Chapter 18 of Dalziels' Illustrated Goldsmith is here in full — 379 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of Dalziels' Illustrated Goldsmith is here in full — 379 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TONY. Ecod, and when I'm of age I'll be no bastard, I promise you! I have been thinking of Bett Bouncer, and the miller's grey mare to begin with. But come, my boys, drink about and be merry, for you pay no reckoning.—Well, Stingo, what's the matter? _Enter_ LANDLORD.
Chapter 18 of Dalziels' Illustrated Goldsmith is here in full — 379 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
From this reading “Ecod, and when I'm of age I'll be no bastard, I promise you!”
a person whose duty is to throw troublemakers out of a bar or public meeting
From this reading “I have been thinking of Bett Bouncer, and the miller's grey mare to begin with.”
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
From this reading “I have been thinking of Bett Bouncer, and the miller's grey mare to begin with.”
a landowner who leases to others
From this reading “_Enter_ LANDLORD.”
female equine animal
From this reading “I have been thinking of Bett Bouncer, and the miller's grey mare to begin with.”
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading “But come, my boys, drink about and be merry, for you pay no reckoning.—Well, Stingo, what's the matter?”
possessive form of “miller” — United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944)
From this reading “I have been thinking of Bett Bouncer, and the miller's grey mare to begin with.”
problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
From this reading “But come, my boys, drink about and be merry, for you pay no reckoning.—Well, Stingo, what's the matter?”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “I have been thinking of Bett Bouncer, and the miller's grey mare to begin with.”
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 But come, my boys, drink about and be merry, for you pay no reckoning.—Well, Stingo, what's the matter?
how long something has existed
From this reading Ecod, and when I'm of age I'll be no bastard, I promise you!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Ecod, and when I'm of age I'll be no bastard, I promise you!
insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
From this reading Ecod, and when I'm of age I'll be no bastard, I promise you!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Ecod, and when I'm of age I'll be no bastard, I promise you!
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I have been thinking of Bett Bouncer, and the miller's grey mare to begin with.
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading I have been thinking of Bett Bouncer, and the miller's grey mare to begin with.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I have been thinking of Bett Bouncer, and the miller's grey mare to begin with.
a person whose duty is to throw troublemakers out of a bar or public meeting
From this reading I have been thinking of Bett Bouncer, and the miller's grey mare to begin with.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading But come, my boys, drink about and be merry, for you pay no reckoning.—Well, Stingo, what's the matter?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But come, my boys, drink about and be merry, for you pay no reckoning.—Well, Stingo, what's the matter?
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading But come, my boys, drink about and be merry, for you pay no reckoning.—Well, Stingo, what's the matter?
take in liquids
From this reading But come, my boys, drink about and be merry, for you pay no reckoning.—Well, Stingo, what's the matter?
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From this reading Ecod, and when I'm of age I'll be no bastard, I promise you!
to come or go into
From this reading _Enter_ LANDLORD.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But come, my boys, drink about and be merry, for you pay no reckoning.—Well, Stingo, what's the matter?
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
From this reading I have been thinking of Bett Bouncer, and the miller's grey mare to begin with.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have been thinking of Bett Bouncer, and the miller's grey mare to begin with.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Ecod, and when I'm of age I'll be no bastard, I promise you!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ecod, and when I'm of age I'll be no bastard, I promise you!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ecod, and when I'm of age I'll be no bastard, I promise you!
a landowner who leases to others
From this reading _Enter_ LANDLORD.
female equine animal
From this reading I have been thinking of Bett Bouncer, and the miller's grey mare to begin with.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading But come, my boys, drink about and be merry, for you pay no reckoning.—Well, Stingo, what's the matter?
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading But come, my boys, drink about and be merry, for you pay no reckoning.—Well, Stingo, what's the matter?
possessive form of “miller” — United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944)
From this reading I have been thinking of Bett Bouncer, and the miller's grey mare to begin with.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading But come, my boys, drink about and be merry, for you pay no reckoning.—Well, Stingo, what's the matter?
not any; not one
From this reading Ecod, and when I'm of age I'll be no bastard, I promise you!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Ecod, and when I'm of age I'll be no bastard, I promise you!
give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
From this reading But come, my boys, drink about and be merry, for you pay no reckoning.—Well, Stingo, what's the matter?
make a promise or commitment
From this reading Ecod, and when I'm of age I'll be no bastard, I promise you!
problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
From this reading But come, my boys, drink about and be merry, for you pay no reckoning.—Well, Stingo, what's the matter?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But come, my boys, drink about and be merry, for you pay no reckoning.—Well, Stingo, what's the matter?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I have been thinking of Bett Bouncer, and the miller's grey mare to begin with.
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading I have been thinking of Bett Bouncer, and the miller's grey mare to begin with.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I have been thinking of Bett Bouncer, and the miller's grey mare to begin with.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading TONY.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading But come, my boys, drink about and be merry, for you pay no reckoning.—Well, Stingo, what's the matter?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But come, my boys, drink about and be merry, for you pay no reckoning.—Well, Stingo, what's the matter?
at the time that
From this reading Ecod, and when I'm of age I'll be no bastard, I promise you!
in the company of; together with
From this reading I have been thinking of Bett Bouncer, and the miller's grey mare to begin with.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Ecod, and when I'm of age I'll be no bastard, I promise you!
Chapter 18 of Dalziels' Illustrated Goldsmith by Oliver Goldsmith holds 379 sentences, grouped into 76 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 18 holds 379 sentences of Dalziels' Illustrated Goldsmith, unabridged, divided into 76 reading sections.
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