Chapter 5 of A few days in Athens is here in full — 127 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of A few days in Athens is here in full — 127 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Prepare yourselves! Prepare yourselves!” cried the panting scholar. “Oh! Pollux! such a couple! The contrast might convulse a Scythian.”
Chapter 5 of A few days in Athens is here in full — 127 sentences across 26 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.
the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared
From this reading “The contrast might convulse a Scythian.””
a pair who associate with one another
From this reading “Pollux! such a couple!”
breathing heavily (as after exertion)
From this reading “Prepare yourselves!” cried the panting scholar.”
the brightest star in Gemini; close to Castor
From this reading “Pollux! such a couple!”
make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
From this reading ““Prepare yourselves!”
A specialist in a particular branch of study; a distinguished student.
From this reading “Prepare yourselves!” cried the panting scholar.”
a member of the ancient nomadic people inhabiting Scythia
From this reading “The contrast might convulse a Scythian.””
used when the people spoken to are both doing and receiving the action
From this reading ““Prepare yourselves!”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Pollux! such a couple!
the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared
From this reading The contrast might convulse a Scythian.”
make someone convulse with laughter
From this reading The contrast might convulse a Scythian.”
a pair who associate with one another
From this reading Pollux! such a couple!
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading Prepare yourselves!” cried the panting scholar.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading The contrast might convulse a Scythian.”
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh!
breathing heavily (as after exertion)
From this reading Prepare yourselves!” cried the panting scholar.
the brightest star in Gemini; close to Castor
From this reading Pollux! such a couple!
make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
From this reading “Prepare yourselves!
A specialist in a particular branch of study; a distinguished student.
From this reading Prepare yourselves!” cried the panting scholar.
a member of the ancient nomadic people inhabiting Scythia
From this reading The contrast might convulse a Scythian.”
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Pollux! such a couple!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Prepare yourselves!” cried the panting scholar.
used when the people spoken to are both doing and receiving the action
From this reading “Prepare yourselves!
Chapter 5 of A few days in Athens by Frances Wright holds 127 sentences, grouped into 26 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.
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