Chapter 15 of Guy and Pauline is here in full — 377 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Guy and Pauline is here in full — 377 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Your theories may be all right for great creative artists," said Maurice. "And I suppose you're willing to take the risk of stagnation?" "I'm not a great creative artist," said Guy quickly. "At the same time I'm damned if I'm a journalist. No, the effect of Plashers Mead on me has been to make me long to be a man of action.
Chapter 15 of Guy and Pauline is here in full — 377 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “artist” — a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination
From this reading “"Your theories may be all right for great creative artists," said Maurice.”
having the ability or power to create
From this reading “"Your theories may be all right for great creative artists," said Maurice.”
expletives used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “"At the same time I'm damned if I'm a journalist.”
an informal term for a youth or man
From this reading “"I'm not a great creative artist," said Guy quickly.”
a writer for newspapers and magazines
From this reading “"At the same time I'm damned if I'm a journalist.”
United States anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in Polynesian cultures (1901-1978)
From this reading “No, the effect of Plashers Mead on me has been to make me long to be a man of action.”
a state of inactivity (in business or art etc)
From this reading “"And I suppose you're willing to take the risk of stagnation?"”
plural of “theory” — a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena
From this reading “"Your theories may be all right for great creative artists," said Maurice.”
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 “"At the same time I'm damned if I'm a journalist.”
In this reading “"And I suppose you're willing to take the risk of stagnation?"”
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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'm not a great creative artist," said Guy quickly.
something done (usually as opposed to something said)
From this reading No, the effect of Plashers Mead on me has been to make me long to be a man of action.
(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 "Your theories may be all right for great creative artists," said Maurice.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And I suppose you're willing to take the risk of stagnation?"
a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination
From this reading "I'm not a great creative artist," said Guy quickly.
plural of “artist” — a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination
From this reading "Your theories may be all right for great creative artists," said Maurice.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "At the same time I'm damned if I'm a journalist.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Your theories may be all right for great creative artists," said Maurice.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading No, the effect of Plashers Mead on me has been to make me long to be a man of action.
having the ability or power to create
From this reading "Your theories may be all right for great creative artists," said Maurice.
expletives used informally as intensifiers
From this reading "At the same time I'm damned if I'm a journalist.
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
From this reading No, the effect of Plashers Mead on me has been to make me long to be a man of action.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Your theories may be all right for great creative artists," said Maurice.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading "Your theories may be all right for great creative artists," said Maurice.
an informal term for a youth or man
From this reading "I'm not a great creative artist," said Guy quickly.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading No, the effect of Plashers Mead on me has been to make me long to be a man of action.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "And I suppose you're willing to take the risk of stagnation?"
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From this reading "I'm not a great creative artist," said Guy quickly.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "At the same time I'm damned if I'm a journalist.
a writer for newspapers and magazines
From this reading "At the same time I'm damned if I'm a journalist.
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 No, the effect of Plashers Mead on me has been to make me long to be a man of action.
engage in
From this reading No, the effect of Plashers Mead on me has been to make me long to be a man of action.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading No, the effect of Plashers Mead on me has been to make me long to be a man of action.
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From this reading "Your theories may be all right for great creative artists," said Maurice.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading "Your theories may be all right for great creative artists," said Maurice.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading No, the effect of Plashers Mead on me has been to make me long to be a man of action.
United States anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in Polynesian cultures (1901-1978)
From this reading No, the effect of Plashers Mead on me has been to make me long to be a man of action.
not any; not one
From this reading No, the effect of Plashers Mead on me has been to make me long to be a man of action.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "I'm not a great creative artist," said Guy quickly.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "And I suppose you're willing to take the risk of stagnation?"
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading No, the effect of Plashers Mead on me has been to make me long to be a man of action.
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From this reading No, the effect of Plashers Mead on me has been to make me long to be a man of action.
with speed
From this reading "I'm not a great creative artist," said Guy quickly.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "Your theories may be all right for great creative artists," said Maurice.
a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
From this reading "And I suppose you're willing to take the risk of stagnation?"
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Your theories may be all right for great creative artists," said Maurice.
Identical; not different.
From this reading "At the same time I'm damned if I'm a journalist.
a state of inactivity (in business or art etc)
From this reading "And I suppose you're willing to take the risk of stagnation?"
express a supposition
From this reading "And I suppose you're willing to take the risk of stagnation?"
carry out
From this reading "And I suppose you're willing to take the risk of stagnation?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "And I suppose you're willing to take the risk of stagnation?"
plural of “theory” — a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena
From this reading "Your theories may be all right for great creative artists," said Maurice.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading "At the same time I'm damned if I'm a journalist.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "And I suppose you're willing to take the risk of stagnation?"
disposed or inclined toward
From this reading "And I suppose you're willing to take the risk of stagnation?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "And I suppose you're willing to take the risk of stagnation?"
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Your theories may be all right for great creative artists," said Maurice.
Chapter 15 of Guy and Pauline by Compton MacKenzie holds 377 sentences, grouped into 76 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 15 holds 377 sentences of Guy and Pauline, unabridged, divided into 76 reading sections.
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