Chapter 6 of Lewis Rand is here in full — 369 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Lewis Rand is here in full — 369 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
RAND COMES TO FONTENOY "I never dance but by candlelight," remarked Unity. "A Congo in the heat of the afternoon, a jig before sunset,--la! I had rather plough by moonlight. As well be a grasshopper in a daisy field! Elegance by waxlight becomes rusticity in the sunshine,--and of all things I would not be rustic!
Chapter 6 of Lewis Rand is here in full — 369 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the light provided by a burning candle
From this reading “RAND COMES TO FONTENOY "I never dance but by candlelight," remarked Unity.”
a republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960
From this reading “"A Congo in the heat of the afternoon, a jig before sunset,--la!”
terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping
From this reading “As well be a grasshopper in a daisy field!”
dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions
From this reading “"A Congo in the heat of the afternoon, a jig before sunset,--la!”
a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
From this reading “I had rather plough by moonlight.”
the basic unit of money in South Africa; equal to 100 cents
From this reading “RAND COMES TO FONTENOY "I never dance but by candlelight," remarked Unity.”
characteristic of rural life
From this reading “Elegance by waxlight becomes rusticity in the sunshine,--and of all things I would not be rustic!”
an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting
From this reading “RAND COMES TO FONTENOY "I never dance but by candlelight," remarked Unity.”
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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 "A Congo in the heat of the afternoon, a jig before sunset,--la!
the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading "A Congo in the heat of the afternoon, a jig before sunset,--la!
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Elegance by waxlight becomes rusticity in the sunshine,--and of all things I would not be rustic!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Elegance by waxlight becomes rusticity in the sunshine,--and of all things I would not be rustic!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As well be a grasshopper in a daisy field!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading As well be a grasshopper in a daisy field!
third-person singular of “become” — enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading Elegance by waxlight becomes rusticity in the sunshine,--and of all things I would not be rustic!
earlier than; in front of
From this reading "A Congo in the heat of the afternoon, a jig before sunset,--la!
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading RAND COMES TO FONTENOY "I never dance but by candlelight," remarked Unity.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading RAND COMES TO FONTENOY "I never dance but by candlelight," remarked Unity.
the light provided by a burning candle
From this reading RAND COMES TO FONTENOY "I never dance but by candlelight," remarked Unity.
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading RAND COMES TO FONTENOY "I never dance but by candlelight," remarked Unity.
a republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960
From this reading "A Congo in the heat of the afternoon, a jig before sunset,--la!
any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl
From this reading As well be a grasshopper in a daisy field!
an artistic form of nonverbal communication
From this reading RAND COMES TO FONTENOY "I never dance but by candlelight," remarked Unity.
a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste
From this reading Elegance by waxlight becomes rusticity in the sunshine,--and of all things I would not be rustic!
a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
From this reading As well be a grasshopper in a daisy field!
a battle in 1745 in which the French army under Marshal Saxe defeated the English army and their allies under the duke of Cumberland
From this reading RAND COMES TO FONTENOY "I never dance but by candlelight," remarked Unity.
terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping
From this reading As well be a grasshopper in a daisy field!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I had rather plough by moonlight.
a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature
From this reading "A Congo in the heat of the afternoon, a jig before sunset,--la!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading RAND COMES TO FONTENOY "I never dance but by candlelight," remarked Unity.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "A Congo in the heat of the afternoon, a jig before sunset,--la!
dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions
From this reading "A Congo in the heat of the afternoon, a jig before sunset,--la!
a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth
From this reading "A Congo in the heat of the afternoon, a jig before sunset,--la!
the light of the Moon
From this reading I had rather plough by moonlight.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading RAND COMES TO FONTENOY "I never dance but by candlelight," remarked Unity.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Elegance by waxlight becomes rusticity in the sunshine,--and of all things I would not be rustic!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "A Congo in the heat of the afternoon, a jig before sunset,--la!
a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
From this reading I had rather plough by moonlight.
the basic unit of money in South Africa; equal to 100 cents
From this reading RAND COMES TO FONTENOY "I never dance but by candlelight," remarked Unity.
on the contrary
From this reading I had rather plough by moonlight.
past form of “remark” — make mention of
From this reading RAND COMES TO FONTENOY "I never dance but by candlelight," remarked Unity.
characteristic of rural life
From this reading Elegance by waxlight becomes rusticity in the sunshine,--and of all things I would not be rustic!
the quality of being rustic or gauche
From this reading Elegance by waxlight becomes rusticity in the sunshine,--and of all things I would not be rustic!
the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon
From this reading "A Congo in the heat of the afternoon, a jig before sunset,--la!
the rays of the sun
From this reading Elegance by waxlight becomes rusticity in the sunshine,--and of all things I would not be rustic!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "A Congo in the heat of the afternoon, a jig before sunset,--la!
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading Elegance by waxlight becomes rusticity in the sunshine,--and of all things I would not be rustic!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading RAND COMES TO FONTENOY "I never dance but by candlelight," remarked Unity.
an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting
From this reading RAND COMES TO FONTENOY "I never dance but by candlelight," remarked Unity.
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From this reading Elegance by waxlight becomes rusticity in the sunshine,--and of all things I would not be rustic!
(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 As well be a grasshopper in a daisy field!
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Elegance by waxlight becomes rusticity in the sunshine,--and of all things I would not be rustic!
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