Chapter 2 of Dorrien of Cranston is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Dorrien of Cranston is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Did I? It was only eighteen minutes." "Far too long. Look now. We are done out of our walk all through that.
Chapter 2 of Dorrien of Cranston is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/80 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading “We are done out of our walk all through that.”
being one more than seventeen
From this reading “It was only eighteen minutes."”
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading “"Far too long.”
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading “"Far too long.”
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading “Look now.”
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading “It was only eighteen minutes."”
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading “We are done out of our walk all through that.”
the act of traveling by foot
From this reading “We are done out of our walk all through that.”
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 “It was only eighteen minutes."”
In this reading “"Far too long.”
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.
(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 are done out of our walk all through that.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We are done out of our walk all through that.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "Did I?
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading We are done out of our walk all through that.
being one more than seventeen
From this reading It was only eighteen minutes."
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading "Far too long.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Did I?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was only eighteen minutes."
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading "Far too long.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Look now.
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading It was only eighteen minutes."
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Look now.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We are done out of our walk all through that.
and nothing more
From this reading It was only eighteen minutes."
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We are done out of our walk all through that.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading We are done out of our walk all through that.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading We are done out of our walk all through that.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading We are done out of our walk all through that.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading "Far too long.
the act of traveling by foot
From this reading We are done out of our walk all through that.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was only eighteen minutes."
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We are done out of our walk all through that.
Chapter 2 of Dorrien of Cranston by Bertram Mitford holds 404 sentences, grouped into 81 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 2 holds 404 sentences of Dorrien of Cranston, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Dorrien of Cranston by Bertram Mitford exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 404 sentences, grouped into 81 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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