Chapter 6 of Limehouse Nights is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Limehouse Nights is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Ah, well. Hearts are trumps. Globe Polish is the best. The Lord Mayor’s coach-man says so, Philip of Macedon. Looks from here, Philip of Macedon, as though I’d have to get busy.”
Chapter 6 of Limehouse Nights is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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actively or fully engaged or occupied
From this reading “Looks from here, Philip of Macedon, as though I’d have to get busy.””
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading “Globe Polish is the best.”
a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades
From this reading “Hearts are trumps.”
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading “Looks from here, Philip of Macedon, as though I’d have to get busy.””
possessive form of “mayor” — the head of a city government
Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)
From this reading “The Lord Mayor’s coach-man says so, Philip of Macedon.”
the property of being smooth and shiny
From this reading “Globe Polish is the best.”
plural of “trump” — a playing card in the suit that has been declared trumps
From this reading “Hearts are trumps.”
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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From this reading “Ah, well.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Hearts are trumps.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Looks from here, Philip of Macedon, as though I’d have to get busy.”
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading Globe Polish is the best.
actively or fully engaged or occupied
From this reading Looks from here, Philip of Macedon, as though I’d have to get busy.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Lord Mayor’s coach-man says so, Philip of Macedon.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Looks from here, Philip of Macedon, as though I’d have to get busy.”
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Looks from here, Philip of Macedon, as though I’d have to get busy.”
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading Globe Polish is the best.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Looks from here, Philip of Macedon, as though I’d have to get busy.”
a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades
From this reading Hearts are trumps.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Looks from here, Philip of Macedon, as though I’d have to get busy.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Looks from here, Philip of Macedon, as though I’d have to get busy.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Globe Polish is the best.
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading Looks from here, Philip of Macedon, as though I’d have to get busy.”
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading The Lord Mayor’s coach-man says so, Philip of Macedon.
the ancient kingdom of Philip II and Alexander the Great in the southeastern Balkans that is now divided among modern Macedonia and Greece and Bulgaria
From this reading The Lord Mayor’s coach-man says so, Philip of Macedon.
possessive form of “mayor” — the head of a city government
From this reading The Lord Mayor’s coach-man says so, Philip of Macedon.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Lord Mayor’s coach-man says so, Philip of Macedon.
Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)
From this reading The Lord Mayor’s coach-man says so, Philip of Macedon.
the property of being smooth and shiny
From this reading Globe Polish is the best.
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading The Lord Mayor’s coach-man says so, Philip of Macedon.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The Lord Mayor’s coach-man says so, Philip of Macedon.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Globe Polish is the best.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Looks from here, Philip of Macedon, as though I’d have to get busy.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Looks from here, Philip of Macedon, as though I’d have to get busy.”
plural of “trump” — a playing card in the suit that has been declared trumps
From this reading Hearts are trumps.
(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 “Ah, well.
Chapter 6 of Limehouse Nights by Thomas Burke holds 427 sentences, grouped into 86 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 6 holds 427 sentences of Limehouse Nights, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
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