Chapter 6 of The Queen's Scarlet The Adventures is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Queen's Scarlet The Adventures is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I suppose not, Smithson; but, as I was going to say, if the colonel and the major didn't like me, I should always be in hot water, for I'm horribly stupid over the movements.--Ready?" "Quite, sir." "Then let's begin. There! I've forgotten it all, and I get so nervous my fingers grow quite damp.
Chapter 6 of The Queen's Scarlet The Adventures is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/84 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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slightly wet
From this reading “I've forgotten it all, and I get so nervous my fingers grow quite damp.”
plural of “finger” — any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb)
From this reading “I've forgotten it all, and I get so nervous my fingers grow quite damp.”
pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading “I've forgotten it all, and I get so nervous my fingers grow quite damp.”
of a dreadful kind
From this reading “"I suppose not, Smithson; but, as I was going to say, if the colonel and the major didn't like me, I should always be in hot water, for I'm horribly stupid over the movements.--Ready?"”
of greater importance or stature or rank
From this reading “"I suppose not, Smithson; but, as I was going to say, if the colonel and the major didn't like me, I should always be in hot water, for I'm horribly stupid over the movements.--Ready?"”
plural of “movement” — a change of position that does not entail a change of location
From this reading “"I suppose not, Smithson; but, as I was going to say, if the colonel and the major didn't like me, I should always be in hot water, for I'm horribly stupid over the movements.--Ready?"”
easily agitated
From this reading “I've forgotten it all, and I get so nervous my fingers grow quite damp.”
lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
From this reading “"I suppose not, Smithson; but, as I was going to say, if the colonel and the major didn't like me, I should always be in hot water, for I'm horribly stupid over the movements.--Ready?"”
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(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 I've forgotten it all, and I get so nervous my fingers grow quite damp.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading "I suppose not, Smithson; but, as I was going to say, if the colonel and the major didn't like me, I should always be in hot water, for I'm horribly stupid over the movements.--Ready?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "I suppose not, Smithson; but, as I was going to say, if the colonel and the major didn't like me, I should always be in hot water, for I'm horribly stupid over the movements.--Ready?"
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "I suppose not, Smithson; but, as I was going to say, if the colonel and the major didn't like me, I should always be in hot water, for I'm horribly stupid over the movements.--Ready?"
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "I suppose not, Smithson; but, as I was going to say, if the colonel and the major didn't like me, I should always be in hot water, for I'm horribly stupid over the movements.--Ready?"
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading "Then let's begin.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "I suppose not, Smithson; but, as I was going to say, if the colonel and the major didn't like me, I should always be in hot water, for I'm horribly stupid over the movements.--Ready?"
a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
From this reading "I suppose not, Smithson; but, as I was going to say, if the colonel and the major didn't like me, I should always be in hot water, for I'm horribly stupid over the movements.--Ready?"
slightly wet
From this reading I've forgotten it all, and I get so nervous my fingers grow quite damp.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I suppose not, Smithson; but, as I was going to say, if the colonel and the major didn't like me, I should always be in hot water, for I'm horribly stupid over the movements.--Ready?"
plural of “finger” — any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb)
From this reading I've forgotten it all, and I get so nervous my fingers grow quite damp.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "I suppose not, Smithson; but, as I was going to say, if the colonel and the major didn't like me, I should always be in hot water, for I'm horribly stupid over the movements.--Ready?"
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading I've forgotten it all, and I get so nervous my fingers grow quite damp.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading I've forgotten it all, and I get so nervous my fingers grow quite damp.
the act of departing
From this reading "I suppose not, Smithson; but, as I was going to say, if the colonel and the major didn't like me, I should always be in hot water, for I'm horribly stupid over the movements.--Ready?"
pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading I've forgotten it all, and I get so nervous my fingers grow quite damp.
of a dreadful kind
From this reading "I suppose not, Smithson; but, as I was going to say, if the colonel and the major didn't like me, I should always be in hot water, for I'm horribly stupid over the movements.--Ready?"
