Chapter 4 of Dry Fish and Wet is here in full — 428 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Dry Fish and Wet is here in full — 428 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"H'm. I hope you'll have her back again the same as ever, before long." "Why, as to that, I hope so too, and that's the truth. But that's the more reason not to lose the chance now she's taken that way. I've thought of trying a share in a vessel too.
Chapter 4 of Dry Fish and Wet is here in full — 428 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading “But that's the more reason not to lose the chance now she's taken that way.”
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading “I hope you'll have her back again the same as ever, before long."”
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading “But that's the more reason not to lose the chance now she's taken that way.”
a rational motive for a belief or action
From this reading “But that's the more reason not to lose the chance now she's taken that way.”
have in common
From this reading “I've thought of trying a share in a vessel too.”
a fact that has been verified
From this reading “"Why, as to that, I hope so too, and that's the truth.”
hard to endure
From this reading “I've thought of trying a share in a vessel too.”
a tube in which a body fluid circulates
From this reading “I've thought of trying a share in a vessel too.”
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've thought of trying a share in a vessel too.”
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I've thought of trying a share in a vessel too.
anew
From this reading I hope you'll have her back again the same as ever, before long."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Why, as to that, I hope so too, and that's the truth.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I hope you'll have her back again the same as ever, before long."
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading I hope you'll have her back again the same as ever, before long."
earlier than; in front of
From this reading I hope you'll have her back again the same as ever, before long."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But that's the more reason not to lose the chance now she's taken that way.
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading But that's the more reason not to lose the chance now she's taken that way.
at any time
From this reading I hope you'll have her back again the same as ever, before long."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "H'm.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I hope you'll have her back again the same as ever, before long."
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I hope you'll have her back again the same as ever, before long."
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading I hope you'll have her back again the same as ever, before long."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I hope you'll have her back again the same as ever, before long."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I've thought of trying a share in a vessel too.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I've thought of trying a share in a vessel too.
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 I hope you'll have her back again the same as ever, before long."
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading But that's the more reason not to lose the chance now she's taken that way.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading But that's the more reason not to lose the chance now she's taken that way.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But that's the more reason not to lose the chance now she's taken that way.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading But that's the more reason not to lose the chance now she's taken that way.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I've thought of trying a share in a vessel too.
a rational motive for a belief or action
From this reading But that's the more reason not to lose the chance now she's taken that way.
Identical; not different.
From this reading I hope you'll have her back again the same as ever, before long."
have in common
From this reading I've thought of trying a share in a vessel too.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But that's the more reason not to lose the chance now she's taken that way.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "Why, as to that, I hope so too, and that's the truth.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading But that's the more reason not to lose the chance now she's taken that way.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Why, as to that, I hope so too, and that's the truth.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why, as to that, I hope so too, and that's the truth.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I hope you'll have her back again the same as ever, before long."
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading I've thought of trying a share in a vessel too.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Why, as to that, I hope so too, and that's the truth.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading "Why, as to that, I hope so too, and that's the truth.
a fact that has been verified
From this reading "Why, as to that, I hope so too, and that's the truth.
hard to endure
From this reading I've thought of trying a share in a vessel too.
a tube in which a body fluid circulates
From this reading I've thought of trying a share in a vessel too.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading But that's the more reason not to lose the chance now she's taken that way.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why, as to that, I hope so too, and that's the truth.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I hope you'll have her back again the same as ever, before long."
Chapter 4 of Dry Fish and Wet by Anthon Bernhard Elias Nilsen holds 428 sentences, grouped into 86 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.
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