Chapter 21 of The Treasure of the Bucoleon is here in full — 249 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of The Treasure of the Bucoleon is here in full — 249 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WATKINS TO THE RESCUE "Well, this is a nice mess I got you chaps into," said Hugh unhappily. "It's not your fault any more than it is ours," returned Nikka. "We walked squarely into a trap and were bagged. That's all." "Were they ready for us?"
Chapter 21 of The Treasure of the Bucoleon is here in full — 249 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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inflected form of “bag” — capture or kill, as in hunting
From this reading “"We walked squarely into a trap and were bagged.”
plural of “chap” — a boy or man
From this reading “WATKINS TO THE RESCUE "Well, this is a nice mess I got you chaps into," said Hugh unhappily.”
a state of confusion and disorderliness
From this reading “WATKINS TO THE RESCUE "Well, this is a nice mess I got you chaps into," said Hugh unhappily.”
the one or ones belonging to us
From this reading “"It's not your fault any more than it is ours," returned Nikka.”
free from harm or evil
From this reading “WATKINS TO THE RESCUE "Well, this is a nice mess I got you chaps into," said Hugh unhappily.”
directly and without evasion; not roundabout
From this reading “"We walked squarely into a trap and were bagged.”
a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
From this reading “"We walked squarely into a trap and were bagged.”
in an unpleasant way
From this reading “WATKINS TO THE RESCUE "Well, this is a nice mess I got you chaps into," said Hugh unhappily.”
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 “WATKINS TO THE RESCUE "Well, this is a nice mess I got you chaps into," said Hugh unhappily.”
In this reading “"We walked squarely into a trap and were bagged.”
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 WATKINS TO THE RESCUE "Well, this is a nice mess I got you chaps into," said Hugh unhappily.
(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."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "We walked squarely into a trap and were bagged.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading "It's not your fault any more than it is ours," returned Nikka.
inflected form of “bag” — capture or kill, as in hunting
From this reading "We walked squarely into a trap and were bagged.
plural of “chap” — a boy or man
From this reading WATKINS TO THE RESCUE "Well, this is a nice mess I got you chaps into," said Hugh unhappily.
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading "It's not your fault any more than it is ours," returned Nikka.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Were they ready for us?"
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading WATKINS TO THE RESCUE "Well, this is a nice mess I got you chaps into," said Hugh unhappily.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WATKINS TO THE RESCUE "Well, this is a nice mess I got you chaps into," said Hugh unhappily.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading WATKINS TO THE RESCUE "Well, this is a nice mess I got you chaps into," said Hugh unhappily.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading WATKINS TO THE RESCUE "Well, this is a nice mess I got you chaps into," said Hugh unhappily.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading WATKINS TO THE RESCUE "Well, this is a nice mess I got you chaps into," said Hugh unhappily.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It's not your fault any more than it is ours," returned Nikka.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's not your fault any more than it is ours," returned Nikka.
a state of confusion and disorderliness
From this reading WATKINS TO THE RESCUE "Well, this is a nice mess I got you chaps into," said Hugh unhappily.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading "It's not your fault any more than it is ours," returned Nikka.
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading WATKINS TO THE RESCUE "Well, this is a nice mess I got you chaps into," said Hugh unhappily.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's not your fault any more than it is ours," returned Nikka.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "It's not your fault any more than it is ours," returned Nikka.
the one or ones belonging to us
From this reading "It's not your fault any more than it is ours," returned Nikka.
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading "Were they ready for us?"
free from harm or evil
From this reading WATKINS TO THE RESCUE "Well, this is a nice mess I got you chaps into," said Hugh unhappily.
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading "It's not your fault any more than it is ours," returned Nikka.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading WATKINS TO THE RESCUE "Well, this is a nice mess I got you chaps into," said Hugh unhappily.
directly and without evasion; not roundabout
From this reading "We walked squarely into a trap and were bagged.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading "It's not your fault any more than it is ours," returned Nikka.
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 WATKINS TO THE RESCUE "Well, this is a nice mess I got you chaps into," said Hugh unhappily.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Were they ready for us?"
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading WATKINS TO THE RESCUE "Well, this is a nice mess I got you chaps into," said Hugh unhappily.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading WATKINS TO THE RESCUE "Well, this is a nice mess I got you chaps into," said Hugh unhappily.
a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
From this reading "We walked squarely into a trap and were bagged.
in an unpleasant way
From this reading WATKINS TO THE RESCUE "Well, this is a nice mess I got you chaps into," said Hugh unhappily.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Were they ready for us?"
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading "We walked squarely into a trap and were bagged.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WATKINS TO THE RESCUE "Well, this is a nice mess I got you chaps into," said Hugh unhappily.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "We walked squarely into a trap and were bagged.
(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 WATKINS TO THE RESCUE "Well, this is a nice mess I got you chaps into," said Hugh unhappily.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "We walked squarely into a trap and were bagged.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading WATKINS TO THE RESCUE "Well, this is a nice mess I got you chaps into," said Hugh unhappily.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "It's not your fault any more than it is ours," returned Nikka.
Chapter 21 of The Treasure of the Bucoleon by Arthur D. Howden (Arthur Douglas Howden) Smith holds 249 sentences, grouped into 50 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.
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