Chapter 12 of The Yellow Frigate is here in full — 104 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The Yellow Frigate is here in full — 104 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE PRICE OF THREE TENEMENTS. "A letter forged! St. Jude to speed! Did ever knight so foul a deed?"--_Marmion_. A few pages back, we left the Duke of Rothesay, the Earl of Angus, and Lord Drummond seeking the presence of James III., all in a high state of excitement.
Chapter 12 of The Yellow Frigate is here in full — 104 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Celtic god of love and beauty; patron deity of young men and women
From this reading “A few pages back, we left the Duke of Rothesay, the Earl of Angus, and Lord Drummond seeking the presence of James III., all in a high state of excitement.”
a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it
From this reading “Did ever knight so foul a deed?"--_Marmion_.”
reproduced fraudulently
From this reading “"A letter forged!”
highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
From this reading “Did ever knight so foul a deed?"--_Marmion_.”
(New Testament) supposed brother of St. James; one of the Apostles who is invoked in prayer when a situation seems hopeless
From this reading “St. Jude to speed!”
plural of “page” — one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
From this reading “A few pages back, we left the Duke of Rothesay, the Earl of Angus, and Lord Drummond seeking the presence of James III., all in a high state of excitement.”
the act of searching for something
From this reading “A few pages back, we left the Duke of Rothesay, the Earl of Angus, and Lord Drummond seeking the presence of James III., all in a high state of excitement.”
plural of “tenement” — a run-down apartment house barely meeting minimal standards
From this reading “THE PRICE OF THREE TENEMENTS.”
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In this reading “A few pages back, we left the Duke of Rothesay, the Earl of Angus, and Lord Drummond seeking the presence of James III., all in a high state of excitement.”
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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 "A letter forged!
(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 A few pages back, we left the Duke of Rothesay, the Earl of Angus, and Lord Drummond seeking the presence of James III., all in a high state of excitement.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A few pages back, we left the Duke of Rothesay, the Earl of Angus, and Lord Drummond seeking the presence of James III., all in a high state of excitement.
Celtic god of love and beauty; patron deity of young men and women
From this reading A few pages back, we left the Duke of Rothesay, the Earl of Angus, and Lord Drummond seeking the presence of James III., all in a high state of excitement.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading A few pages back, we left the Duke of Rothesay, the Earl of Angus, and Lord Drummond seeking the presence of James III., all in a high state of excitement.
a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it
From this reading Did ever knight so foul a deed?"--_Marmion_.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Did ever knight so foul a deed?"--_Marmion_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A few pages back, we left the Duke of Rothesay, the Earl of Angus, and Lord Drummond seeking the presence of James III., all in a high state of excitement.
a British peer of the highest rank
From this reading A few pages back, we left the Duke of Rothesay, the Earl of Angus, and Lord Drummond seeking the presence of James III., all in a high state of excitement.
a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount
From this reading A few pages back, we left the Duke of Rothesay, the Earl of Angus, and Lord Drummond seeking the presence of James III., all in a high state of excitement.
at any time
From this reading Did ever knight so foul a deed?"--_Marmion_.
the feeling of lively and cheerful joy
From this reading A few pages back, we left the Duke of Rothesay, the Earl of Angus, and Lord Drummond seeking the presence of James III., all in a high state of excitement.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading A few pages back, we left the Duke of Rothesay, the Earl of Angus, and Lord Drummond seeking the presence of James III., all in a high state of excitement.
reproduced fraudulently
From this reading "A letter forged!
highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
From this reading Did ever knight so foul a deed?"--_Marmion_.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading A few pages back, we left the Duke of Rothesay, the Earl of Angus, and Lord Drummond seeking the presence of James III., all in a high state of excitement.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading A few pages back, we left the Duke of Rothesay, the Earl of Angus, and Lord Drummond seeking the presence of James III., all in a high state of excitement.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A few pages back, we left the Duke of Rothesay, the Earl of Angus, and Lord Drummond seeking the presence of James III., all in a high state of excitement.
a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513)
From this reading A few pages back, we left the Duke of Rothesay, the Earl of Angus, and Lord Drummond seeking the presence of James III., all in a high state of excitement.
(New Testament) supposed brother of St. James; one of the Apostles who is invoked in prayer when a situation seems hopeless
From this reading St. Jude to speed!
originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
From this reading Did ever knight so foul a deed?"--_Marmion_.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading A few pages back, we left the Duke of Rothesay, the Earl of Angus, and Lord Drummond seeking the presence of James III., all in a high state of excitement.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading "A letter forged!
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading A few pages back, we left the Duke of Rothesay, the Earl of Angus, and Lord Drummond seeking the presence of James III., all in a high state of excitement.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Did ever knight so foul a deed?"--_Marmion_.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE PRICE OF THREE TENEMENTS.
plural of “page” — one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
From this reading A few pages back, we left the Duke of Rothesay, the Earl of Angus, and Lord Drummond seeking the presence of James III., all in a high state of excitement.
the state of being present; current existence
From this reading A few pages back, we left the Duke of Rothesay, the Earl of Angus, and Lord Drummond seeking the presence of James III., all in a high state of excitement.
the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
From this reading THE PRICE OF THREE TENEMENTS.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A few pages back, we left the Duke of Rothesay, the Earl of Angus, and Lord Drummond seeking the presence of James III., all in a high state of excitement.
the act of searching for something
From this reading A few pages back, we left the Duke of Rothesay, the Earl of Angus, and Lord Drummond seeking the presence of James III., all in a high state of excitement.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Did ever knight so foul a deed?"--_Marmion_.
move hurridly
From this reading St. Jude to speed!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading St. Jude to speed!
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
From this reading A few pages back, we left the Duke of Rothesay, the Earl of Angus, and Lord Drummond seeking the presence of James III., all in a high state of excitement.
plural of “tenement” — a run-down apartment house barely meeting minimal standards
From this reading THE PRICE OF THREE TENEMENTS.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE PRICE OF THREE TENEMENTS.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading THE PRICE OF THREE TENEMENTS.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading St. Jude to speed!
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading A few pages back, we left the Duke of Rothesay, the Earl of Angus, and Lord Drummond seeking the presence of James III., all in a high state of excitement.
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