Chapter 14 of Final Proof is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of Final Proof is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"'Why not sugar?' said Mr. Barnes. "'I don't know. That never occurred to me. Perhaps it was. At all events I have not had a drop of anything since, except water.
Chapter 14 of Final Proof is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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any thing at all
From this reading “At all events I have not had a drop of anything since, except water.”
let fall to the ground
From this reading “At all events I have not had a drop of anything since, except water.”
plural of “event” — something that happens at a given place and time
From this reading “At all events I have not had a drop of anything since, except water.”
apart from; not including
From this reading “At all events I have not had a drop of anything since, except water.”
inflected form of “occur” — come to pass
From this reading “That never occurred to me.”
from a time in the past until now
From this reading “At all events I have not had a drop of anything since, except water.”
a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative
From this reading “"'Why not sugar?' said Mr. Barnes.”
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading “At all events I have not had a drop of anything since, except water.”
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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In this reading “At all events I have not had a drop of anything since, except water.”
In this reading “At all events I have not had a drop of anything since, except water.”
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 At all events I have not had a drop of anything since, except water.
(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 At all events I have not had a drop of anything since, except water.
any thing at all
From this reading At all events I have not had a drop of anything since, except water.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At all events I have not had a drop of anything since, except water.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "'Why not sugar?' said Mr. Barnes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "'I don't know.
let fall to the ground
From this reading At all events I have not had a drop of anything since, except water.
plural of “event” — something that happens at a given place and time
From this reading At all events I have not had a drop of anything since, except water.
apart from; not including
From this reading At all events I have not had a drop of anything since, except water.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading At all events I have not had a drop of anything since, except water.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading At all events I have not had a drop of anything since, except water.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "'I don't know.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Perhaps it was.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading "'I don't know.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading That never occurred to me.
a form of address for a man
From this reading "'Why not sugar?' said Mr. Barnes.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading That never occurred to me.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "'Why not sugar?' said Mr. Barnes.
inflected form of “occur” — come to pass
From this reading That never occurred to me.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At all events I have not had a drop of anything since, except water.
by chance
From this reading Perhaps it was.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "'Why not sugar?' said Mr. Barnes.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading At all events I have not had a drop of anything since, except water.
a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative
From this reading "'Why not sugar?' said Mr. Barnes.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That never occurred to me.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading That never occurred to me.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Perhaps it was.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading At all events I have not had a drop of anything since, except water.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "'Why not sugar?' said Mr. Barnes.
Chapter 14 of Final Proof by Rodrigues Ottolengui holds 416 sentences, grouped into 84 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 14 holds 416 sentences of Final Proof, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 14 of Final Proof by Rodrigues Ottolengui exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 416 sentences, grouped into 84 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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