Chapter 12 of The Running Fight is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The Running Fight is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Wilkinson descended to his Den, entered and locked the door behind him. After fifteen minutes of desultory conversation, he held out his hand, and said, his voice trembling: "Good-bye, old boy! We shall never meet in life again--good-bye!" Colonel Morehead stared curiously at his client.
Chapter 12 of The Running Fight is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a person who seeks the advice of a lawyer
From this reading “Colonel Morehead stared curiously at his client.”
in a manner differing from the usual or expected
From this reading “Colonel Morehead stared curiously at his client.”
the habitation of wild animals
From this reading “Wilkinson descended to his Den, entered and locked the door behind him.”
past form of “descend” — move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
From this reading “Wilkinson descended to his Den, entered and locked the door behind him.”
marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose; jumping from one thing to another
From this reading “After fifteen minutes of desultory conversation, he held out his hand, and said, his voice trembling:”
a farewell remark
From this reading “"Good-bye, old boy!”
past form of “lock” — fasten with a lock
From this reading “Wilkinson descended to his Den, entered and locked the door behind him.”
English chemist honored for his research on pollutants in car exhausts (born in 1921)
From this reading “Wilkinson descended to his Den, entered and locked the door behind him.”
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 “After fifteen minutes of desultory conversation, he held out his hand, and said, his voice trembling:”
In this reading “After fifteen minutes of desultory conversation, he held out his hand, and said, his voice trembling:”
In this reading “Wilkinson descended to his Den, entered and locked the door behind him.”
In this reading “After fifteen minutes of desultory conversation, he held out his hand, and said, his voice trembling:”
a familiar term of address for a man
In this reading “"Good-bye, old boy!”
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.
later than; following
From this reading After fifteen minutes of desultory conversation, he held out his hand, and said, his voice trembling:
anew
From this reading We shall never meet in life again--good-bye!"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Wilkinson descended to his Den, entered and locked the door behind him.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Colonel Morehead stared curiously at his client.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Wilkinson descended to his Den, entered and locked the door behind him.
a youthful male person
From this reading "Good-bye, old boy!
a person who seeks the advice of a lawyer
From this reading Colonel Morehead stared curiously at his client.
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 Colonel Morehead stared curiously at his client.
the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.
From this reading After fifteen minutes of desultory conversation, he held out his hand, and said, his voice trembling:
in a manner differing from the usual or expected
From this reading Colonel Morehead stared curiously at his client.
the habitation of wild animals
From this reading Wilkinson descended to his Den, entered and locked the door behind him.
past form of “descend” — move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
From this reading Wilkinson descended to his Den, entered and locked the door behind him.
marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose; jumping from one thing to another
From this reading After fifteen minutes of desultory conversation, he held out his hand, and said, his voice trembling:
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading Wilkinson descended to his Den, entered and locked the door behind him.
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading Wilkinson descended to his Den, entered and locked the door behind him.
the cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one
From this reading After fifteen minutes of desultory conversation, he held out his hand, and said, his voice trembling:
a farewell remark
From this reading "Good-bye, old boy!
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading After fifteen minutes of desultory conversation, he held out his hand, and said, his voice trembling:
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading After fifteen minutes of desultory conversation, he held out his hand, and said, his voice trembling:
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading After fifteen minutes of desultory conversation, he held out his hand, and said, his voice trembling:
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Wilkinson descended to his Den, entered and locked the door behind him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Wilkinson descended to his Den, entered and locked the door behind him.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We shall never meet in life again--good-bye!"
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading We shall never meet in life again--good-bye!"
past form of “lock” — fasten with a lock
From this reading Wilkinson descended to his Den, entered and locked the door behind him.
come together
From this reading We shall never meet in life again--good-bye!"
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading After fifteen minutes of desultory conversation, he held out his hand, and said, his voice trembling:
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From this reading Colonel Morehead stared curiously at his client.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading We shall never meet in life again--good-bye!"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading After fifteen minutes of desultory conversation, he held out his hand, and said, his voice trembling:
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading "Good-bye, old boy!
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading After fifteen minutes of desultory conversation, he held out his hand, and said, his voice trembling:
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading After fifteen minutes of desultory conversation, he held out his hand, and said, his voice trembling:
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading We shall never meet in life again--good-bye!"
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading Colonel Morehead stared curiously at his client.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Wilkinson descended to his Den, entered and locked the door behind him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Wilkinson descended to his Den, entered and locked the door behind him.
a shaky motion
From this reading After fifteen minutes of desultory conversation, he held out his hand, and said, his voice trembling:
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading After fifteen minutes of desultory conversation, he held out his hand, and said, his voice trembling:
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We shall never meet in life again--good-bye!"
English chemist honored for his research on pollutants in car exhausts (born in 1921)
From this reading Wilkinson descended to his Den, entered and locked the door behind him.
Chapter 12 of The Running Fight by William Hamilton Osborne holds 425 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.
Chapter 12 holds 425 sentences of The Running Fight, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
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