Chapter 26 of Viking Boys is here in full — 86 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 26 of Viking Boys is here in full — 86 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"THAT WORK SHALL BE WROUGHT." "What a capital job you've made of the story," quoth Yaspard when Garth had finished. "I feel as if I ought to thank you in the name of my great-grand-uncle." "Just so! Bad boy!
Chapter 26 of Viking Boys is here in full — 86 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/17 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading “Bad boy!”
assets available for use in the production of further assets
From this reading “"What a capital job you've made of the story," quoth Yaspard when Garth had finished.”
(of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state
From this reading “"What a capital job you've made of the story," quoth Yaspard when Garth had finished.”
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading “"What a capital job you've made of the story," quoth Yaspard when Garth had finished.”
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading “"I feel as if I ought to thank you in the name of my great-grand-uncle."”
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading “"What a capital job you've made of the story," quoth Yaspard when Garth had finished.”
express gratitude or show appreciation to
From this reading “"I feel as if I ought to thank you in the name of my great-grand-uncle."”
shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)
From this reading “"THAT WORK SHALL BE WROUGHT."”
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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 "What a capital job you've made of the story," quoth Yaspard when Garth had finished.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "I feel as if I ought to thank you in the name of my great-grand-uncle."
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading Bad boy!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "THAT WORK SHALL BE WROUGHT."
a youthful male person
From this reading Bad boy!
assets available for use in the production of further assets
From this reading "What a capital job you've made of the story," quoth Yaspard when Garth had finished.
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading "I feel as if I ought to thank you in the name of my great-grand-uncle."
(of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state
From this reading "What a capital job you've made of the story," quoth Yaspard when Garth had finished.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "What a capital job you've made of the story," quoth Yaspard when Garth had finished.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I feel as if I ought to thank you in the name of my great-grand-uncle."
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "What a capital job you've made of the story," quoth Yaspard when Garth had finished.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I feel as if I ought to thank you in the name of my great-grand-uncle."
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "I feel as if I ought to thank you in the name of my great-grand-uncle."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "I feel as if I ought to thank you in the name of my great-grand-uncle."
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading "What a capital job you've made of the story," quoth Yaspard when Garth had finished.
and nothing more
From this reading "Just so!
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading "What a capital job you've made of the story," quoth Yaspard when Garth had finished.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "I feel as if I ought to thank you in the name of my great-grand-uncle."
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading "I feel as if I ought to thank you in the name of my great-grand-uncle."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "What a capital job you've made of the story," quoth Yaspard when Garth had finished.
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading "I feel as if I ought to thank you in the name of my great-grand-uncle."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "What a capital job you've made of the story," quoth Yaspard when Garth had finished.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "THAT WORK SHALL BE WROUGHT."
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "Just so!
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading "What a capital job you've made of the story," quoth Yaspard when Garth had finished.
express gratitude or show appreciation to
From this reading "I feel as if I ought to thank you in the name of my great-grand-uncle."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "THAT WORK SHALL BE WROUGHT."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "What a capital job you've made of the story," quoth Yaspard when Garth had finished.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I feel as if I ought to thank you in the name of my great-grand-uncle."
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What a capital job you've made of the story," quoth Yaspard when Garth had finished.
at the time that
From this reading "What a capital job you've made of the story," quoth Yaspard when Garth had finished.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading "THAT WORK SHALL BE WROUGHT."
shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)
From this reading "THAT WORK SHALL BE WROUGHT."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "What a capital job you've made of the story," quoth Yaspard when Garth had finished.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I feel as if I ought to thank you in the name of my great-grand-uncle."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "What a capital job you've made of the story," quoth Yaspard when Garth had finished.
Chapter 26 of Viking Boys by Jessie Margaret Edmondston Saxby holds 86 sentences, grouped into 18 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 26 holds 86 sentences of Viking Boys, unabridged, divided into 18 reading sections.
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