Chapter 1 of Little Stories of Married Life is here in full — 446 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Little Stories of Married Life is here in full — 446 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“I ken far lands to wifeless men unknown.” “HENRY, do you know what day Thursday will be?” “Thursday? The twenty-first.” “Yes, and what will the twenty-first be?”
Chapter 1 of Little Stories of Married Life is here in full — 446 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading ““I ken far lands to wifeless men unknown.””
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading ““HENRY, do you know what day Thursday will be?””
range of what one can know or understand
From this reading ““I ken far lands to wifeless men unknown.””
plural of “land” — the land on which real estate is located
From this reading ““I ken far lands to wifeless men unknown.””
the fifth day of the week; the fourth working day
From this reading ““HENRY, do you know what day Thursday will be?””
coming next after the twentieth in position
From this reading “The twenty-first.””
not known
From this reading ““I ken far lands to wifeless men unknown.””
an affirmative
From this reading ““Yes, and what will the twenty-first be?””
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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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Yes, and what will the twenty-first be?”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “HENRY, do you know what day Thursday will be?”
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading “HENRY, do you know what day Thursday will be?”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “HENRY, do you know what day Thursday will be?”
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading “I ken far lands to wifeless men unknown.”
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading “HENRY, do you know what day Thursday will be?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I ken far lands to wifeless men unknown.”
range of what one can know or understand
From this reading “I ken far lands to wifeless men unknown.”
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “HENRY, do you know what day Thursday will be?”
plural of “land” — the land on which real estate is located
From this reading “I ken far lands to wifeless men unknown.”
the force of workers available
From this reading “I ken far lands to wifeless men unknown.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The twenty-first.”
the fifth day of the week; the fourth working day
From this reading “HENRY, do you know what day Thursday will be?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I ken far lands to wifeless men unknown.”
coming next after the twentieth in position
From this reading The twenty-first.”
not known
From this reading “I ken far lands to wifeless men unknown.”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “HENRY, do you know what day Thursday will be?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I ken far lands to wifeless men unknown.”
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “HENRY, do you know what day Thursday will be?”
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes, and what will the twenty-first be?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “HENRY, do you know what day Thursday will be?”
Chapter 1 of Little Stories of Married Life by Mary Stewart Cutting holds 446 sentences, grouped into 90 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 1 holds 446 sentences of Little Stories of Married Life, unabridged, divided into 90 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Little Stories of Married Life by Mary Stewart Cutting exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 446 sentences, grouped into 90 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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