Chapter 15 of Dagonet Abroad is here in full — 338 sentences across 68 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 15 of Dagonet Abroad is here in full — 338 sentences across 68 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
NAPLES. Naples! What marvellous scenes that one word conjures up! Everybody knows Naples. Those who have not seen it have read about it, and its thousand marvels are familiar as household words.
Chapter 15 of Dagonet Abroad is here in full — 338 sentences across 68 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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third-person singular of “conjure” — summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
From this reading “What marvellous scenes that one word conjures up!”
every person
From this reading “Everybody knows Naples.”
well known or easily recognized
From this reading “Those who have not seen it have read about it, and its thousand marvels are familiar as household words.”
a social unit living together
From this reading “Those who have not seen it have read about it, and its thousand marvels are familiar as household words.”
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading “What marvellous scenes that one word conjures up!”
plural of “marvel” — something that causes feelings of wonder
From this reading “Those who have not seen it have read about it, and its thousand marvels are familiar as household words.”
a port and tourist center in southwestern Italy; capital of the Campania region
From this reading “NAPLES.”
plural of “scene” — the place where some action occurs
From this reading “What marvellous scenes that one word conjures up!”
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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summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
In this reading “What marvellous scenes that one word conjures up!”
In this reading “Those who have not seen it have read about it, and its thousand marvels are familiar as household words.”
In this reading “Those who have not seen it have read about it, and its thousand marvels are familiar as household words.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Those who have not seen it have read about it, and its thousand marvels are familiar as household words.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Those who have not seen it have read about it, and its thousand marvels are familiar as household words.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Those who have not seen it have read about it, and its thousand marvels are familiar as household words.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Those who have not seen it have read about it, and its thousand marvels are familiar as household words.
third-person singular of “conjure” — summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
From this reading What marvellous scenes that one word conjures up!
every person
From this reading Everybody knows Naples.
well known or easily recognized
From this reading Those who have not seen it have read about it, and its thousand marvels are familiar as household words.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Those who have not seen it have read about it, and its thousand marvels are familiar as household words.
a social unit living together
From this reading Those who have not seen it have read about it, and its thousand marvels are familiar as household words.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Those who have not seen it have read about it, and its thousand marvels are familiar as household words.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Those who have not seen it have read about it, and its thousand marvels are familiar as household words.
plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
From this reading Everybody knows Naples.
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading What marvellous scenes that one word conjures up!
plural of “marvel” — something that causes feelings of wonder
From this reading Those who have not seen it have read about it, and its thousand marvels are familiar as household words.
a port and tourist center in southwestern Italy; capital of the Campania region
From this reading NAPLES.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Those who have not seen it have read about it, and its thousand marvels are familiar as household words.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading What marvellous scenes that one word conjures up!
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading Those who have not seen it have read about it, and its thousand marvels are familiar as household words.
plural of “scene” — the place where some action occurs
From this reading What marvellous scenes that one word conjures up!
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Those who have not seen it have read about it, and its thousand marvels are familiar as household words.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading What marvellous scenes that one word conjures up!
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Those who have not seen it have read about it, and its thousand marvels are familiar as household words.
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading Those who have not seen it have read about it, and its thousand marvels are familiar as household words.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading What marvellous scenes that one word conjures up!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What marvellous scenes that one word conjures up!
which person or people
From this reading Those who have not seen it have read about it, and its thousand marvels are familiar as household words.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading What marvellous scenes that one word conjures up!
the words that are spoken
From this reading Those who have not seen it have read about it, and its thousand marvels are familiar as household words.
Chapter 15 of Dagonet Abroad by George R. (George Robert) Sims holds 338 sentences, grouped into 68 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 15 holds 338 sentences of Dagonet Abroad, unabridged, divided into 68 reading sections.
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