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"Come now, Chanting Poll, what's all this here row about?" The gruff, not unkindly voice of a policeman broke in upon the rusty widow's eloquence. P. C. Breagh, yielding to a sudden impulse, wheeled and swung back again. "It's all right, constable, the lady was only having a bit of chaff with me!" "I know her!" said P. C.
Chapter 5 of The Man of Iron is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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be silly or tease one another
From this reading “"It's all right, constable, the lady was only having a bit of chaff with me!"”
the act of singing in a monotonous tone
From this reading “"Come now, Chanting Poll, what's all this here row about?"”
brusque and surly and forbidding
From this reading “The gruff, not unkindly voice of a policeman broke in upon the rusty widow's eloquence.”
an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people
From this reading “"Come now, Chanting Poll, what's all this here row about?"”
covered with or consisting of rust
From this reading “The gruff, not unkindly voice of a policeman broke in upon the rusty widow's eloquence.”
having wheels; often used in combination
From this reading “P. C. Breagh, yielding to a sudden impulse, wheeled and swung back again.”
possessive form of “widow” — a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
From this reading “The gruff, not unkindly voice of a policeman broke in upon the rusty widow's eloquence.”
inclined to yield to argument or influence or control
From this reading “P. C. Breagh, yielding to a sudden impulse, wheeled and swung back again.”
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In this reading “P. C. Breagh, yielding to a sudden impulse, wheeled and swung back again.”
In this reading “P. C. Breagh, yielding to a sudden impulse, wheeled and swung back again.”
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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 The gruff, not unkindly voice of a policeman broke in upon the rusty widow's eloquence.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "Come now, Chanting Poll, what's all this here row about?"
anew
From this reading P. C. Breagh, yielding to a sudden impulse, wheeled and swung back again.
(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 "Come now, Chanting Poll, what's all this here row about?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading P. C. Breagh, yielding to a sudden impulse, wheeled and swung back again.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading P. C. Breagh, yielding to a sudden impulse, wheeled and swung back again.
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading "It's all right, constable, the lady was only having a bit of chaff with me!"
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From this reading P. C. Breagh, yielding to a sudden impulse, wheeled and swung back again.
lacking funds
From this reading The gruff, not unkindly voice of a policeman broke in upon the rusty widow's eloquence.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading P. C. Breagh, yielding to a sudden impulse, wheeled and swung back again.
be silly or tease one another
From this reading "It's all right, constable, the lady was only having a bit of chaff with me!"
the act of singing in a monotonous tone
From this reading "Come now, Chanting Poll, what's all this here row about?"
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Come now, Chanting Poll, what's all this here row about?"
a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff
From this reading "It's all right, constable, the lady was only having a bit of chaff with me!"
Fluent, persuasive, and graceful speaking or writing. (Sự hùng biện, tài ăn nói lưu loát.)
From this reading The gruff, not unkindly voice of a policeman broke in upon the rusty widow's eloquence.
brusque and surly and forbidding
From this reading The gruff, not unkindly voice of a policeman broke in upon the rusty widow's eloquence.
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading "It's all right, constable, the lady was only having a bit of chaff with me!"
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "I know her!" said P. C.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "Come now, Chanting Poll, what's all this here row about?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I know her!" said P. C.
an instinctive motive
From this reading P. C. Breagh, yielding to a sudden impulse, wheeled and swung back again.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The gruff, not unkindly voice of a policeman broke in upon the rusty widow's eloquence.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's all right, constable, the lady was only having a bit of chaff with me!"
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading "I know her!" said P. C.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading "It's all right, constable, the lady was only having a bit of chaff with me!"
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "It's all right, constable, the lady was only having a bit of chaff with me!"
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The gruff, not unkindly voice of a policeman broke in upon the rusty widow's eloquence.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "Come now, Chanting Poll, what's all this here row about?"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The gruff, not unkindly voice of a policeman broke in upon the rusty widow's eloquence.
and nothing more
From this reading "It's all right, constable, the lady was only having a bit of chaff with me!"
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading P. C. Breagh, yielding to a sudden impulse, wheeled and swung back again.
a member of a police force
From this reading The gruff, not unkindly voice of a policeman broke in upon the rusty widow's eloquence.
an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people
From this reading "Come now, Chanting Poll, what's all this here row about?"
precisely, exactly
From this reading "It's all right, constable, the lady was only having a bit of chaff with me!"
an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
From this reading "Come now, Chanting Poll, what's all this here row about?"
covered with or consisting of rust
From this reading The gruff, not unkindly voice of a policeman broke in upon the rusty widow's eloquence.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "I know her!" said P. C.
happening without warning or in a short space of time
From this reading P. C. Breagh, yielding to a sudden impulse, wheeled and swung back again.
inflected form of “swing” — move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting
From this reading P. C. Breagh, yielding to a sudden impulse, wheeled and swung back again.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The gruff, not unkindly voice of a policeman broke in upon the rusty widow's eloquence.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Come now, Chanting Poll, what's all this here row about?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading P. C. Breagh, yielding to a sudden impulse, wheeled and swung back again.
lacking in sympathy and kindness
From this reading The gruff, not unkindly voice of a policeman broke in upon the rusty widow's eloquence.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The gruff, not unkindly voice of a policeman broke in upon the rusty widow's eloquence.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading The gruff, not unkindly voice of a policeman broke in upon the rusty widow's eloquence.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "It's all right, constable, the lady was only having a bit of chaff with me!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Come now, Chanting Poll, what's all this here row about?"
having wheels; often used in combination
From this reading P. C. Breagh, yielding to a sudden impulse, wheeled and swung back again.
possessive form of “widow” — a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
From this reading The gruff, not unkindly voice of a policeman broke in upon the rusty widow's eloquence.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "It's all right, constable, the lady was only having a bit of chaff with me!"
inclined to yield to argument or influence or control
From this reading P. C. Breagh, yielding to a sudden impulse, wheeled and swung back again.
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