Chapter 6 of The Willoughby Captains is here in full — 391 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Willoughby Captains is here in full — 391 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"He had a permit, hadn't he?" "Oh, yes--rather! I don't doubt that. Just like Brown's, the town boy's excuses. Writes them himself."
Chapter 6 of The Willoughby Captains is here in full — 391 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/78 · 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.
possessive form of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading “Just like Brown's, the town boy's excuses.”
possessive form of “brown” — an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading “Just like Brown's, the town boy's excuses.”
the state of being unsure of something
From this reading “I don't doubt that.”
plural of “excuse” — a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
From this reading “Just like Brown's, the town boy's excuses.”
a legal document giving official permission to do something
From this reading “"He had a permit, hadn't he?"”
on the contrary
From this reading “"Oh, yes--rather!”
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading “Just like Brown's, the town boy's excuses.”
third-person singular of “write” — produce a literary work
From this reading “Writes them himself."”
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 "He had a permit, hadn't he?"
possessive form of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading Just like Brown's, the town boy's excuses.
possessive form of “brown” — an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading Just like Brown's, the town boy's excuses.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I don't doubt that.
the state of being unsure of something
From this reading I don't doubt that.
plural of “excuse” — a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
From this reading Just like Brown's, the town boy's excuses.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "He had a permit, hadn't he?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "He had a permit, hadn't he?"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "He had a permit, hadn't he?"
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Writes them himself."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I don't doubt that.
and nothing more
From this reading Just like Brown's, the town boy's excuses.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Just like Brown's, the town boy's excuses.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, yes--rather!
a legal document giving official permission to do something
From this reading "He had a permit, hadn't he?"
on the contrary
From this reading "Oh, yes--rather!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I don't doubt that.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Just like Brown's, the town boy's excuses.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Writes them himself."
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading Just like Brown's, the town boy's excuses.
third-person singular of “write” — produce a literary work
From this reading Writes them himself."
an affirmative
From this reading "Oh, yes--rather!
Chapter 6 of The Willoughby Captains by Talbot Baines Reed holds 391 sentences, grouped into 79 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 6 holds 391 sentences of The Willoughby Captains, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of The Willoughby Captains by Talbot Baines Reed exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 391 sentences, grouped into 79 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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