Chapter 1 of The story of the Gadsbys is here in full — 283 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of The story of the Gadsbys is here in full — 283 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CAPT. G. (Angrily, his eyes still lowered.) No! The thing has come to an end on my side. That's all.
Chapter 1 of The story of the Gadsbys is here in full — 283 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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with anger
From this reading “(Angrily, his eyes still lowered.) No!”
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “The thing has come to an end on my side.”
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading “The thing has come to an end on my side.”
opinion or judgment
From this reading “(Angrily, his eyes still lowered.) No!”
below the surround or below the normal position
From this reading “(Angrily, his eyes still lowered.) No!”
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading “The thing has come to an end on my side.”
not in physical motion
From this reading “(Angrily, his eyes still lowered.) No!”
a special situation
From this reading “The thing has come to an end on my side.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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(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 That's all.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The thing has come to an end on my side.
with anger
From this reading (Angrily, his eyes still lowered.) No!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CAPT.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The thing has come to an end on my side.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading The thing has come to an end on my side.
opinion or judgment
From this reading (Angrily, his eyes still lowered.) No!
a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram
From this reading G.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The thing has come to an end on my side.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading (Angrily, his eyes still lowered.) No!
below the surround or below the normal position
From this reading (Angrily, his eyes still lowered.) No!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The thing has come to an end on my side.
not any; not one
From this reading (Angrily, his eyes still lowered.) No!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The thing has come to an end on my side.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading The thing has come to an end on my side.
not in physical motion
From this reading (Angrily, his eyes still lowered.) No!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That's all.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The thing has come to an end on my side.
a special situation
From this reading The thing has come to an end on my side.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The thing has come to an end on my side.
Chapter 1 of The story of the Gadsbys by Rudyard Kipling holds 283 sentences, grouped into 57 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 1 holds 283 sentences of The story of the Gadsbys, unabridged, divided into 57 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The story of the Gadsbys by Rudyard Kipling exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 283 sentences, grouped into 57 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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