Chapter 11 of The Last Galley is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of The Last Galley is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“You threaten me?” cried Pericord, whose face was livid with anger. “You are a bully as well as a cheat. Will you give up the patent?” “No, I will not.” “Brown, I say, give it up!”
Chapter 11 of The Last Galley is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 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.
a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
From this reading ““You threaten me?” cried Pericord, whose face was livid with anger.”
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading ““Brown, I say, give it up!””
a cruel and brutal fellow
From this reading ““You are a bully as well as a cheat.”
deprive somebody of something by deceit
From this reading ““You are a bully as well as a cheat.”
anemic looking from illness or emotion
From this reading ““You threaten me?” cried Pericord, whose face was livid with anger.”
obtain a patent for
From this reading “Will you give up the patent?””
pose a threat to; present a danger to
From this reading ““You threaten me?” cried Pericord, whose face was livid with anger.”
belonging to which person
From this reading ““You threaten me?” cried Pericord, whose face was livid with anger.”
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 “You are a bully as well as a cheat.
a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
From this reading “You threaten me?” cried Pericord, whose face was livid with anger.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “You are a bully as well as a cheat.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “You are a bully as well as a cheat.
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading “Brown, I say, give it up!”
a cruel and brutal fellow
From this reading “You are a bully as well as a cheat.
deprive somebody of something by deceit
From this reading “You are a bully as well as a cheat.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “You threaten me?” cried Pericord, whose face was livid with anger.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading “You threaten me?” cried Pericord, whose face was livid with anger.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Will you give up the patent?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “No, I will not.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Brown, I say, give it up!”
anemic looking from illness or emotion
From this reading “You threaten me?” cried Pericord, whose face was livid with anger.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “You threaten me?” cried Pericord, whose face was livid with anger.
not any; not one
From this reading “No, I will not.”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “No, I will not.”
obtain a patent for
From this reading Will you give up the patent?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You threaten me?” cried Pericord, whose face was livid with anger.
express in words
From this reading “Brown, I say, give it up!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Will you give up the patent?”
pose a threat to; present a danger to
From this reading “You threaten me?” cried Pericord, whose face was livid with anger.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Will you give up the patent?”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “You threaten me?” cried Pericord, whose face was livid with anger.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “You are a bully as well as a cheat.
belonging to which person
From this reading “You threaten me?” cried Pericord, whose face was livid with anger.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Will you give up the patent?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading “You threaten me?” cried Pericord, whose face was livid with anger.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You threaten me?” cried Pericord, whose face was livid with anger.
Chapter 11 of The Last Galley by Arthur Conan Doyle holds 411 sentences, grouped into 83 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 11 holds 411 sentences of The Last Galley, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of The Last Galley by Arthur Conan Doyle exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 411 sentences, grouped into 83 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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