Chapter 14 of Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 is here in full — 843 sentences across 169 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 is here in full — 843 sentences across 169 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
'There was mony gonfanoun Of gold, sendel, and _siclatoun_'; Kyng Alisaunder (Weber, i. 85). Richardson's Pers. and Arab. Dict. (ed. Johnson, 1829), p.
Chapter 14 of Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 is here in full — 843 sentences across 169 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa
From this reading “Richardson's Pers. and Arab.”
coins made of gold
From this reading “'There was mony gonfanoun Of gold, sendel, and _siclatoun_'; Kyng Alisaunder (Weber, i.”
English writer and lexicographer (1709-1784)
From this reading “Johnson, 1829), p.”
possessive form of “richardson” — United States architect (1838-1886)
From this reading “Richardson's Pers. and Arab.”
a unit of magnetic flux equal to 100,000,000 maxwells
From this reading “'There was mony gonfanoun Of gold, sendel, and _siclatoun_'; Kyng Alisaunder (Weber, i.”
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.
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From this reading Johnson, 1829), p.
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From this reading 85).
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From this reading 'There was mony gonfanoun Of gold, sendel, and _siclatoun_'; Kyng Alisaunder (Weber, i.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading 'There was mony gonfanoun Of gold, sendel, and _siclatoun_'; Kyng Alisaunder (Weber, i.
a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa
From this reading Richardson's Pers. and Arab.
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From this reading Dict. (ed.
impotence resulting from a man's inability to have or maintain an erection of his penis
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coins made of gold
From this reading 'There was mony gonfanoun Of gold, sendel, and _siclatoun_'; Kyng Alisaunder (Weber, i.
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From this reading 'There was mony gonfanoun Of gold, sendel, and _siclatoun_'; Kyng Alisaunder (Weber, i.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 'There was mony gonfanoun Of gold, sendel, and _siclatoun_'; Kyng Alisaunder (Weber, i.
English writer and lexicographer (1709-1784)
From this reading Johnson, 1829), p.
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From this reading 'There was mony gonfanoun Of gold, sendel, and _siclatoun_'; Kyng Alisaunder (Weber, i.
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From this reading 'There was mony gonfanoun Of gold, sendel, and _siclatoun_'; Kyng Alisaunder (Weber, i.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading 'There was mony gonfanoun Of gold, sendel, and _siclatoun_'; Kyng Alisaunder (Weber, i.
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading Johnson, 1829), p.
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From this reading Richardson's Pers. and Arab.
possessive form of “richardson” — United States architect (1838-1886)
From this reading Richardson's Pers. and Arab.
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From this reading 'There was mony gonfanoun Of gold, sendel, and _siclatoun_'; Kyng Alisaunder (Weber, i.
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From this reading 'There was mony gonfanoun Of gold, sendel, and _siclatoun_'; Kyng Alisaunder (Weber, i.
in or at that place or location
From this reading 'There was mony gonfanoun Of gold, sendel, and _siclatoun_'; Kyng Alisaunder (Weber, i.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading 'There was mony gonfanoun Of gold, sendel, and _siclatoun_'; Kyng Alisaunder (Weber, i.
a unit of magnetic flux equal to 100,000,000 maxwells
From this reading 'There was mony gonfanoun Of gold, sendel, and _siclatoun_'; Kyng Alisaunder (Weber, i.
Chapter 14 of Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 by Geoffrey Chaucer holds 843 sentences, grouped into 169 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 14 holds 843 sentences of Chaucer's Works, Volume 5, unabridged, divided into 169 reading sections.
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