Chapter 8 of The Red Rover: A Tale is here in full — 223 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 8 of The Red Rover: A Tale is here in full — 223 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“What is yon gentleman?” Nurse. “The son and heir of old Tiberio.” Juliet. “What’s he that follows there, that would not dance?”
Chapter 8 of The Red Rover: A Tale is here in full — 223 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
an artistic form of nonverbal communication
From this reading ““What’s he that follows there, that would not dance?””
third-person singular of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading ““What’s he that follows there, that would not dance?””
a man of refinement
From this reading ““What is yon gentleman?””
A person legally or magically entitled to the property or rank of another on that person's death.
From this reading ““The son and heir of old Tiberio.””
try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
From this reading “Nurse.”
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading ““The son and heir of old Tiberio.””
a male human offspring
From this reading ““The son and heir of old Tiberio.””
distant but within sight (“yon” is dialectal)
From this reading ““What is yon gentleman?””
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “The son and heir of old Tiberio.”
an artistic form of nonverbal communication
From this reading “What’s he that follows there, that would not dance?”
third-person singular of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading “What’s he that follows there, that would not dance?”
a man of refinement
From this reading “What is yon gentleman?”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “What’s he that follows there, that would not dance?”
A person legally or magically entitled to the property or rank of another on that person's death.
From this reading “The son and heir of old Tiberio.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “What is yon gentleman?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Juliet.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “What’s he that follows there, that would not dance?”
try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
From this reading Nurse.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “The son and heir of old Tiberio.”
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading “The son and heir of old Tiberio.”
a male human offspring
From this reading “The son and heir of old Tiberio.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “What’s he that follows there, that would not dance?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “The son and heir of old Tiberio.”
in or at that place or location
From this reading “What’s he that follows there, that would not dance?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “The son and heir of old Tiberio.”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What is yon gentleman?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What’s he that follows there, that would not dance?”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “What’s he that follows there, that would not dance?”
distant but within sight (“yon” is dialectal)
From this reading “What is yon gentleman?”
Chapter 8 of The Red Rover: A Tale by James Fenimore Cooper holds 223 sentences, grouped into 45 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 8 holds 223 sentences of The Red Rover: A Tale, unabridged, divided into 45 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of The Red Rover: A Tale by James Fenimore Cooper exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 223 sentences, grouped into 45 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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