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Chapter 3 of Hand and Ring is here in full — 1748 sentences across 350 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE WEAVING OF A WEB. XII. THE SPIDER. "Thus far we run before the wind." IN the interview which Mr. Byrd had held with Miss Dare he had been conscious of omitting one test which many another man in his place would have made.
Chapter 3 of Hand and Ring is here in full — 1748 sentences across 350 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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English organist and composer of church music; master of 16th century polyphony; was granted a monopoly in music printing with Thomas Tallis (1543-1623)
From this reading “IN the interview which Mr. Byrd had held with Miss Dare he had been conscious of omitting one test which many another man in his place would have made.”
intentionally conceived
From this reading “IN the interview which Mr. Byrd had held with Miss Dare he had been conscious of omitting one test which many another man in his place would have made.”
conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting
From this reading “IN the interview which Mr. Byrd had held with Miss Dare he had been conscious of omitting one test which many another man in his place would have made.”
inflected form of “omit” — prevent from being included or considered or accepted
From this reading “IN the interview which Mr. Byrd had held with Miss Dare he had been conscious of omitting one test which many another man in his place would have made.”
predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey
From this reading “THE SPIDER.”
trying something to find out about it
From this reading “IN the interview which Mr. Byrd had held with Miss Dare he had been conscious of omitting one test which many another man in his place would have made.”
creating fabric
From this reading “THE WEAVING OF A WEB.”
an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving
From this reading “THE WEAVING OF A WEB.”
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 “"Thus far we run before the wind."”
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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 THE WEAVING OF A WEB.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading IN the interview which Mr. Byrd had held with Miss Dare he had been conscious of omitting one test which many another man in his place would have made.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading IN the interview which Mr. Byrd had held with Miss Dare he had been conscious of omitting one test which many another man in his place would have made.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading "Thus far we run before the wind."
English organist and composer of church music; master of 16th century polyphony; was granted a monopoly in music printing with Thomas Tallis (1543-1623)
From this reading IN the interview which Mr. Byrd had held with Miss Dare he had been conscious of omitting one test which many another man in his place would have made.
intentionally conceived
From this reading IN the interview which Mr. Byrd had held with Miss Dare he had been conscious of omitting one test which many another man in his place would have made.
take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
From this reading IN the interview which Mr. Byrd had held with Miss Dare he had been conscious of omitting one test which many another man in his place would have made.
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading "Thus far we run before the wind."
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading IN the interview which Mr. Byrd had held with Miss Dare he had been conscious of omitting one test which many another man in his place would have made.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading IN the interview which Mr. Byrd had held with Miss Dare he had been conscious of omitting one test which many another man in his place would have made.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading IN the interview which Mr. Byrd had held with Miss Dare he had been conscious of omitting one test which many another man in his place would have made.
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading IN the interview which Mr. Byrd had held with Miss Dare he had been conscious of omitting one test which many another man in his place would have made.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading IN the interview which Mr. Byrd had held with Miss Dare he had been conscious of omitting one test which many another man in his place would have made.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN the interview which Mr. Byrd had held with Miss Dare he had been conscious of omitting one test which many another man in his place would have made.
conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting
From this reading IN the interview which Mr. Byrd had held with Miss Dare he had been conscious of omitting one test which many another man in his place would have made.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading IN the interview which Mr. Byrd had held with Miss Dare he had been conscious of omitting one test which many another man in his place would have made.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading IN the interview which Mr. Byrd had held with Miss Dare he had been conscious of omitting one test which many another man in his place would have made.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading IN the interview which Mr. Byrd had held with Miss Dare he had been conscious of omitting one test which many another man in his place would have made.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading IN the interview which Mr. Byrd had held with Miss Dare he had been conscious of omitting one test which many another man in his place would have made.
a form of address for a man
From this reading IN the interview which Mr. Byrd had held with Miss Dare he had been conscious of omitting one test which many another man in his place would have made.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE WEAVING OF A WEB.
inflected form of “omit” — prevent from being included or considered or accepted
From this reading IN the interview which Mr. Byrd had held with Miss Dare he had been conscious of omitting one test which many another man in his place would have made.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading IN the interview which Mr. Byrd had held with Miss Dare he had been conscious of omitting one test which many another man in his place would have made.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading IN the interview which Mr. Byrd had held with Miss Dare he had been conscious of omitting one test which many another man in his place would have made.
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading "Thus far we run before the wind."
predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey
From this reading THE SPIDER.
trying something to find out about it
From this reading IN the interview which Mr. Byrd had held with Miss Dare he had been conscious of omitting one test which many another man in his place would have made.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WEAVING OF A WEB.
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
From this reading "Thus far we run before the wind."
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "Thus far we run before the wind."
creating fabric
From this reading THE WEAVING OF A WEB.
an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving
From this reading THE WEAVING OF A WEB.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading IN the interview which Mr. Byrd had held with Miss Dare he had been conscious of omitting one test which many another man in his place would have made.
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading "Thus far we run before the wind."
in the company of; together with
From this reading IN the interview which Mr. Byrd had held with Miss Dare he had been conscious of omitting one test which many another man in his place would have made.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading IN the interview which Mr. Byrd had held with Miss Dare he had been conscious of omitting one test which many another man in his place would have made.
the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
From this reading XII.
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