Chapter 7 of John Bull's Other Island is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of John Bull's Other Island is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BROADBENT [delighted, hurrying across to him to shake hands]. No, really? You find that contact with English ideas is stimulating, eh? KEEGAN. I am never tired of hearing you talk, Mr Broadbent.
Chapter 7 of John Bull's Other Island is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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close interaction
From this reading “You find that contact with English ideas is stimulating, eh?”
greatly pleased
From this reading “BROADBENT [delighted, hurrying across to him to shake hands].”
(law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence
From this reading “I am never tired of hearing you talk, Mr Broadbent.”
moving with great haste
From this reading “BROADBENT [delighted, hurrying across to him to shake hands].”
plural of “idea” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “You find that contact with English ideas is stimulating, eh?”
move or cause to move back and forth
From this reading “BROADBENT [delighted, hurrying across to him to shake hands].”
rousing or quickening activity or the senses
From this reading “You find that contact with English ideas is stimulating, eh?”
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading “I am never tired of hearing you talk, Mr Broadbent.”
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading BROADBENT [delighted, hurrying across to him to shake hands].
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am never tired of hearing you talk, Mr Broadbent.
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From this reading BROADBENT [delighted, hurrying across to him to shake hands].
close interaction
From this reading You find that contact with English ideas is stimulating, eh?
greatly pleased
From this reading BROADBENT [delighted, hurrying across to him to shake hands].
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You find that contact with English ideas is stimulating, eh?
an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
From this reading You find that contact with English ideas is stimulating, eh?
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading You find that contact with English ideas is stimulating, eh?
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading BROADBENT [delighted, hurrying across to him to shake hands].
(law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence
From this reading I am never tired of hearing you talk, Mr Broadbent.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading BROADBENT [delighted, hurrying across to him to shake hands].
moving with great haste
From this reading BROADBENT [delighted, hurrying across to him to shake hands].
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I am never tired of hearing you talk, Mr Broadbent.
plural of “idea” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading You find that contact with English ideas is stimulating, eh?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading You find that contact with English ideas is stimulating, eh?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading KEEGAN.
a form of address for a man
From this reading I am never tired of hearing you talk, Mr Broadbent.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading I am never tired of hearing you talk, Mr Broadbent.
not any; not one
From this reading No, really?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I am never tired of hearing you talk, Mr Broadbent.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading No, really?
move or cause to move back and forth
From this reading BROADBENT [delighted, hurrying across to him to shake hands].
rousing or quickening activity or the senses
From this reading You find that contact with English ideas is stimulating, eh?
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading I am never tired of hearing you talk, Mr Broadbent.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading You find that contact with English ideas is stimulating, eh?
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading I am never tired of hearing you talk, Mr Broadbent.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading BROADBENT [delighted, hurrying across to him to shake hands].
in the company of; together with
From this reading You find that contact with English ideas is stimulating, eh?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You find that contact with English ideas is stimulating, eh?
Chapter 7 of John Bull's Other Island by Bernard Shaw holds 424 sentences, grouped into 85 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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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