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Chapter 3 of The Lost Middy is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I'd no idea I looked such a sight," he muttered, as he began to bathe his stiff and swollen features. "The brute!" he said, after a few moments. "I wish I'd told uncle, though, that I beat him well. But, oh, dear! what a muddle it all seems! I wish I'd hit him twice as hard," he said, with angry vehemence, half aloud.
Chapter 3 of The Lost Middy is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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cleanse the entire body
From this reading “"I'd no idea I looked such a sight," he muttered, as he began to bathe his stiff and swollen features.”
a cruelly rapacious person
From this reading “"The brute!" he said, after a few moments.”
cause to move by striking
From this reading “I wish I'd hit him twice as hard," he said, with angry vehemence, half aloud.”
a confused multitude of things
From this reading “But, oh, dear! what a muddle it all seems!”
past form of “mutter” — talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
From this reading “"I'd no idea I looked such a sight," he muttered, as he began to bathe his stiff and swollen features.”
not moving or operating freely
From this reading “"I'd no idea I looked such a sight," he muttered, as he began to bathe his stiff and swollen features.”
characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
From this reading “"I'd no idea I looked such a sight," he muttered, as he began to bathe his stiff and swollen features.”
intensity or forcefulness of expression
From this reading “I wish I'd hit him twice as hard," he said, with angry vehemence, half aloud.”
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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 "I'd no idea I looked such a sight," he muttered, as he began to bathe his stiff and swollen features.
later than; following
From this reading "The brute!" he said, after a few moments.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading But, oh, dear! what a muddle it all seems!
using the voice; not silently
From this reading I wish I'd hit him twice as hard," he said, with angry vehemence, half aloud.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "I'd no idea I looked such a sight," he muttered, as he began to bathe his stiff and swollen features.
feeling or showing anger
From this reading I wish I'd hit him twice as hard," he said, with angry vehemence, half aloud.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "I'd no idea I looked such a sight," he muttered, as he began to bathe his stiff and swollen features.
cleanse the entire body
From this reading "I'd no idea I looked such a sight," he muttered, as he began to bathe his stiff and swollen features.
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
From this reading "I wish I'd told uncle, though, that I beat him well.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading "I'd no idea I looked such a sight," he muttered, as he began to bathe his stiff and swollen features.
a cruelly rapacious person
From this reading "The brute!" he said, after a few moments.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But, oh, dear! what a muddle it all seems!
dearly loved
From this reading But, oh, dear! what a muddle it all seems!
plural of “feature” — a prominent attribute or aspect of something
From this reading "I'd no idea I looked such a sight," he muttered, as he began to bathe his stiff and swollen features.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading "The brute!" he said, after a few moments.
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading I wish I'd hit him twice as hard," he said, with angry vehemence, half aloud.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading I wish I'd hit him twice as hard," he said, with angry vehemence, half aloud.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "I'd no idea I looked such a sight," he muttered, as he began to bathe his stiff and swollen features.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "I wish I'd told uncle, though, that I beat him well.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "I'd no idea I looked such a sight," he muttered, as he began to bathe his stiff and swollen features.
cause to move by striking
From this reading I wish I'd hit him twice as hard," he said, with angry vehemence, half aloud.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I'd no idea I looked such a sight," he muttered, as he began to bathe his stiff and swollen features.
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From this reading "I'd no idea I looked such a sight," he muttered, as he began to bathe his stiff and swollen features.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading "I'd no idea I looked such a sight," he muttered, as he began to bathe his stiff and swollen features.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But, oh, dear! what a muddle it all seems!
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading "I'd no idea I looked such a sight," he muttered, as he began to bathe his stiff and swollen features.
plural of “moment” — a particular point in time
From this reading "The brute!" he said, after a few moments.
a confused multitude of things
From this reading But, oh, dear! what a muddle it all seems!
past form of “mutter” — talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
From this reading "I'd no idea I looked such a sight," he muttered, as he began to bathe his stiff and swollen features.
not any; not one
From this reading "I'd no idea I looked such a sight," he muttered, as he began to bathe his stiff and swollen features.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading But, oh, dear! what a muddle it all seems!
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "The brute!" he said, after a few moments.
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading But, oh, dear! what a muddle it all seems!
an instance of visual perception
From this reading "I'd no idea I looked such a sight," he muttered, as he began to bathe his stiff and swollen features.
not moving or operating freely
From this reading "I'd no idea I looked such a sight," he muttered, as he began to bathe his stiff and swollen features.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading "I'd no idea I looked such a sight," he muttered, as he began to bathe his stiff and swollen features.
characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
From this reading "I'd no idea I looked such a sight," he muttered, as he began to bathe his stiff and swollen features.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "I wish I'd told uncle, though, that I beat him well.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "The brute!" he said, after a few moments.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading "I wish I'd told uncle, though, that I beat him well.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I'd no idea I looked such a sight," he muttered, as he began to bathe his stiff and swollen features.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading "I wish I'd told uncle, though, that I beat him well.
two times
From this reading I wish I'd hit him twice as hard," he said, with angry vehemence, half aloud.
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading "I wish I'd told uncle, though, that I beat him well.
intensity or forcefulness of expression
From this reading I wish I'd hit him twice as hard," he said, with angry vehemence, half aloud.
(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 "I wish I'd told uncle, though, that I beat him well.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading But, oh, dear! what a muddle it all seems!
hope for; have a wish
From this reading "I wish I'd told uncle, though, that I beat him well.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I wish I'd hit him twice as hard," he said, with angry vehemence, half aloud.
Chapter 3 of The Lost Middy by George Manville Fenn holds 431 sentences, grouped into 87 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 3 holds 431 sentences of The Lost Middy, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
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