Chapter 26 of Dagonet Abroad is here in full — 245 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXVI
Chapter 26 of Dagonet Abroad is here in full — 245 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ANTWERP AND BRUSSELS. London was hot, and London was noisy. Everybody was leaving London, but the more the people poured out of it the noisier it seemed to get. Moreover, it was dull. So I said to myself, said I, ‘I’ll get out of it.’
Chapter 26 of Dagonet Abroad is here in full — 245 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a busy port and financial center in northern Belgium on the Scheldt river; it has long been a center for the diamond industry and the first stock exchange was opened there in 1460
From this reading “ANTWERP AND BRUSSELS.”
the capital and largest city of Belgium; seat of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
From this reading “ANTWERP AND BRUSSELS.”
lacking in liveliness or animation
From this reading “Moreover, it was dull.”
every person
From this reading “Everybody was leaving London, but the more the people poured out of it the noisier it seemed to get.”
in addition to what has just been said
From this reading “Moreover, it was dull.”
comparative of “noisy” — full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds
From this reading “Everybody was leaving London, but the more the people poured out of it the noisier it seemed to get.”
full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds
From this reading “London was hot, and London was noisy.”
past form of “pour” — cause to run
From this reading “Everybody was leaving London, but the more the people poured out of it the noisier it seemed to get.”
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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express without restraint
In this reading “Everybody was leaving London, but the more the people poured out of it the noisier it seemed to get.”
move out of or depart from
In this reading “So I said to myself, said I, ‘I’ll get out of it.’”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ANTWERP AND BRUSSELS.
a busy port and financial center in northern Belgium on the Scheldt river; it has long been a center for the diamond industry and the first stock exchange was opened there in 1460
From this reading ANTWERP AND BRUSSELS.
the capital and largest city of Belgium; seat of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
From this reading ANTWERP AND BRUSSELS.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Everybody was leaving London, but the more the people poured out of it the noisier it seemed to get.
lacking in liveliness or animation
From this reading Moreover, it was dull.
every person
From this reading Everybody was leaving London, but the more the people poured out of it the noisier it seemed to get.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Everybody was leaving London, but the more the people poured out of it the noisier it seemed to get.
used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
From this reading London was hot, and London was noisy.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading So I said to myself, said I, ‘I’ll get out of it.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So I said to myself, said I, ‘I’ll get out of it.’
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Everybody was leaving London, but the more the people poured out of it the noisier it seemed to get.
the act of departing
From this reading Everybody was leaving London, but the more the people poured out of it the noisier it seemed to get.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading London was hot, and London was noisy.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Everybody was leaving London, but the more the people poured out of it the noisier it seemed to get.
in addition to what has just been said
From this reading Moreover, it was dull.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading So I said to myself, said I, ‘I’ll get out of it.’
comparative of “noisy” — full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds
From this reading Everybody was leaving London, but the more the people poured out of it the noisier it seemed to get.
full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds
From this reading London was hot, and London was noisy.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Everybody was leaving London, but the more the people poured out of it the noisier it seemed to get.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Everybody was leaving London, but the more the people poured out of it the noisier it seemed to get.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading Everybody was leaving London, but the more the people poured out of it the noisier it seemed to get.
past form of “pour” — cause to run
From this reading Everybody was leaving London, but the more the people poured out of it the noisier it seemed to get.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading So I said to myself, said I, ‘I’ll get out of it.’
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Everybody was leaving London, but the more the people poured out of it the noisier it seemed to get.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So I said to myself, said I, ‘I’ll get out of it.’
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Everybody was leaving London, but the more the people poured out of it the noisier it seemed to get.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Everybody was leaving London, but the more the people poured out of it the noisier it seemed to get.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading London was hot, and London was noisy.
Chapter 26 of Dagonet Abroad by George R. (George Robert) Sims holds 245 sentences, grouped into 49 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 26 holds 245 sentences of Dagonet Abroad, unabridged, divided into 49 reading sections.
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