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Amaryllis at the Fair

Chapter XXX

Chapter 30 of Amaryllis at the Fair is here in full — 108 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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SOMETHING in Fleet Street holds tight those who once come within its influence.
The cerebellum of the world, the "grey matter" of the world's brain, lies somewhere thereabouts.
The thoughts of our time issue thence, like the radiating spokes of a wheel, to all places of the earth.
There you have touch of the throbbing pulse of the vast multitudes that live and breathe.
Their ideas come from Fleet Street.
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Archivist
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Amaryllis at the Fair

Chapter XXX

Chapter 30 of Amaryllis at the Fair is here in full — 108 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/21 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
SOMETHING in Fleet Street holds tight those who once come within its influence.
/ˈsʌmθɪŋ ɪn fliːt striːt hoʊldz taɪt ðoʊz huː wʌns kʌm wɪˈðɪn ɪts ˈɪnfluːəns/
Line 2
The cerebellum of the world, the "grey matter" of the world's brain, lies somewhere thereabouts.
Line 3
The thoughts of our time issue thence, like the radiating spokes of a wheel, to all places of the earth.
/ðə θɔːts ʌv ˈaʊər taɪm ˈɪʃuː ðens laɪk ðə ˈreɪdieɪtɪŋ spoʊks ʌv ə wiːl tuː ɔːl ˈpleɪsəz ʌv ðə ɜːrθ/
Line 4
There you have touch of the throbbing pulse of the vast multitudes that live and breathe.
/ðer juː hæv tʌtʃ ʌv ðə ˈθrɑːbɪŋ pʌls ʌv ðə væst ˈmʌltətjuːdz ðæt laɪv ənd briːð/
Line 5
Their ideas come from Fleet Street.
/ðer aɪˈdiːəz kʌm frʌm fliːt striːt/

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

multitudes noun US /ˈmʌltətjuːdz/

plural of “multitude” — a large indefinite number

From this reading “There you have touch of the throbbing pulse of the vast multitudes that live and breathe.”

pulse noun US /pʌls/

(electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)

From this reading “There you have touch of the throbbing pulse of the vast multitudes that live and breathe.”

radiating adjective US /ˈreɪdieɪtɪŋ/

diverging from a common point

From this reading “The thoughts of our time issue thence, like the radiating spokes of a wheel, to all places of the earth.”

spokes noun US /spoʊks/

plural of “spoke” — support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim

From this reading “The thoughts of our time issue thence, like the radiating spokes of a wheel, to all places of the earth.”

thence adverb US /ðens/

from that place or that time

From this reading “The thoughts of our time issue thence, like the radiating spokes of a wheel, to all places of the earth.”

thereabouts adverb US /ˌðerəˈbaʊts/

near that time or date

From this reading “The cerebellum of the world, the "grey matter" of the world's brain, lies somewhere thereabouts.”

throbbing noun US /ˈθrɑːbɪŋ/

an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart)

From this reading “There you have touch of the throbbing pulse of the vast multitudes that live and breathe.”

world's noun US /wɜːrldz/

possessive form of “world” — everything that exists anywhere

From this reading “The cerebellum of the world, the "grey matter" of the world's brain, lies somewhere thereabouts.”

Word partnerships in these lines

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.

vast multitudes adjective + noun counted as “vast multitude”

In this reading “There you have touch of the throbbing pulse of the vast multitudes that live and breathe.”

holds tight verb + adjective counted as “hold tight”

hold firmly, usually with one's hands

In this reading “SOMETHING in Fleet Street holds tight those who once come within its influence.”

come within verb + particle

In this reading “SOMETHING in Fleet Street holds tight those who once come within its influence.”

touch of verb + particle

In this reading “There you have touch of the throbbing pulse of the vast multitudes that live and breathe.”

come from verb + particle

In this reading “Their ideas come from Fleet Street.”

All words in this reading · 53

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.

adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading The thoughts of our time issue thence, like the radiating spokes of a wheel, to all places of the earth.

alladjectiveUS /ɔːl/

(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 The thoughts of our time issue thence, like the radiating spokes of a wheel, to all places of the earth.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading There you have touch of the throbbing pulse of the vast multitudes that live and breathe.

brainnounUS /breɪn/

that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord

From this reading The cerebellum of the world, the "grey matter" of the world's brain, lies somewhere thereabouts.

breatheverbUS /briːð/

draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs

From this reading There you have touch of the throbbing pulse of the vast multitudes that live and breathe.

cerebellumnoun

a major division of the vertebrate brain; situated above the medulla oblongata and beneath the cerebrum in humans

From this reading The cerebellum of the world, the "grey matter" of the world's brain, lies somewhere thereabouts.

comeverbUS /kʌm/

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading SOMETHING in Fleet Street holds tight those who once come within its influence.

earthnounUS /ɜːrθ/

the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on

From this reading The thoughts of our time issue thence, like the radiating spokes of a wheel, to all places of the earth.

