Chapter 2 of Cornish Saints & Sinners is here in full — 95 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Cornish Saints & Sinners is here in full — 95 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The proper thing to do when you awake at Penzance is to run down to the sea and bathe. We were told all about it in the smoking-room. It is a sort of ceremony with something belonging to it. When once you've bathed in the sea you're free of the country, like the Israelites, after swimming the Jordan. Everybody asks his neighbour, "Have you bathed?"
Chapter 2 of Cornish Saints & Sinners is here in full — 95 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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third-person singular of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “Everybody asks his neighbour, "Have you bathed?"”
cleanse the entire body
From this reading “The proper thing to do when you awake at Penzance is to run down to the sea and bathe.”
past form of “bathe” — cleanse the entire body
From this reading “When once you've bathed in the sea you're free of the country, like the Israelites, after swimming the Jordan.”
happiness felt in a secure relationship
From this reading “It is a sort of ceremony with something belonging to it.”
the ethnic group claiming descent from Abraham and Isaac (especially from Isaac's son Jacob); the nation whom God chose to receive his revelation and with whom God chose to make a covenant (Exodus 19)
From this reading “When once you've bathed in the sea you're free of the country, like the Israelites, after swimming the Jordan.”
a river in Palestine that empties into the Dead Sea; John the Baptist baptized Jesus in the Jordan
From this reading “When once you've bathed in the sea you're free of the country, like the Israelites, after swimming the Jordan.”
a person who lives (or is located) near another
From this reading “Everybody asks his neighbour, "Have you bathed?"”
the act of swimming
From this reading “When once you've bathed in the sea you're free of the country, like the Israelites, after swimming the Jordan.”
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In this reading “The proper thing to do when you awake at Penzance is to run down to the sea and bathe.”
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In this reading “The proper thing to do when you awake at Penzance is to run down to the sea and bathe.”
In this reading “When once you've bathed in the sea you're free of the country, like the Israelites, after swimming the Jordan.”
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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 It is a sort of ceremony with something belonging to it.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading We were told all about it in the smoking-room.
later than; following
From this reading When once you've bathed in the sea you're free of the country, like the Israelites, after swimming the Jordan.
(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 We were told all about it in the smoking-room.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The proper thing to do when you awake at Penzance is to run down to the sea and bathe.
third-person singular of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading Everybody asks his neighbour, "Have you bathed?"
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The proper thing to do when you awake at Penzance is to run down to the sea and bathe.
not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
From this reading The proper thing to do when you awake at Penzance is to run down to the sea and bathe.
cleanse the entire body
From this reading The proper thing to do when you awake at Penzance is to run down to the sea and bathe.
past form of “bathe” — cleanse the entire body
From this reading When once you've bathed in the sea you're free of the country, like the Israelites, after swimming the Jordan.
happiness felt in a secure relationship
From this reading It is a sort of ceremony with something belonging to it.
a formal event performed on a special occasion
From this reading It is a sort of ceremony with something belonging to it.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading When once you've bathed in the sea you're free of the country, like the Israelites, after swimming the Jordan.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading The proper thing to do when you awake at Penzance is to run down to the sea and bathe.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading The proper thing to do when you awake at Penzance is to run down to the sea and bathe.
every person
From this reading Everybody asks his neighbour, "Have you bathed?"
grant freedom to; free from confinement
From this reading When once you've bathed in the sea you're free of the country, like the Israelites, after swimming the Jordan.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Everybody asks his neighbour, "Have you bathed?"
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Everybody asks his neighbour, "Have you bathed?"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We were told all about it in the smoking-room.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The proper thing to do when you awake at Penzance is to run down to the sea and bathe.
the ethnic group claiming descent from Abraham and Isaac (especially from Isaac's son Jacob); the nation whom God chose to receive his revelation and with whom God chose to make a covenant (Exodus 19)
From this reading When once you've bathed in the sea you're free of the country, like the Israelites, after swimming the Jordan.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading We were told all about it in the smoking-room.
a river in Palestine that empties into the Dead Sea; John the Baptist baptized Jesus in the Jordan
From this reading When once you've bathed in the sea you're free of the country, like the Israelites, after swimming the Jordan.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading When once you've bathed in the sea you're free of the country, like the Israelites, after swimming the Jordan.
a person who lives (or is located) near another
From this reading Everybody asks his neighbour, "Have you bathed?"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It is a sort of ceremony with something belonging to it.
on one occasion
From this reading When once you've bathed in the sea you're free of the country, like the Israelites, after swimming the Jordan.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The proper thing to do when you awake at Penzance is to run down to the sea and bathe.
marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness
From this reading The proper thing to do when you awake at Penzance is to run down to the sea and bathe.
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading The proper thing to do when you awake at Penzance is to run down to the sea and bathe.
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading The proper thing to do when you awake at Penzance is to run down to the sea and bathe.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We were told all about it in the smoking-room.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading It is a sort of ceremony with something belonging to it.
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading It is a sort of ceremony with something belonging to it.
the act of swimming
From this reading When once you've bathed in the sea you're free of the country, like the Israelites, after swimming the Jordan.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The proper thing to do when you awake at Penzance is to run down to the sea and bathe.
a special situation
From this reading The proper thing to do when you awake at Penzance is to run down to the sea and bathe.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The proper thing to do when you awake at Penzance is to run down to the sea and bathe.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading We were told all about it in the smoking-room.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We were told all about it in the smoking-room.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We were told all about it in the smoking-room.
at the time that
From this reading The proper thing to do when you awake at Penzance is to run down to the sea and bathe.
in the company of; together with
From this reading It is a sort of ceremony with something belonging to it.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The proper thing to do when you awake at Penzance is to run down to the sea and bathe.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When once you've bathed in the sea you're free of the country, like the Israelites, after swimming the Jordan.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When once you've bathed in the sea you're free of the country, like the Israelites, after swimming the Jordan.
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