Chapter 21 of The Peril Finders is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of The Peril Finders is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"No, you're not, boy. You're all right. There's nothing broken. You're bruised and strained, but that's all. You'll soon come right.
Chapter 21 of The Peril Finders is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a youthful male person
From this reading “"No, you're not, boy.”
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading “There's nothing broken.”
past form of “bruise” — injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of
From this reading “You're bruised and strained, but that's all.”
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “You'll soon come right.”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “There's nothing broken.”
precisely, exactly
From this reading “You're all right.”
in the near future
From this reading “You'll soon come right.”
lacking natural ease
From this reading “You're bruised and strained, but that's all.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
(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 You're all right.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading You're bruised and strained, but that's all.
a youthful male person
From this reading "No, you're not, boy.
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading There's nothing broken.
past form of “bruise” — injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of
From this reading You're bruised and strained, but that's all.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading You're bruised and strained, but that's all.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading You'll soon come right.
not any; not one
From this reading "No, you're not, boy.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "No, you're not, boy.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading There's nothing broken.
precisely, exactly
From this reading You're all right.
in the near future
From this reading You'll soon come right.
lacking natural ease
From this reading You're bruised and strained, but that's all.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You're bruised and strained, but that's all.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There's nothing broken.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You'll soon come right.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "No, you're not, boy.
Chapter 21 of The Peril Finders by George Manville Fenn holds 416 sentences, grouped into 84 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 21 holds 416 sentences of The Peril Finders, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 21 of The Peril Finders by George Manville Fenn exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 416 sentences, grouped into 84 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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