Chapter 2 of The Last Galley is here in full — 385 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Last Galley is here in full — 385 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“I found myself among buildings, and one of them was on fire. I saw the flames spoutin’ through the roof. I ran on, and then I was alone among the buildings. Some one ran across in front o’ me. It was a woman.
Chapter 2 of The Last Galley is here in full — 385 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading “Some one ran across in front o’ me.”
Having no one else present.
From this reading “I ran on, and then I was alone among the buildings.”
plural of “building” — a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
From this reading ““I found myself among buildings, and one of them was on fire.”
start firing a weapon
From this reading ““I found myself among buildings, and one of them was on fire.”
plural of “flame” — the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
From this reading “I saw the flames spoutin’ through the roof.”
the side that is forward or prominent
From this reading “Some one ran across in front o’ me.”
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading “I ran on, and then I was alone among the buildings.”
a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building
From this reading “I saw the flames spoutin’ through the roof.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 It was a woman.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Some one ran across in front o’ me.
Having no one else present.
From this reading I ran on, and then I was alone among the buildings.
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading “I found myself among buildings, and one of them was on fire.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “I found myself among buildings, and one of them was on fire.
plural of “building” — a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
From this reading “I found myself among buildings, and one of them was on fire.
start firing a weapon
From this reading “I found myself among buildings, and one of them was on fire.
plural of “flame” — the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
From this reading I saw the flames spoutin’ through the roof.
set up or found
From this reading “I found myself among buildings, and one of them was on fire.
the side that is forward or prominent
From this reading Some one ran across in front o’ me.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I found myself among buildings, and one of them was on fire.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Some one ran across in front o’ me.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a woman.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Some one ran across in front o’ me.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “I found myself among buildings, and one of them was on fire.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading Some one ran across in front o’ me.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “I found myself among buildings, and one of them was on fire.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “I found myself among buildings, and one of them was on fire.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “I found myself among buildings, and one of them was on fire.
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading I ran on, and then I was alone among the buildings.
a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building
From this reading I saw the flames spoutin’ through the roof.
cut with a saw
From this reading I saw the flames spoutin’ through the roof.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Some one ran across in front o’ me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I saw the flames spoutin’ through the roof.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I saw the flames spoutin’ through the roof.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “I found myself among buildings, and one of them was on fire.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading I ran on, and then I was alone among the buildings.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading I saw the flames spoutin’ through the roof.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “I found myself among buildings, and one of them was on fire.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading It was a woman.
Chapter 2 of The Last Galley by Arthur Conan Doyle holds 385 sentences, grouped into 77 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 2 holds 385 sentences of The Last Galley, unabridged, divided into 77 reading sections.
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