Chapter 18 of Joan and Peter: The Story of an Education is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of Joan and Peter: The Story of an Education is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
And she wore a kind of light armour. Without skirts. Never with skirts. Joan at fourteen already saw long skirts ahead of her, and hated them as a man might hate a swamp that he must presently cross knee-deep. Where the king went Joan went.
Chapter 18 of Joan and Peter: The Story of an Education is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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at or in the front
From this reading “Joan at fourteen already saw long skirts ahead of her, and hated them as a man might hate a swamp that he must presently cross knee-deep.”
a military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles
From this reading “And she wore a kind of light armour.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of thirteen and one
From this reading “Joan at fourteen already saw long skirts ahead of her, and hated them as a man might hate a swamp that he must presently cross knee-deep.”
the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
From this reading “Joan at fourteen already saw long skirts ahead of her, and hated them as a man might hate a swamp that he must presently cross knee-deep.”
treated with dislike or contempt
From this reading “Joan at fourteen already saw long skirts ahead of her, and hated them as a man might hate a swamp that he must presently cross knee-deep.”
plural of “skirt” — cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
From this reading “Without skirts.”
drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged
From this reading “Joan at fourteen already saw long skirts ahead of her, and hated them as a man might hate a swamp that he must presently cross knee-deep.”
inflected form of “wear” — be dressed in
From this reading “And she wore a kind of light armour.”
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.
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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 And she wore a kind of light armour.
at or in the front
From this reading Joan at fourteen already saw long skirts ahead of her, and hated them as a man might hate a swamp that he must presently cross knee-deep.
prior to a specified or implied time
From this reading Joan at fourteen already saw long skirts ahead of her, and hated them as a man might hate a swamp that he must presently cross knee-deep.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And she wore a kind of light armour.
a military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles
From this reading And she wore a kind of light armour.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Joan at fourteen already saw long skirts ahead of her, and hated them as a man might hate a swamp that he must presently cross knee-deep.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Joan at fourteen already saw long skirts ahead of her, and hated them as a man might hate a swamp that he must presently cross knee-deep.
travel across or pass over
From this reading Joan at fourteen already saw long skirts ahead of her, and hated them as a man might hate a swamp that he must presently cross knee-deep.
the cardinal number that is the sum of thirteen and one
From this reading Joan at fourteen already saw long skirts ahead of her, and hated them as a man might hate a swamp that he must presently cross knee-deep.
the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
From this reading Joan at fourteen already saw long skirts ahead of her, and hated them as a man might hate a swamp that he must presently cross knee-deep.
treated with dislike or contempt
From this reading Joan at fourteen already saw long skirts ahead of her, and hated them as a man might hate a swamp that he must presently cross knee-deep.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Joan at fourteen already saw long skirts ahead of her, and hated them as a man might hate a swamp that he must presently cross knee-deep.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Joan at fourteen already saw long skirts ahead of her, and hated them as a man might hate a swamp that he must presently cross knee-deep.
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From this reading Joan at fourteen already saw long skirts ahead of her, and hated them as a man might hate a swamp that he must presently cross knee-deep.
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading And she wore a kind of light armour.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading Where the king went Joan went.
coming only to the ankle or knee
From this reading Joan at fourteen already saw long skirts ahead of her, and hated them as a man might hate a swamp that he must presently cross knee-deep.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading And she wore a kind of light armour.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading Joan at fourteen already saw long skirts ahead of her, and hated them as a man might hate a swamp that he must presently cross knee-deep.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Joan at fourteen already saw long skirts ahead of her, and hated them as a man might hate a swamp that he must presently cross knee-deep.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Joan at fourteen already saw long skirts ahead of her, and hated them as a man might hate a swamp that he must presently cross knee-deep.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Joan at fourteen already saw long skirts ahead of her, and hated them as a man might hate a swamp that he must presently cross knee-deep.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Never with skirts.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And she wore a kind of light armour.
in the near future
From this reading Joan at fourteen already saw long skirts ahead of her, and hated them as a man might hate a swamp that he must presently cross knee-deep.
cut with a saw
From this reading Joan at fourteen already saw long skirts ahead of her, and hated them as a man might hate a swamp that he must presently cross knee-deep.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And she wore a kind of light armour.
plural of “skirt” — cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
From this reading Without skirts.
drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged
From this reading Joan at fourteen already saw long skirts ahead of her, and hated them as a man might hate a swamp that he must presently cross knee-deep.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Joan at fourteen already saw long skirts ahead of her, and hated them as a man might hate a swamp that he must presently cross knee-deep.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Where the king went Joan went.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Joan at fourteen already saw long skirts ahead of her, and hated them as a man might hate a swamp that he must presently cross knee-deep.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Where the king went Joan went.
in or at the place that
From this reading Where the king went Joan went.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Never with skirts.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Without skirts.
inflected form of “wear” — be dressed in
From this reading And she wore a kind of light armour.
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