Chapter 17 of The Silent Call is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 17 of The Silent Call is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Hello, Bill." Bill turned. "Why, hello, Mr. Agent. Hello, Cadger." The two men shook the snow from their clothes and came down to the fire.
Chapter 17 of The Silent Call is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect
From this reading “"Why, hello, Mr. Agent.”
a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading “"Hello, Bill."”
clothing in general
From this reading “The two men shook the snow from their clothes and came down to the fire.”
start firing a weapon
From this reading “The two men shook the snow from their clothes and came down to the fire.”
an expression of greeting
From this reading “"Hello, Bill."”
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading “The two men shook the snow from their clothes and came down to the fire.”
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading “The two men shook the snow from their clothes and came down to the fire.”
moved around an axis or center
From this reading “Bill turned.”
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 “The two men shook the snow from their clothes and came down to the fire.”
move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
In this reading “The two men shook the snow from their clothes and came down to the fire.”
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.
an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect
From this reading "Why, hello, Mr. Agent.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The two men shook the snow from their clothes and came down to the fire.
a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading "Hello, Bill."
someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)
From this reading Hello, Cadger."
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The two men shook the snow from their clothes and came down to the fire.
clothing in general
From this reading The two men shook the snow from their clothes and came down to the fire.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading The two men shook the snow from their clothes and came down to the fire.
start firing a weapon
From this reading The two men shook the snow from their clothes and came down to the fire.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The two men shook the snow from their clothes and came down to the fire.
an expression of greeting
From this reading "Hello, Bill."
the force of workers available
From this reading The two men shook the snow from their clothes and came down to the fire.
a form of address for a man
From this reading "Why, hello, Mr. Agent.
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading The two men shook the snow from their clothes and came down to the fire.
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading The two men shook the snow from their clothes and came down to the fire.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The two men shook the snow from their clothes and came down to the fire.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The two men shook the snow from their clothes and came down to the fire.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The two men shook the snow from their clothes and came down to the fire.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading Bill turned.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading The two men shook the snow from their clothes and came down to the fire.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why, hello, Mr. Agent.
Chapter 17 of The Silent Call by Edwin Milton Royle holds 410 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 17 holds 410 sentences of The Silent Call, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 17 of The Silent Call by Edwin Milton Royle exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 410 sentences, grouped into 82 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.
Work through the 82 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 17 can be played aloud in United States English.
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