Chapter 5 of Burr Junior is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Burr Junior is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"But I am very ignorant," I said, after a pause for thought, during which my companion's words had rather a comforting effect. "So's everybody. I'm awfully ignorant. What would be the good of coming here if we weren't all behind? Oh, how I wish things could be turned round!"
Chapter 5 of Burr Junior is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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used as intensifiers
From this reading “I'm awfully ignorant.”
providing freedom from worry
From this reading “"But I am very ignorant," I said, after a pause for thought, during which my companion's words had rather a comforting effect.”
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading “"But I am very ignorant," I said, after a pause for thought, during which my companion's words had rather a comforting effect.”
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
From this reading “"But I am very ignorant," I said, after a pause for thought, during which my companion's words had rather a comforting effect.”
every person
From this reading “"So's everybody.”
uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication
From this reading “"But I am very ignorant," I said, after a pause for thought, during which my companion's words had rather a comforting effect.”
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
From this reading “"But I am very ignorant," I said, after a pause for thought, during which my companion's words had rather a comforting effect.”
possessive form of “so” — the syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization
From this reading “"So's everybody.”
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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 "But I am very ignorant," I said, after a pause for thought, during which my companion's words had rather a comforting effect.
later than; following
From this reading "But I am very ignorant," I said, after a pause for thought, during which my companion's words had rather a comforting effect.
(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 What would be the good of coming here if we weren't all behind?
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "But I am very ignorant," I said, after a pause for thought, during which my companion's words had rather a comforting effect.
used as intensifiers
From this reading I'm awfully ignorant.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading What would be the good of coming here if we weren't all behind?
at or toward the back of something
From this reading What would be the good of coming here if we weren't all behind?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But I am very ignorant," I said, after a pause for thought, during which my companion's words had rather a comforting effect.
providing freedom from worry
From this reading "But I am very ignorant," I said, after a pause for thought, during which my companion's words had rather a comforting effect.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading What would be the good of coming here if we weren't all behind?
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From this reading "But I am very ignorant," I said, after a pause for thought, during which my companion's words had rather a comforting effect.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Oh, how I wish things could be turned round!"
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading "But I am very ignorant," I said, after a pause for thought, during which my companion's words had rather a comforting effect.
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
From this reading "But I am very ignorant," I said, after a pause for thought, during which my companion's words had rather a comforting effect.
every person
From this reading "So's everybody.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "But I am very ignorant," I said, after a pause for thought, during which my companion's words had rather a comforting effect.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading What would be the good of coming here if we weren't all behind?
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "But I am very ignorant," I said, after a pause for thought, during which my companion's words had rather a comforting effect.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading What would be the good of coming here if we weren't all behind?
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From this reading Oh, how I wish things could be turned round!"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "But I am very ignorant," I said, after a pause for thought, during which my companion's words had rather a comforting effect.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm awfully ignorant.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading What would be the good of coming here if we weren't all behind?
uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication
From this reading "But I am very ignorant," I said, after a pause for thought, during which my companion's words had rather a comforting effect.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "But I am very ignorant," I said, after a pause for thought, during which my companion's words had rather a comforting effect.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading What would be the good of coming here if we weren't all behind?
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, how I wish things could be turned round!"
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
From this reading "But I am very ignorant," I said, after a pause for thought, during which my companion's words had rather a comforting effect.
on the contrary
From this reading "But I am very ignorant," I said, after a pause for thought, during which my companion's words had rather a comforting effect.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading Oh, how I wish things could be turned round!"
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "But I am very ignorant," I said, after a pause for thought, during which my companion's words had rather a comforting effect.
possessive form of “so” — the syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization
From this reading "So's everybody.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading What would be the good of coming here if we weren't all behind?
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading Oh, how I wish things could be turned round!"
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading "But I am very ignorant," I said, after a pause for thought, during which my companion's words had rather a comforting effect.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading Oh, how I wish things could be turned round!"
precisely as stated
From this reading "But I am very ignorant," I said, after a pause for thought, during which my companion's words had rather a comforting effect.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading What would be the good of coming here if we weren't all behind?
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From this reading What would be the good of coming here if we weren't all behind?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What would be the good of coming here if we weren't all behind?
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading "But I am very ignorant," I said, after a pause for thought, during which my companion's words had rather a comforting effect.
hope for; have a wish
From this reading Oh, how I wish things could be turned round!"
the words that are spoken
From this reading "But I am very ignorant," I said, after a pause for thought, during which my companion's words had rather a comforting effect.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading What would be the good of coming here if we weren't all behind?
Chapter 5 of Burr Junior by George Manville Fenn holds 424 sentences, grouped into 85 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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