Chapter 8 of To The West is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of To The West is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Come, lads, what a while you've been," said Gunson, coming up out of the cabin. "I told that boy to say you were to make haste." "What boy?" I said. "The one I sent.
Chapter 8 of To The West is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a youthful male person
From this reading “"I told that boy to say you were to make haste."”
small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
From this reading “"Come, lads, what a while you've been," said Gunson, coming up out of the cabin.”
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “"Come, lads, what a while you've been," said Gunson, coming up out of the cabin.”
overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
From this reading “"I told that boy to say you were to make haste."”
plural of “lad” — a boy or man
From this reading “"Come, lads, what a while you've been," said Gunson, coming up out of the cabin.”
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading “"The one I sent.”
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading “"I told that boy to say you were to make haste."”
during the time that
From this reading “"Come, lads, what a while you've been," said Gunson, coming up out of the cabin.”
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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 "Come, lads, what a while you've been," said Gunson, coming up out of the cabin.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "Come, lads, what a while you've been," said Gunson, coming up out of the cabin.
a youthful male person
From this reading "I told that boy to say you were to make haste."
small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
From this reading "Come, lads, what a while you've been," said Gunson, coming up out of the cabin.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Come, lads, what a while you've been," said Gunson, coming up out of the cabin.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading "Come, lads, what a while you've been," said Gunson, coming up out of the cabin.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Come, lads, what a while you've been," said Gunson, coming up out of the cabin.
overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
From this reading "I told that boy to say you were to make haste."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I told that boy to say you were to make haste."
plural of “lad” — a boy or man
From this reading "Come, lads, what a while you've been," said Gunson, coming up out of the cabin.
engage in
From this reading "I told that boy to say you were to make haste."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Come, lads, what a while you've been," said Gunson, coming up out of the cabin.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "The one I sent.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "Come, lads, what a while you've been," said Gunson, coming up out of the cabin.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Come, lads, what a while you've been," said Gunson, coming up out of the cabin.
express in words
From this reading "I told that boy to say you were to make haste."
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading "The one I sent.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "I told that boy to say you were to make haste."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Come, lads, what a while you've been," said Gunson, coming up out of the cabin.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I told that boy to say you were to make haste."
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading "I told that boy to say you were to make haste."
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "Come, lads, what a while you've been," said Gunson, coming up out of the cabin.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "I told that boy to say you were to make haste."
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Come, lads, what a while you've been," said Gunson, coming up out of the cabin.
during the time that
From this reading "Come, lads, what a while you've been," said Gunson, coming up out of the cabin.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I told that boy to say you were to make haste."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Come, lads, what a while you've been," said Gunson, coming up out of the cabin.
Chapter 8 of To The West by George Manville Fenn holds 412 sentences, grouped into 83 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 8 holds 412 sentences of To The West, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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