Chapter 6 of The Cruise of the "Scandal", and other stories is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Cruise of the "Scandal", and other stories is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I raised my glass. "Here's luck," I said, "and long life to the turkey." With a cry of horror Pitman dropped his tumbler and collapsed into a chair. * * * * * * * Then the hideous truth dawned upon me. We had left the turkey in the train.
Chapter 6 of The Cruise of the "Scandal", and other stories is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “collapse” — break down, literally or metaphorically
From this reading “With a cry of horror Pitman dropped his tumbler and collapsed into a chair.”
past form of “dawn” — become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
From this reading “* * * * * * * Then the hideous truth dawned upon me.”
grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror
From this reading “* * * * * * * Then the hideous truth dawned upon me.”
intense and profound fear
From this reading “With a cry of horror Pitman dropped his tumbler and collapsed into a chair.”
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
From this reading “"Here's luck," I said, "and long life to the turkey."”
English educator who invented a system of phonetic shorthand (1813-1897)
From this reading “With a cry of horror Pitman dropped his tumbler and collapsed into a chair.”
a gymnast who performs rolls and somersaults and twists etc.
From this reading “With a cry of horror Pitman dropped his tumbler and collapsed into a chair.”
large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food
From this reading “"Here's luck," I said, "and long life to the turkey."”
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 “With a cry of horror Pitman dropped his tumbler and collapsed into a chair.”
In this reading “* * * * * * * Then the hideous truth dawned upon me.”
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 With a cry of horror Pitman dropped his tumbler and collapsed into a chair.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Here's luck," I said, "and long life to the turkey."
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading With a cry of horror Pitman dropped his tumbler and collapsed into a chair.
past form of “collapse” — break down, literally or metaphorically
From this reading With a cry of horror Pitman dropped his tumbler and collapsed into a chair.
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading With a cry of horror Pitman dropped his tumbler and collapsed into a chair.
past form of “dawn” — become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
From this reading * * * * * * * Then the hideous truth dawned upon me.
inflected form of “drop” — let fall to the ground
From this reading With a cry of horror Pitman dropped his tumbler and collapsed into a chair.
a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
From this reading I raised my glass.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We had left the turkey in the train.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Here's luck," I said, "and long life to the turkey."
grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror
From this reading * * * * * * * Then the hideous truth dawned upon me.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading With a cry of horror Pitman dropped his tumbler and collapsed into a chair.
intense and profound fear
From this reading With a cry of horror Pitman dropped his tumbler and collapsed into a chair.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I raised my glass.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We had left the turkey in the train.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading With a cry of horror Pitman dropped his tumbler and collapsed into a chair.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading We had left the turkey in the train.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading "Here's luck," I said, "and long life to the turkey."
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 "Here's luck," I said, "and long life to the turkey."
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
From this reading "Here's luck," I said, "and long life to the turkey."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading * * * * * * * Then the hideous truth dawned upon me.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I raised my glass.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading With a cry of horror Pitman dropped his tumbler and collapsed into a chair.
English educator who invented a system of phonetic shorthand (1813-1897)
From this reading With a cry of horror Pitman dropped his tumbler and collapsed into a chair.
located or moved above the surround or above the normal position
From this reading I raised my glass.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Here's luck," I said, "and long life to the turkey."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Here's luck," I said, "and long life to the turkey."
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading * * * * * * * Then the hideous truth dawned upon me.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Here's luck," I said, "and long life to the turkey."
create by training and teaching
From this reading We had left the turkey in the train.
a fact that has been verified
From this reading * * * * * * * Then the hideous truth dawned upon me.
a gymnast who performs rolls and somersaults and twists etc.
From this reading With a cry of horror Pitman dropped his tumbler and collapsed into a chair.
large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food
From this reading "Here's luck," I said, "and long life to the turkey."
a formal word for “on”
From this reading * * * * * * * Then the hideous truth dawned upon me.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We had left the turkey in the train.
in the company of; together with
From this reading With a cry of horror Pitman dropped his tumbler and collapsed into a chair.
Chapter 6 of The Cruise of the "Scandal", and other stories by Victor Bridges holds 421 sentences, grouped into 85 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 421 sentences of The Cruise of the "Scandal", and other stories, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
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