Chapter 9 of The Hawks of Hawk-Hollow is here in full — 154 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Chapter 9 of The Hawks of Hawk-Hollow by Robert Montgomery Bird holds 154 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 9 holds 154 sentences of The Hawks of Hawk-Hollow, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IX
Chapter 9 of The Hawks of Hawk-Hollow is here in full — 154 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Run! run! run! Quickly for a surgeon! Call watch, constable! raise the hue and cry! What's to be done? Why the devil don't you stir, John?
Chapter 9 of The Hawks of Hawk-Hollow is here in full — 154 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/31 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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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 Quickly for a surgeon!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Call watch, constable! raise the hue and cry!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading What's to be done?
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From this reading Call watch, constable! raise the hue and cry!
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From this reading Call watch, constable! raise the hue and cry!
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From this reading Call watch, constable! raise the hue and cry!
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From this reading Why the devil don't you stir, John?
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From this reading Why the devil don't you stir, John?
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From this reading What's to be done?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Quickly for a surgeon!
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From this reading Call watch, constable! raise the hue and cry!
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From this reading Why the devil don't you stir, John?
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From this reading Quickly for a surgeon!
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From this reading Call watch, constable! raise the hue and cry!
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From this reading Run! run! run!
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From this reading Why the devil don't you stir, John?
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From this reading Quickly for a surgeon!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Call watch, constable! raise the hue and cry!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading What's to be done?
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From this reading Call watch, constable! raise the hue and cry!
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From this reading What's to be done?
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From this reading Why the devil don't you stir, John?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Why the devil don't you stir, John?
