Chapter 1 of Ever Heard This? Over Three Hundred Good Stories is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Ever Heard This? Over Three Hundred Good Stories is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
EVER HEARD THIS? EVER HEARD THIS? A lover and his lass sought a secluded lane, but to their disgust a small boy arrived there too. Said the lover: "Here’s a penny. Go and get some sweets."
Chapter 1 of Ever Heard This? Over Three Hundred Good Stories is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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fill with distaste
From this reading “A lover and his lass sought a secluded lane, but to their disgust a small boy arrived there too.”
a narrow way or road
From this reading “A lover and his lass sought a secluded lane, but to their disgust a small boy arrived there too.”
a girl or young woman who is unmarried
From this reading “A lover and his lass sought a secluded lane, but to their disgust a small boy arrived there too.”
a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
From this reading “A lover and his lass sought a secluded lane, but to their disgust a small boy arrived there too.”
a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound
From this reading “Said the lover: "Here’s a penny.”
hidden from general view or use
From this reading “A lover and his lass sought a secluded lane, but to their disgust a small boy arrived there too.”
that is looked for
From this reading “A lover and his lass sought a secluded lane, but to their disgust a small boy arrived there too.”
plural of “sweet” — English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912)
From this reading “Go and get some sweets."”
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 “EVER HEARD THIS?”
In this reading “A lover and his lass sought a secluded lane, but to their disgust a small boy arrived there too.”
In this reading “A lover and his lass sought a secluded lane, but to their disgust a small boy arrived there too.”
In this reading “Go and get some sweets."”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A lover and his lass sought a secluded lane, but to their disgust a small boy arrived there too.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A lover and his lass sought a secluded lane, but to their disgust a small boy arrived there too.
past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading A lover and his lass sought a secluded lane, but to their disgust a small boy arrived there too.
a youthful male person
From this reading A lover and his lass sought a secluded lane, but to their disgust a small boy arrived there too.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading A lover and his lass sought a secluded lane, but to their disgust a small boy arrived there too.
fill with distaste
From this reading A lover and his lass sought a secluded lane, but to their disgust a small boy arrived there too.
at any time
From this reading EVER HEARD THIS?
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Go and get some sweets."
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Go and get some sweets."
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading EVER HEARD THIS?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Said the lover: "Here’s a penny.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A lover and his lass sought a secluded lane, but to their disgust a small boy arrived there too.
a narrow way or road
From this reading A lover and his lass sought a secluded lane, but to their disgust a small boy arrived there too.
a girl or young woman who is unmarried
From this reading A lover and his lass sought a secluded lane, but to their disgust a small boy arrived there too.
a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
From this reading A lover and his lass sought a secluded lane, but to their disgust a small boy arrived there too.
a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound
From this reading Said the lover: "Here’s a penny.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Said the lover: "Here’s a penny.
hidden from general view or use
From this reading A lover and his lass sought a secluded lane, but to their disgust a small boy arrived there too.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading A lover and his lass sought a secluded lane, but to their disgust a small boy arrived there too.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Go and get some sweets."
that is looked for
From this reading A lover and his lass sought a secluded lane, but to their disgust a small boy arrived there too.
plural of “sweet” — English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912)
From this reading Go and get some sweets."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Said the lover: "Here’s a penny.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading A lover and his lass sought a secluded lane, but to their disgust a small boy arrived there too.
in or at that place or location
From this reading A lover and his lass sought a secluded lane, but to their disgust a small boy arrived there too.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading EVER HEARD THIS?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A lover and his lass sought a secluded lane, but to their disgust a small boy arrived there too.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading A lover and his lass sought a secluded lane, but to their disgust a small boy arrived there too.
Chapter 1 of Ever Heard This? Over Three Hundred Good Stories by F. W. Chambers holds 412 sentences, grouped into 83 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 1 holds 412 sentences of Ever Heard This? Over Three Hundred Good Stories, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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