Chapter 8 of The Cattle-Baron's Daughter is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of The Cattle-Baron's Daughter is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"That would suit us, sir," he said. Torrance understood him, for he shook his head impatiently. "It wouldn't pay. There would be too many of his friends wondering what had become of him. Get the door open and tell him to come in.
Chapter 8 of The Cattle-Baron's Daughter is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading “There would be too many of his friends wondering what had become of him.”
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading “There would be too many of his friends wondering what had become of him.”
with impatience; in an impatient manner
From this reading “Torrance understood him, for he shook his head impatiently.”
give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
From this reading “"It wouldn't pay.”
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading “Torrance understood him, for he shook his head impatiently.”
be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading “"That would suit us, sir," he said.”
fully apprehended as to purport or meaning or explanation
From this reading “Torrance understood him, for he shook his head impatiently.”
showing curiosity
From this reading “There would be too many of his friends wondering what had become of him.”
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 “There would be too many of his friends wondering what had become of him.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Get the door open and tell him to come in.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There would be too many of his friends wondering what had become of him.
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading There would be too many of his friends wondering what had become of him.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Get the door open and tell him to come in.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading Get the door open and tell him to come in.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Torrance understood him, for he shook his head impatiently.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading There would be too many of his friends wondering what had become of him.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Get the door open and tell him to come in.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading There would be too many of his friends wondering what had become of him.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "That would suit us, sir," he said.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Torrance understood him, for he shook his head impatiently.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Torrance understood him, for he shook his head impatiently.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Torrance understood him, for he shook his head impatiently.
with impatience; in an impatient manner
From this reading Torrance understood him, for he shook his head impatiently.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Get the door open and tell him to come in.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It wouldn't pay.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading There would be too many of his friends wondering what had become of him.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There would be too many of his friends wondering what had become of him.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Get the door open and tell him to come in.
give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
From this reading "It wouldn't pay.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "That would suit us, sir," he said.
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading Torrance understood him, for he shook his head impatiently.
term of address for a man
From this reading "That would suit us, sir," he said.
be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading "That would suit us, sir," he said.
express in words
From this reading Get the door open and tell him to come in.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "That would suit us, sir," he said.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Get the door open and tell him to come in.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There would be too many of his friends wondering what had become of him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Get the door open and tell him to come in.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading There would be too many of his friends wondering what had become of him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Torrance understood him, for he shook his head impatiently.
fully apprehended as to purport or meaning or explanation
From this reading Torrance understood him, for he shook his head impatiently.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "That would suit us, sir," he said.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading There would be too many of his friends wondering what had become of him.
showing curiosity
From this reading There would be too many of his friends wondering what had become of him.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "That would suit us, sir," he said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It wouldn't pay.
Chapter 8 of The Cattle-Baron's Daughter by Harold Bindloss holds 410 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 8 holds 410 sentences of The Cattle-Baron's Daughter, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of The Cattle-Baron's Daughter by Harold Bindloss exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 410 sentences, grouped into 82 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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