Chapter XXI of The Fever of Life, “Archie Makes His Plans,” is here in full — 151 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XXI
Chapter XXI of The Fever of Life, “Archie Makes His Plans,” is here in full — 151 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"If you are my friend, I set you this task. Aid me to an end, If you are my friend, Your comradeship lend. This secret unmask. If you are my friend I set you this task." "Maxwell, Globetrotters, to Clendon, Vicarage, Deswarth.--Come to me at once.
Chapter XXI of The Fever of Life, “Archie Makes His Plans,” is here in full — 151 sentences across 31 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.
a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do
From this reading “Aid me to an end, If you are my friend, Your comradeship lend.”
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading “"If you are my friend, I set you this task.”
plural of “globetrotter” — someone who travels widely and often
From this reading “"Maxwell, Globetrotters, to Clendon, Vicarage, Deswarth.--Come to me at once.”
bestow a quality on
From this reading “Aid me to an end, If you are my friend, Your comradeship lend.”
a cgs unit of magnetic flux equal to the flux perpendicular to an area of 1 square centimeter in a magnetic field of 1 gauss
From this reading “"Maxwell, Globetrotters, to Clendon, Vicarage, Deswarth.--Come to me at once.”
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading “This secret unmask.”
any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
From this reading “"If you are my friend, I set you this task.”
reveal the true nature of
From this reading “This secret unmask.”
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.
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
In this reading “"Maxwell, Globetrotters, to Clendon, Vicarage, Deswarth.--Come to me at once.”
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.
a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do
From this reading Aid me to an end, If you are my friend, Your comradeship lend.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Aid me to an end, If you are my friend, Your comradeship lend.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "If you are my friend, I set you this task.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Maxwell, Globetrotters, to Clendon, Vicarage, Deswarth.--Come to me at once.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Maxwell, Globetrotters, to Clendon, Vicarage, Deswarth.--Come to me at once.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Maxwell, Globetrotters, to Clendon, Vicarage, Deswarth.--Come to me at once.
the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability
From this reading Aid me to an end, If you are my friend, Your comradeship lend.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Maxwell, Globetrotters, to Clendon, Vicarage, Deswarth.--Come to me at once.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading Aid me to an end, If you are my friend, Your comradeship lend.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading "If you are my friend, I set you this task.
plural of “globetrotter” — someone who travels widely and often
From this reading "Maxwell, Globetrotters, to Clendon, Vicarage, Deswarth.--Come to me at once.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "If you are my friend, I set you this task.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "If you are my friend, I set you this task.
bestow a quality on
From this reading Aid me to an end, If you are my friend, Your comradeship lend.
a cgs unit of magnetic flux equal to the flux perpendicular to an area of 1 square centimeter in a magnetic field of 1 gauss
From this reading "Maxwell, Globetrotters, to Clendon, Vicarage, Deswarth.--Come to me at once.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Aid me to an end, If you are my friend, Your comradeship lend.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "If you are my friend, I set you this task.
on one occasion
From this reading "Maxwell, Globetrotters, to Clendon, Vicarage, Deswarth.--Come to me at once.
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading This secret unmask.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading "If you are my friend, I set you this task.
any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
From this reading "If you are my friend, I set you this task.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "If you are my friend, I set you this task.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Aid me to an end, If you are my friend, Your comradeship lend.
reveal the true nature of
From this reading This secret unmask.
an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector
From this reading "Maxwell, Globetrotters, to Clendon, Vicarage, Deswarth.--Come to me at once.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "If you are my friend, I set you this task.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Aid me to an end, If you are my friend, Your comradeship lend.
Chapter 21 of The Fever of Life by Fergus Hume holds 151 sentences, grouped into 31 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 21 holds 151 sentences of The Fever of Life, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.
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