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Chapter 11 of Westward Ho! is here in full — 284 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HOW EUSTACE LEIGH MET THE POPE'S LEGATE “Misguided, rash, intruding fool, farewell! Thou see'st to be too busy is some danger.” Hamlet. It is the spring of 1582-3. The gray March skies are curdling hard and high above black mountain peaks.
Chapter 11 of Westward Ho! is here in full — 284 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a community of people smaller than a village
From this reading “Hamlet.”
projecting inward
From this reading “HOW EUSTACE LEIGH MET THE POPE'S LEGATE “Misguided, rash, intruding fool, farewell!”
a member of a legation
From this reading “HOW EUSTACE LEIGH MET THE POPE'S LEGATE “Misguided, rash, intruding fool, farewell!”
English film actress (1913-1967)
From this reading “HOW EUSTACE LEIGH MET THE POPE'S LEGATE “Misguided, rash, intruding fool, farewell!”
poorly conceived or thought out
From this reading “HOW EUSTACE LEIGH MET THE POPE'S LEGATE “Misguided, rash, intruding fool, farewell!”
plural of “peak” — the most extreme possible amount or value
From this reading “The gray March skies are curdling hard and high above black mountain peaks.”
possessive form of “pope” — the head of the Roman Catholic Church
From this reading “HOW EUSTACE LEIGH MET THE POPE'S LEGATE “Misguided, rash, intruding fool, farewell!”
any red eruption of the skin
From this reading “HOW EUSTACE LEIGH MET THE POPE'S LEGATE “Misguided, rash, intruding fool, farewell!”
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From this reading It is the spring of 1582-3.
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From this reading It is the spring of 1582-3.
higher than, or over, something
From this reading The gray March skies are curdling hard and high above black mountain peaks.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The gray March skies are curdling hard and high above black mountain peaks.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The gray March skies are curdling hard and high above black mountain peaks.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Thou see'st to be too busy is some danger.”
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading The gray March skies are curdling hard and high above black mountain peaks.
actively or fully engaged or occupied
From this reading Thou see'st to be too busy is some danger.”
the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid
From this reading The gray March skies are curdling hard and high above black mountain peaks.
the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury
From this reading Thou see'st to be too busy is some danger.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HOW EUSTACE LEIGH MET THE POPE'S LEGATE “Misguided, rash, intruding fool, farewell!
an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting
From this reading HOW EUSTACE LEIGH MET THE POPE'S LEGATE “Misguided, rash, intruding fool, farewell!
a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading HOW EUSTACE LEIGH MET THE POPE'S LEGATE “Misguided, rash, intruding fool, farewell!
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading The gray March skies are curdling hard and high above black mountain peaks.
a community of people smaller than a village
From this reading Hamlet.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading The gray March skies are curdling hard and high above black mountain peaks.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading The gray March skies are curdling hard and high above black mountain peaks.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HOW EUSTACE LEIGH MET THE POPE'S LEGATE “Misguided, rash, intruding fool, farewell!
projecting inward
From this reading HOW EUSTACE LEIGH MET THE POPE'S LEGATE “Misguided, rash, intruding fool, farewell!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Thou see'st to be too busy is some danger.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is the spring of 1582-3.
a member of a legation
From this reading HOW EUSTACE LEIGH MET THE POPE'S LEGATE “Misguided, rash, intruding fool, farewell!
English film actress (1913-1967)
From this reading HOW EUSTACE LEIGH MET THE POPE'S LEGATE “Misguided, rash, intruding fool, farewell!
march in a procession
From this reading The gray March skies are curdling hard and high above black mountain peaks.
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading HOW EUSTACE LEIGH MET THE POPE'S LEGATE “Misguided, rash, intruding fool, farewell!
poorly conceived or thought out
From this reading HOW EUSTACE LEIGH MET THE POPE'S LEGATE “Misguided, rash, intruding fool, farewell!
a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
From this reading The gray March skies are curdling hard and high above black mountain peaks.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It is the spring of 1582-3.
plural of “peak” — the most extreme possible amount or value
From this reading The gray March skies are curdling hard and high above black mountain peaks.
possessive form of “pope” — the head of the Roman Catholic Church
From this reading HOW EUSTACE LEIGH MET THE POPE'S LEGATE “Misguided, rash, intruding fool, farewell!
any red eruption of the skin
From this reading HOW EUSTACE LEIGH MET THE POPE'S LEGATE “Misguided, rash, intruding fool, farewell!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Thou see'st to be too busy is some danger.”
plural of “sky” — the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
From this reading The gray March skies are curdling hard and high above black mountain peaks.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Thou see'st to be too busy is some danger.”
the season of growth
From this reading It is the spring of 1582-3.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HOW EUSTACE LEIGH MET THE POPE'S LEGATE “Misguided, rash, intruding fool, farewell!
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Thou see'st to be too busy is some danger.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Thou see'st to be too busy is some danger.”
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading Thou see'st to be too busy is some danger.”
Chapter 11 of Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley holds 284 sentences, grouped into 57 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 284 sentences of Westward Ho!, unabridged, divided into 57 reading sections.
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