Chapter 6 of London River is here in full — 435 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of London River is here in full — 435 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The man pushed his plate away, and leaned towards me, elbows on the table, putting close his flat and brutish face, with his wet hair plastered over all the brow he had. He appeared to be a little drowsy with food. "Ever crossed the Western ocean in winter? Sometimes there's nothing in it. But when it's bad there's no word for it.
Chapter 6 of London River is here in full — 435 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility
From this reading “The man pushed his plate away, and leaned towards me, elbows on the table, putting close his flat and brutish face, with his wet hair plastered over all the brow he had.”
half asleep
From this reading “He appeared to be a little drowsy with food.”
plural of “elbow” — hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped
From this reading “The man pushed his plate away, and leaned towards me, elbows on the table, putting close his flat and brutish face, with his wet hair plastered over all the brow he had.”
having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
From this reading “The man pushed his plate away, and leaned towards me, elbows on the table, putting close his flat and brutish face, with his wet hair plastered over all the brow he had.”
a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
From this reading “"Ever crossed the Western ocean in winter?”
(of hair) made smooth by applying a sticky or glossy substance
From this reading “The man pushed his plate away, and leaned towards me, elbows on the table, putting close his flat and brutish face, with his wet hair plastered over all the brow he had.”
(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
From this reading “The man pushed his plate away, and leaned towards me, elbows on the table, putting close his flat and brutish face, with his wet hair plastered over all the brow he had.”
relating to or characteristic of the western parts of the world or the West as opposed to the eastern or oriental parts
From this reading “"Ever crossed the Western ocean in winter?”
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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 He appeared to be a little drowsy with food.
(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 The man pushed his plate away, and leaned towards me, elbows on the table, putting close his flat and brutish face, with his wet hair plastered over all the brow he had.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The man pushed his plate away, and leaned towards me, elbows on the table, putting close his flat and brutish face, with his wet hair plastered over all the brow he had.
past form of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading He appeared to be a little drowsy with food.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading The man pushed his plate away, and leaned towards me, elbows on the table, putting close his flat and brutish face, with his wet hair plastered over all the brow he had.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading But when it's bad there's no word for it.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He appeared to be a little drowsy with food.
the part of the face above the eyes
From this reading The man pushed his plate away, and leaned towards me, elbows on the table, putting close his flat and brutish face, with his wet hair plastered over all the brow he had.
resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility
From this reading The man pushed his plate away, and leaned towards me, elbows on the table, putting close his flat and brutish face, with his wet hair plastered over all the brow he had.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But when it's bad there's no word for it.
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading The man pushed his plate away, and leaned towards me, elbows on the table, putting close his flat and brutish face, with his wet hair plastered over all the brow he had.
placed crosswise
From this reading "Ever crossed the Western ocean in winter?
half asleep
From this reading He appeared to be a little drowsy with food.
plural of “elbow” — hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped
From this reading The man pushed his plate away, and leaned towards me, elbows on the table, putting close his flat and brutish face, with his wet hair plastered over all the brow he had.
at any time
From this reading "Ever crossed the Western ocean in winter?
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading The man pushed his plate away, and leaned towards me, elbows on the table, putting close his flat and brutish face, with his wet hair plastered over all the brow he had.
having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
From this reading The man pushed his plate away, and leaned towards me, elbows on the table, putting close his flat and brutish face, with his wet hair plastered over all the brow he had.
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
From this reading He appeared to be a little drowsy with food.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But when it's bad there's no word for it.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The man pushed his plate away, and leaned towards me, elbows on the table, putting close his flat and brutish face, with his wet hair plastered over all the brow he had.
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading The man pushed his plate away, and leaned towards me, elbows on the table, putting close his flat and brutish face, with his wet hair plastered over all the brow he had.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The man pushed his plate away, and leaned towards me, elbows on the table, putting close his flat and brutish face, with his wet hair plastered over all the brow he had.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The man pushed his plate away, and leaned towards me, elbows on the table, putting close his flat and brutish face, with his wet hair plastered over all the brow he had.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Ever crossed the Western ocean in winter?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Sometimes there's nothing in it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But when it's bad there's no word for it.
past form of “lean” — to incline or bend from a vertical position
From this reading The man pushed his plate away, and leaned towards me, elbows on the table, putting close his flat and brutish face, with his wet hair plastered over all the brow he had.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading He appeared to be a little drowsy with food.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading The man pushed his plate away, and leaned towards me, elbows on the table, putting close his flat and brutish face, with his wet hair plastered over all the brow he had.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The man pushed his plate away, and leaned towards me, elbows on the table, putting close his flat and brutish face, with his wet hair plastered over all the brow he had.
not any; not one
From this reading But when it's bad there's no word for it.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Sometimes there's nothing in it.
a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
From this reading "Ever crossed the Western ocean in winter?
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The man pushed his plate away, and leaned towards me, elbows on the table, putting close his flat and brutish face, with his wet hair plastered over all the brow he had.
above and across; more than
From this reading The man pushed his plate away, and leaned towards me, elbows on the table, putting close his flat and brutish face, with his wet hair plastered over all the brow he had.
(of hair) made smooth by applying a sticky or glossy substance
From this reading The man pushed his plate away, and leaned towards me, elbows on the table, putting close his flat and brutish face, with his wet hair plastered over all the brow he had.
(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
From this reading The man pushed his plate away, and leaned towards me, elbows on the table, putting close his flat and brutish face, with his wet hair plastered over all the brow he had.
past form of “push” — move with force
From this reading The man pushed his plate away, and leaned towards me, elbows on the table, putting close his flat and brutish face, with his wet hair plastered over all the brow he had.
hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter
From this reading The man pushed his plate away, and leaned towards me, elbows on the table, putting close his flat and brutish face, with his wet hair plastered over all the brow he had.
on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always
From this reading Sometimes there's nothing in it.
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading The man pushed his plate away, and leaned towards me, elbows on the table, putting close his flat and brutish face, with his wet hair plastered over all the brow he had.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The man pushed his plate away, and leaned towards me, elbows on the table, putting close his flat and brutish face, with his wet hair plastered over all the brow he had.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sometimes there's nothing in it.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He appeared to be a little drowsy with food.
in the direction of
From this reading The man pushed his plate away, and leaned towards me, elbows on the table, putting close his flat and brutish face, with his wet hair plastered over all the brow he had.
relating to or characteristic of the western parts of the world or the West as opposed to the eastern or oriental parts
From this reading "Ever crossed the Western ocean in winter?
covered or soaked with a liquid such as water
From this reading The man pushed his plate away, and leaned towards me, elbows on the table, putting close his flat and brutish face, with his wet hair plastered over all the brow he had.
at the time that
From this reading But when it's bad there's no word for it.
the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
From this reading "Ever crossed the Western ocean in winter?
in the company of; together with
From this reading The man pushed his plate away, and leaned towards me, elbows on the table, putting close his flat and brutish face, with his wet hair plastered over all the brow he had.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading But when it's bad there's no word for it.
Chapter 6 of London River by H. M. (Henry Major) Tomlinson holds 435 sentences, grouped into 87 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 435 sentences of London River, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
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