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Chapter 5 of H.M.I. is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LLANGASTANAU: THE LIBRARY Dissolve frigus ligna super foco Large reponens, atque benignius Deprome quadrimum Sabina, O Thaliarche, merum diota. Horace, _Od._ I. 9. Heap high the logs, and melt the cold, Good Thaliarch; draw the wine we ask, That mellower vintage, four-year old, From out the cellar’d Sabine cask. Conington.
Chapter 5 of H.M.I. is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the quantity a cask will hold
From this reading “Heap high the logs, and melt the cold, Good Thaliarch; draw the wine we ask, That mellower vintage, four-year old, From out the cellar’d Sabine cask.”
become weaker
From this reading “LLANGASTANAU: THE LIBRARY Dissolve frigus ligna super foco Large reponens, atque benignius Deprome quadrimum Sabina, O Thaliarche, merum diota.”
Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC)
From this reading “Horace, _Od._ I.”
plural of “log” — a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches
From this reading “Heap high the logs, and melt the cold, Good Thaliarch; draw the wine we ask, That mellower vintage, four-year old, From out the cellar’d Sabine cask.”
reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
From this reading “Heap high the logs, and melt the cold, Good Thaliarch; draw the wine we ask, That mellower vintage, four-year old, From out the cellar’d Sabine cask.”
a river in eastern Texas that flows south into the Gulf of Mexico
From this reading “Heap high the logs, and melt the cold, Good Thaliarch; draw the wine we ask, That mellower vintage, four-year old, From out the cellar’d Sabine cask.”
of the highest quality
From this reading “LLANGASTANAU: THE LIBRARY Dissolve frigus ligna super foco Large reponens, atque benignius Deprome quadrimum Sabina, O Thaliarche, merum diota.”
a season's yield of wine from a vineyard
From this reading “Heap high the logs, and melt the cold, Good Thaliarch; draw the wine we ask, That mellower vintage, four-year old, From out the cellar’d Sabine cask.”
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From this reading 9.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Heap high the logs, and melt the cold, Good Thaliarch; draw the wine we ask, That mellower vintage, four-year old, From out the cellar’d Sabine cask.
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading Heap high the logs, and melt the cold, Good Thaliarch; draw the wine we ask, That mellower vintage, four-year old, From out the cellar’d Sabine cask.
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From this reading LLANGASTANAU: THE LIBRARY Dissolve frigus ligna super foco Large reponens, atque benignius Deprome quadrimum Sabina, O Thaliarche, merum diota.
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From this reading LLANGASTANAU: THE LIBRARY Dissolve frigus ligna super foco Large reponens, atque benignius Deprome quadrimum Sabina, O Thaliarche, merum diota.
the quantity a cask will hold
From this reading Heap high the logs, and melt the cold, Good Thaliarch; draw the wine we ask, That mellower vintage, four-year old, From out the cellar’d Sabine cask.
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From this reading Heap high the logs, and melt the cold, Good Thaliarch; draw the wine we ask, That mellower vintage, four-year old, From out the cellar’d Sabine cask.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading Heap high the logs, and melt the cold, Good Thaliarch; draw the wine we ask, That mellower vintage, four-year old, From out the cellar’d Sabine cask.
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From this reading Conington.
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From this reading LLANGASTANAU: THE LIBRARY Dissolve frigus ligna super foco Large reponens, atque benignius Deprome quadrimum Sabina, O Thaliarche, merum diota.
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From this reading LLANGASTANAU: THE LIBRARY Dissolve frigus ligna super foco Large reponens, atque benignius Deprome quadrimum Sabina, O Thaliarche, merum diota.
become weaker
From this reading LLANGASTANAU: THE LIBRARY Dissolve frigus ligna super foco Large reponens, atque benignius Deprome quadrimum Sabina, O Thaliarche, merum diota.
cause to move by pulling
From this reading Heap high the logs, and melt the cold, Good Thaliarch; draw the wine we ask, That mellower vintage, four-year old, From out the cellar’d Sabine cask.
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From this reading LLANGASTANAU: THE LIBRARY Dissolve frigus ligna super foco Large reponens, atque benignius Deprome quadrimum Sabina, O Thaliarche, merum diota.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Heap high the logs, and melt the cold, Good Thaliarch; draw the wine we ask, That mellower vintage, four-year old, From out the cellar’d Sabine cask.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LLANGASTANAU: THE LIBRARY Dissolve frigus ligna super foco Large reponens, atque benignius Deprome quadrimum Sabina, O Thaliarche, merum diota.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Heap high the logs, and melt the cold, Good Thaliarch; draw the wine we ask, That mellower vintage, four-year old, From out the cellar’d Sabine cask.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Heap high the logs, and melt the cold, Good Thaliarch; draw the wine we ask, That mellower vintage, four-year old, From out the cellar’d Sabine cask.
a collection of objects laid on top of each other
From this reading Heap high the logs, and melt the cold, Good Thaliarch; draw the wine we ask, That mellower vintage, four-year old, From out the cellar’d Sabine cask.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading Heap high the logs, and melt the cold, Good Thaliarch; draw the wine we ask, That mellower vintage, four-year old, From out the cellar’d Sabine cask.
Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC)
From this reading Horace, _Od._ I.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Horace, _Od._ I.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading LLANGASTANAU: THE LIBRARY Dissolve frigus ligna super foco Large reponens, atque benignius Deprome quadrimum Sabina, O Thaliarche, merum diota.
a room where books are kept
From this reading LLANGASTANAU: THE LIBRARY Dissolve frigus ligna super foco Large reponens, atque benignius Deprome quadrimum Sabina, O Thaliarche, merum diota.
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From this reading LLANGASTANAU: THE LIBRARY Dissolve frigus ligna super foco Large reponens, atque benignius Deprome quadrimum Sabina, O Thaliarche, merum diota.
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From this reading LLANGASTANAU: THE LIBRARY Dissolve frigus ligna super foco Large reponens, atque benignius Deprome quadrimum Sabina, O Thaliarche, merum diota.
plural of “log” — a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches
From this reading Heap high the logs, and melt the cold, Good Thaliarch; draw the wine we ask, That mellower vintage, four-year old, From out the cellar’d Sabine cask.
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From this reading Heap high the logs, and melt the cold, Good Thaliarch; draw the wine we ask, That mellower vintage, four-year old, From out the cellar’d Sabine cask.
reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
From this reading Heap high the logs, and melt the cold, Good Thaliarch; draw the wine we ask, That mellower vintage, four-year old, From out the cellar’d Sabine cask.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LLANGASTANAU: THE LIBRARY Dissolve frigus ligna super foco Large reponens, atque benignius Deprome quadrimum Sabina, O Thaliarche, merum diota.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading LLANGASTANAU: THE LIBRARY Dissolve frigus ligna super foco Large reponens, atque benignius Deprome quadrimum Sabina, O Thaliarche, merum diota.
a doctor's degree in optometry
From this reading Horace, _Od._ I.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading Heap high the logs, and melt the cold, Good Thaliarch; draw the wine we ask, That mellower vintage, four-year old, From out the cellar’d Sabine cask.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Heap high the logs, and melt the cold, Good Thaliarch; draw the wine we ask, That mellower vintage, four-year old, From out the cellar’d Sabine cask.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LLANGASTANAU: THE LIBRARY Dissolve frigus ligna super foco Large reponens, atque benignius Deprome quadrimum Sabina, O Thaliarche, merum diota.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LLANGASTANAU: THE LIBRARY Dissolve frigus ligna super foco Large reponens, atque benignius Deprome quadrimum Sabina, O Thaliarche, merum diota.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LLANGASTANAU: THE LIBRARY Dissolve frigus ligna super foco Large reponens, atque benignius Deprome quadrimum Sabina, O Thaliarche, merum diota.
a river in eastern Texas that flows south into the Gulf of Mexico
From this reading Heap high the logs, and melt the cold, Good Thaliarch; draw the wine we ask, That mellower vintage, four-year old, From out the cellar’d Sabine cask.
of the highest quality
From this reading LLANGASTANAU: THE LIBRARY Dissolve frigus ligna super foco Large reponens, atque benignius Deprome quadrimum Sabina, O Thaliarche, merum diota.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Heap high the logs, and melt the cold, Good Thaliarch; draw the wine we ask, That mellower vintage, four-year old, From out the cellar’d Sabine cask.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LLANGASTANAU: THE LIBRARY Dissolve frigus ligna super foco Large reponens, atque benignius Deprome quadrimum Sabina, O Thaliarche, merum diota.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Heap high the logs, and melt the cold, Good Thaliarch; draw the wine we ask, That mellower vintage, four-year old, From out the cellar’d Sabine cask.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading LLANGASTANAU: THE LIBRARY Dissolve frigus ligna super foco Large reponens, atque benignius Deprome quadrimum Sabina, O Thaliarche, merum diota.
a season's yield of wine from a vineyard
From this reading Heap high the logs, and melt the cold, Good Thaliarch; draw the wine we ask, That mellower vintage, four-year old, From out the cellar’d Sabine cask.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Heap high the logs, and melt the cold, Good Thaliarch; draw the wine we ask, That mellower vintage, four-year old, From out the cellar’d Sabine cask.
fermented juice (of grapes especially)
From this reading Heap high the logs, and melt the cold, Good Thaliarch; draw the wine we ask, That mellower vintage, four-year old, From out the cellar’d Sabine cask.
Chapter 5 of H.M.I. by E. M. (Edmund McKenzie) Sneyd-Kynnersley holds 143 sentences, grouped into 29 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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