Chapter 14 of The Young Acrobat of the Great North is here in full — 126 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XIV
Chapter 14 of The Young Acrobat of the Great North is here in full — 126 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SOME CIRCUS PEOPLE. Mr. Barlow recognized Kit instantly. "So you have kept your promise, my young friend," he said. "Well, have you come to join us?" "Yes, sir, if your offer holds good."
Chapter 14 of The Young Acrobat of the Great North is here in full — 126 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/25 · 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.
a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals
From this reading “SOME CIRCUS PEOPLE.”
plural of “hold” — the act of grasping
From this reading “"Yes, sir, if your offer holds good."”
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
From this reading “Mr. Barlow recognized Kit instantly.”
become part of; become a member of a group or organization
From this reading “"Well, have you come to join us?"”
a case for containing a set of articles
From this reading “Mr. Barlow recognized Kit instantly.”
make available or accessible, provide or furnish
From this reading “"Yes, sir, if your offer holds good."”
make a promise or commitment
From this reading “"So you have kept your promise, my young friend," he said.”
generally approved or compelling recognition
From this reading “Mr. Barlow recognized Kit instantly.”
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.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mr. Barlow recognized Kit instantly.
a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals
From this reading SOME CIRCUS PEOPLE.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Well, have you come to join us?"
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading "So you have kept your promise, my young friend," he said.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "Yes, sir, if your offer holds good."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "So you have kept your promise, my young friend," he said.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "So you have kept your promise, my young friend," he said.
plural of “hold” — the act of grasping
From this reading "Yes, sir, if your offer holds good."
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "Yes, sir, if your offer holds good."
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
From this reading Mr. Barlow recognized Kit instantly.
become part of; become a member of a group or organization
From this reading "Well, have you come to join us?"
(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
From this reading "So you have kept your promise, my young friend," he said.
a case for containing a set of articles
From this reading Mr. Barlow recognized Kit instantly.
a form of address for a man
From this reading Mr. Barlow recognized Kit instantly.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "So you have kept your promise, my young friend," he said.
make available or accessible, provide or furnish
From this reading "Yes, sir, if your offer holds good."
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading SOME CIRCUS PEOPLE.
make a promise or commitment
From this reading "So you have kept your promise, my young friend," he said.
generally approved or compelling recognition
From this reading Mr. Barlow recognized Kit instantly.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "So you have kept your promise, my young friend," he said.
term of address for a man
From this reading "Yes, sir, if your offer holds good."
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "So you have kept your promise, my young friend," he said.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading SOME CIRCUS PEOPLE.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Well, have you come to join us?"
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Well, have you come to join us?"
(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 "Well, have you come to join us?"
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes, sir, if your offer holds good."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "So you have kept your promise, my young friend," he said.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading "So you have kept your promise, my young friend," he said.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "So you have kept your promise, my young friend," he said.
Chapter 14 of The Young Acrobat of the Great North by Horatio, Jr. Alger holds 126 sentences, grouped into 26 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 14 holds 126 sentences of The Young Acrobat of the Great North, unabridged, divided into 26 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 14 of The Young Acrobat of the Great North by Horatio, Jr. Alger exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 126 sentences, grouped into 26 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.
Work through the 26 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 26 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 14 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
Common questions about reading The Young Acrobat of the Great North by Horatio, Jr. Alger on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 4237 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #22521 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #22521, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 353 minutes of reading across 848 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through The Young Acrobat of the Great North section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 38 chapters of The Young Acrobat of the Great North to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Young Acrobat of the Great North, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
