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TROUBLE. _Murderer_. Safe in a ditch he bides, With twenty trenched pashes on his head; The least a death to nature.” “Yolk-fellows in arms, Let us to France!”
Chapter 21 of The Fortunes of Hector O'Halloran, and His Man, Mark Antony O'Toole is here in full — 549 sentences across 110 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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weapons considered collectively
From this reading ““Yolk-fellows in arms, Let us to France!””
a long narrow excavation in the earth
From this reading “Safe in a ditch he bides, With twenty trenched pashes on his head;”
a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
From this reading ““Yolk-fellows in arms, Let us to France!””
a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
From this reading “The least a death to nature.””
free from danger or the risk of harm
From this reading “Safe in a ditch he bides, With twenty trenched pashes on his head;”
a source of difficulty
From this reading “TROUBLE.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading “Safe in a ditch he bides, With twenty trenched pashes on his head;”
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 “Safe in a ditch he bides, With twenty trenched pashes on his head;”
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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 Safe in a ditch he bides, With twenty trenched pashes on his head;
weapons considered collectively
From this reading “Yolk-fellows in arms, Let us to France!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Safe in a ditch he bides, With twenty trenched pashes on his head;
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading The least a death to nature.”
a long narrow excavation in the earth
From this reading Safe in a ditch he bides, With twenty trenched pashes on his head;
a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
From this reading “Yolk-fellows in arms, Let us to France!”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Safe in a ditch he bides, With twenty trenched pashes on his head;
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Safe in a ditch he bides, With twenty trenched pashes on his head;
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Safe in a ditch he bides, With twenty trenched pashes on his head;
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Safe in a ditch he bides, With twenty trenched pashes on his head;
the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
From this reading The least a death to nature.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Yolk-fellows in arms, Let us to France!”
a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
From this reading _Murderer_.
the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
From this reading The least a death to nature.”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Safe in a ditch he bides, With twenty trenched pashes on his head;
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Safe in a ditch he bides, With twenty trenched pashes on his head;
free from danger or the risk of harm
From this reading Safe in a ditch he bides, With twenty trenched pashes on his head;
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The least a death to nature.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The least a death to nature.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Safe in a ditch he bides, With twenty trenched pashes on his head;
a source of difficulty
From this reading TROUBLE.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading Safe in a ditch he bides, With twenty trenched pashes on his head;
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Yolk-fellows in arms, Let us to France!”
in the company of; together with
From this reading Safe in a ditch he bides, With twenty trenched pashes on his head;
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Yolk-fellows in arms, Let us to France!”
Chapter 21 of The Fortunes of Hector O'Halloran, and His Man, Mark Antony O'Toole by W. H. (William Hamilton) Maxwell holds 549 sentences, grouped into 110 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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