Chapter 31 of The Young Adventurer is here in full — 76 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 31 of The Young Adventurer is here in full — 76 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TOM GIVES A MAGICAL SOIREE. Tom had no intention of passing his life with the Indians. In joining them he submitted to necessity. It gave him a respite, and a chance to devise plans of escape. He understood very well that, if he made the attempt and failed, his life would be the forfeit.
Chapter 31 of The Young Adventurer is here in full — 76 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
From this reading “It gave him a respite, and a chance to devise plans of escape.”
lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime
From this reading “He understood very well that, if he made the attempt and failed, his life would be the forfeit.”
the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)
From this reading “In joining them he submitted to necessity.”
possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers
From this reading “TOM GIVES A MAGICAL SOIREE.”
the condition of being essential or indispensable
From this reading “In joining them he submitted to necessity.”
a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
From this reading “It gave him a respite, and a chance to devise plans of escape.”
a party of people assembled in the evening (usually at a private house)
From this reading “TOM GIVES A MAGICAL SOIREE.”
inflected form of “submit” — refer for judgment or consideration
From this reading “In joining them he submitted to necessity.”
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.
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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 TOM GIVES A MAGICAL SOIREE.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It gave him a respite, and a chance to devise plans of escape.
earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading He understood very well that, if he made the attempt and failed, his life would be the forfeit.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He understood very well that, if he made the attempt and failed, his life would be the forfeit.
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading It gave him a respite, and a chance to devise plans of escape.
come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
From this reading It gave him a respite, and a chance to devise plans of escape.
the act of escaping physically
From this reading It gave him a respite, and a chance to devise plans of escape.
past form of “fail” — fail to do something; leave something undone
From this reading He understood very well that, if he made the attempt and failed, his life would be the forfeit.
lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime
From this reading He understood very well that, if he made the attempt and failed, his life would be the forfeit.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading It gave him a respite, and a chance to devise plans of escape.
plural of “give” — the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
From this reading TOM GIVES A MAGICAL SOIREE.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Tom had no intention of passing his life with the Indians.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In joining them he submitted to necessity.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It gave him a respite, and a chance to devise plans of escape.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Tom had no intention of passing his life with the Indians.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading He understood very well that, if he made the attempt and failed, his life would be the forfeit.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In joining them he submitted to necessity.
plural of “indian” — a native or inhabitant of India
From this reading Tom had no intention of passing his life with the Indians.
an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
From this reading Tom had no intention of passing his life with the Indians.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It gave him a respite, and a chance to devise plans of escape.
the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)
From this reading In joining them he submitted to necessity.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Tom had no intention of passing his life with the Indians.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading He understood very well that, if he made the attempt and failed, his life would be the forfeit.
possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers
From this reading TOM GIVES A MAGICAL SOIREE.
the condition of being essential or indispensable
From this reading In joining them he submitted to necessity.
not any; not one
From this reading Tom had no intention of passing his life with the Indians.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Tom had no intention of passing his life with the Indians.
(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
From this reading Tom had no intention of passing his life with the Indians.
plural of “plan” — a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
From this reading It gave him a respite, and a chance to devise plans of escape.
a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
From this reading It gave him a respite, and a chance to devise plans of escape.
a party of people assembled in the evening (usually at a private house)
From this reading TOM GIVES A MAGICAL SOIREE.
inflected form of “submit” — refer for judgment or consideration
From this reading In joining them he submitted to necessity.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He understood very well that, if he made the attempt and failed, his life would be the forfeit.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Tom had no intention of passing his life with the Indians.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading In joining them he submitted to necessity.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In joining them he submitted to necessity.
male cat
From this reading TOM GIVES A MAGICAL SOIREE.
fully apprehended as to purport or meaning or explanation
From this reading He understood very well that, if he made the attempt and failed, his life would be the forfeit.
precisely as stated
From this reading He understood very well that, if he made the attempt and failed, his life would be the forfeit.
(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 He understood very well that, if he made the attempt and failed, his life would be the forfeit.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Tom had no intention of passing his life with the Indians.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He understood very well that, if he made the attempt and failed, his life would be the forfeit.
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