Chapter 3 of The Haunts of Old Cockaigne is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter III
Chapter 3 of The Haunts of Old Cockaigne is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Contango? The odds for the Leger? The new ballet? "We went out twice that night," said the lifeboatman; "one of our men broke his arm th' first trip, and he wur main wild when he couldn't go th' second time." "And did you save them all?"
Chapter 3 of The Haunts of Old Cockaigne is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers
From this reading “The new ballet?”
lacking funds
From this reading “"We went out twice that night," said the lifeboatman; "one of our men broke his arm th' first trip, and he wur main wild when he couldn't go th' second time."”
a record in which commercial accounts are recorded
From this reading “The odds for the Leger?”
most important element
From this reading “"We went out twice that night," said the lifeboatman; "one of our men broke his arm th' first trip, and he wur main wild when he couldn't go th' second time."”
the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring
From this reading “The odds for the Leger?”
except for; apart from
From this reading “"And did you save them all?"”
a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
From this reading “"We went out twice that night," said the lifeboatman; "one of our men broke his arm th' first trip, and he wur main wild when he couldn't go th' second time."”
two times
From this reading “"We went out twice that night," said the lifeboatman; "one of our men broke his arm th' first trip, and he wur main wild when he couldn't go th' second time."”
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In this reading “"We went out twice that night," said the lifeboatman; "one of our men broke his arm th' first trip, and he wur main wild when he couldn't go th' second time."”
move out of or depart from
In this reading “"We went out twice that night," said the lifeboatman; "one of our men broke his arm th' first trip, and he wur main wild when he couldn't go th' second time."”
In this reading “"We went out twice that night," said the lifeboatman; "one of our men broke his arm th' first trip, and he wur main wild when he couldn't go th' second time."”
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(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 "And did you save them all?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "We went out twice that night," said the lifeboatman; "one of our men broke his arm th' first trip, and he wur main wild when he couldn't go th' second time."
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading "We went out twice that night," said the lifeboatman; "one of our men broke his arm th' first trip, and he wur main wild when he couldn't go th' second time."
a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers
From this reading The new ballet?
lacking funds
From this reading "We went out twice that night," said the lifeboatman; "one of our men broke his arm th' first trip, and he wur main wild when he couldn't go th' second time."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Contango?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "We went out twice that night," said the lifeboatman; "one of our men broke his arm th' first trip, and he wur main wild when he couldn't go th' second time."
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "And did you save them all?"
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading "We went out twice that night," said the lifeboatman; "one of our men broke his arm th' first trip, and he wur main wild when he couldn't go th' second time."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The odds for the Leger?
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "We went out twice that night," said the lifeboatman; "one of our men broke his arm th' first trip, and he wur main wild when he couldn't go th' second time."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "We went out twice that night," said the lifeboatman; "one of our men broke his arm th' first trip, and he wur main wild when he couldn't go th' second time."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "We went out twice that night," said the lifeboatman; "one of our men broke his arm th' first trip, and he wur main wild when he couldn't go th' second time."
a record in which commercial accounts are recorded
From this reading The odds for the Leger?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "We went out twice that night," said the lifeboatman; "one of our men broke his arm th' first trip, and he wur main wild when he couldn't go th' second time."
most important element
From this reading "We went out twice that night," said the lifeboatman; "one of our men broke his arm th' first trip, and he wur main wild when he couldn't go th' second time."
the force of workers available
From this reading "We went out twice that night," said the lifeboatman; "one of our men broke his arm th' first trip, and he wur main wild when he couldn't go th' second time."
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading The new ballet?
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading "We went out twice that night," said the lifeboatman; "one of our men broke his arm th' first trip, and he wur main wild when he couldn't go th' second time."
the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring
From this reading The odds for the Leger?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "We went out twice that night," said the lifeboatman; "one of our men broke his arm th' first trip, and he wur main wild when he couldn't go th' second time."
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "We went out twice that night," said the lifeboatman; "one of our men broke his arm th' first trip, and he wur main wild when he couldn't go th' second time."
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading "We went out twice that night," said the lifeboatman; "one of our men broke his arm th' first trip, and he wur main wild when he couldn't go th' second time."
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "We went out twice that night," said the lifeboatman; "one of our men broke his arm th' first trip, and he wur main wild when he couldn't go th' second time."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "We went out twice that night," said the lifeboatman; "one of our men broke his arm th' first trip, and he wur main wild when he couldn't go th' second time."
except for; apart from
From this reading "And did you save them all?"
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading "We went out twice that night," said the lifeboatman; "one of our men broke his arm th' first trip, and he wur main wild when he couldn't go th' second time."
the fifth day of the week; the fourth working day
From this reading "We went out twice that night," said the lifeboatman; "one of our men broke his arm th' first trip, and he wur main wild when he couldn't go th' second time."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "We went out twice that night," said the lifeboatman; "one of our men broke his arm th' first trip, and he wur main wild when he couldn't go th' second time."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The odds for the Leger?
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "And did you save them all?"
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading "We went out twice that night," said the lifeboatman; "one of our men broke his arm th' first trip, and he wur main wild when he couldn't go th' second time."
a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
From this reading "We went out twice that night," said the lifeboatman; "one of our men broke his arm th' first trip, and he wur main wild when he couldn't go th' second time."
two times
From this reading "We went out twice that night," said the lifeboatman; "one of our men broke his arm th' first trip, and he wur main wild when he couldn't go th' second time."
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "We went out twice that night," said the lifeboatman; "one of our men broke his arm th' first trip, and he wur main wild when he couldn't go th' second time."
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "We went out twice that night," said the lifeboatman; "one of our men broke his arm th' first trip, and he wur main wild when he couldn't go th' second time."
at the time that
From this reading "We went out twice that night," said the lifeboatman; "one of our men broke his arm th' first trip, and he wur main wild when he couldn't go th' second time."
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading "We went out twice that night," said the lifeboatman; "one of our men broke his arm th' first trip, and he wur main wild when he couldn't go th' second time."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "We went out twice that night," said the lifeboatman; "one of our men broke his arm th' first trip, and he wur main wild when he couldn't go th' second time."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "And did you save them all?"
Chapter 3 of The Haunts of Old Cockaigne by Alexander M. (Alexander Mattock) Thompson holds 416 sentences, grouped into 84 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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