain, would let the others go, and you would lose the whole of your prisoners instead of two of them.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You listen to me.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading That, it's quite plain, would let the others go, and you would lose the whole of your prisoners instead of two of them.
Chapter 5 of The Cattle-Baron's Daughter by Harold Bindloss holds 407 sentences, grouped into 82 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 5 holds 407 sentences of The Cattle-Baron's Daughter, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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