Chapter 19 of An Australian Girl is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of An Australian Girl is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
’Oh yes; we go direct there from Brindisi.’ ’Well, Stella, you are certainly a very fortunate girl—nearly as fortunate as Ted.’ ’Call no man fortunate till he is dead, and no woman till she is buried.’ ’Oh, of course, I don’t at all mean to say that, like everyone else, you won’t have your own trials. Men are pretty much alike in many ways.
Chapter 19 of An Australian Girl is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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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.
equally
From this reading “Men are pretty much alike in many ways.”
placed in a grave
From this reading “’Call no man fortunate till he is dead, and no woman till she is buried.’”
command with authority
From this reading “’Oh yes; we go direct there from Brindisi.’”
every person
From this reading “’Oh, of course, I don’t at all mean to say that, like everyone else, you won’t have your own trials.”
having unexpected good fortune
From this reading “’Well, Stella, you are certainly a very fortunate girl—nearly as fortunate as Ted.’”
United States minimalist painter (born in 1936)
From this reading “’Well, Stella, you are certainly a very fortunate girl—nearly as fortunate as Ted.’”
a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes
From this reading “’Well, Stella, you are certainly a very fortunate girl—nearly as fortunate as Ted.’”
plural of “trial” — the act of testing something
From this reading “’Oh, of course, I don’t at all mean to say that, like everyone else, you won’t have your own trials.”
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.
In this reading “Men are pretty much alike in many ways.”
as might be expected
In this reading “’Oh, of course, I don’t at all mean to say that, like everyone else, you won’t have your own trials.”
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 ’Well, Stella, you are certainly a very fortunate girl—nearly as fortunate as Ted.’
equally
From this reading Men are pretty much alike in many ways.
(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 ’Oh, of course, I don’t at all mean to say that, like everyone else, you won’t have your own trials.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ’Call no man fortunate till he is dead, and no woman till she is buried.’
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading ’Well, Stella, you are certainly a very fortunate girl—nearly as fortunate as Ted.’
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading ’Well, Stella, you are certainly a very fortunate girl—nearly as fortunate as Ted.’
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading ’Oh, of course, I don’t at all mean to say that, like everyone else, you won’t have your own trials.
a port city in southeastern Apulia in Italy; a center for the Crusades in the Middle Ages
From this reading ’Oh yes; we go direct there from Brindisi.’
placed in a grave
From this reading ’Call no man fortunate till he is dead, and no woman till she is buried.’
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading ’Call no man fortunate till he is dead, and no woman till she is buried.’
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading ’Well, Stella, you are certainly a very fortunate girl—nearly as fortunate as Ted.’
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading ’Oh, of course, I don’t at all mean to say that, like everyone else, you won’t have your own trials.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading ’Call no man fortunate till he is dead, and no woman till she is buried.’
command with authority
From this reading ’Oh yes; we go direct there from Brindisi.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ’Oh, of course, I don’t at all mean to say that, like everyone else, you won’t have your own trials.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ’Oh, of course, I don’t at all mean to say that, like everyone else, you won’t have your own trials.
every person
From this reading ’Oh, of course, I don’t at all mean to say that, like everyone else, you won’t have your own trials.
having unexpected good fortune
From this reading ’Well, Stella, you are certainly a very fortunate girl—nearly as fortunate as Ted.’
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading ’Oh yes; we go direct there from Brindisi.’
a young female
From this reading ’Well, Stella, you are certainly a very fortunate girl—nearly as fortunate as Ted.’
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading ’Oh yes; we go direct there from Brindisi.’
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ’Oh, of course, I don’t at all mean to say that, like everyone else, you won’t have your own trials.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading ’Call no man fortunate till he is dead, and no woman till she is buried.’
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ’Oh, of course, I don’t at all mean to say that, like everyone else, you won’t have your own trials.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Men are pretty much alike in many ways.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ’Call no man fortunate till he is dead, and no woman till she is buried.’
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading ’Oh, of course, I don’t at all mean to say that, like everyone else, you won’t have your own trials.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading ’Call no man fortunate till he is dead, and no woman till she is buried.’
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading Men are pretty much alike in many ways.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading ’Oh, of course, I don’t at all mean to say that, like everyone else, you won’t have your own trials.
the force of workers available
From this reading Men are pretty much alike in many ways.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading Men are pretty much alike in many ways.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading ’Well, Stella, you are certainly a very fortunate girl—nearly as fortunate as Ted.’
not any; not one
From this reading ’Call no man fortunate till he is dead, and no woman till she is buried.’
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ’Oh, of course, I don’t at all mean to say that, like everyone else, you won’t have your own trials.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading ’Oh yes; we go direct there from Brindisi.’
have ownership or possession of
From this reading ’Oh, of course, I don’t at all mean to say that, like everyone else, you won’t have your own trials.
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading Men are pretty much alike in many ways.
express in words
From this reading ’Oh, of course, I don’t at all mean to say that, like everyone else, you won’t have your own trials.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading ’Call no man fortunate till he is dead, and no woman till she is buried.’
United States minimalist painter (born in 1936)
From this reading ’Well, Stella, you are certainly a very fortunate girl—nearly as fortunate as Ted.’
a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes
From this reading ’Well, Stella, you are certainly a very fortunate girl—nearly as fortunate as Ted.’
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading ’Oh, of course, I don’t at all mean to say that, like everyone else, you won’t have your own trials.
in or at that place or location
From this reading ’Oh yes; we go direct there from Brindisi.’
up to a particular time
From this reading ’Call no man fortunate till he is dead, and no woman till she is buried.’
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ’Oh, of course, I don’t at all mean to say that, like everyone else, you won’t have your own trials.
plural of “trial” — the act of testing something
From this reading ’Oh, of course, I don’t at all mean to say that, like everyone else, you won’t have your own trials.
precisely as stated
From this reading ’Well, Stella, you are certainly a very fortunate girl—nearly as fortunate as Ted.’
structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired
From this reading Men are pretty much alike in many ways.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading ’Oh yes; we go direct there from Brindisi.’
(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 ’Well, Stella, you are certainly a very fortunate girl—nearly as fortunate as Ted.’
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading ’Call no man fortunate till he is dead, and no woman till she is buried.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ’Oh, of course, I don’t at all mean to say that, like everyone else, you won’t have your own trials.
an affirmative
From this reading ’Oh yes; we go direct there from Brindisi.’
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ’Well, Stella, you are certainly a very fortunate girl—nearly as fortunate as Ted.’
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ’Oh, of course, I don’t at all mean to say that, like everyone else, you won’t have your own trials.
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