Chapter 9 of The Samurai Strategy is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The Samurai Strategy is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Sorry, fellows, all I can do is maybe drag this out a little for you, mislay the paperwork or something. Have one of your attorneys give me a call, off the record. But I'd also advise you to start looking for space." Then I headed downtown, a man with a mission. Dai Nippon had to be getting ready to kick hell out of something or somebody.
Chapter 9 of The Samurai Strategy is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
give advice to
From this reading “But I'd also advise you to start looking for space."”
plural of “attorney” — a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice
From this reading “Have one of your attorneys give me a call, off the record.”
the central area or commercial center of a town or city
From this reading “Then I headed downtown, a man with a mission.”
pull, as against a resistance
From this reading “"Sorry, fellows, all I can do is maybe drag this out a little for you, mislay the paperwork or something.”
having a heading or course in a certain direction
From this reading “Then I headed downtown, a man with a mission.”
drive or propel with the foot
From this reading “Dai Nippon had to be getting ready to kick hell out of something or somebody.”
a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building
From this reading “Dai Nippon had to be getting ready to kick hell out of something or somebody.”
work that involves handling papers: forms or letters or reports etc.
From this reading “"Sorry, fellows, all I can do is maybe drag this out a little for you, mislay the paperwork or something.”
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.
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 "Sorry, fellows, all I can do is maybe drag this out a little for you, mislay the paperwork or something.
give advice to
From this reading But I'd also advise you to start looking for space."
(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 "Sorry, fellows, all I can do is maybe drag this out a little for you, mislay the paperwork or something.
in addition
From this reading But I'd also advise you to start looking for space."
plural of “attorney” — a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice
From this reading Have one of your attorneys give me a call, off the record.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Dai Nippon had to be getting ready to kick hell out of something or somebody.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I'd also advise you to start looking for space."
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Have one of your attorneys give me a call, off the record.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "Sorry, fellows, all I can do is maybe drag this out a little for you, mislay the paperwork or something.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dai Nippon had to be getting ready to kick hell out of something or somebody.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Sorry, fellows, all I can do is maybe drag this out a little for you, mislay the paperwork or something.
the central area or commercial center of a town or city
From this reading Then I headed downtown, a man with a mission.
pull, as against a resistance
From this reading "Sorry, fellows, all I can do is maybe drag this out a little for you, mislay the paperwork or something.
plural of “fellow” — a boy or man
From this reading "Sorry, fellows, all I can do is maybe drag this out a little for you, mislay the paperwork or something.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Sorry, fellows, all I can do is maybe drag this out a little for you, mislay the paperwork or something.
the act of acquiring something
From this reading Dai Nippon had to be getting ready to kick hell out of something or somebody.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Have one of your attorneys give me a call, off the record.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Dai Nippon had to be getting ready to kick hell out of something or somebody.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Have one of your attorneys give me a call, off the record.
having a heading or course in a certain direction
From this reading Then I headed downtown, a man with a mission.
any place of pain and turmoil
From this reading Dai Nippon had to be getting ready to kick hell out of something or somebody.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Sorry, fellows, all I can do is maybe drag this out a little for you, mislay the paperwork or something.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But I'd also advise you to start looking for space."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Sorry, fellows, all I can do is maybe drag this out a little for you, mislay the paperwork or something.
drive or propel with the foot
From this reading Dai Nippon had to be getting ready to kick hell out of something or somebody.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "Sorry, fellows, all I can do is maybe drag this out a little for you, mislay the paperwork or something.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading But I'd also advise you to start looking for space."
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Then I headed downtown, a man with a mission.
by chance
From this reading "Sorry, fellows, all I can do is maybe drag this out a little for you, mislay the paperwork or something.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Have one of your attorneys give me a call, off the record.
place (something) where one cannot find it again
From this reading "Sorry, fellows, all I can do is maybe drag this out a little for you, mislay the paperwork or something.
an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work
From this reading Then I headed downtown, a man with a mission.
a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building
From this reading Dai Nippon had to be getting ready to kick hell out of something or somebody.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Have one of your attorneys give me a call, off the record.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Have one of your attorneys give me a call, off the record.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Have one of your attorneys give me a call, off the record.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading "Sorry, fellows, all I can do is maybe drag this out a little for you, mislay the paperwork or something.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "Sorry, fellows, all I can do is maybe drag this out a little for you, mislay the paperwork or something.
work that involves handling papers: forms or letters or reports etc.
From this reading "Sorry, fellows, all I can do is maybe drag this out a little for you, mislay the paperwork or something.
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading Dai Nippon had to be getting ready to kick hell out of something or somebody.
anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events
From this reading Have one of your attorneys give me a call, off the record.
a person, without saying who
From this reading Dai Nippon had to be getting ready to kick hell out of something or somebody.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading "Sorry, fellows, all I can do is maybe drag this out a little for you, mislay the paperwork or something.
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading "Sorry, fellows, all I can do is maybe drag this out a little for you, mislay the paperwork or something.
the unlimited expanse in which everything is located
From this reading But I'd also advise you to start looking for space."
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading But I'd also advise you to start looking for space."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Sorry, fellows, all I can do is maybe drag this out a little for you, mislay the paperwork or something.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then I headed downtown, a man with a mission.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Sorry, fellows, all I can do is maybe drag this out a little for you, mislay the paperwork or something.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But I'd also advise you to start looking for space."
in the company of; together with
From this reading Then I headed downtown, a man with a mission.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Sorry, fellows, all I can do is maybe drag this out a little for you, mislay the paperwork or something.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Have one of your attorneys give me a call, off the record.
Chapter 9 of The Samurai Strategy by Thomas Hoover holds 409 sentences, grouped into 82 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 9 holds 409 sentences of The Samurai Strategy, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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