Chapter 27 of The Girl of the Golden Gate is here in full — 256 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 27 of The Girl of the Golden Gate is here in full — 256 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Up with ye, yez foretop bullies! Up an' give her a cheer! Hip!----Hear her! A bloody Englishman playin' av 'Th' Star Spangled Banner!' That's for us, ye bullies!
Chapter 27 of The Girl of the Golden Gate is here in full — 256 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising
From this reading “A bloody Englishman playin' av 'Th' Star Spangled Banner!'”
having or covered with or accompanied by blood
From this reading “A bloody Englishman playin' av 'Th' Star Spangled Banner!'”
plural of “bully” — a cruel and brutal fellow
From this reading “"Up with ye, yez foretop bullies!”
give encouragement to
From this reading “Up an' give her a cheer!”
a man who is a native or inhabitant of England
From this reading “A bloody Englishman playin' av 'Th' Star Spangled Banner!'”
either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh
From this reading “Hip!----Hear her!”
covered with beads or jewels or sequins
From this reading “A bloody Englishman playin' av 'Th' Star Spangled Banner!'”
(astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
From this reading “A bloody Englishman playin' av 'Th' Star Spangled Banner!'”
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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 Up an' give her a cheer!
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Up an' give her a cheer!
the eleventh month of the civil year; the fifth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in July and August)
From this reading A bloody Englishman playin' av 'Th' Star Spangled Banner!'
long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising
From this reading A bloody Englishman playin' av 'Th' Star Spangled Banner!'
having or covered with or accompanied by blood
From this reading A bloody Englishman playin' av 'Th' Star Spangled Banner!'
plural of “bully” — a cruel and brutal fellow
From this reading "Up with ye, yez foretop bullies!
give encouragement to
From this reading Up an' give her a cheer!
a man who is a native or inhabitant of England
From this reading A bloody Englishman playin' av 'Th' Star Spangled Banner!'
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading That's for us, ye bullies!
a platform at the head of a foremast
From this reading "Up with ye, yez foretop bullies!
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Up an' give her a cheer!
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading Hip!----Hear her!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Up an' give her a cheer!
either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh
From this reading Hip!----Hear her!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A bloody Englishman playin' av 'Th' Star Spangled Banner!'
covered with beads or jewels or sequins
From this reading A bloody Englishman playin' av 'Th' Star Spangled Banner!'
(astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
From this reading A bloody Englishman playin' av 'Th' Star Spangled Banner!'
the fifth day of the week; the fourth working day
From this reading A bloody Englishman playin' av 'Th' Star Spangled Banner!'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That's for us, ye bullies!
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "Up with ye, yez foretop bullies!
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading That's for us, ye bullies!
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Up with ye, yez foretop bullies!
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading "Up with ye, yez foretop bullies!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Up with ye, yez foretop bullies!
Chapter 27 of The Girl of the Golden Gate by William Brown Meloney holds 256 sentences, grouped into 52 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 27 holds 256 sentences of The Girl of the Golden Gate, unabridged, divided into 52 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 27 of The Girl of the Golden Gate by William Brown Meloney exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 256 sentences, grouped into 52 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.
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