Chapter 5 of Citation and Examination of William is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Citation and Examination of William is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“‘“My brother! I am loath to lose so many of those brave men yonder. Whistle off your Spanish pointers, and I agree to ride home with you.” “‘And so he did. But what did King Charles?
Chapter 5 of Citation and Examination of William is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
be in accord; be in agreement
From this reading “Whistle off your Spanish pointers, and I agree to ride home with you.””
possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching
From this reading “I am loath to lose so many of those brave men yonder.”
King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)
From this reading “But what did King Charles?”
unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom
From this reading “I am loath to lose so many of those brave men yonder.”
plural of “pointer” — a mark to indicate a direction or relation
From this reading “Whistle off your Spanish pointers, and I agree to ride home with you.””
the Romance language spoken in most of Spain and the countries colonized by Spain
From this reading “Whistle off your Spanish pointers, and I agree to ride home with you.””
make whistling sounds
From this reading “Whistle off your Spanish pointers, and I agree to ride home with you.””
distant but within sight (“yon” is dialectal)
From this reading “I am loath to lose so many of those brave men yonder.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
be in accord; be in agreement
From this reading Whistle off your Spanish pointers, and I agree to ride home with you.”
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am loath to lose so many of those brave men yonder.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Whistle off your Spanish pointers, and I agree to ride home with you.”
possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching
From this reading I am loath to lose so many of those brave men yonder.
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading “‘“My brother!
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But what did King Charles?
King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)
From this reading But what did King Charles?
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “‘And so he did.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “‘And so he did.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading Whistle off your Spanish pointers, and I agree to ride home with you.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I am loath to lose so many of those brave men yonder.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading But what did King Charles?
unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom
From this reading I am loath to lose so many of those brave men yonder.
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading I am loath to lose so many of those brave men yonder.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading I am loath to lose so many of those brave men yonder.
the force of workers available
From this reading I am loath to lose so many of those brave men yonder.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “‘“My brother!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I am loath to lose so many of those brave men yonder.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Whistle off your Spanish pointers, and I agree to ride home with you.”
plural of “pointer” — a mark to indicate a direction or relation
From this reading Whistle off your Spanish pointers, and I agree to ride home with you.”
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading Whistle off your Spanish pointers, and I agree to ride home with you.”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I am loath to lose so many of those brave men yonder.
the Romance language spoken in most of Spain and the countries colonized by Spain
From this reading Whistle off your Spanish pointers, and I agree to ride home with you.”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading I am loath to lose so many of those brave men yonder.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I am loath to lose so many of those brave men yonder.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading But what did King Charles?
make whistling sounds
From this reading Whistle off your Spanish pointers, and I agree to ride home with you.”
in the company of; together with
From this reading Whistle off your Spanish pointers, and I agree to ride home with you.”
distant but within sight (“yon” is dialectal)
From this reading I am loath to lose so many of those brave men yonder.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Whistle off your Spanish pointers, and I agree to ride home with you.”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Whistle off your Spanish pointers, and I agree to ride home with you.”
Chapter 5 of Citation and Examination of William by Walter Savage Landor holds 425 sentences, grouped into 85 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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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