used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
From this reading "I suppose not, Smithson; but, as I was going to say, if the colonel and the major didn't like me, I should always be in hot water, for I'm horribly stupid over the movements.--Ready?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I suppose not, Smithson; but, as I was going to say, if the colonel and the major didn't like me, I should always be in hot water, for I'm horribly stupid over the movements.--Ready?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I suppose not, Smithson; but, as I was going to say, if the colonel and the major didn't like me, I should always be in hot water, for I'm horribly stupid over the movements.--Ready?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I've forgotten it all, and I get so nervous my fingers grow quite damp.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "I suppose not, Smithson; but, as I was going to say, if the colonel and the major didn't like me, I should always be in hot water, for I'm horribly stupid over the movements.--Ready?"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "I suppose not, Smithson; but, as I was going to say, if the colonel and the major didn't like me, I should always be in hot water, for I'm horribly stupid over the movements.--Ready?"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I've forgotten it all, and I get so nervous my fingers grow quite damp.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Then let's begin.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "I suppose not, Smithson; but, as I was going to say, if the colonel and the major didn't like me, I should always be in hot water, for I'm horribly stupid over the movements.--Ready?"
of greater importance or stature or rank
From this reading "I suppose not, Smithson; but, as I was going to say, if the colonel and the major didn't like me, I should always be in hot water, for I'm horribly stupid over the movements.--Ready?"
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "I suppose not, Smithson; but, as I was going to say, if the colonel and the major didn't like me, I should always be in hot water, for I'm horribly stupid over the movements.--Ready?"
plural of “movement” — a change of position that does not entail a change of location
From this reading "I suppose not, Smithson; but, as I was going to say, if the colonel and the major didn't like me, I should always be in hot water, for I'm horribly stupid over the movements.--Ready?"
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I've forgotten it all, and I get so nervous my fingers grow quite damp.
easily agitated
From this reading I've forgotten it all, and I get so nervous my fingers grow quite damp.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "I suppose not, Smithson; but, as I was going to say, if the colonel and the major didn't like me, I should always be in hot water, for I'm horribly stupid over the movements.--Ready?"
above and across; more than
From this reading "I suppose not, Smithson; but, as I was going to say, if the colonel and the major didn't like me, I should always be in hot water, for I'm horribly stupid over the movements.--Ready?"
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading "Quite, sir."
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading "I suppose not, Smithson; but, as I was going to say, if the colonel and the major didn't like me, I should always be in hot water, for I'm horribly stupid over the movements.--Ready?"
express in words
From this reading "I suppose not, Smithson; but, as I was going to say, if the colonel and the major didn't like me, I should always be in hot water, for I'm horribly stupid over the movements.--Ready?"
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading "I suppose not, Smithson; but, as I was going to say, if the colonel and the major didn't like me, I should always be in hot water, for I'm horribly stupid over the movements.--Ready?"
term of address for a man
From this reading "Quite, sir."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I suppose not, Smithson; but, as I was going to say, if the colonel and the major didn't like me, I should always be in hot water, for I'm horribly stupid over the movements.--Ready?"
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I've forgotten it all, and I get so nervous my fingers grow quite damp.
lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
From this reading "I suppose not, Smithson; but, as I was going to say, if the colonel and the major didn't like me, I should always be in hot water, for I'm horribly stupid over the movements.--Ready?"
express a supposition
From this reading "I suppose not, Smithson; but, as I was going to say, if the colonel and the major didn't like me, I should always be in hot water, for I'm horribly stupid over the movements.--Ready?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "I suppose not, Smithson; but, as I was going to say, if the colonel and the major didn't like me, I should always be in hot water, for I'm horribly stupid over the movements.--Ready?"
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Then let's begin.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I suppose not, Smithson; but, as I was going to say, if the colonel and the major didn't like me, I should always be in hot water, for I'm horribly stupid over the movements.--Ready?"
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "I suppose not, Smithson; but, as I was going to say, if the colonel and the major didn't like me, I should always be in hot water, for I'm horribly stupid over the movements.--Ready?"
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading "I suppose not, Smithson; but, as I was going to say, if the colonel and the major didn't like me, I should always be in hot water, for I'm horribly stupid over the movements.--Ready?"
Chapter 6 of The Queen's Scarlet The Adventures by George Manville Fenn holds 424 sentences, grouped into 85 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.
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