Chapter 18 of The Hero of Panama: A Tale of the Great Canal is here in full — 325 sentences across 65 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of The Hero of Panama: A Tale of the Great Canal is here in full — 325 sentences across 65 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Rescue by Moonlight "Golly! Him must be mad! Yo see him? Yo see de master come out ob de hollow den? By de poker, but him scared right clean off him head.
Chapter 18 of The Hero of Panama: A Tale of the Great Canal is here in full — 325 sentences across 65 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits
From this reading “By de poker, but him scared right clean off him head.”
the habitation of wild animals
From this reading “Yo see de master come out ob de hollow den?”
not solid; having a space or gap or cavity
From this reading “Yo see de master come out ob de hollow den?”
roused to anger
From this reading “Him must be mad!”
the light of the Moon
From this reading “Rescue by Moonlight "Golly!”
fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire
From this reading “By de poker, but him scared right clean off him head.”
free from harm or evil
From this reading “Rescue by Moonlight "Golly!”
made afraid
From this reading “By de poker, but him scared right clean off him 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.
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In this reading “Yo see de master come out ob de hollow den?”
In this reading “Yo see de master come out ob de hollow den?”
appear or become visible; make a showing
In this reading “Yo see de master come out ob de hollow den?”
In this reading “Rescue by Moonlight "Golly!”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Him must be mad!
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading By de poker, but him scared right clean off him head.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Rescue by Moonlight "Golly!
free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits
From this reading By de poker, but him scared right clean off him head.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Yo see de master come out ob de hollow den?
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading Yo see de master come out ob de hollow den?
the habitation of wild animals
From this reading Yo see de master come out ob de hollow den?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Rescue by Moonlight "Golly!
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading By de poker, but him scared right clean off him head.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Him must be mad!
not solid; having a space or gap or cavity
From this reading Yo see de master come out ob de hollow den?
roused to anger
From this reading Him must be mad!
an artist of consummate skill
From this reading Yo see de master come out ob de hollow den?
the light of the Moon
From this reading Rescue by Moonlight "Golly!
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Him must be mad!
a major river of western Siberia; flows generally northward and westward to the Gulf of Ob and the Kara Sea
From this reading Yo see de master come out ob de hollow den?
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading By de poker, but him scared right clean off him head.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Yo see de master come out ob de hollow den?
fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire
From this reading By de poker, but him scared right clean off him head.
free from harm or evil
From this reading Rescue by Moonlight "Golly!
precisely, exactly
From this reading By de poker, but him scared right clean off him head.
made afraid
From this reading By de poker, but him scared right clean off him head.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Yo see him?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yo see him?
Chapter 18 of The Hero of Panama: A Tale of the Great Canal by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton holds 325 sentences, grouped into 65 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 18 holds 325 sentences of The Hero of Panama: A Tale of the Great Canal, unabridged, divided into 65 reading sections.
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