Chapter 24 of The Highwayman is here in full — 148 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 24 of The Highwayman is here in full — 148 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
QUEEN ANNE IS DEAD The Pretender looked over his shoulder as Harry came up. "Where is he hit?" "He has it in the body and he suffers." The Pretender muttered something. "I bring ill-luck to my friends, you see.
Chapter 24 of The Highwayman is here in full — 148 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
From this reading “QUEEN ANNE IS DEAD The Pretender looked over his shoulder as Harry came up.”
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading “QUEEN ANNE IS DEAD The Pretender looked over his shoulder as Harry came up.”
cause to move by striking
From this reading “"Where is he hit?"”
past form of “mutter” — talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
From this reading “The Pretender muttered something.”
a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title)
From this reading “QUEEN ANNE IS DEAD The Pretender looked over his shoulder as Harry came up.”
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading “QUEEN ANNE IS DEAD The Pretender looked over his shoulder as Harry came up.”
lift onto one's shoulders
From this reading “QUEEN ANNE IS DEAD The Pretender looked over his shoulder as Harry came up.”
third-person singular of “suffer” — undergo or be subjected to
From this reading “"He has it in the body and he suffers."”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "He has it in the body and he suffers."
Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
From this reading QUEEN ANNE IS DEAD The Pretender looked over his shoulder as Harry came up.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading QUEEN ANNE IS DEAD The Pretender looked over his shoulder as Harry came up.
the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
From this reading "He has it in the body and he suffers."
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading "I bring ill-luck to my friends, you see.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading QUEEN ANNE IS DEAD The Pretender looked over his shoulder as Harry came up.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading QUEEN ANNE IS DEAD The Pretender looked over his shoulder as Harry came up.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading "I bring ill-luck to my friends, you see.
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading QUEEN ANNE IS DEAD The Pretender looked over his shoulder as Harry came up.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "He has it in the body and he suffers."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Where is he hit?"
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading QUEEN ANNE IS DEAD The Pretender looked over his shoulder as Harry came up.
cause to move by striking
From this reading "Where is he hit?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I bring ill-luck to my friends, you see.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I bring ill-luck to my friends, you see.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "He has it in the body and he suffers."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading QUEEN ANNE IS DEAD The Pretender looked over his shoulder as Harry came up.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "He has it in the body and he suffers."
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading QUEEN ANNE IS DEAD The Pretender looked over his shoulder as Harry came up.
past form of “mutter” — talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
From this reading The Pretender muttered something.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "I bring ill-luck to my friends, you see.
above and across; more than
From this reading QUEEN ANNE IS DEAD The Pretender looked over his shoulder as Harry came up.
a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title)
From this reading QUEEN ANNE IS DEAD The Pretender looked over his shoulder as Harry came up.
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading QUEEN ANNE IS DEAD The Pretender looked over his shoulder as Harry came up.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "I bring ill-luck to my friends, you see.
lift onto one's shoulders
From this reading QUEEN ANNE IS DEAD The Pretender looked over his shoulder as Harry came up.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading The Pretender muttered something.
third-person singular of “suffer” — undergo or be subjected to
From this reading "He has it in the body and he suffers."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading QUEEN ANNE IS DEAD The Pretender looked over his shoulder as Harry came up.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I bring ill-luck to my friends, you see.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading QUEEN ANNE IS DEAD The Pretender looked over his shoulder as Harry came up.
in or at the place that
From this reading "Where is he hit?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I bring ill-luck to my friends, you see.
Chapter 24 of The Highwayman by H. C. (Henry Christopher) Bailey holds 148 sentences, grouped into 30 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 24 holds 148 sentences of The Highwayman, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.
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