Chapter 25 of A Knight on Wheels is here in full — 221 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 25 of A Knight on Wheels is here in full — 221 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CONFESSIONAL--MASCULINE AND FEMININE I "WELL, I have one thing to be thankful for; there might have been another man in the background. Now we must get back to work. _Labor omnia vincit_, my son." Thus Philip to himself. Then he continued, less philosophically:-- "I suppose I had better keep right away from her.
Chapter 25 of A Knight on Wheels is here in full — 221 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
From this reading “CONFESSIONAL--MASCULINE AND FEMININE I "WELL, I have one thing to be thankful for; there might have been another man in the background.”
a booth where a priest sits to hear confessions
From this reading “CONFESSIONAL--MASCULINE AND FEMININE I "WELL, I have one thing to be thankful for; there might have been another man in the background.”
associated with women and not with men
From this reading “CONFESSIONAL--MASCULINE AND FEMININE I "WELL, I have one thing to be thankful for; there might have been another man in the background.”
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
of grammatical gender
From this reading “CONFESSIONAL--MASCULINE AND FEMININE I "WELL, I have one thing to be thankful for; there might have been another man in the background.”
Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)
From this reading “Thus Philip to himself.”
in a philosophic manner
From this reading “Then he continued, less philosophically:-- "I suppose I had better keep right away from her.”
feeling or showing gratitude
From this reading “CONFESSIONAL--MASCULINE AND FEMININE I "WELL, I have one thing to be thankful for; there might have been another man in the background.”
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In this reading “CONFESSIONAL--MASCULINE AND FEMININE I "WELL, I have one thing to be thankful for; there might have been another man in the background.”
recover something or somebody that appeared to be lost
In this reading “Now we must get back to work.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading CONFESSIONAL--MASCULINE AND FEMININE I "WELL, I have one thing to be thankful for; there might have been another man in the background.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading CONFESSIONAL--MASCULINE AND FEMININE I "WELL, I have one thing to be thankful for; there might have been another man in the background.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Then he continued, less philosophically:-- "I suppose I had better keep right away from her.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Now we must get back to work.
a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
From this reading CONFESSIONAL--MASCULINE AND FEMININE I "WELL, I have one thing to be thankful for; there might have been another man in the background.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading CONFESSIONAL--MASCULINE AND FEMININE I "WELL, I have one thing to be thankful for; there might have been another man in the background.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading CONFESSIONAL--MASCULINE AND FEMININE I "WELL, I have one thing to be thankful for; there might have been another man in the background.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading Then he continued, less philosophically:-- "I suppose I had better keep right away from her.
a booth where a priest sits to hear confessions
From this reading CONFESSIONAL--MASCULINE AND FEMININE I "WELL, I have one thing to be thankful for; there might have been another man in the background.
without stop or interruption
From this reading Then he continued, less philosophically:-- "I suppose I had better keep right away from her.
associated with women and not with men
From this reading CONFESSIONAL--MASCULINE AND FEMININE I "WELL, I have one thing to be thankful for; there might have been another man in the background.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading CONFESSIONAL--MASCULINE AND FEMININE I "WELL, I have one thing to be thankful for; there might have been another man in the background.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Then he continued, less philosophically:-- "I suppose I had better keep right away from her.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Now we must get back to work.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Then he continued, less philosophically:-- "I suppose I had better keep right away from her.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading CONFESSIONAL--MASCULINE AND FEMININE I "WELL, I have one thing to be thankful for; there might have been another man in the background.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then he continued, less philosophically:-- "I suppose I had better keep right away from her.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Then he continued, less philosophically:-- "I suppose I had better keep right away from her.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Thus Philip to himself.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading CONFESSIONAL--MASCULINE AND FEMININE I "WELL, I have one thing to be thankful for; there might have been another man in the background.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading CONFESSIONAL--MASCULINE AND FEMININE I "WELL, I have one thing to be thankful for; there might have been another man in the background.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading Then he continued, less philosophically:-- "I suppose I had better keep right away from her.
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
From this reading _Labor omnia vincit_, my son."
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading Then he continued, less philosophically:-- "I suppose I had better keep right away from her.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading CONFESSIONAL--MASCULINE AND FEMININE I "WELL, I have one thing to be thankful for; there might have been another man in the background.
of grammatical gender
From this reading CONFESSIONAL--MASCULINE AND FEMININE I "WELL, I have one thing to be thankful for; there might have been another man in the background.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading CONFESSIONAL--MASCULINE AND FEMININE I "WELL, I have one thing to be thankful for; there might have been another man in the background.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Now we must get back to work.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _Labor omnia vincit_, my son."
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now we must get back to work.
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From this reading _Labor omnia vincit_, my son."
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading CONFESSIONAL--MASCULINE AND FEMININE I "WELL, I have one thing to be thankful for; there might have been another man in the background.
Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)
From this reading Thus Philip to himself.
in a philosophic manner
From this reading Then he continued, less philosophically:-- "I suppose I had better keep right away from her.
precisely, exactly
From this reading Then he continued, less philosophically:-- "I suppose I had better keep right away from her.
a male human offspring
From this reading _Labor omnia vincit_, my son."
express a supposition
From this reading Then he continued, less philosophically:-- "I suppose I had better keep right away from her.
feeling or showing gratitude
From this reading CONFESSIONAL--MASCULINE AND FEMININE I "WELL, I have one thing to be thankful for; there might have been another man in the background.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CONFESSIONAL--MASCULINE AND FEMININE I "WELL, I have one thing to be thankful for; there might have been another man in the background.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then he continued, less philosophically:-- "I suppose I had better keep right away from her.
in or at that place or location
From this reading CONFESSIONAL--MASCULINE AND FEMININE I "WELL, I have one thing to be thankful for; there might have been another man in the background.
a special situation
From this reading CONFESSIONAL--MASCULINE AND FEMININE I "WELL, I have one thing to be thankful for; there might have been another man in the background.
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
From this reading Thus Philip to himself.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading CONFESSIONAL--MASCULINE AND FEMININE I "WELL, I have one thing to be thankful for; there might have been another man in the background.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Labor omnia vincit_, my son."
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Now we must get back to work.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading CONFESSIONAL--MASCULINE AND FEMININE I "WELL, I have one thing to be thankful for; there might have been another man in the background.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading Now we must get back to work.
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