FleetnounUS /fliːt/

group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership

From this reading SOMETHING in Fleet Street holds tight those who once come within its influence.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Their ideas come from Fleet Street.

greyadjectiveUS /ɡreɪ/

of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black

From this reading The cerebellum of the world, the "grey matter" of the world's brain, lies somewhere thereabouts.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading There you have touch of the throbbing pulse of the vast multitudes that live and breathe.

holdsnounUS /hoʊldz/

plural of “hold” — the act of grasping

From this reading SOMETHING in Fleet Street holds tight those who once come within its influence.

ideasnounUS /aɪˈdiːəz/

plural of “idea” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading Their ideas come from Fleet Street.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading SOMETHING in Fleet Street holds tight those who once come within its influence.

influencenounUS /ˈɪnfluːəns/

a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc

From this reading SOMETHING in Fleet Street holds tight those who once come within its influence.

issueverbUS /ˈɪʃuː/

prepare and issue for public distribution or sale

From this reading The thoughts of our time issue thence, like the radiating spokes of a wheel, to all places of the earth.

itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading SOMETHING in Fleet Street holds tight those who once come within its influence.

liesnounUS /laɪz/

plural of “lie” — a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth

From this reading The cerebellum of the world, the "grey matter" of the world's brain, lies somewhere thereabouts.

likeverbUS /laɪk/

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading The thoughts of our time issue thence, like the radiating spokes of a wheel, to all places of the earth.

liveverbUS /laɪv/

be an inhabitant of or reside in

From this reading There you have touch of the throbbing pulse of the vast multitudes that live and breathe.

matternounUS /ˈmætər/

a vaguely specified concern

From this reading The cerebellum of the world, the "grey matter" of the world's brain, lies somewhere thereabouts.

multitudesnounUS /ˈmʌltətjuːdz/

plural of “multitude” — a large indefinite number

From this reading There you have touch of the throbbing pulse of the vast multitudes that live and breathe.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The cerebellum of the world, the "grey matter" of the world's brain, lies somewhere thereabouts.

onceadverbUS /wʌns/

on one occasion

From this reading SOMETHING in Fleet Street holds tight those who once come within its influence.

ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading The thoughts of our time issue thence, like the radiating spokes of a wheel, to all places of the earth.

placesnounUS /ˈpleɪsəz/

plural of “place” — a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading The thoughts of our time issue thence, like the radiating spokes of a wheel, to all places of the earth.

pulsenounUS /pʌls/

(electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)

From this reading There you have touch of the throbbing pulse of the vast multitudes that live and breathe.

radiatingadjectiveUS /ˈreɪdieɪtɪŋ/

diverging from a common point

From this reading The thoughts of our time issue thence, like the radiating spokes of a wheel, to all places of the earth.

SOMETHINGpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/

a thing, without saying which

From this reading SOMETHING in Fleet Street holds tight those who once come within its influence.

somewhereadverbUS /ˈsʌmwer/

in or at or to some place

From this reading The cerebellum of the world, the "grey matter" of the world's brain, lies somewhere thereabouts.

spokesnounUS /spoʊks/

plural of “spoke” — support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim

From this reading The thoughts of our time issue thence, like the radiating spokes of a wheel, to all places of the earth.

StreetnounUS /striːt/

a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings

From this reading SOMETHING in Fleet Street holds tight those who once come within its influence.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading There you have touch of the throbbing pulse of the vast multitudes that live and breathe.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading The cerebellum of the world, the "grey matter" of the world's brain, lies somewhere thereabouts.

TheirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Their ideas come from Fleet Street.

thenceadverbUS /ðens/

from that place or that time

From this reading The thoughts of our time issue thence, like the radiating spokes of a wheel, to all places of the earth.

ThereadverbUS /ðer/

in or at that place or location

From this reading There you have touch of the throbbing pulse of the vast multitudes that live and breathe.

thereaboutsadverbUS /ˌðerəˈbaʊts/

near that time or date

From this reading The cerebellum of the world, the "grey matter" of the world's brain, lies somewhere thereabouts.

thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading SOMETHING in Fleet Street holds tight those who once come within its influence.

thoughtsnounUS /θɔːts/

plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading The thoughts of our time issue thence, like the radiating spokes of a wheel, to all places of the earth.

throbbingnounUS /ˈθrɑːbɪŋ/

an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart)

From this reading There you have touch of the throbbing pulse of the vast multitudes that live and breathe.

tightadjectiveUS /taɪt/

closely constrained or constricted or constricting

From this reading SOMETHING in Fleet Street holds tight those who once come within its influence.

timenounUS /taɪm/

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading The thoughts of our time issue thence, like the radiating spokes of a wheel, to all places of the earth.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading The thoughts of our time issue thence, like the radiating spokes of a wheel, to all places of the earth.

touchverbUS /tʌtʃ/

make physical contact with, come in contact with

From this reading There you have touch of the throbbing pulse of the vast multitudes that live and breathe.

vastadjectiveUS /væst/

unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope

From this reading There you have touch of the throbbing pulse of the vast multitudes that live and breathe.

wheelverbUS /wiːl/

change directions as if revolving on a pivot

From this reading The thoughts of our time issue thence, like the radiating spokes of a wheel, to all places of the earth.

whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading SOMETHING in Fleet Street holds tight those who once come within its influence.

withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/

inside; before a period of time has passed

From this reading SOMETHING in Fleet Street holds tight those who once come within its influence.

worldnounUS /wɜːrld/

everything that exists anywhere

From this reading The cerebellum of the world, the "grey matter" of the world's brain, lies somewhere thereabouts.

world'snounUS /wɜːrldz/

possessive form of “world” — everything that exists anywhere

From this reading The cerebellum of the world, the "grey matter" of the world's brain, lies somewhere thereabouts.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading There you have touch of the throbbing pulse of the vast multitudes that live and breathe.

Chapter 30 of Amaryllis at the Fair by Richard Jefferies holds 108 sentences, grouped into 22 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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