Chapter 6 of Floating Fancies Among the Weird and the Occult is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Floating Fancies Among the Weird and the Occult is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“This is my home. I am Christopher Hembold!” answered he. The policeman laughed: “Oh, come off! This is the home of the Widow Hembold, all right; but you look about as much like the defunct Christopher as a yellow cur resembles a King Charles spaniel.” Christopher tried to jerk away.
Chapter 6 of Floating Fancies Among the Weird and the Occult is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Christian martyr and patron saint of travellers (3rd century)
From this reading “I am Christopher Hembold!” answered he.”
an inferior dog or one of mixed breed
From this reading “This is the home of the Widow Hembold, all right; but you look about as much like the defunct Christopher as a yellow cur resembles a King Charles spaniel.””
no longer in force or use; inactive
From this reading “This is the home of the Widow Hembold, all right; but you look about as much like the defunct Christopher as a yellow cur resembles a King Charles spaniel.””
pull, or move with a sudden movement
From this reading “Christopher tried to jerk away.”
a member of a police force
From this reading “The policeman laughed: “Oh, come off!”
third-person singular of “resemble” — appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to
From this reading “This is the home of the Widow Hembold, all right; but you look about as much like the defunct Christopher as a yellow cur resembles a King Charles spaniel.””
any of several breeds of small to medium-sized gun dogs with a long silky coat and long frilled ears
From this reading “This is the home of the Widow Hembold, all right; but you look about as much like the defunct Christopher as a yellow cur resembles a King Charles spaniel.””
a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
From this reading “This is the home of the Widow Hembold, all right; but you look about as much like the defunct Christopher as a yellow cur resembles a King Charles spaniel.””
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 “This is the home of the Widow Hembold, all right; but you look about as much like the defunct Christopher as a yellow cur resembles a King Charles spaniel.””
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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 This is the home of the Widow Hembold, all right; but you look about as much like the defunct Christopher as a yellow cur resembles a King Charles spaniel.”
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading This is the home of the Widow Hembold, all right; but you look about as much like the defunct Christopher as a yellow cur resembles a King Charles spaniel.”
(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 This is the home of the Widow Hembold, all right; but you look about as much like the defunct Christopher as a yellow cur resembles a King Charles spaniel.”
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am Christopher Hembold!” answered he.
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading I am Christopher Hembold!” answered he.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading This is the home of the Widow Hembold, all right; but you look about as much like the defunct Christopher as a yellow cur resembles a King Charles spaniel.”
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Christopher tried to jerk away.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading This is the home of the Widow Hembold, all right; but you look about as much like the defunct Christopher as a yellow cur resembles a King Charles spaniel.”
King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)
From this reading This is the home of the Widow Hembold, all right; but you look about as much like the defunct Christopher as a yellow cur resembles a King Charles spaniel.”
Christian martyr and patron saint of travellers (3rd century)
From this reading I am Christopher Hembold!” answered he.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The policeman laughed: “Oh, come off!
an inferior dog or one of mixed breed
From this reading This is the home of the Widow Hembold, all right; but you look about as much like the defunct Christopher as a yellow cur resembles a King Charles spaniel.”
no longer in force or use; inactive
From this reading This is the home of the Widow Hembold, all right; but you look about as much like the defunct Christopher as a yellow cur resembles a King Charles spaniel.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I am Christopher Hembold!” answered he.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I am Christopher Hembold!” answered he.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading “This is my home.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I am Christopher Hembold!” answered he.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “This is my home.
pull, or move with a sudden movement
From this reading Christopher tried to jerk away.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading This is the home of the Widow Hembold, all right; but you look about as much like the defunct Christopher as a yellow cur resembles a King Charles spaniel.”
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading The policeman laughed: “Oh, come off!
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading This is the home of the Widow Hembold, all right; but you look about as much like the defunct Christopher as a yellow cur resembles a King Charles spaniel.”
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading This is the home of the Widow Hembold, all right; but you look about as much like the defunct Christopher as a yellow cur resembles a King Charles spaniel.”
to a great degree or extent
From this reading This is the home of the Widow Hembold, all right; but you look about as much like the defunct Christopher as a yellow cur resembles a King Charles spaniel.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “This is my home.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading This is the home of the Widow Hembold, all right; but you look about as much like the defunct Christopher as a yellow cur resembles a King Charles spaniel.”
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading The policeman laughed: “Oh, come off!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading The policeman laughed: “Oh, come off!
a member of a police force
From this reading The policeman laughed: “Oh, come off!
third-person singular of “resemble” — appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to
From this reading This is the home of the Widow Hembold, all right; but you look about as much like the defunct Christopher as a yellow cur resembles a King Charles spaniel.”
precisely, exactly
From this reading This is the home of the Widow Hembold, all right; but you look about as much like the defunct Christopher as a yellow cur resembles a King Charles spaniel.”
any of several breeds of small to medium-sized gun dogs with a long silky coat and long frilled ears
From this reading This is the home of the Widow Hembold, all right; but you look about as much like the defunct Christopher as a yellow cur resembles a King Charles spaniel.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The policeman laughed: “Oh, come off!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “This is my home.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Christopher tried to jerk away.
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading Christopher tried to jerk away.
a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
From this reading This is the home of the Widow Hembold, all right; but you look about as much like the defunct Christopher as a yellow cur resembles a King Charles spaniel.”
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
From this reading This is the home of the Widow Hembold, all right; but you look about as much like the defunct Christopher as a yellow cur resembles a King Charles spaniel.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading This is the home of the Widow Hembold, all right; but you look about as much like the defunct Christopher as a yellow cur resembles a King Charles spaniel.”
Chapter 6 of Floating Fancies Among the Weird and the Occult by Clara H. Holmes holds 441 sentences, grouped into 89 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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