Chapter 12 of The Doctor : A Tale of the Rockies is here in full — 224 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The Doctor : A Tale of the Rockies is here in full — 224 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Will you say you're a liar and a cowardly liar?” Barney's voice had in it the ring of cold steel. “I say, boys,” said Bulling, appealing to the crowd, “keep this fool off. I don't want to kill him.” Foxmore, with some of the others, approached Barney.
Chapter 12 of The Doctor : A Tale of the Rockies is here in full — 224 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
able to attract interest or draw favorable attention
From this reading ““I say, boys,” said Bulling, appealing to the crowd, “keep this fool off.”
past form of “approach” — move towards
From this reading “Foxmore, with some of the others, approached Barney.”
lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted
From this reading ““Will you say you're a liar and a cowardly liar?””
a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading ““I say, boys,” said Bulling, appealing to the crowd, “keep this fool off.”
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading “I don't want to kill him.””
a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly
From this reading ““Will you say you're a liar and a cowardly liar?””
sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading “Barney's voice had in it the ring of cold steel.”
an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range
From this reading “Barney's voice had in it the ring of cold steel.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “Will you say you're a liar and a cowardly liar?”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Will you say you're a liar and a cowardly liar?”
able to attract interest or draw favorable attention
From this reading “I say, boys,” said Bulling, appealing to the crowd, “keep this fool off.
past form of “approach” — move towards
From this reading Foxmore, with some of the others, approached Barney.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Foxmore, with some of the others, approached Barney.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Barney's voice had in it the ring of cold steel.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading “I say, boys,” said Bulling, appealing to the crowd, “keep this fool off.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I say, boys,” said Bulling, appealing to the crowd, “keep this fool off.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading Barney's voice had in it the ring of cold steel.
lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted
From this reading “Will you say you're a liar and a cowardly liar?”
cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
From this reading “I say, boys,” said Bulling, appealing to the crowd, “keep this fool off.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I don't want to kill him.”
a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading “I say, boys,” said Bulling, appealing to the crowd, “keep this fool off.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Foxmore, with some of the others, approached Barney.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Barney's voice had in it the ring of cold steel.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I don't want to kill him.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I say, boys,” said Bulling, appealing to the crowd, “keep this fool off.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Barney's voice had in it the ring of cold steel.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Barney's voice had in it the ring of cold steel.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading “I say, boys,” said Bulling, appealing to the crowd, “keep this fool off.
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading I don't want to kill him.”
a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly
From this reading “Will you say you're a liar and a cowardly liar?”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Barney's voice had in it the ring of cold steel.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “I say, boys,” said Bulling, appealing to the crowd, “keep this fool off.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Foxmore, with some of the others, approached Barney.
sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading Barney's voice had in it the ring of cold steel.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “I say, boys,” said Bulling, appealing to the crowd, “keep this fool off.
express in words
From this reading “Will you say you're a liar and a cowardly liar?”
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Foxmore, with some of the others, approached Barney.
an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range
From this reading Barney's voice had in it the ring of cold steel.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Barney's voice had in it the ring of cold steel.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “I say, boys,” said Bulling, appealing to the crowd, “keep this fool off.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I say, boys,” said Bulling, appealing to the crowd, “keep this fool off.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading Barney's voice had in it the ring of cold steel.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading I don't want to kill him.”
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “Will you say you're a liar and a cowardly liar?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading Foxmore, with some of the others, approached Barney.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Will you say you're a liar and a cowardly liar?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Will you say you're a liar and a cowardly liar?”
Chapter 12 of The Doctor : A Tale of the Rockies by Ralph Connor holds 224 sentences, grouped into 45 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 224 sentences of The Doctor : A Tale of the Rockies, unabridged, divided into 45 reading sections.
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