Chapter 11 of His Great Adventure is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of His Great Adventure is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“You would talk me into giving her everything I have,” Brainard laughed, “if I could only once bring myself to accept your point of view.” “And that is?” “That life is merely a juggle of words.” “Ah, you are too young. One cannot fight successfully against youth, even with ideas!”
Chapter 11 of His Great Adventure is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
consider or hold as true
From this reading ““You would talk me into giving her everything I have,” Brainard laughed, “if I could only once bring myself to accept your point of view.””
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading “One cannot fight successfully against youth, even with ideas!””
the act of giving
From this reading ““You would talk me into giving her everything I have,” Brainard laughed, “if I could only once bring myself to accept your point of view.””
plural of “idea” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “One cannot fight successfully against youth, even with ideas!””
influence by slyness
From this reading ““That life is merely a juggle of words.””
and nothing more
From this reading ““That life is merely a juggle of words.””
with success; in a successful manner
From this reading “One cannot fight successfully against youth, even with ideas!””
a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading “One cannot fight successfully against youth, even with ideas!””
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 ““Ah, you are too young.”
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 “That life is merely a juggle of words.”
consider or hold as true
From this reading “You would talk me into giving her everything I have,” Brainard laughed, “if I could only once bring myself to accept your point of view.”
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading One cannot fight successfully against youth, even with ideas!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Ah, you are too young.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “And that is?”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Ah, you are too young.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You would talk me into giving her everything I have,” Brainard laughed, “if I could only once bring myself to accept your point of view.”
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading “You would talk me into giving her everything I have,” Brainard laughed, “if I could only once bring myself to accept your point of view.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading One cannot fight successfully against youth, even with ideas!”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “You would talk me into giving her everything I have,” Brainard laughed, “if I could only once bring myself to accept your point of view.”
divisible by two
From this reading One cannot fight successfully against youth, even with ideas!”
all things; all of a situation
From this reading “You would talk me into giving her everything I have,” Brainard laughed, “if I could only once bring myself to accept your point of view.”
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading One cannot fight successfully against youth, even with ideas!”
the act of giving
From this reading “You would talk me into giving her everything I have,” Brainard laughed, “if I could only once bring myself to accept your point of view.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “You would talk me into giving her everything I have,” Brainard laughed, “if I could only once bring myself to accept your point of view.”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “You would talk me into giving her everything I have,” Brainard laughed, “if I could only once bring myself to accept your point of view.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “You would talk me into giving her everything I have,” Brainard laughed, “if I could only once bring myself to accept your point of view.”
plural of “idea” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading One cannot fight successfully against youth, even with ideas!”
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “You would talk me into giving her everything I have,” Brainard laughed, “if I could only once bring myself to accept your point of view.”
moving to the inside of something
From this reading “You would talk me into giving her everything I have,” Brainard laughed, “if I could only once bring myself to accept your point of view.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “And that is?”
influence by slyness
From this reading “That life is merely a juggle of words.”
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading “You would talk me into giving her everything I have,” Brainard laughed, “if I could only once bring myself to accept your point of view.”
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading “That life is merely a juggle of words.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “You would talk me into giving her everything I have,” Brainard laughed, “if I could only once bring myself to accept your point of view.”
and nothing more
From this reading “That life is merely a juggle of words.”
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “You would talk me into giving her everything I have,” Brainard laughed, “if I could only once bring myself to accept your point of view.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “You would talk me into giving her everything I have,” Brainard laughed, “if I could only once bring myself to accept your point of view.”
on one occasion
From this reading “You would talk me into giving her everything I have,” Brainard laughed, “if I could only once bring myself to accept your point of view.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One cannot fight successfully against youth, even with ideas!”
and nothing more
From this reading “You would talk me into giving her everything I have,” Brainard laughed, “if I could only once bring myself to accept your point of view.”
a geometric element that has position but no extension
From this reading “You would talk me into giving her everything I have,” Brainard laughed, “if I could only once bring myself to accept your point of view.”
with success; in a successful manner
From this reading One cannot fight successfully against youth, even with ideas!”
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading “You would talk me into giving her everything I have,” Brainard laughed, “if I could only once bring myself to accept your point of view.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “And that is?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “You would talk me into giving her everything I have,” Brainard laughed, “if I could only once bring myself to accept your point of view.”
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading “Ah, you are too young.
a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
From this reading “You would talk me into giving her everything I have,” Brainard laughed, “if I could only once bring myself to accept your point of view.”
in the company of; together with
From this reading One cannot fight successfully against youth, even with ideas!”
the words that are spoken
From this reading “That life is merely a juggle of words.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “You would talk me into giving her everything I have,” Brainard laughed, “if I could only once bring myself to accept your point of view.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You would talk me into giving her everything I have,” Brainard laughed, “if I could only once bring myself to accept your point of view.”
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading “Ah, you are too young.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You would talk me into giving her everything I have,” Brainard laughed, “if I could only once bring myself to accept your point of view.”
a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading One cannot fight successfully against youth, even with ideas!”
Chapter 11 of His Great Adventure by Robert Herrick holds 420 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.
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