Chapter 4 of Homeward Bound is here in full — 177 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Homeward Bound is here in full — 177 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Whither away so fast? O God save you! Even to the hall to hear what shall become Of the great Duke of Buckingham. HENRY VIII. The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
Chapter 4 of Homeward Bound is here in full — 177 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
From this reading “The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.”
the act of gathering something together
From this reading “The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.”
the sensation produced by low temperatures
From this reading “The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.”
doubt about someone's honesty
From this reading “The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.”
the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use “Europe” to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles
From this reading “The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.”
in an essential manner
From this reading “The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.”
plural of “passenger” — a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it
From this reading “The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.”
an old word meaning “to where”
From this reading “Whither away so fast?”
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a vaguely specified concern
From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
the act of gathering something together
From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Whither away so fast?
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading Even to the hall to hear what shall become Of the great Duke of Buckingham.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Even to the hall to hear what shall become Of the great Duke of Buckingham.
the sensation produced by low temperatures
From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
doubt about someone's honesty
From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
a British peer of the highest rank
From this reading Even to the hall to hear what shall become Of the great Duke of Buckingham.
to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use “Europe” to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles
From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
divisible by two
From this reading Even to the hall to hear what shall become Of the great Duke of Buckingham.
quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
From this reading Whither away so fast?
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading O God save you!
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Even to the hall to hear what shall become Of the great Duke of Buckingham.
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading Even to the hall to hear what shall become Of the great Duke of Buckingham.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading Even to the hall to hear what shall become Of the great Duke of Buckingham.
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading HENRY VIII.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
in an essential manner
From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
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 O God save you!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Even to the hall to hear what shall become Of the great Duke of Buckingham.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
the act of passing from one state or place to the next
From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
plural of “passenger” — a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it
From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
except for; apart from
From this reading O God save you!
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Even to the hall to hear what shall become Of the great Duke of Buckingham.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Whither away so fast?
not in physical motion
From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Even to the hall to hear what shall become Of the great Duke of Buckingham.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Even to the hall to hear what shall become Of the great Duke of Buckingham.
the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
From this reading HENRY VIII.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Even to the hall to hear what shall become Of the great Duke of Buckingham.
at the time that
From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
an old word meaning “to where”
From this reading Whither away so fast?
which person or people
From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading O God save you!
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