Chapter 12 of The Cruise of the Frolic is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The Cruise of the Frolic is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"There's help coming, my lads!" he shouted. "Never fear; but let's have all the glory of the fight to ourselves, and drive these scoundrels off before it arrives. Huzza, huzza! Back with them! No quarter!
Chapter 12 of The Cruise of the Frolic is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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third-person singular of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading “"Never fear; but let's have all the glory of the fight to ourselves, and drive these scoundrels off before it arrives.”
operate or control a vehicle
From this reading “"Never fear; but let's have all the glory of the fight to ourselves, and drive these scoundrels off before it arrives.”
a state of high honor
From this reading “"Never fear; but let's have all the glory of the fight to ourselves, and drive these scoundrels off before it arrives.”
plural of “lad” — a boy or man
From this reading “"There's help coming, my lads!" he shouted.”
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading “"Never fear; but let's have all the glory of the fight to ourselves, and drive these scoundrels off before it arrives.”
one of four equal parts
From this reading “No quarter!”
plural of “scoundrel” — a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
From this reading “"Never fear; but let's have all the glory of the fight to ourselves, and drive these scoundrels off before it arrives.”
in a vehement outcry
From this reading “"There's help coming, my lads!" he shouted.”
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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(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "Never fear; but let's have all the glory of the fight to ourselves, and drive these scoundrels off before it arrives.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Never fear; but let's have all the glory of the fight to ourselves, and drive these scoundrels off before it arrives.
third-person singular of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading "Never fear; but let's have all the glory of the fight to ourselves, and drive these scoundrels off before it arrives.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Back with them!
earlier than; in front of
From this reading "Never fear; but let's have all the glory of the fight to ourselves, and drive these scoundrels off before it arrives.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "Never fear; but let's have all the glory of the fight to ourselves, and drive these scoundrels off before it arrives.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading "There's help coming, my lads!" he shouted.
operate or control a vehicle
From this reading "Never fear; but let's have all the glory of the fight to ourselves, and drive these scoundrels off before it arrives.
be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
From this reading "Never fear; but let's have all the glory of the fight to ourselves, and drive these scoundrels off before it arrives.
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading "Never fear; but let's have all the glory of the fight to ourselves, and drive these scoundrels off before it arrives.
a state of high honor
From this reading "Never fear; but let's have all the glory of the fight to ourselves, and drive these scoundrels off before it arrives.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Never fear; but let's have all the glory of the fight to ourselves, and drive these scoundrels off before it arrives.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "There's help coming, my lads!" he shouted.
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading "There's help coming, my lads!" he shouted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Huzza, huzza!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Never fear; but let's have all the glory of the fight to ourselves, and drive these scoundrels off before it arrives.
plural of “lad” — a boy or man
From this reading "There's help coming, my lads!" he shouted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Never fear; but let's have all the glory of the fight to ourselves, and drive these scoundrels off before it arrives.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "There's help coming, my lads!" he shouted.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "Never fear; but let's have all the glory of the fight to ourselves, and drive these scoundrels off before it arrives.
not any; not one
From this reading No quarter!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Never fear; but let's have all the glory of the fight to ourselves, and drive these scoundrels off before it arrives.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "Never fear; but let's have all the glory of the fight to ourselves, and drive these scoundrels off before it arrives.
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading "Never fear; but let's have all the glory of the fight to ourselves, and drive these scoundrels off before it arrives.
one of four equal parts
From this reading No quarter!
plural of “scoundrel” — a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
From this reading "Never fear; but let's have all the glory of the fight to ourselves, and drive these scoundrels off before it arrives.
in a vehement outcry
From this reading "There's help coming, my lads!" he shouted.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Never fear; but let's have all the glory of the fight to ourselves, and drive these scoundrels off before it arrives.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Back with them!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "There's help coming, my lads!" he shouted.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading "Never fear; but let's have all the glory of the fight to ourselves, and drive these scoundrels off before it arrives.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Never fear; but let's have all the glory of the fight to ourselves, and drive these scoundrels off before it arrives.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Back with them!
Chapter 12 of The Cruise of the Frolic by William Henry Giles Kingston holds 414 sentences, grouped into 83 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 12 holds 414 sentences of The Cruise of the Frolic, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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