Chapter 10 of The Dingo Boys is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The Dingo Boys is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"We're going now, father," cried Rifle. "Well, take care. Creep along by the fence, keeping it between you and the scrub there. Get round the sheep, and drive all before you till they are close in here. Then pounce upon two and hold on.
Chapter 10 of The Dingo Boys is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
From this reading “Creep along by the fence, keeping it between you and the scrub there.”
operate or control a vehicle
From this reading “Get round the sheep, and drive all before you till they are close in here.”
enclose with a fence
From this reading “Creep along by the fence, keeping it between you and the scrub there.”
conformity or harmony
From this reading “Creep along by the fence, keeping it between you and the scrub there.”
move down on as if in an attack
From this reading “Then pounce upon two and hold on.”
steal goods; take as spoils
From this reading “"We're going now, father," cried Rifle.”
clean with hard rubbing
From this reading “Creep along by the fence, keeping it between you and the scrub there.”
woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
From this reading “Get round the sheep, and drive all before you till they are close in here.”
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.
(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 Get round the sheep, and drive all before you till they are close in here.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Creep along by the fence, keeping it between you and the scrub there.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Creep along by the fence, keeping it between you and the scrub there.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Get round the sheep, and drive all before you till they are close in here.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Get round the sheep, and drive all before you till they are close in here.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Creep along by the fence, keeping it between you and the scrub there.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Creep along by the fence, keeping it between you and the scrub there.
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading "Well, take care.
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading Get round the sheep, and drive all before you till they are close in here.
move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
From this reading Creep along by the fence, keeping it between you and the scrub there.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading "We're going now, father," cried Rifle.
operate or control a vehicle
From this reading Get round the sheep, and drive all before you till they are close in here.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading "We're going now, father," cried Rifle.
enclose with a fence
From this reading Creep along by the fence, keeping it between you and the scrub there.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Get round the sheep, and drive all before you till they are close in here.
the act of departing
From this reading "We're going now, father," cried Rifle.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Get round the sheep, and drive all before you till they are close in here.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading Then pounce upon two and hold on.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Get round the sheep, and drive all before you till they are close in here.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Creep along by the fence, keeping it between you and the scrub there.
conformity or harmony
From this reading Creep along by the fence, keeping it between you and the scrub there.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "We're going now, father," cried Rifle.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Then pounce upon two and hold on.
move down on as if in an attack
From this reading Then pounce upon two and hold on.
steal goods; take as spoils
From this reading "We're going now, father," cried Rifle.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading Get round the sheep, and drive all before you till they are close in here.
clean with hard rubbing
From this reading Creep along by the fence, keeping it between you and the scrub there.
woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
From this reading Get round the sheep, and drive all before you till they are close in here.
carry out
From this reading "Well, take care.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Creep along by the fence, keeping it between you and the scrub there.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then pounce upon two and hold on.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Creep along by the fence, keeping it between you and the scrub there.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Get round the sheep, and drive all before you till they are close in here.
up to a particular time
From this reading Get round the sheep, and drive all before you till they are close in here.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Then pounce upon two and hold on.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Then pounce upon two and hold on.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "We're going now, father," cried Rifle.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Well, take care.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Creep along by the fence, keeping it between you and the scrub there.
Chapter 10 of The Dingo Boys by George Manville Fenn holds 422 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 10 holds 422 sentences of The Dingo Boys, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of The Dingo Boys by George Manville Fenn exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 422 sentences, grouped into 85 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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