Chapter 6 of As Others See Us is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of As Others See Us is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“With pleasure,” I answered; “the next waltz.” “Good! come and have a drink first.” He led the way into the dining-room, up to the punch-bowl. He gave me a drink and took one himself. “What is it?”
Chapter 6 of As Others See Us is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading ““With pleasure,” I answered; “the next waltz.””
take in liquids
From this reading ““Good! come and have a drink first.””
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading “He gave me a drink and took one himself.”
diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
From this reading “He led the way into the dining-room, up to the punch-bowl.”
immediately following in time or order
From this reading ““With pleasure,” I answered; “the next waltz.””
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading ““With pleasure,” I answered; “the next waltz.””
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading “He gave me a drink and took one himself.”
an assured victory (especially in an election)
From this reading ““With pleasure,” I answered; “the next waltz.””
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 “He led the way into the dining-room, up to the punch-bowl.”
In this reading ““With pleasure,” I answered; “the next waltz.””
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “Good! come and have a drink first.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Good! come and have a drink first.”
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading “With pleasure,” I answered; “the next waltz.”
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Good! come and have a drink first.”
a room used for dining
From this reading He led the way into the dining-room, up to the punch-bowl.
take in liquids
From this reading “Good! come and have a drink first.”
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading “Good! come and have a drink first.”
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading He gave me a drink and took one himself.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading “Good! come and have a drink first.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Good! come and have a drink first.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He led the way into the dining-room, up to the punch-bowl.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He gave me a drink and took one himself.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “With pleasure,” I answered; “the next waltz.”
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He led the way into the dining-room, up to the punch-bowl.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “What is it?”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “What is it?”
diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
From this reading He led the way into the dining-room, up to the punch-bowl.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He gave me a drink and took one himself.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading “With pleasure,” I answered; “the next waltz.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He gave me a drink and took one himself.
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading “With pleasure,” I answered; “the next waltz.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He led the way into the dining-room, up to the punch-bowl.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “With pleasure,” I answered; “the next waltz.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He led the way into the dining-room, up to the punch-bowl.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading He gave me a drink and took one himself.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading He led the way into the dining-room, up to the punch-bowl.
an assured victory (especially in an election)
From this reading “With pleasure,” I answered; “the next waltz.”
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading He led the way into the dining-room, up to the punch-bowl.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What is it?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading “With pleasure,” I answered; “the next waltz.”
Chapter 6 of As Others See Us by W. H. P. (William Henry Pope) Jarvis holds 412 sentences, grouped into 83 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 6 holds 412 sentences of As Others See Us, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of As Others See Us by W. H. P. (William Henry Pope) Jarvis exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 412 sentences, grouped into 83 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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