Chapter 25 of The Dodge Club is here in full — 85 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 25 of The Dodge Club is here in full — 85 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ANOTHER DISCOVERY MADE BY BUTTONS. On the evening after this adventure the Don turned the conversation into a new channel. They all grew communicative. Buttons told them that his father was an extensive merchant and ship-owner in Boston. His business extended over many parts of the world.
Chapter 25 of The Dodge Club is here in full — 85 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
From this reading “On the evening after this adventure the Don turned the conversation into a new channel.”
state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
From this reading “Buttons told them that his father was an extensive merchant and ship-owner in Boston.”
plural of “button” — a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes
From this reading “ANOTHER DISCOVERY MADE BY BUTTONS.”
a path over which electrical signals can pass
From this reading “On the evening after this adventure the Don turned the conversation into a new channel.”
of or relating to communication
From this reading “They all grew communicative.”
relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
From this reading “His business extended over many parts of the world.”
large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity
From this reading “Buttons told them that his father was an extensive merchant and ship-owner in Boston.”
A person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially with foreign countries.
From this reading “Buttons told them that his father was an extensive merchant and ship-owner in Boston.”
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 “His business extended over many parts of the world.”
In this reading “On the evening after this adventure the Don turned the conversation into a new channel.”
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 On the evening after this adventure the Don turned the conversation into a new channel.
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
From this reading On the evening after this adventure the Don turned the conversation into a new channel.
later than; following
From this reading On the evening after this adventure the Don turned the conversation into a new channel.
(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 They all grew communicative.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Buttons told them that his father was an extensive merchant and ship-owner in Boston.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Buttons told them that his father was an extensive merchant and ship-owner in Boston.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading ANOTHER DISCOVERY MADE BY BUTTONS.
state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
From this reading Buttons told them that his father was an extensive merchant and ship-owner in Boston.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading His business extended over many parts of the world.
plural of “button” — a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes
From this reading ANOTHER DISCOVERY MADE BY BUTTONS.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading ANOTHER DISCOVERY MADE BY BUTTONS.
a path over which electrical signals can pass
From this reading On the evening after this adventure the Don turned the conversation into a new channel.
of or relating to communication
From this reading They all grew communicative.
the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.
From this reading On the evening after this adventure the Don turned the conversation into a new channel.
the act of discovering something
From this reading ANOTHER DISCOVERY MADE BY BUTTONS.
a Spanish gentleman or nobleman
From this reading On the evening after this adventure the Don turned the conversation into a new channel.
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading On the evening after this adventure the Don turned the conversation into a new channel.
relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
From this reading His business extended over many parts of the world.
large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity
From this reading Buttons told them that his father was an extensive merchant and ship-owner in Boston.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading Buttons told them that his father was an extensive merchant and ship-owner in Boston.
inflected form of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading They all grew communicative.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Buttons told them that his father was an extensive merchant and ship-owner in Boston.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Buttons told them that his father was an extensive merchant and ship-owner in Boston.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading On the evening after this adventure the Don turned the conversation into a new channel.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading ANOTHER DISCOVERY MADE BY BUTTONS.
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 His business extended over many parts of the world.
A person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially with foreign countries.
From this reading Buttons told them that his father was an extensive merchant and ship-owner in Boston.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading On the evening after this adventure the Don turned the conversation into a new channel.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading His business extended over many parts of the world.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the evening after this adventure the Don turned the conversation into a new channel.
above and across; more than
From this reading His business extended over many parts of the world.
the local environment
From this reading His business extended over many parts of the world.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Buttons told them that his father was an extensive merchant and ship-owner in Boston.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Buttons told them that his father was an extensive merchant and ship-owner in Boston.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading On the evening after this adventure the Don turned the conversation into a new channel.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Buttons told them that his father was an extensive merchant and ship-owner in Boston.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They all grew communicative.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading On the evening after this adventure the Don turned the conversation into a new channel.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading Buttons told them that his father was an extensive merchant and ship-owner in Boston.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading On the evening after this adventure the Don turned the conversation into a new channel.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Buttons told them that his father was an extensive merchant and ship-owner in Boston.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading His business extended over many parts of the world.
Chapter 25 of The Dodge Club by James De Mille holds 85 sentences, grouped into 17 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 25 holds 85 sentences of The Dodge Club, unabridged, divided into 17 reading sections.
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