Chapter 9 of The Times Red Cross Story Book is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The Times Red Cross Story Book is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Don’t take it to heart, Mr. Danby,” she said cheerily. “You’ll get better, never fear, and knock ’em again. And, until then, you can be a country gentleman, and enjoy yourself. Think of all the money you’ve made!” Danby gave a curious little laugh.
Chapter 9 of The Times Red Cross Story Book is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading “And, until then, you can be a country gentleman, and enjoy yourself.”
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading “Danby gave a curious little laugh.”
derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
From this reading “And, until then, you can be a country gentleman, and enjoy yourself.”
be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
From this reading ““You’ll get better, never fear, and knock ’em again.”
a man of refinement
From this reading “And, until then, you can be a country gentleman, and enjoy yourself.”
deliver a sharp blow or push
From this reading ““You’ll get better, never fear, and knock ’em again.”
the sound of laughing
From this reading “Danby gave a curious little laugh.”
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading “And, until then, you can be a country gentleman, and enjoy yourself.”
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 “And, until then, you can be a country gentleman, and enjoy yourself.”
In this reading “Danby gave a curious little laugh.”
keep in mind for attention or consideration
In this reading “Think of all the money you’ve made!””
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading And, until then, you can be a country gentleman, and enjoy yourself.
anew
From this reading “You’ll get better, never fear, and knock ’em again.
(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 Think of all the money you’ve made!”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “You’ll get better, never fear, and knock ’em again.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading And, until then, you can be a country gentleman, and enjoy yourself.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading “You’ll get better, never fear, and knock ’em again.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading And, until then, you can be a country gentleman, and enjoy yourself.
in a cheerful manner
From this reading “Don’t take it to heart, Mr. Danby,” she said cheerily.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading And, until then, you can be a country gentleman, and enjoy yourself.
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading Danby gave a curious little laugh.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Don’t take it to heart, Mr. Danby,” she said cheerily.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Don’t take it to heart, Mr. Danby,” she said cheerily.
a quad with a square body
From this reading “You’ll get better, never fear, and knock ’em again.
derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
From this reading And, until then, you can be a country gentleman, and enjoy yourself.
be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
From this reading “You’ll get better, never fear, and knock ’em again.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Danby gave a curious little laugh.
a man of refinement
From this reading And, until then, you can be a country gentleman, and enjoy yourself.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “You’ll get better, never fear, and knock ’em again.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading “Don’t take it to heart, Mr. Danby,” she said cheerily.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Don’t take it to heart, Mr. Danby,” she said cheerily.
deliver a sharp blow or push
From this reading “You’ll get better, never fear, and knock ’em again.
the sound of laughing
From this reading Danby gave a curious little laugh.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Danby gave a curious little laugh.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Think of all the money you’ve made!”
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading Think of all the money you’ve made!”
a form of address for a man
From this reading “Don’t take it to heart, Mr. Danby,” she said cheerily.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading “You’ll get better, never fear, and knock ’em again.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Think of all the money you’ve made!”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Don’t take it to heart, Mr. Danby,” she said cheerily.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Don’t take it to heart, Mr. Danby,” she said cheerily.
carry out
From this reading “Don’t take it to heart, Mr. Danby,” she said cheerily.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Think of all the money you’ve made!”
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading And, until then, you can be a country gentleman, and enjoy yourself.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading Think of all the money you’ve made!”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Don’t take it to heart, Mr. Danby,” she said cheerily.
up to a particular time
From this reading And, until then, you can be a country gentleman, and enjoy yourself.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And, until then, you can be a country gentleman, and enjoy yourself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You’ll get better, never fear, and knock ’em again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Think of all the money you’ve made!”
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading And, until then, you can be a country gentleman, and enjoy yourself.
Chapter 9 of The Times Red Cross Story Book by Various holds 401 sentences, grouped into 81 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 401 sentences of The Times Red Cross Story Book, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of The Times Red Cross Story Book by Various exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 401 sentences, grouped into 81 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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