Chapter 8 of In Taunton Town is here in full — 146 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of In Taunton Town is here in full — 146 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"_LE ROI EST MORT._" "Dicon! Dicon! Come down, lad; come down! The whole town is beside itself, and we want thine eyes and thy tongue here. Get up and come down.
Chapter 8 of In Taunton Town is here in full — 146 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/29 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
next to; at the side of
From this reading “The whole town is beside itself, and we want thine eyes and thy tongue here.”
standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern United States
From this reading “"_LE ROI EST MORT._" "Dicon!”
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading “The whole town is beside itself, and we want thine eyes and thy tongue here.”
a boy or man
From this reading “Come down, lad; come down!”
(corporate finance) the amount, expressed as a percentage, that is earned on a company's total capital calculated by dividing the total capital into earnings before interest, taxes, or dividends are paid
From this reading “"_LE ROI EST MORT._" "Dicon!”
an old word for “yours”
From this reading “The whole town is beside itself, and we want thine eyes and thy tongue here.”
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading “The whole town is beside itself, and we want thine eyes and thy tongue here.”
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
From this reading “The whole town is beside itself, and we want thine eyes and thy tongue here.”
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 “The whole town is beside itself, and we want thine eyes and thy tongue here.”
move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
In this reading “Come down, lad; come down!”
rise to one's feet
In this reading “Get up and come down.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The whole town is beside itself, and we want thine eyes and thy tongue here.
next to; at the side of
From this reading The whole town is beside itself, and we want thine eyes and thy tongue here.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Come down, lad; come down!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "_LE ROI EST MORT._" "Dicon!
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Come down, lad; come down!
standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern United States
From this reading "_LE ROI EST MORT._" "Dicon!
opinion or judgment
From this reading The whole town is beside itself, and we want thine eyes and thy tongue here.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Get up and come down.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading The whole town is beside itself, and we want thine eyes and thy tongue here.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The whole town is beside itself, and we want thine eyes and thy tongue here.
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading The whole town is beside itself, and we want thine eyes and thy tongue here.
a boy or man
From this reading Come down, lad; come down!
a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)
From this reading "_LE ROI EST MORT._" "Dicon!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "_LE ROI EST MORT._" "Dicon!
(corporate finance) the amount, expressed as a percentage, that is earned on a company's total capital calculated by dividing the total capital into earnings before interest, taxes, or dividends are paid
From this reading "_LE ROI EST MORT._" "Dicon!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The whole town is beside itself, and we want thine eyes and thy tongue here.
an old word for “yours”
From this reading The whole town is beside itself, and we want thine eyes and thy tongue here.
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading The whole town is beside itself, and we want thine eyes and thy tongue here.
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
From this reading The whole town is beside itself, and we want thine eyes and thy tongue here.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading The whole town is beside itself, and we want thine eyes and thy tongue here.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Get up and come down.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading The whole town is beside itself, and we want thine eyes and thy tongue here.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading The whole town is beside itself, and we want thine eyes and thy tongue here.
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading The whole town is beside itself, and we want thine eyes and thy tongue here.
Chapter 8 of In Taunton Town by Evelyn Everett-Green holds 146 sentences, grouped into 30 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.
Chapter 8 holds 146 sentences of In Taunton Town, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.
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