Chapter 11 of The Passenger from Calais is here in full — 78 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of The Passenger from Calais is here in full — 78 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
For the moment I was dazed and dumfounded, but I took a pull on myself quickly. It was a clever plant. Had they sold me completely? That was still to be seen. My one chance was in prompt action; I must hunt them up, recover trace of them with all possible despatch, follow them, and find them wherever they might be.
Chapter 11 of The Passenger from Calais is here in full — 78 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock
From this reading “For the moment I was dazed and dumfounded, but I took a pull on myself quickly.”
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
From this reading “My one chance was in prompt action; I must hunt them up, recover trace of them with all possible despatch, follow them, and find them wherever they might be.”
put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
From this reading “It was a clever plant.”
give an incentive for action
From this reading “My one chance was in prompt action; I must hunt them up, recover trace of them with all possible despatch, follow them, and find them wherever they might be.”
cause to move by pulling
From this reading “For the moment I was dazed and dumfounded, but I took a pull on myself quickly.”
get or find back; recover the use of
From this reading “My one chance was in prompt action; I must hunt them up, recover trace of them with all possible despatch, follow them, and find them wherever they might be.”
a just detectable amount
From this reading “My one chance was in prompt action; I must hunt them up, recover trace of them with all possible despatch, follow them, and find them wherever they might be.”
in or to any place at all
From this reading “My one chance was in prompt action; I must hunt them up, recover trace of them with all possible despatch, follow them, and find them wherever they might be.”
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 For the moment I was dazed and dumfounded, but I took a pull on myself quickly.
something done (usually as opposed to something said)
From this reading My one chance was in prompt action; I must hunt them up, recover trace of them with all possible despatch, follow them, and find them wherever they might be.
(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 My one chance was in prompt action; I must hunt them up, recover trace of them with all possible despatch, follow them, and find them wherever they might be.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For the moment I was dazed and dumfounded, but I took a pull on myself quickly.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading That was still to be seen.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading For the moment I was dazed and dumfounded, but I took a pull on myself quickly.
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading My one chance was in prompt action; I must hunt them up, recover trace of them with all possible despatch, follow them, and find them wherever they might be.
showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
From this reading It was a clever plant.
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading Had they sold me completely?
in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock
From this reading For the moment I was dazed and dumfounded, but I took a pull on myself quickly.
send away towards a designated goal
From this reading My one chance was in prompt action; I must hunt them up, recover trace of them with all possible despatch, follow them, and find them wherever they might be.
as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise
From this reading For the moment I was dazed and dumfounded, but I took a pull on myself quickly.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading My one chance was in prompt action; I must hunt them up, recover trace of them with all possible despatch, follow them, and find them wherever they might be.
to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading My one chance was in prompt action; I must hunt them up, recover trace of them with all possible despatch, follow them, and find them wherever they might be.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For the moment I was dazed and dumfounded, but I took a pull on myself quickly.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Had they sold me completely?
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
From this reading My one chance was in prompt action; I must hunt them up, recover trace of them with all possible despatch, follow them, and find them wherever they might be.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading For the moment I was dazed and dumfounded, but I took a pull on myself quickly.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading My one chance was in prompt action; I must hunt them up, recover trace of them with all possible despatch, follow them, and find them wherever they might be.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a clever plant.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Had they sold me completely?
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading My one chance was in prompt action; I must hunt them up, recover trace of them with all possible despatch, follow them, and find them wherever they might be.
a particular point in time
From this reading For the moment I was dazed and dumfounded, but I took a pull on myself quickly.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading My one chance was in prompt action; I must hunt them up, recover trace of them with all possible despatch, follow them, and find them wherever they might be.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My one chance was in prompt action; I must hunt them up, recover trace of them with all possible despatch, follow them, and find them wherever they might be.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading For the moment I was dazed and dumfounded, but I took a pull on myself quickly.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading My one chance was in prompt action; I must hunt them up, recover trace of them with all possible despatch, follow them, and find them wherever they might be.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading For the moment I was dazed and dumfounded, but I took a pull on myself quickly.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading My one chance was in prompt action; I must hunt them up, recover trace of them with all possible despatch, follow them, and find them wherever they might be.
put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
From this reading It was a clever plant.
capable of happening or existing
From this reading My one chance was in prompt action; I must hunt them up, recover trace of them with all possible despatch, follow them, and find them wherever they might be.
give an incentive for action
From this reading My one chance was in prompt action; I must hunt them up, recover trace of them with all possible despatch, follow them, and find them wherever they might be.
cause to move by pulling
From this reading For the moment I was dazed and dumfounded, but I took a pull on myself quickly.
with speed
From this reading For the moment I was dazed and dumfounded, but I took a pull on myself quickly.
get or find back; recover the use of
From this reading My one chance was in prompt action; I must hunt them up, recover trace of them with all possible despatch, follow them, and find them wherever they might be.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading That was still to be seen.
disposed of to a purchaser
From this reading Had they sold me completely?
not in physical motion
From this reading That was still to be seen.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That was still to be seen.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading For the moment I was dazed and dumfounded, but I took a pull on myself quickly.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading My one chance was in prompt action; I must hunt them up, recover trace of them with all possible despatch, follow them, and find them wherever they might be.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Had they sold me completely?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading That was still to be seen.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading For the moment I was dazed and dumfounded, but I took a pull on myself quickly.
a just detectable amount
From this reading My one chance was in prompt action; I must hunt them up, recover trace of them with all possible despatch, follow them, and find them wherever they might be.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading My one chance was in prompt action; I must hunt them up, recover trace of them with all possible despatch, follow them, and find them wherever they might be.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading For the moment I was dazed and dumfounded, but I took a pull on myself quickly.
in or to any place at all
From this reading My one chance was in prompt action; I must hunt them up, recover trace of them with all possible despatch, follow them, and find them wherever they might be.
in the company of; together with
From this reading My one chance was in prompt action; I must hunt them up, recover trace of them with all possible despatch, follow them, and find them wherever they might be.
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