Chapter 5 of Will of the Mill is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Will of the Mill is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"All right!" shouted Will. "Now, boys, all together--pump!" Cling, clang! Cling, clang! Cling clang!
Chapter 5 of Will of the Mill is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading “"Now, boys, all together--pump!"”
a loud resonant repeating noise
From this reading “Cling, clang!”
come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
From this reading “Cling, clang!”
operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal
From this reading “"Now, boys, all together--pump!"”
precisely, exactly
From this reading “"All right!" shouted Will.”
in a vehement outcry
From this reading “"All right!" shouted Will.”
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading “"Now, boys, all together--pump!"”
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.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "All right!" shouted Will.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading "Now, boys, all together--pump!"
a loud resonant repeating noise
From this reading Cling, clang!
come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
From this reading Cling, clang!
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "Now, boys, all together--pump!"
operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal
From this reading "Now, boys, all together--pump!"
precisely, exactly
From this reading "All right!" shouted Will.
in a vehement outcry
From this reading "All right!" shouted Will.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading "Now, boys, all together--pump!"
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "All right!" shouted Will.
Chapter 5 of Will of the Mill by George Manville Fenn holds 411 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.
Chapter 5 holds 411 sentences of Will of the Mill, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of Will of the Mill by George Manville Fenn exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 411 sentences, grouped into 83 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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