Chapter 10 of Tom Tufton's Travels is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Tom Tufton's Travels is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Halt! and declare yourselves!" cried a hoarse voice speaking in the French tongue. "Now for it, Tom," said Lord Claud quietly, speaking between his shut teeth. "Remember what I have told you. Be wary, be ready. We shall get through all right.
Chapter 10 of Tom Tufton's Travels is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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state emphatically and authoritatively
From this reading “"Halt! and declare yourselves!" cried a hoarse voice speaking in the French tongue.”
cause to stop
From this reading “"Halt! and declare yourselves!" cried a hoarse voice speaking in the French tongue.”
deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion
From this reading “"Halt! and declare yourselves!" cried a hoarse voice speaking in the French tongue.”
with low volume
From this reading “"Now for it, Tom," said Lord Claud quietly, speaking between his shut teeth.”
the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal
From this reading “"Now for it, Tom," said Lord Claud quietly, speaking between his shut teeth.”
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
From this reading “"Halt! and declare yourselves!" cried a hoarse voice speaking in the French tongue.”
marked by keen caution and watchful prudence
From this reading “Be wary, be ready.”
used when the people spoken to are both doing and receiving the action
From this reading “"Halt! and declare yourselves!" cried a hoarse voice speaking in the French tongue.”
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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 "Halt! and declare yourselves!" cried a hoarse voice speaking in the French tongue.
(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 We shall get through all right.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Halt! and declare yourselves!" cried a hoarse voice speaking in the French tongue.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Be wary, be ready.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading "Now for it, Tom," said Lord Claud quietly, speaking between his shut teeth.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Now for it, Tom," said Lord Claud quietly, speaking between his shut teeth.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading "Halt! and declare yourselves!" cried a hoarse voice speaking in the French tongue.
state emphatically and authoritatively
From this reading "Halt! and declare yourselves!" cried a hoarse voice speaking in the French tongue.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Now for it, Tom," said Lord Claud quietly, speaking between his shut teeth.
the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France
From this reading "Halt! and declare yourselves!" cried a hoarse voice speaking in the French tongue.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading We shall get through all right.
cause to stop
From this reading "Halt! and declare yourselves!" cried a hoarse voice speaking in the French tongue.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Remember what I have told you.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "Now for it, Tom," said Lord Claud quietly, speaking between his shut teeth.
deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion
From this reading "Halt! and declare yourselves!" cried a hoarse voice speaking in the French tongue.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Remember what I have told you.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Halt! and declare yourselves!" cried a hoarse voice speaking in the French tongue.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Now for it, Tom," said Lord Claud quietly, speaking between his shut teeth.
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading "Now for it, Tom," said Lord Claud quietly, speaking between his shut teeth.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "Now for it, Tom," said Lord Claud quietly, speaking between his shut teeth.
with low volume
From this reading "Now for it, Tom," said Lord Claud quietly, speaking between his shut teeth.
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading Be wary, be ready.
To recall to mind.
From this reading "Remember what I have told you.
precisely, exactly
From this reading We shall get through all right.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Now for it, Tom," said Lord Claud quietly, speaking between his shut teeth.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading We shall get through all right.
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
From this reading "Now for it, Tom," said Lord Claud quietly, speaking between his shut teeth.
the utterance of intelligible speech
From this reading "Halt! and declare yourselves!" cried a hoarse voice speaking in the French tongue.
the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal
From this reading "Now for it, Tom," said Lord Claud quietly, speaking between his shut teeth.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Halt! and declare yourselves!" cried a hoarse voice speaking in the French tongue.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading We shall get through all right.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading "Remember what I have told you.
male cat
From this reading "Now for it, Tom," said Lord Claud quietly, speaking between his shut teeth.
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
From this reading "Halt! and declare yourselves!" cried a hoarse voice speaking in the French tongue.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading "Halt! and declare yourselves!" cried a hoarse voice speaking in the French tongue.
marked by keen caution and watchful prudence
From this reading Be wary, be ready.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We shall get through all right.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Remember what I have told you.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Remember what I have told you.
used when the people spoken to are both doing and receiving the action
From this reading "Halt! and declare yourselves!" cried a hoarse voice speaking in the French tongue.
Chapter 10 of Tom Tufton's Travels by Evelyn Everett-Green holds 190 sentences, grouped into 38 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 10 holds 190 sentences of Tom Tufton's Travels, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
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