Chapter 3 of An Irish Cousin is here in full — 116 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of An Irish Cousin is here in full — 116 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MY COUSIN WILLY. “Willy’s fair and Willy’s rare, And Willy’s wondrous bonny.” “_To Miss Sarsfield, s.s. ‘Alaska,’ Queenstown. From W. Sarsfield._ “Awfully sorry I will not be able to meet you.
Chapter 3 of An Irish Cousin is here in full — 116 sentences across 24 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.
a state in northwestern North America; the 49th state admitted to the union
From this reading “‘Alaska,’ Queenstown.”
used as intensifiers
From this reading “From W. Sarsfield._ “Awfully sorry I will not be able to meet you.”
very pleasing to the eye
From this reading ““Willy’s fair and Willy’s rare, And Willy’s wondrous bonny.””
the child of your aunt or uncle
From this reading “MY COUSIN WILLY.”
come together
From this reading “From W. Sarsfield._ “Awfully sorry I will not be able to meet you.”
not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness
From this reading ““Willy’s fair and Willy’s rare, And Willy’s wondrous bonny.””
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading “From W. Sarsfield._ “Awfully sorry I will not be able to meet you.”
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading ““Willy’s fair and Willy’s rare, And Willy’s wondrous bonny.””
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 “From W. Sarsfield._ “Awfully sorry I will not be able to meet you.”
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(usually followed by “to”) having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
From this reading From W. Sarsfield._ “Awfully sorry I will not be able to meet you.
a state in northwestern North America; the 49th state admitted to the union
From this reading ‘Alaska,’ Queenstown.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Willy’s fair and Willy’s rare, And Willy’s wondrous bonny.”
used as intensifiers
From this reading From W. Sarsfield._ “Awfully sorry I will not be able to meet you.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading From W. Sarsfield._ “Awfully sorry I will not be able to meet you.
very pleasing to the eye
From this reading “Willy’s fair and Willy’s rare, And Willy’s wondrous bonny.”
the child of your aunt or uncle
From this reading MY COUSIN WILLY.
free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
From this reading “Willy’s fair and Willy’s rare, And Willy’s wondrous bonny.”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From W. Sarsfield._ “Awfully sorry I will not be able to meet you.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading From W. Sarsfield._ “Awfully sorry I will not be able to meet you.
come together
From this reading From W. Sarsfield._ “Awfully sorry I will not be able to meet you.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading “_To Miss Sarsfield, s.s.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading MY COUSIN WILLY.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading From W. Sarsfield._ “Awfully sorry I will not be able to meet you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Alaska,’ Queenstown.
not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness
From this reading “Willy’s fair and Willy’s rare, And Willy’s wondrous bonny.”
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading “_To Miss Sarsfield, s.s.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “_To Miss Sarsfield, s.s.
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading From W. Sarsfield._ “Awfully sorry I will not be able to meet you.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “_To Miss Sarsfield, s.s.
a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
From this reading From W. Sarsfield._ “Awfully sorry I will not be able to meet you.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading From W. Sarsfield._ “Awfully sorry I will not be able to meet you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MY COUSIN WILLY.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Willy’s fair and Willy’s rare, And Willy’s wondrous bonny.”
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading “Willy’s fair and Willy’s rare, And Willy’s wondrous bonny.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading From W. Sarsfield._ “Awfully sorry I will not be able to meet you.
Chapter 3 of An Irish Cousin by E. Oe. (Edith Oenone) Somerville holds 116 sentences, grouped into 24 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.
Chapter 3 holds 116 sentences of An Irish Cousin, unabridged, divided into 24 reading sections.
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