Chapter 18 of Westward Ho! is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of Westward Ho! is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HOW THEY TOOK THE PEARLS AT MARGARITA P. Henry. Why, what a rascal art thou, then, to praise him so for running! Falstaff. O' horseback, ye cuckoo! but a-foot, he will not budge a foot. P. Henry.
Chapter 18 of Westward Ho! is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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move very slightly
From this reading “O' horseback, ye cuckoo! but a-foot, he will not budge a foot.”
a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
From this reading “O' horseback, ye cuckoo! but a-foot, he will not budge a foot.”
a dissolute character in Shakespeare's plays
From this reading “Falstaff.”
the back of a horse
From this reading “O' horseback, ye cuckoo! but a-foot, he will not budge a foot.”
a cocktail made of tequila and triple sec with lime and lemon juice
From this reading “HOW THEY TOOK THE PEARLS AT MARGARITA P. Henry.”
plural of “pearl” — a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel
From this reading “HOW THEY TOOK THE PEARLS AT MARGARITA P. Henry.”
an expression of approval and commendation
From this reading “Why, what a rascal art thou, then, to praise him so for running!”
a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
From this reading “Why, what a rascal art thou, then, to praise him so for running!”
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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 Why, what a rascal art thou, then, to praise him so for running!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading O' horseback, ye cuckoo! but a-foot, he will not budge a foot.
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading Why, what a rascal art thou, then, to praise him so for running!
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading HOW THEY TOOK THE PEARLS AT MARGARITA P. Henry.
move very slightly
From this reading O' horseback, ye cuckoo! but a-foot, he will not budge a foot.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading O' horseback, ye cuckoo! but a-foot, he will not budge a foot.
a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
From this reading O' horseback, ye cuckoo! but a-foot, he will not budge a foot.
a dissolute character in Shakespeare's plays
From this reading Falstaff.
the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading O' horseback, ye cuckoo! but a-foot, he will not budge a foot.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Why, what a rascal art thou, then, to praise him so for running!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading O' horseback, ye cuckoo! but a-foot, he will not budge a foot.
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading HOW THEY TOOK THE PEARLS AT MARGARITA P. Henry.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Why, what a rascal art thou, then, to praise him so for running!
the back of a horse
From this reading O' horseback, ye cuckoo! but a-foot, he will not budge a foot.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HOW THEY TOOK THE PEARLS AT MARGARITA P. Henry.
a cocktail made of tequila and triple sec with lime and lemon juice
From this reading HOW THEY TOOK THE PEARLS AT MARGARITA P. Henry.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading O' horseback, ye cuckoo! but a-foot, he will not budge a foot.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading O' horseback, ye cuckoo! but a-foot, he will not budge a foot.
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading HOW THEY TOOK THE PEARLS AT MARGARITA P. Henry.
plural of “pearl” — a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel
From this reading HOW THEY TOOK THE PEARLS AT MARGARITA P. Henry.
an expression of approval and commendation
From this reading Why, what a rascal art thou, then, to praise him so for running!
a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
From this reading Why, what a rascal art thou, then, to praise him so for running!
(of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream
From this reading Why, what a rascal art thou, then, to praise him so for running!
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Why, what a rascal art thou, then, to praise him so for running!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HOW THEY TOOK THE PEARLS AT MARGARITA P. Henry.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Why, what a rascal art thou, then, to praise him so for running!
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading HOW THEY TOOK THE PEARLS AT MARGARITA P. Henry.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Why, what a rascal art thou, then, to praise him so for running!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Why, what a rascal art thou, then, to praise him so for running!
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading HOW THEY TOOK THE PEARLS AT MARGARITA P. Henry.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Why, what a rascal art thou, then, to praise him so for running!
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why, what a rascal art thou, then, to praise him so for running!
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading O' horseback, ye cuckoo! but a-foot, he will not budge a foot.
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading O' horseback, ye cuckoo! but a-foot, he will not budge a foot.
Chapter 18 of Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley holds 153 sentences, grouped into 31 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 18 holds 153 sentences of Westward Ho!, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 18 of Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 153 sentences, grouped into 31 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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