Chapter 24 of The Eight-Oared Victors is here in full — 98 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 24 of The Eight-Oared Victors is here in full — 98 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BACK AT RANDALL "This is the limit!" "Where could he have gone?" "He smelt a rat all right--he's sure mixed up in this business." "And the quiet way he sneaked off! Let's find out if anyone saw him go."
Chapter 24 of The Eight-Oared Victors is here in full — 98 sentences across 20 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.
any person at all
From this reading “Let's find out if anyone saw him go."”
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading “"He smelt a rat all right--he's sure mixed up in this business."”
the greatest possible degree of something
From this reading “BACK AT RANDALL "This is the limit!"”
consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
From this reading “"He smelt a rat all right--he's sure mixed up in this business."”
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
From this reading “"And the quiet way he sneaked off!”
any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
From this reading “"He smelt a rat all right--he's sure mixed up in this business."”
small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water
From this reading “"He smelt a rat all right--he's sure mixed up in this business."”
past form of “sneak” — to go stealthily or furtively
From this reading “"And the quiet way he sneaked off!”
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.
leave furtively and stealthily
In this reading “"And the quiet way he sneaked off!”
establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
In this reading “Let's find out if anyone saw him go."”
In this reading “"And the quiet way he sneaked off!”
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 "He smelt a rat all right--he's sure mixed up in this business."
(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 "He smelt a rat all right--he's sure mixed up in this business."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And the quiet way he sneaked off!
any person at all
From this reading Let's find out if anyone saw him go."
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading BACK AT RANDALL "This is the limit!"
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading BACK AT RANDALL "This is the limit!"
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading "He smelt a rat all right--he's sure mixed up in this business."
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading "Where could he have gone?"
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading Let's find out if anyone saw him go."
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Let's find out if anyone saw him go."
destroyed or killed
From this reading "Where could he have gone?"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Where could he have gone?"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Where could he have gone?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "He smelt a rat all right--he's sure mixed up in this business."
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Let's find out if anyone saw him go."
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Let's find out if anyone saw him go."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "He smelt a rat all right--he's sure mixed up in this business."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading BACK AT RANDALL "This is the limit!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let's find out if anyone saw him go."
the greatest possible degree of something
From this reading BACK AT RANDALL "This is the limit!"
consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
From this reading "He smelt a rat all right--he's sure mixed up in this business."
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "And the quiet way he sneaked off!
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Let's find out if anyone saw him go."
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
From this reading "And the quiet way he sneaked off!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BACK AT RANDALL "This is the limit!"
any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
From this reading "He smelt a rat all right--he's sure mixed up in this business."
precisely, exactly
From this reading "He smelt a rat all right--he's sure mixed up in this business."
cut with a saw
From this reading Let's find out if anyone saw him go."
small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water
From this reading "He smelt a rat all right--he's sure mixed up in this business."
past form of “sneak” — to go stealthily or furtively
From this reading "And the quiet way he sneaked off!
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading "He smelt a rat all right--he's sure mixed up in this business."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BACK AT RANDALL "This is the limit!"
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading BACK AT RANDALL "This is the limit!"
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "He smelt a rat all right--he's sure mixed up in this business."
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading "And the quiet way he sneaked off!
in or at the place that
From this reading "Where could he have gone?"
Chapter 24 of The Eight-Oared Victors by Lester Chadwick holds 98 sentences, grouped into 20 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.
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