Chapter 5 of Hadrian the Seventh is here in full — 312 sentences across 63 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Hadrian the Seventh is here in full — 312 sentences across 63 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Now things went briskly. There was a brain which schemed and a will to be obeyed. The hands began to realize that they would have to act manually. Dear deliberate Rome simply gasped at a Pontiff Who said "To-morrow" and meant it. The Sacred College found that it had no option.
Chapter 5 of Hadrian the Seventh is here in full — 312 sentences across 63 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in a brisk manner
From this reading “Now things went briskly.”
carefully thought out in advance
From this reading “Dear deliberate Rome simply gasped at a Pontiff Who said "To-morrow" and meant it.”
by hand
From this reading “The hands began to realize that they would have to act manually.”
past form of “obey” — be obedient to
From this reading “There was a brain which schemed and a will to be obeyed.”
the right to buy or sell property at an agreed price; the right is purchased and if it is not exercised by a stated date the money is forfeited
From this reading “The Sacred College found that it had no option.”
the head of the Roman Catholic Church
From this reading “Dear deliberate Rome simply gasped at a Pontiff Who said "To-morrow" and meant it.”
be fully aware or cognizant of
From this reading “The hands began to realize that they would have to act manually.”
past form of “scheme” — form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
From this reading “There was a brain which schemed and a will to be obeyed.”
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.
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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 There was a brain which schemed and a will to be obeyed.
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading The hands began to realize that they would have to act manually.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There was a brain which schemed and a will to be obeyed.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Dear deliberate Rome simply gasped at a Pontiff Who said "To-morrow" and meant it.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There was a brain which schemed and a will to be obeyed.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading The hands began to realize that they would have to act manually.
that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
From this reading There was a brain which schemed and a will to be obeyed.
in a brisk manner
From this reading Now things went briskly.
the body of faculty and students of a college
From this reading The Sacred College found that it had no option.
dearly loved
From this reading Dear deliberate Rome simply gasped at a Pontiff Who said "To-morrow" and meant it.
carefully thought out in advance
From this reading Dear deliberate Rome simply gasped at a Pontiff Who said "To-morrow" and meant it.
set up or found
From this reading The Sacred College found that it had no option.
past form of “gasp” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
From this reading Dear deliberate Rome simply gasped at a Pontiff Who said "To-morrow" and meant it.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The Sacred College found that it had no option.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading The hands began to realize that they would have to act manually.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The hands began to realize that they would have to act manually.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Dear deliberate Rome simply gasped at a Pontiff Who said "To-morrow" and meant it.
by hand
From this reading The hands began to realize that they would have to act manually.
inflected form of “mean” — mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading Dear deliberate Rome simply gasped at a Pontiff Who said "To-morrow" and meant it.
not any; not one
From this reading The Sacred College found that it had no option.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now things went briskly.
past form of “obey” — be obedient to
From this reading There was a brain which schemed and a will to be obeyed.
the right to buy or sell property at an agreed price; the right is purchased and if it is not exercised by a stated date the money is forfeited
From this reading The Sacred College found that it had no option.
the head of the Roman Catholic Church
From this reading Dear deliberate Rome simply gasped at a Pontiff Who said "To-morrow" and meant it.
be fully aware or cognizant of
From this reading The hands began to realize that they would have to act manually.
capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire
From this reading Dear deliberate Rome simply gasped at a Pontiff Who said "To-morrow" and meant it.
concerned with religion or religious purposes
From this reading The Sacred College found that it had no option.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Dear deliberate Rome simply gasped at a Pontiff Who said "To-morrow" and meant it.
past form of “scheme” — form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
From this reading There was a brain which schemed and a will to be obeyed.
and nothing more
From this reading Dear deliberate Rome simply gasped at a Pontiff Who said "To-morrow" and meant it.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The hands began to realize that they would have to act manually.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The hands began to realize that they would have to act manually.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was a brain which schemed and a will to be obeyed.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The hands began to realize that they would have to act manually.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading Now things went briskly.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There was a brain which schemed and a will to be obeyed.
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From this reading Dear deliberate Rome simply gasped at a Pontiff Who said "To-morrow" and meant it.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a brain which schemed and a will to be obeyed.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Now things went briskly.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading There was a brain which schemed and a will to be obeyed.
which person or people
From this reading Dear deliberate Rome simply gasped at a Pontiff Who said "To-morrow" and meant it.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading There was a brain which schemed and a will to be obeyed.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The hands began to realize that they would have to act manually.
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