Chapter 6 of Trapped by Malays: A Tale of Bayonet and Kris is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Trapped by Malays: A Tale of Bayonet and Kris is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"No, sir; I am not well." "Poor old chap! There's plenty of time; toddle up to the bungalow. Old Morley will give you a pick-me-up, and set you right in no time." "I have been there, sir."
Chapter 6 of Trapped by Malays: A Tale of Bayonet and Kris is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 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 small house with a single story
From this reading “There's plenty of time; toddle up to the bungalow.”
a boy or man
From this reading “"Poor old chap!”
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading “Old Morley will give you a pick-me-up, and set you right in no time."”
United States chemist and physicist who collaborated with Michelson in the Michelson-Morley experiment (1838-1923)
From this reading “Old Morley will give you a pick-me-up, and set you right in no time."”
a full supply
From this reading “There's plenty of time; toddle up to the bungalow.”
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading “"Poor old chap!”
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading “Old Morley will give you a pick-me-up, and set you right in no time."”
walk unsteadily
From this reading “There's plenty of time; toddle up to the bungalow.”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Old Morley will give you a pick-me-up, and set you right in no time."
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "No, sir; I am not well."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Old Morley will give you a pick-me-up, and set you right in no time."
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "I have been there, sir."
a small house with a single story
From this reading There's plenty of time; toddle up to the bungalow.
a boy or man
From this reading "Poor old chap!
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Old Morley will give you a pick-me-up, and set you right in no time."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I have been there, sir."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "No, sir; I am not well."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Old Morley will give you a pick-me-up, and set you right in no time."
United States chemist and physicist who collaborated with Michelson in the Michelson-Morley experiment (1838-1923)
From this reading Old Morley will give you a pick-me-up, and set you right in no time."
not any; not one
From this reading "No, sir; I am not well."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "No, sir; I am not well."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There's plenty of time; toddle up to the bungalow.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading "Poor old chap!
anything with restorative powers
From this reading Old Morley will give you a pick-me-up, and set you right in no time."
a full supply
From this reading There's plenty of time; toddle up to the bungalow.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading "Poor old chap!
precisely, exactly
From this reading Old Morley will give you a pick-me-up, and set you right in no time."
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Old Morley will give you a pick-me-up, and set you right in no time."
term of address for a man
From this reading "No, sir; I am not well."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There's plenty of time; toddle up to the bungalow.
in or at that place or location
From this reading "I have been there, sir."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There's plenty of time; toddle up to the bungalow.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading There's plenty of time; toddle up to the bungalow.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There's plenty of time; toddle up to the bungalow.
walk unsteadily
From this reading There's plenty of time; toddle up to the bungalow.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading There's plenty of time; toddle up to the bungalow.
(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 "No, sir; I am not well."
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Old Morley will give you a pick-me-up, and set you right in no time."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Old Morley will give you a pick-me-up, and set you right in no time."
Chapter 6 of Trapped by Malays: A Tale of Bayonet and Kris by George Manville Fenn holds 414 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.
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