Chapter 3 of Blowing weather is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Blowing weather is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
At Water Street and Mulberry, Christopher Dent's apothecary shop was open, and Anthony went in. The little man was eating broiled fish in his laboratory and had a big book in the Latin tongue propped up before him. He shoved his spectacles up on his forehead and greeted his visitor. "Sit down," said he. "And take some of the halibut.
Chapter 3 of Blowing weather is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs
From this reading “At Water Street and Mulberry, Christopher Dent's apothecary shop was open, and Anthony went in.”
cooked by radiant heat (as over a grill)
From this reading “The little man was eating broiled fish in his laboratory and had a big book in the Latin tongue propped up before him.”
Christian martyr and patron saint of travellers (3rd century)
From this reading “At Water Street and Mulberry, Christopher Dent's apothecary shop was open, and Anthony went in.”
lean flesh of very large flatfish of Atlantic or Pacific
From this reading “"And take some of the halibut.”
a workplace for the conduct of scientific research
From this reading “The little man was eating broiled fish in his laboratory and had a big book in the Latin tongue propped up before him.”
any of several trees of the genus Morus having edible fruit that resembles the blackberry
From this reading “At Water Street and Mulberry, Christopher Dent's apothecary shop was open, and Anthony went in.”
inflected form of “prop” — support by placing against something solid or rigid
From this reading “The little man was eating broiled fish in his laboratory and had a big book in the Latin tongue propped up before him.”
past form of “shove” — come into rough contact with while moving
From this reading “He shoved his spectacles up on his forehead and greeted his visitor.”
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take a seat
In this reading “"Sit down," said he.”
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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 The little man was eating broiled fish in his laboratory and had a big book in the Latin tongue propped up before him.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading At Water Street and Mulberry, Christopher Dent's apothecary shop was open, and Anthony went in.
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 At Water Street and Mulberry, Christopher Dent's apothecary shop was open, and Anthony went in.
a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs
From this reading At Water Street and Mulberry, Christopher Dent's apothecary shop was open, and Anthony went in.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At Water Street and Mulberry, Christopher Dent's apothecary shop was open, and Anthony went in.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The little man was eating broiled fish in his laboratory and had a big book in the Latin tongue propped up before him.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The little man was eating broiled fish in his laboratory and had a big book in the Latin tongue propped up before him.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading The little man was eating broiled fish in his laboratory and had a big book in the Latin tongue propped up before him.
cooked by radiant heat (as over a grill)
From this reading The little man was eating broiled fish in his laboratory and had a big book in the Latin tongue propped up before him.
Christian martyr and patron saint of travellers (3rd century)
From this reading At Water Street and Mulberry, Christopher Dent's apothecary shop was open, and Anthony went in.
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From this reading At Water Street and Mulberry, Christopher Dent's apothecary shop was open, and Anthony went in.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading "Sit down," said he.
the act of consuming food
From this reading The little man was eating broiled fish in his laboratory and had a big book in the Latin tongue propped up before him.
any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
From this reading The little man was eating broiled fish in his laboratory and had a big book in the Latin tongue propped up before him.
the part of the face above the eyes
From this reading He shoved his spectacles up on his forehead and greeted his visitor.
past form of “greet” — express greetings upon meeting someone
From this reading He shoved his spectacles up on his forehead and greeted his visitor.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The little man was eating broiled fish in his laboratory and had a big book in the Latin tongue propped up before him.
lean flesh of very large flatfish of Atlantic or Pacific
From this reading "And take some of the halibut.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He shoved his spectacles up on his forehead and greeted his visitor.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The little man was eating broiled fish in his laboratory and had a big book in the Latin tongue propped up before him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The little man was eating broiled fish in his laboratory and had a big book in the Latin tongue propped up before him.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading At Water Street and Mulberry, Christopher Dent's apothecary shop was open, and Anthony went in.
a workplace for the conduct of scientific research
From this reading The little man was eating broiled fish in his laboratory and had a big book in the Latin tongue propped up before him.
of or relating to the ancient Latins or the Latin language
From this reading The little man was eating broiled fish in his laboratory and had a big book in the Latin tongue propped up before him.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The little man was eating broiled fish in his laboratory and had a big book in the Latin tongue propped up before him.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading The little man was eating broiled fish in his laboratory and had a big book in the Latin tongue propped up before him.
any of several trees of the genus Morus having edible fruit that resembles the blackberry
From this reading At Water Street and Mulberry, Christopher Dent's apothecary shop was open, and Anthony went in.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "And take some of the halibut.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He shoved his spectacles up on his forehead and greeted his visitor.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading At Water Street and Mulberry, Christopher Dent's apothecary shop was open, and Anthony went in.
inflected form of “prop” — support by placing against something solid or rigid
From this reading The little man was eating broiled fish in his laboratory and had a big book in the Latin tongue propped up before him.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Sit down," said he.
do one's shopping
From this reading At Water Street and Mulberry, Christopher Dent's apothecary shop was open, and Anthony went in.
past form of “shove” — come into rough contact with while moving
From this reading He shoved his spectacles up on his forehead and greeted his visitor.
be seated
From this reading "Sit down," said he.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "And take some of the halibut.
(plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
From this reading He shoved his spectacles up on his forehead and greeted his visitor.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading At Water Street and Mulberry, Christopher Dent's apothecary shop was open, and Anthony went in.
carry out
From this reading "And take some of the halibut.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The little man was eating broiled fish in his laboratory and had a big book in the Latin tongue propped up before him.
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
From this reading The little man was eating broiled fish in his laboratory and had a big book in the Latin tongue propped up before him.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The little man was eating broiled fish in his laboratory and had a big book in the Latin tongue propped up before him.
someone who visits
From this reading He shoved his spectacles up on his forehead and greeted his visitor.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading At Water Street and Mulberry, Christopher Dent's apothecary shop was open, and Anthony went in.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading At Water Street and Mulberry, Christopher Dent's apothecary shop was open, and Anthony went in.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading At Water Street and Mulberry, Christopher Dent's apothecary shop was open, and Anthony went in.
Chapter 3 of Blowing weather by John T. (John Thomas) McIntyre holds 399 sentences, grouped into 80 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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