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Chapter 17 of Just Around the Corner: Romance en casserole is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
She submitted to his embrace passively enough, and at his request retied his necktie round a fresh collar for him. "Good night, pussy! I'll come in soft so as not to wake you--there ain't goin' to be no more of this two-o'clock business. I'm goin' to cut out the cafe. Put a glass of milk out fer me, honey.
Chapter 17 of Just Around the Corner: Romance en casserole is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold
From this reading “I'm goin' to cut out the cafe.”
a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over
From this reading “She submitted to his embrace passively enough, and at his request retied his necktie round a fresh collar for him.”
include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
From this reading “She submitted to his embrace passively enough, and at his request retied his necktie round a fresh collar for him.”
a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees
From this reading “Put a glass of milk out fer me, honey.”
neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
From this reading “She submitted to his embrace passively enough, and at his request retied his necktie round a fresh collar for him.”
in a passive manner
From this reading “She submitted to his embrace passively enough, and at his request retied his necktie round a fresh collar for him.”
obscene terms for female genitals
From this reading “"Good night, pussy!”
inflected form of “submit” — refer for judgment or consideration
From this reading “She submitted to his embrace passively enough, and at his request retied his necktie round a fresh collar for him.”
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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delete or remove
In this reading “I'm goin' to cut out the cafe.”
a conventional expression of farewell
In this reading “"Good night, pussy!”
to come or go into
In this reading “I'll come in soft so as not to wake you--there ain't goin' to be no more of this two-o'clock business.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 She submitted to his embrace passively enough, and at his request retied his necktie round a fresh collar for him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'll come in soft so as not to wake you--there ain't goin' to be no more of this two-o'clock business.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She submitted to his embrace passively enough, and at his request retied his necktie round a fresh collar for him.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I'll come in soft so as not to wake you--there ain't goin' to be no more of this two-o'clock business.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She submitted to his embrace passively enough, and at his request retied his necktie round a fresh collar for him.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I'll come in soft so as not to wake you--there ain't goin' to be no more of this two-o'clock business.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading I'll come in soft so as not to wake you--there ain't goin' to be no more of this two-o'clock business.
a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold
From this reading I'm goin' to cut out the cafe.
a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over
From this reading She submitted to his embrace passively enough, and at his request retied his necktie round a fresh collar for him.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading I'll come in soft so as not to wake you--there ain't goin' to be no more of this two-o'clock business.
separate with or as if with an instrument
From this reading I'm goin' to cut out the cafe.
include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
From this reading She submitted to his embrace passively enough, and at his request retied his necktie round a fresh collar for him.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading She submitted to his embrace passively enough, and at his request retied his necktie round a fresh collar for him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Put a glass of milk out fer me, honey.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She submitted to his embrace passively enough, and at his request retied his necktie round a fresh collar for him.
recently made, produced, or harvested
From this reading She submitted to his embrace passively enough, and at his request retied his necktie round a fresh collar for him.
a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
From this reading Put a glass of milk out fer me, honey.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'll come in soft so as not to wake you--there ain't goin' to be no more of this two-o'clock business.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "Good night, pussy!
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She submitted to his embrace passively enough, and at his request retied his necktie round a fresh collar for him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She submitted to his embrace passively enough, and at his request retied his necktie round a fresh collar for him.
a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees
From this reading Put a glass of milk out fer me, honey.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'll come in soft so as not to wake you--there ain't goin' to be no more of this two-o'clock business.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm goin' to cut out the cafe.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I'll come in soft so as not to wake you--there ain't goin' to be no more of this two-o'clock business.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Put a glass of milk out fer me, honey.
a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings
From this reading Put a glass of milk out fer me, honey.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading I'll come in soft so as not to wake you--there ain't goin' to be no more of this two-o'clock business.
neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
From this reading She submitted to his embrace passively enough, and at his request retied his necktie round a fresh collar for him.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading "Good night, pussy!
not any; not one
From this reading I'll come in soft so as not to wake you--there ain't goin' to be no more of this two-o'clock business.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I'll come in soft so as not to wake you--there ain't goin' to be no more of this two-o'clock business.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I'll come in soft so as not to wake you--there ain't goin' to be no more of this two-o'clock business.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading I'm goin' to cut out the cafe.
in a passive manner
From this reading She submitted to his embrace passively enough, and at his request retied his necktie round a fresh collar for him.
obscene terms for female genitals
From this reading "Good night, pussy!
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Put a glass of milk out fer me, honey.
express the need or desire for
From this reading She submitted to his embrace passively enough, and at his request retied his necktie round a fresh collar for him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She submitted to his embrace passively enough, and at his request retied his necktie round a fresh collar for him.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading She submitted to his embrace passively enough, and at his request retied his necktie round a fresh collar for him.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She submitted to his embrace passively enough, and at his request retied his necktie round a fresh collar for him.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I'll come in soft so as not to wake you--there ain't goin' to be no more of this two-o'clock business.
yielding readily to pressure or weight
From this reading I'll come in soft so as not to wake you--there ain't goin' to be no more of this two-o'clock business.
inflected form of “submit” — refer for judgment or consideration
From this reading She submitted to his embrace passively enough, and at his request retied his necktie round a fresh collar for him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I'm goin' to cut out the cafe.
in or at that place or location
From this reading I'll come in soft so as not to wake you--there ain't goin' to be no more of this two-o'clock business.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I'll come in soft so as not to wake you--there ain't goin' to be no more of this two-o'clock business.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She submitted to his embrace passively enough, and at his request retied his necktie round a fresh collar for him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'll come in soft so as not to wake you--there ain't goin' to be no more of this two-o'clock business.
be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading I'll come in soft so as not to wake you--there ain't goin' to be no more of this two-o'clock business.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I'll come in soft so as not to wake you--there ain't goin' to be no more of this two-o'clock business.
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