Chapter 10 of The last dragon is here in full — 53 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The last dragon is here in full — 53 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ALLAN THE ARMORER Allan the armorer was a wise little hunchback who had his shop on the king’s great highway. He wore a big ruby in the very tip of his long hooked nose, and he thought it looked very beautiful there. Maybe it did, who knows? “People wear stones in their ears, why not in their noses?” Johnathan argued to himself when he saw it.
Chapter 10 of The last dragon is here in full — 53 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “argue” — present reasons and arguments
From this reading “Johnathan argued to himself when he saw it.”
a major road for any form of motor transport
From this reading “ALLAN THE ARMORER Allan the armorer was a wise little hunchback who had his shop on the king’s great highway.”
curved down like an eagle's beak
From this reading “He wore a big ruby in the very tip of his long hooked nose, and he thought it looked very beautiful there.”
an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column
From this reading “ALLAN THE ARMORER Allan the armorer was a wise little hunchback who had his shop on the king’s great highway.”
possessive form of “king” — a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
plural of “nose” — the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
From this reading ““People wear stones in their ears, why not in their noses?””
a transparent piece of ruby that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
From this reading “He wore a big ruby in the very tip of his long hooked nose, and he thought it looked very beautiful there.”
the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
From this reading “He wore a big ruby in the very tip of his long hooked nose, and he thought it looked very beautiful there.”
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 “He wore a big ruby in the very tip of his long hooked nose, and he thought it looked very beautiful there.”
In this reading “ALLAN THE ARMORER Allan the armorer was a wise little hunchback who had his shop on the king’s great highway.”
In this reading “ALLAN THE ARMORER Allan the armorer was a wise little hunchback who had his shop on the king’s great highway.”
In this reading “He wore a big ruby in the very tip of his long hooked nose, and he thought it looked very beautiful there.”
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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 ALLAN THE ARMORER Allan the armorer was a wise little hunchback who had his shop on the king’s great highway.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ALLAN THE ARMORER Allan the armorer was a wise little hunchback who had his shop on the king’s great highway.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He wore a big ruby in the very tip of his long hooked nose, and he thought it looked very beautiful there.
past form of “argue” — present reasons and arguments
From this reading Johnathan argued to himself when he saw it.
a worker skilled in making armor or arms
From this reading ALLAN THE ARMORER Allan the armorer was a wise little hunchback who had his shop on the king’s great highway.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading He wore a big ruby in the very tip of his long hooked nose, and he thought it looked very beautiful there.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading He wore a big ruby in the very tip of his long hooked nose, and he thought it looked very beautiful there.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Maybe it did, who knows?
plural of “ear” — the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading “People wear stones in their ears, why not in their noses?”
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading ALLAN THE ARMORER Allan the armorer was a wise little hunchback who had his shop on the king’s great highway.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading ALLAN THE ARMORER Allan the armorer was a wise little hunchback who had his shop on the king’s great highway.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He wore a big ruby in the very tip of his long hooked nose, and he thought it looked very beautiful there.
a major road for any form of motor transport
From this reading ALLAN THE ARMORER Allan the armorer was a wise little hunchback who had his shop on the king’s great highway.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Johnathan argued to himself when he saw it.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading ALLAN THE ARMORER Allan the armorer was a wise little hunchback who had his shop on the king’s great highway.
curved down like an eagle's beak
From this reading He wore a big ruby in the very tip of his long hooked nose, and he thought it looked very beautiful there.
an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column
From this reading ALLAN THE ARMORER Allan the armorer was a wise little hunchback who had his shop on the king’s great highway.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He wore a big ruby in the very tip of his long hooked nose, and he thought it looked very beautiful there.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He wore a big ruby in the very tip of his long hooked nose, and he thought it looked very beautiful there.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Johnathan argued to himself when he saw it.
possessive form of “king” — a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading ALLAN THE ARMORER Allan the armorer was a wise little hunchback who had his shop on the king’s great highway.
plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
From this reading Maybe it did, who knows?
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading ALLAN THE ARMORER Allan the armorer was a wise little hunchback who had his shop on the king’s great highway.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading He wore a big ruby in the very tip of his long hooked nose, and he thought it looked very beautiful there.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading He wore a big ruby in the very tip of his long hooked nose, and he thought it looked very beautiful there.
by chance
From this reading Maybe it did, who knows?
the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
From this reading He wore a big ruby in the very tip of his long hooked nose, and he thought it looked very beautiful there.
plural of “nose” — the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
From this reading “People wear stones in their ears, why not in their noses?”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “People wear stones in their ears, why not in their noses?”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He wore a big ruby in the very tip of his long hooked nose, and he thought it looked very beautiful there.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ALLAN THE ARMORER Allan the armorer was a wise little hunchback who had his shop on the king’s great highway.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading “People wear stones in their ears, why not in their noses?”
a transparent piece of ruby that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
From this reading He wore a big ruby in the very tip of his long hooked nose, and he thought it looked very beautiful there.
cut with a saw
From this reading Johnathan argued to himself when he saw it.
do one's shopping
From this reading ALLAN THE ARMORER Allan the armorer was a wise little hunchback who had his shop on the king’s great highway.
plural of “stone” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading “People wear stones in their ears, why not in their noses?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ALLAN THE ARMORER Allan the armorer was a wise little hunchback who had his shop on the king’s great highway.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading “People wear stones in their ears, why not in their noses?”
in or at that place or location
From this reading He wore a big ruby in the very tip of his long hooked nose, and he thought it looked very beautiful there.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading He wore a big ruby in the very tip of his long hooked nose, and he thought it looked very beautiful there.
the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
From this reading He wore a big ruby in the very tip of his long hooked nose, and he thought it looked very beautiful there.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Johnathan argued to himself when he saw it.
precisely as stated
From this reading He wore a big ruby in the very tip of his long hooked nose, and he thought it looked very beautiful there.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ALLAN THE ARMORER Allan the armorer was a wise little hunchback who had his shop on the king’s great highway.
be dressed in
From this reading “People wear stones in their ears, why not in their noses?”
at the time that
From this reading Johnathan argued to himself when he saw it.
which person or people
From this reading ALLAN THE ARMORER Allan the armorer was a wise little hunchback who had his shop on the king’s great highway.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading “People wear stones in their ears, why not in their noses?”
having or prompted by wisdom or discernment
From this reading ALLAN THE ARMORER Allan the armorer was a wise little hunchback who had his shop on the king’s great highway.
inflected form of “wear” — be dressed in
From this reading He wore a big ruby in the very tip of his long hooked nose, and he thought it looked very beautiful there.
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