Chapter 6 of Letters of Edward FitzGerald, in Two Volumes. Vol. 2 is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Letters of Edward FitzGerald, in Two Volumes. Vol. 2 is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I am just finishing Forster's Dickens: very good, I think: only, he has no very nice perception of Character, I think, or chooses not to let his readers into it. But there is enough to show that Dickens was a very noble fellow as well as a very wonderful one.
Chapter 6 of Letters of Edward FitzGerald, in Two Volumes. Vol. 2 is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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third-person singular of “choose” — pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
From this reading “I am just finishing Forster's Dickens: very good, I think: only, he has no very nice perception of Character, I think, or chooses not to let his readers into it.”
a word used in exclamations of confusion
From this reading “I am just finishing Forster's Dickens: very good, I think: only, he has no very nice perception of Character, I think, or chooses not to let his readers into it.”
a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)
From this reading “I am just finishing Forster's Dickens: very good, I think: only, he has no very nice perception of Character, I think, or chooses not to let his readers into it.”
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading “I am just finishing Forster's Dickens: very good, I think: only, he has no very nice perception of Character, I think, or chooses not to let his readers into it.”
impressive in appearance
From this reading “But there is enough to show that Dickens was a very noble fellow as well as a very wonderful one.”
the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept
From this reading “I am just finishing Forster's Dickens: very good, I think: only, he has no very nice perception of Character, I think, or chooses not to let his readers into it.”
plural of “reader” — a person who enjoys reading
From this reading “I am just finishing Forster's Dickens: very good, I think: only, he has no very nice perception of Character, I think, or chooses not to let his readers into it.”
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading “But there is enough to show that Dickens was a very noble fellow as well as a very wonderful one.”
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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 But there is enough to show that Dickens was a very noble fellow as well as a very wonderful one.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am just finishing Forster's Dickens: very good, I think: only, he has no very nice perception of Character, I think, or chooses not to let his readers into it.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But there is enough to show that Dickens was a very noble fellow as well as a very wonderful one.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But there is enough to show that Dickens was a very noble fellow as well as a very wonderful one.
an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
From this reading I am just finishing Forster's Dickens: very good, I think: only, he has no very nice perception of Character, I think, or chooses not to let his readers into it.
third-person singular of “choose” — pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
From this reading I am just finishing Forster's Dickens: very good, I think: only, he has no very nice perception of Character, I think, or chooses not to let his readers into it.
a word used in exclamations of confusion
From this reading I am just finishing Forster's Dickens: very good, I think: only, he has no very nice perception of Character, I think, or chooses not to let his readers into it.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading But there is enough to show that Dickens was a very noble fellow as well as a very wonderful one.
a boy or man
From this reading But there is enough to show that Dickens was a very noble fellow as well as a very wonderful one.
a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)
From this reading I am just finishing Forster's Dickens: very good, I think: only, he has no very nice perception of Character, I think, or chooses not to let his readers into it.
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From this reading I am just finishing Forster's Dickens: very good, I think: only, he has no very nice perception of Character, I think, or chooses not to let his readers into it.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading I am just finishing Forster's Dickens: very good, I think: only, he has no very nice perception of Character, I think, or chooses not to let his readers into it.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I am just finishing Forster's Dickens: very good, I think: only, he has no very nice perception of Character, I think, or chooses not to let his readers into it.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I am just finishing Forster's Dickens: very good, I think: only, he has no very nice perception of Character, I think, or chooses not to let his readers into it.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I am just finishing Forster's Dickens: very good, I think: only, he has no very nice perception of Character, I think, or chooses not to let his readers into it.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I am just finishing Forster's Dickens: very good, I think: only, he has no very nice perception of Character, I think, or chooses not to let his readers into it.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading I am just finishing Forster's Dickens: very good, I think: only, he has no very nice perception of Character, I think, or chooses not to let his readers into it.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But there is enough to show that Dickens was a very noble fellow as well as a very wonderful one.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I am just finishing Forster's Dickens: very good, I think: only, he has no very nice perception of Character, I think, or chooses not to let his readers into it.
and nothing more
From this reading I am just finishing Forster's Dickens: very good, I think: only, he has no very nice perception of Character, I think, or chooses not to let his readers into it.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading I am just finishing Forster's Dickens: very good, I think: only, he has no very nice perception of Character, I think, or chooses not to let his readers into it.
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading I am just finishing Forster's Dickens: very good, I think: only, he has no very nice perception of Character, I think, or chooses not to let his readers into it.
not any; not one
From this reading I am just finishing Forster's Dickens: very good, I think: only, he has no very nice perception of Character, I think, or chooses not to let his readers into it.
impressive in appearance
From this reading But there is enough to show that Dickens was a very noble fellow as well as a very wonderful one.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I am just finishing Forster's Dickens: very good, I think: only, he has no very nice perception of Character, I think, or chooses not to let his readers into it.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I am just finishing Forster's Dickens: very good, I think: only, he has no very nice perception of Character, I think, or chooses not to let his readers into it.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading But there is enough to show that Dickens was a very noble fellow as well as a very wonderful one.
and nothing more
From this reading I am just finishing Forster's Dickens: very good, I think: only, he has no very nice perception of Character, I think, or chooses not to let his readers into it.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading I am just finishing Forster's Dickens: very good, I think: only, he has no very nice perception of Character, I think, or chooses not to let his readers into it.
the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept
From this reading I am just finishing Forster's Dickens: very good, I think: only, he has no very nice perception of Character, I think, or chooses not to let his readers into it.
plural of “reader” — a person who enjoys reading
From this reading I am just finishing Forster's Dickens: very good, I think: only, he has no very nice perception of Character, I think, or chooses not to let his readers into it.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading But there is enough to show that Dickens was a very noble fellow as well as a very wonderful one.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But there is enough to show that Dickens was a very noble fellow as well as a very wonderful one.
in or at that place or location
From this reading But there is enough to show that Dickens was a very noble fellow as well as a very wonderful one.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading I am just finishing Forster's Dickens: very good, I think: only, he has no very nice perception of Character, I think, or chooses not to let his readers into it.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I am just finishing Forster's Dickens: very good, I think: only, he has no very nice perception of Character, I think, or chooses not to let his readers into it.
precisely as stated
From this reading I am just finishing Forster's Dickens: very good, I think: only, he has no very nice perception of Character, I think, or chooses not to let his readers into it.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But there is enough to show that Dickens was a very noble fellow as well as a very wonderful one.
(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 But there is enough to show that Dickens was a very noble fellow as well as a very wonderful one.
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading But there is enough to show that Dickens was a very noble fellow as well as a very wonderful one.
Chapter 6 of Letters of Edward FitzGerald, in Two Volumes. Vol. 2 by Edward FitzGerald holds 421 sentences, grouped into 85 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.
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