Chapter 12 of The Rambler Club's motor car is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The Rambler Club's motor car is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE NEW BARKER “Yes, monsieur, I have, what you call it, voyaged much.” Randolpho, Senior, whose curiosity was too strong for him to resist, had taken a place by Dave Brandon’s side. “You have of the Cirque d’Hiver in Paree heard, no doubt, monsieur?” Dave nodded. “Winter Circus, we say in English,” he replied.
Chapter 12 of The Rambler Club's motor car is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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someone who stands in front of a show (as at a carnival) and gives a loud colorful sales talk to potential customers
From this reading “THE NEW BARKER “Yes, monsieur, I have, what you call it, voyaged much.””
a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals
From this reading ““Winter Circus, we say in English,” he replied.”
a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake
From this reading ““You have of the Cirque d’Hiver in Paree heard, no doubt, monsieur?””
a state in which you want to learn more about something
From this reading “Randolpho, Senior, whose curiosity was too strong for him to resist, had taken a place by Dave Brandon’s side.”
inflected form of “nod” — express or signify by nodding
From this reading “Dave nodded.”
elude, especially in a baffling way
From this reading “Randolpho, Senior, whose curiosity was too strong for him to resist, had taken a place by Dave Brandon’s side.”
older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service
From this reading “Randolpho, Senior, whose curiosity was too strong for him to resist, had taken a place by Dave Brandon’s side.”
past form of “voyage” — travel on water propelled by wind or by other means
From this reading “THE NEW BARKER “Yes, monsieur, I have, what you call it, voyaged much.””
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Randolpho, Senior, whose curiosity was too strong for him to resist, had taken a place by Dave Brandon’s side.”
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 Randolpho, Senior, whose curiosity was too strong for him to resist, had taken a place by Dave Brandon’s side.
someone who stands in front of a show (as at a carnival) and gives a loud colorful sales talk to potential customers
From this reading THE NEW BARKER “Yes, monsieur, I have, what you call it, voyaged much.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Randolpho, Senior, whose curiosity was too strong for him to resist, had taken a place by Dave Brandon’s side.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Randolpho, Senior, whose curiosity was too strong for him to resist, had taken a place by Dave Brandon’s side.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading THE NEW BARKER “Yes, monsieur, I have, what you call it, voyaged much.”
a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals
From this reading “Winter Circus, we say in English,” he replied.
a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake
From this reading “You have of the Cirque d’Hiver in Paree heard, no doubt, monsieur?”
a state in which you want to learn more about something
From this reading Randolpho, Senior, whose curiosity was too strong for him to resist, had taken a place by Dave Brandon’s side.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You have of the Cirque d’Hiver in Paree heard, no doubt, monsieur?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Randolpho, Senior, whose curiosity was too strong for him to resist, had taken a place by Dave Brandon’s side.
the state of being unsure of something
From this reading “You have of the Cirque d’Hiver in Paree heard, no doubt, monsieur?”
an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
From this reading “Winter Circus, we say in English,” he replied.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Randolpho, Senior, whose curiosity was too strong for him to resist, had taken a place by Dave Brandon’s side.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Randolpho, Senior, whose curiosity was too strong for him to resist, had taken a place by Dave Brandon’s side.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading THE NEW BARKER “Yes, monsieur, I have, what you call it, voyaged much.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Winter Circus, we say in English,” he replied.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading “You have of the Cirque d’Hiver in Paree heard, no doubt, monsieur?”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Randolpho, Senior, whose curiosity was too strong for him to resist, had taken a place by Dave Brandon’s side.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE NEW BARKER “Yes, monsieur, I have, what you call it, voyaged much.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “You have of the Cirque d’Hiver in Paree heard, no doubt, monsieur?”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE NEW BARKER “Yes, monsieur, I have, what you call it, voyaged much.”
used as a French courtesy title; equivalent to English “Mr”
From this reading THE NEW BARKER “Yes, monsieur, I have, what you call it, voyaged much.”
to a great degree or extent
From this reading THE NEW BARKER “Yes, monsieur, I have, what you call it, voyaged much.”
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading THE NEW BARKER “Yes, monsieur, I have, what you call it, voyaged much.”
not any; not one
From this reading “You have of the Cirque d’Hiver in Paree heard, no doubt, monsieur?”
inflected form of “nod” — express or signify by nodding
From this reading Dave nodded.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “You have of the Cirque d’Hiver in Paree heard, no doubt, monsieur?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You have of the Cirque d’Hiver in Paree heard, no doubt, monsieur?”
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading Randolpho, Senior, whose curiosity was too strong for him to resist, had taken a place by Dave Brandon’s side.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Randolpho, Senior, whose curiosity was too strong for him to resist, had taken a place by Dave Brandon’s side.
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading “Winter Circus, we say in English,” he replied.
elude, especially in a baffling way
From this reading Randolpho, Senior, whose curiosity was too strong for him to resist, had taken a place by Dave Brandon’s side.
express in words
From this reading “Winter Circus, we say in English,” he replied.
older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service
From this reading Randolpho, Senior, whose curiosity was too strong for him to resist, had taken a place by Dave Brandon’s side.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading Randolpho, Senior, whose curiosity was too strong for him to resist, had taken a place by Dave Brandon’s side.
having strength or power greater than average or expected
From this reading Randolpho, Senior, whose curiosity was too strong for him to resist, had taken a place by Dave Brandon’s side.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading Randolpho, Senior, whose curiosity was too strong for him to resist, had taken a place by Dave Brandon’s side.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE NEW BARKER “Yes, monsieur, I have, what you call it, voyaged much.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Randolpho, Senior, whose curiosity was too strong for him to resist, had taken a place by Dave Brandon’s side.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading Randolpho, Senior, whose curiosity was too strong for him to resist, had taken a place by Dave Brandon’s side.
past form of “voyage” — travel on water propelled by wind or by other means
From this reading THE NEW BARKER “Yes, monsieur, I have, what you call it, voyaged much.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Randolpho, Senior, whose curiosity was too strong for him to resist, had taken a place by Dave Brandon’s side.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “Winter Circus, we say in English,” he replied.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading THE NEW BARKER “Yes, monsieur, I have, what you call it, voyaged much.”
belonging to which person
From this reading Randolpho, Senior, whose curiosity was too strong for him to resist, had taken a place by Dave Brandon’s side.
the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
From this reading “Winter Circus, we say in English,” he replied.
an affirmative
From this reading THE NEW BARKER “Yes, monsieur, I have, what you call it, voyaged much.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading THE NEW BARKER “Yes, monsieur, I have, what you call it, voyaged much.”
Chapter 12 of The Rambler Club's motor car by W. Crispin (William Crispin) Sheppard holds 134 sentences, grouped into 27 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 12 holds 134 sentences of The Rambler Club's motor car, unabridged, divided into 27 reading sections.
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