Chapter 3 of John Herring — Volume 2 is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter III
Chapter 3 of John Herring — Volume 2 is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
’That is what I have been supposing.’ ’You must get well, my dear boy. You positively must.’ ’I hope so, but that does not altogether depend on me.’ ’I insist on a doctor being sent for.’
Chapter 3 of John Herring — Volume 2 is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading “’I hope so, but that does not altogether depend on me.’”
be contingent upon (something that is elided)
From this reading “’I hope so, but that does not altogether depend on me.’”
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading “’I insist on a doctor being sent for.’”
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading “’I hope so, but that does not altogether depend on me.’”
be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
From this reading “’I insist on a doctor being sent for.’”
extremely
From this reading “You positively must.’”
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading “’I insist on a doctor being sent for.’”
-ing form of “suppose” — express a supposition
From this reading “’That is what I have been supposing.’”
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.
be contingent on
In this reading “’I hope so, but that does not altogether depend on me.’”
In this reading “’I insist on a doctor being sent for.’”
In this reading “’You must get well, my dear boy.”
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading ’I insist on a doctor being sent for.’
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading ’I hope so, but that does not altogether depend on me.’
the past participle of “be”
From this reading ’That is what I have been supposing.’
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading ’I insist on a doctor being sent for.’
a youthful male person
From this reading ’You must get well, my dear boy.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading ’I hope so, but that does not altogether depend on me.’
dearly loved
From this reading ’You must get well, my dear boy.
be contingent upon (something that is elided)
From this reading ’I hope so, but that does not altogether depend on me.’
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading ’I insist on a doctor being sent for.’
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ’I hope so, but that does not altogether depend on me.’
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading ’I insist on a doctor being sent for.’
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading ’You must get well, my dear boy.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ’That is what I have been supposing.’
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading ’I hope so, but that does not altogether depend on me.’
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ’That is what I have been supposing.’
be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
From this reading ’I insist on a doctor being sent for.’
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ’That is what I have been supposing.’
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ’I hope so, but that does not altogether depend on me.’
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading ’You must get well, my dear boy.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading ’You must get well, my dear boy.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading ’I hope so, but that does not altogether depend on me.’
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ’I hope so, but that does not altogether depend on me.’
extremely
From this reading You positively must.’
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading ’I insist on a doctor being sent for.’
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading ’I hope so, but that does not altogether depend on me.’
-ing form of “suppose” — express a supposition
From this reading ’That is what I have been supposing.’
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading ’That is what I have been supposing.’
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading ’You must get well, my dear boy.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading ’That is what I have been supposing.’
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ’You must get well, my dear boy.
Chapter 3 of John Herring — Volume 2 by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould holds 406 sentences, grouped into 82 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 3 holds 406 sentences of John Herring — Volume 2, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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Work through the 82 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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