Chapter 11 of Vayenne is here in full — 219 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Vayenne is here in full — 219 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE LAW OF THE LAND The driver pulled up his horses when Herrick hailed him. "Are you going into the city?" "Ay." "Care to take a passenger?" "Ay."
Chapter 11 of Vayenne is here in full — 219 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the operator of a motor vehicle
From this reading “THE LAW OF THE LAND The driver pulled up his horses when Herrick hailed him.”
past form of “hail” — praise vociferously
From this reading “THE LAW OF THE LAND The driver pulled up his horses when Herrick hailed him.”
English lyric poet (1591-1674)
From this reading “THE LAW OF THE LAND The driver pulled up his horses when Herrick hailed him.”
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading “THE LAW OF THE LAND The driver pulled up his horses when Herrick hailed him.”
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading “THE LAW OF THE LAND The driver pulled up his horses when Herrick hailed him.”
the collection of rules imposed by authority
From this reading “THE LAW OF THE LAND The driver pulled up his horses when Herrick hailed him.”
a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it
From this reading “"Care to take a passenger?"”
past form of “pull” — cause to move by pulling
From this reading “THE LAW OF THE LAND The driver pulled up his horses when Herrick hailed him.”
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come to a halt after driving somewhere
In this reading “THE LAW OF THE LAND The driver pulled up his horses when Herrick hailed him.”
In this reading “"Are you going into the city?"”
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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 "Care to take a passenger?"
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Are you going into the city?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Ay."
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading "Care to take a passenger?"
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading "Are you going into the city?"
the operator of a motor vehicle
From this reading THE LAW OF THE LAND The driver pulled up his horses when Herrick hailed him.
the act of departing
From this reading "Are you going into the city?"
past form of “hail” — praise vociferously
From this reading THE LAW OF THE LAND The driver pulled up his horses when Herrick hailed him.
English lyric poet (1591-1674)
From this reading THE LAW OF THE LAND The driver pulled up his horses when Herrick hailed him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THE LAW OF THE LAND The driver pulled up his horses when Herrick hailed him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE LAW OF THE LAND The driver pulled up his horses when Herrick hailed him.
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading THE LAW OF THE LAND The driver pulled up his horses when Herrick hailed him.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "Are you going into the city?"
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading THE LAW OF THE LAND The driver pulled up his horses when Herrick hailed him.
the collection of rules imposed by authority
From this reading THE LAW OF THE LAND The driver pulled up his horses when Herrick hailed him.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE LAW OF THE LAND The driver pulled up his horses when Herrick hailed him.
a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it
From this reading "Care to take a passenger?"
past form of “pull” — cause to move by pulling
From this reading THE LAW OF THE LAND The driver pulled up his horses when Herrick hailed him.
carry out
From this reading "Care to take a passenger?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LAW OF THE LAND The driver pulled up his horses when Herrick hailed him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Care to take a passenger?"
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading THE LAW OF THE LAND The driver pulled up his horses when Herrick hailed him.
at the time that
From this reading THE LAW OF THE LAND The driver pulled up his horses when Herrick hailed him.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Are you going into the city?"
Chapter 11 of Vayenne by Percy James Brebner holds 219 sentences, grouped into 44 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 11 holds 219 sentences of Vayenne, unabridged, divided into 44 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of Vayenne by Percy James Brebner exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 219 sentences, grouped into 44 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.
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