Chapter 7 of Among the Humorists and After Dinner Speakers, Vol. 1 is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of Among the Humorists and After Dinner Speakers, Vol. 1 is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Four gentlemen went out to dine. They were Arthur Balfour, Joseph Chamberlain, Lord Charles Beresford, and the Japanese Minister. Mr. Arthur Balfour was standing treat and said to Joey, “What will you take?” “Oh, thanks, I’ll take Scotch, Arthur.” “And what will you take, Lord Charles?”
Chapter 7 of Among the Humorists and After Dinner Speakers, Vol. 1 is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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English statesman; member of the Conservative Party (1848-1930)
From this reading “They were Arthur Balfour, Joseph Chamberlain, Lord Charles Beresford, and the Japanese Minister.”
British statesman who as Prime Minister pursued a policy of appeasement toward fascist Germany (1869-1940)
From this reading “They were Arthur Balfour, Joseph Chamberlain, Lord Charles Beresford, and the Japanese Minister.”
have supper; eat dinner
From this reading “Four gentlemen went out to dine.”
a native or inhabitant of Japan
From this reading “They were Arthur Balfour, Joseph Chamberlain, Lord Charles Beresford, and the Japanese Minister.”
leader of the Nez Perce in their retreat from United States troops (1840-1904)
From this reading “They were Arthur Balfour, Joseph Chamberlain, Lord Charles Beresford, and the Japanese Minister.”
a person authorized to conduct religious worship
From this reading “They were Arthur Balfour, Joseph Chamberlain, Lord Charles Beresford, and the Japanese Minister.”
a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
From this reading ““Oh, thanks, I’ll take Scotch, Arthur.””
interact in a certain way
From this reading “Mr. Arthur Balfour was standing treat and said to Joey, “What will you take?””
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.
move out of or depart from
In this reading “Four gentlemen went out to dine.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They were Arthur Balfour, Joseph Chamberlain, Lord Charles Beresford, and the Japanese Minister.
elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886)
From this reading They were Arthur Balfour, Joseph Chamberlain, Lord Charles Beresford, and the Japanese Minister.
English statesman; member of the Conservative Party (1848-1930)
From this reading They were Arthur Balfour, Joseph Chamberlain, Lord Charles Beresford, and the Japanese Minister.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They were Arthur Balfour, Joseph Chamberlain, Lord Charles Beresford, and the Japanese Minister.
British statesman who as Prime Minister pursued a policy of appeasement toward fascist Germany (1869-1940)
From this reading They were Arthur Balfour, Joseph Chamberlain, Lord Charles Beresford, and the Japanese Minister.
King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)
From this reading They were Arthur Balfour, Joseph Chamberlain, Lord Charles Beresford, and the Japanese Minister.
have supper; eat dinner
From this reading Four gentlemen went out to dine.
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading Four gentlemen went out to dine.
plural of “gentleman” — a man of refinement
From this reading Four gentlemen went out to dine.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Oh, thanks, I’ll take Scotch, Arthur.”
a native or inhabitant of Japan
From this reading They were Arthur Balfour, Joseph Chamberlain, Lord Charles Beresford, and the Japanese Minister.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mr. Arthur Balfour was standing treat and said to Joey, “What will you take?”
leader of the Nez Perce in their retreat from United States troops (1840-1904)
From this reading They were Arthur Balfour, Joseph Chamberlain, Lord Charles Beresford, and the Japanese Minister.
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading They were Arthur Balfour, Joseph Chamberlain, Lord Charles Beresford, and the Japanese Minister.
a person authorized to conduct religious worship
From this reading They were Arthur Balfour, Joseph Chamberlain, Lord Charles Beresford, and the Japanese Minister.
a form of address for a man
From this reading Mr. Arthur Balfour was standing treat and said to Joey, “What will you take?”
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, thanks, I’ll take Scotch, Arthur.”
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Four gentlemen went out to dine.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Mr. Arthur Balfour was standing treat and said to Joey, “What will you take?”
a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
From this reading “Oh, thanks, I’ll take Scotch, Arthur.”
having a supporting base
From this reading Mr. Arthur Balfour was standing treat and said to Joey, “What will you take?”
carry out
From this reading Mr. Arthur Balfour was standing treat and said to Joey, “What will you take?”
an acknowledgment of appreciation
From this reading “Oh, thanks, I’ll take Scotch, Arthur.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They were Arthur Balfour, Joseph Chamberlain, Lord Charles Beresford, and the Japanese Minister.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were Arthur Balfour, Joseph Chamberlain, Lord Charles Beresford, and the Japanese Minister.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Four gentlemen went out to dine.
interact in a certain way
From this reading Mr. Arthur Balfour was standing treat and said to Joey, “What will you take?”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mr. Arthur Balfour was standing treat and said to Joey, “What will you take?”
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Four gentlemen went out to dine.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They were Arthur Balfour, Joseph Chamberlain, Lord Charles Beresford, and the Japanese Minister.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Mr. Arthur Balfour was standing treat and said to Joey, “What will you take?”
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Mr. Arthur Balfour was standing treat and said to Joey, “What will you take?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Mr. Arthur Balfour was standing treat and said to Joey, “What will you take?”
Chapter 7 of Among the Humorists and After Dinner Speakers, Vol. 1 by William [Editor] Patten holds 410 sentences, grouped into 82 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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