Chapter 5 of The Kangaroo Marines is here in full — 211 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Kangaroo Marines is here in full — 211 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SYBIL, THE SQUATTER'S GIRL "By Jove! What a stunning girl. She's a peach!" whispered a Yeomanry subaltern to his Australian friend as a beautiful girl entered the spacious dining-room of Shepheard's Hotel in Cairo. "Why, that's Sybil Graham--haven't seen her since she was a kid. My word, she is a beauty now," said the Australian officer.
Chapter 5 of The Kangaroo Marines is here in full — 211 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a native or inhabitant of Australia
From this reading “She's a peach!" whispered a Yeomanry subaltern to his Australian friend as a beautiful girl entered the spacious dining-room of Shepheard's Hotel in Cairo.”
a town at the southern tip of Illinois at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers
From this reading “She's a peach!" whispered a Yeomanry subaltern to his Australian friend as a beautiful girl entered the spacious dining-room of Shepheard's Hotel in Cairo.”
United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918)
From this reading “"Why, that's Sybil Graham--haven't seen her since she was a kid.”
tell false information to for fun
From this reading “"Why, that's Sybil Graham--haven't seen her since she was a kid.”
any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
From this reading “My word, she is a beauty now," said the Australian officer.”
cultivated in temperate regions
From this reading “She's a peach!" whispered a Yeomanry subaltern to his Australian friend as a beautiful girl entered the spacious dining-room of Shepheard's Hotel in Cairo.”
very large in expanse or scope
From this reading “She's a peach!" whispered a Yeomanry subaltern to his Australian friend as a beautiful girl entered the spacious dining-room of Shepheard's Hotel in Cairo.”
commanding attention
From this reading “What a stunning girl.”
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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 What a stunning girl.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She's a peach!" whispered a Yeomanry subaltern to his Australian friend as a beautiful girl entered the spacious dining-room of Shepheard's Hotel in Cairo.
a native or inhabitant of Australia
From this reading She's a peach!" whispered a Yeomanry subaltern to his Australian friend as a beautiful girl entered the spacious dining-room of Shepheard's Hotel in Cairo.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading She's a peach!" whispered a Yeomanry subaltern to his Australian friend as a beautiful girl entered the spacious dining-room of Shepheard's Hotel in Cairo.
the qualities that give pleasure to the senses
From this reading My word, she is a beauty now," said the Australian officer.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading SYBIL, THE SQUATTER'S GIRL "By Jove!
a town at the southern tip of Illinois at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers
From this reading She's a peach!" whispered a Yeomanry subaltern to his Australian friend as a beautiful girl entered the spacious dining-room of Shepheard's Hotel in Cairo.
a room used for dining
From this reading She's a peach!" whispered a Yeomanry subaltern to his Australian friend as a beautiful girl entered the spacious dining-room of Shepheard's Hotel in Cairo.
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading She's a peach!" whispered a Yeomanry subaltern to his Australian friend as a beautiful girl entered the spacious dining-room of Shepheard's Hotel in Cairo.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading She's a peach!" whispered a Yeomanry subaltern to his Australian friend as a beautiful girl entered the spacious dining-room of Shepheard's Hotel in Cairo.
a young female
From this reading SYBIL, THE SQUATTER'S GIRL "By Jove!
United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918)
From this reading "Why, that's Sybil Graham--haven't seen her since she was a kid.
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From this reading "Why, that's Sybil Graham--haven't seen her since she was a kid.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Why, that's Sybil Graham--haven't seen her since she was a kid.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She's a peach!" whispered a Yeomanry subaltern to his Australian friend as a beautiful girl entered the spacious dining-room of Shepheard's Hotel in Cairo.
a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
From this reading She's a peach!" whispered a Yeomanry subaltern to his Australian friend as a beautiful girl entered the spacious dining-room of Shepheard's Hotel in Cairo.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She's a peach!" whispered a Yeomanry subaltern to his Australian friend as a beautiful girl entered the spacious dining-room of Shepheard's Hotel in Cairo.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading My word, she is a beauty now," said the Australian officer.
(Roman mythology) supreme god of Romans; counterpart of Greek Zeus
From this reading SYBIL, THE SQUATTER'S GIRL "By Jove!
tell false information to for fun
From this reading "Why, that's Sybil Graham--haven't seen her since she was a kid.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My word, she is a beauty now," said the Australian officer.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading My word, she is a beauty now," said the Australian officer.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She's a peach!" whispered a Yeomanry subaltern to his Australian friend as a beautiful girl entered the spacious dining-room of Shepheard's Hotel in Cairo.
any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
From this reading My word, she is a beauty now," said the Australian officer.
cultivated in temperate regions
From this reading She's a peach!" whispered a Yeomanry subaltern to his Australian friend as a beautiful girl entered the spacious dining-room of Shepheard's Hotel in Cairo.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading My word, she is a beauty now," said the Australian officer.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "Why, that's Sybil Graham--haven't seen her since she was a kid.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Why, that's Sybil Graham--haven't seen her since she was a kid.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She's a peach!" whispered a Yeomanry subaltern to his Australian friend as a beautiful girl entered the spacious dining-room of Shepheard's Hotel in Cairo.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She's a peach!" whispered a Yeomanry subaltern to his Australian friend as a beautiful girl entered the spacious dining-room of Shepheard's Hotel in Cairo.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading "Why, that's Sybil Graham--haven't seen her since she was a kid.
very large in expanse or scope
From this reading She's a peach!" whispered a Yeomanry subaltern to his Australian friend as a beautiful girl entered the spacious dining-room of Shepheard's Hotel in Cairo.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SYBIL, THE SQUATTER'S GIRL "By Jove!
commanding attention
From this reading What a stunning girl.
a British commissioned army officer below the rank of captain
From this reading She's a peach!" whispered a Yeomanry subaltern to his Australian friend as a beautiful girl entered the spacious dining-room of Shepheard's Hotel in Cairo.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SYBIL, THE SQUATTER'S GIRL "By Jove!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why, that's Sybil Graham--haven't seen her since she was a kid.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SYBIL, THE SQUATTER'S GIRL "By Jove!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She's a peach!" whispered a Yeomanry subaltern to his Australian friend as a beautiful girl entered the spacious dining-room of Shepheard's Hotel in Cairo.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Why, that's Sybil Graham--haven't seen her since she was a kid.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What a stunning girl.
spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords
From this reading She's a peach!" whispered a Yeomanry subaltern to his Australian friend as a beautiful girl entered the spacious dining-room of Shepheard's Hotel in Cairo.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why, that's Sybil Graham--haven't seen her since she was a kid.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading My word, she is a beauty now," said the Australian officer.
class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land
From this reading She's a peach!" whispered a Yeomanry subaltern to his Australian friend as a beautiful girl entered the spacious dining-room of Shepheard's Hotel in Cairo.
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