Chapter 1 of Anthony Cragg's tenant is here in full — 196 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Anthony Cragg's tenant is here in full — 196 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AUTHOR OF "GWENDOLINE," "THROUGH THE LINN," ETC. "ANTHONY! I say, Anthony! you're wanted. Make haste, will you? Folks can't dawdle round the whole day while you're pottering about upstairs.
Chapter 1 of Anthony Cragg's tenant is here in full — 196 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)
From this reading “"ANTHONY!”
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading “AUTHOR OF "GWENDOLINE," "THROUGH THE LINN," ETC.”
take one's time; proceed slowly
From this reading “Folks can't dawdle round the whole day while you're pottering about upstairs.”
your parents
From this reading “Folks can't dawdle round the whole day while you're pottering about upstairs.”
overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
From this reading “Make haste, will you?”
on a floor above
From this reading “Folks can't dawdle round the whole day while you're pottering about upstairs.”
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading “I say, Anthony! you're wanted.”
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading “Folks can't dawdle round the whole day while you're pottering about upstairs.”
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 “Make haste, will you?”
In this reading “Folks can't dawdle round the whole day while you're pottering about upstairs.”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Folks can't dawdle round the whole day while you're pottering about upstairs.
Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)
From this reading "ANTHONY!
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading AUTHOR OF "GWENDOLINE," "THROUGH THE LINN," ETC.
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From this reading Folks can't dawdle round the whole day while you're pottering about upstairs.
take one's time; proceed slowly
From this reading Folks can't dawdle round the whole day while you're pottering about upstairs.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Folks can't dawdle round the whole day while you're pottering about upstairs.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AUTHOR OF "GWENDOLINE," "THROUGH THE LINN," ETC.
your parents
From this reading Folks can't dawdle round the whole day while you're pottering about upstairs.
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From this reading AUTHOR OF "GWENDOLINE," "THROUGH THE LINN," ETC.
overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
From this reading Make haste, will you?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I say, Anthony! you're wanted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AUTHOR OF "GWENDOLINE," "THROUGH THE LINN," ETC.
engage in
From this reading Make haste, will you?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AUTHOR OF "GWENDOLINE," "THROUGH THE LINN," ETC.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Folks can't dawdle round the whole day while you're pottering about upstairs.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading Folks can't dawdle round the whole day while you're pottering about upstairs.
express in words
From this reading I say, Anthony! you're wanted.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AUTHOR OF "GWENDOLINE," "THROUGH THE LINN," ETC.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading AUTHOR OF "GWENDOLINE," "THROUGH THE LINN," ETC.
on a floor above
From this reading Folks can't dawdle round the whole day while you're pottering about upstairs.
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading I say, Anthony! you're wanted.
during the time that
From this reading Folks can't dawdle round the whole day while you're pottering about upstairs.
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading Folks can't dawdle round the whole day while you're pottering about upstairs.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Make haste, will you?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Make haste, will you?
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From this reading I say, Anthony! you're wanted.
Chapter 1 of Anthony Cragg's tenant by Agnes Giberne holds 196 sentences, grouped into 40 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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