Chapter 15 of The Safety First Club and the Flood is here in full — 272 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of The Safety First Club and the Flood is here in full — 272 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“I tell you, it’s the only way. Don’t you suppose I’ve figured and figured on what to do? Well, I have; and there’s just one answer. I can’t dodge it, and I won’t try. I’ve got to pay up, and I will pay up--somehow.”
Chapter 15 of The Safety First Club and the Flood is here in full — 272 sentences across 55 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.
react verbally
From this reading “Well, I have; and there’s just one answer.”
make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid
From this reading “I can’t dodge it, and I won’t try.”
(of e.g. fabric design) adorned with patterns
From this reading “Don’t you suppose I’ve figured and figured on what to do?”
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “I’ve got to pay up, and I will pay up--somehow.””
give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
From this reading “I’ve got to pay up, and I will pay up--somehow.””
in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means
From this reading “I’ve got to pay up, and I will pay up--somehow.””
express a supposition
From this reading “Don’t you suppose I’ve figured and figured on what to do?”
make an effort or attempt
From this reading “I can’t dodge it, and I won’t try.”
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.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Don’t you suppose I’ve figured and figured on what to do?
react verbally
From this reading Well, I have; and there’s just one answer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can’t dodge it, and I won’t try.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Don’t you suppose I’ve figured and figured on what to do?
make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid
From this reading I can’t dodge it, and I won’t try.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don’t you suppose I’ve figured and figured on what to do?
(of e.g. fabric design) adorned with patterns
From this reading Don’t you suppose I’ve figured and figured on what to do?
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading I’ve got to pay up, and I will pay up--somehow.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Well, I have; and there’s just one answer.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I tell you, it’s the only way.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don’t you suppose I’ve figured and figured on what to do?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I can’t dodge it, and I won’t try.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I tell you, it’s the only way.
and nothing more
From this reading Well, I have; and there’s just one answer.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Don’t you suppose I’ve figured and figured on what to do?
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Well, I have; and there’s just one answer.
and nothing more
From this reading “I tell you, it’s the only way.
give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
From this reading I’ve got to pay up, and I will pay up--somehow.”
in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means
From this reading I’ve got to pay up, and I will pay up--somehow.”
express a supposition
From this reading Don’t you suppose I’ve figured and figured on what to do?
express in words
From this reading “I tell you, it’s the only way.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “I tell you, it’s the only way.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, I have; and there’s just one answer.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Don’t you suppose I’ve figured and figured on what to do?
make an effort or attempt
From this reading I can’t dodge it, and I won’t try.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading I’ve got to pay up, and I will pay up--somehow.”
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading “I tell you, it’s the only way.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Well, I have; and there’s just one answer.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Don’t you suppose I’ve figured and figured on what to do?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading I’ve got to pay up, and I will pay up--somehow.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can’t dodge it, and I won’t try.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I tell you, it’s the only way.
Chapter 15 of The Safety First Club and the Flood by William Theophilus Nichols holds 272 sentences, grouped into 55 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 15 holds 272 sentences of The Safety First Club and the Flood, unabridged, divided into 55 reading sections.
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