Chapter 3 of The Firebrand is here in full — 206 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The Firebrand is here in full — 206 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
COCK O' THE NORTH "_Carai! Caramba! Car----!_ This bantam will outface us on our own dung-hill! Close in there, Pedro! Take down the iron spit to him, Jose!
Chapter 3 of The Firebrand is here in full — 206 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/41 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
any of various small breeds of fowl
From this reading “Car----!_ This bantam will outface us on our own dung-hill!”
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading “Car----!_ This bantam will outface us on our own dung-hill!”
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading “Close in there, Pedro!”
tilt or slant to one side
From this reading “COCK O' THE NORTH "_Carai!”
a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood
From this reading “Take down the iron spit to him, Jose!”
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading “COCK O' THE NORTH "_Carai!”
expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth
From this reading “Take down the iron spit to him, Jose!”
carry out
From this reading “Take down the iron spit to him, Jose!”
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.
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any of various small breeds of fowl
From this reading Car----!_ This bantam will outface us on our own dung-hill!
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading Car----!_ This bantam will outface us on our own dung-hill!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading COCK O' THE NORTH "_Carai!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Caramba!
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading Close in there, Pedro!
tilt or slant to one side
From this reading COCK O' THE NORTH "_Carai!
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Take down the iron spit to him, Jose!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Car----!_ This bantam will outface us on our own dung-hill!
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Take down the iron spit to him, Jose!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Close in there, Pedro!
a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood
From this reading Take down the iron spit to him, Jose!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Take down the iron spit to him, Jose!
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading COCK O' THE NORTH "_Carai!
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading COCK O' THE NORTH "_Carai!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Car----!_ This bantam will outface us on our own dung-hill!
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Car----!_ This bantam will outface us on our own dung-hill!
overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring
From this reading Car----!_ This bantam will outface us on our own dung-hill!
have ownership or possession of
From this reading Car----!_ This bantam will outface us on our own dung-hill!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Close in there, Pedro!
expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth
From this reading Take down the iron spit to him, Jose!
carry out
From this reading Take down the iron spit to him, Jose!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading COCK O' THE NORTH "_Carai!
in or at that place or location
From this reading Close in there, Pedro!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Car----!_ This bantam will outface us on our own dung-hill!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Take down the iron spit to him, Jose!
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Car----!_ This bantam will outface us on our own dung-hill!
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Car----!_ This bantam will outface us on our own dung-hill!
Chapter 3 of The Firebrand by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett holds 206 sentences, grouped into 42 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 3 holds 206 sentences of The Firebrand, unabridged, divided into 42 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of The Firebrand by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 206 sentences, grouped into 42 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.
Work through the 42 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 42 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 3 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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