Chapter 11 of Lukundoo, and other stories is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Lukundoo, and other stories is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
On the way I told him I expected him to supper that evening. “With all my writing, Radford,” he said. “You don’t seem to get the idea. I flock by myself for the present and eat alone. If you insist I’ll explain to-morrow.”
Chapter 11 of Lukundoo, and other stories is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
take in solid food
From this reading “I flock by myself for the present and eat alone.”
considered likely or probable to happen or arrive
From this reading “On the way I told him I expected him to supper that evening.”
make plain and comprehensible
From this reading “If you insist I’ll explain to-morrow.””
a church congregation guided by a pastor
From this reading “I flock by myself for the present and eat alone.”
be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
From this reading “If you insist I’ll explain to-morrow.””
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading ““You don’t seem to get the idea.”
a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime
From this reading “On the way I told him I expected him to supper that evening.”
the act of creating written works
From this reading ““With all my writing, Radford,” he said.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading ““You don’t seem to get the idea.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
(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 “With all my writing, Radford,” he said.
Having no one else present.
From this reading I flock by myself for the present and eat alone.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I flock by myself for the present and eat alone.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I flock by myself for the present and eat alone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You don’t seem to get the idea.
take in solid food
From this reading I flock by myself for the present and eat alone.
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading On the way I told him I expected him to supper that evening.
considered likely or probable to happen or arrive
From this reading On the way I told him I expected him to supper that evening.
make plain and comprehensible
From this reading If you insist I’ll explain to-morrow.”
a church congregation guided by a pastor
From this reading I flock by myself for the present and eat alone.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I flock by myself for the present and eat alone.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “You don’t seem to get the idea.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “With all my writing, Radford,” he said.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading On the way I told him I expected him to supper that evening.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading On the way I told him I expected him to supper that evening.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading If you insist I’ll explain to-morrow.”
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “You don’t seem to get the idea.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If you insist I’ll explain to-morrow.”
be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
From this reading If you insist I’ll explain to-morrow.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “With all my writing, Radford,” he said.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I flock by myself for the present and eat alone.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the way I told him I expected him to supper that evening.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading I flock by myself for the present and eat alone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “With all my writing, Radford,” he said.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “With all my writing, Radford,” he said.
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “You don’t seem to get the idea.
a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime
From this reading On the way I told him I expected him to supper that evening.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading On the way I told him I expected him to supper that evening.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading On the way I told him I expected him to supper that evening.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading On the way I told him I expected him to supper that evening.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading If you insist I’ll explain to-morrow.”
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading On the way I told him I expected him to supper that evening.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading On the way I told him I expected him to supper that evening.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “With all my writing, Radford,” he said.
the act of creating written works
From this reading “With all my writing, Radford,” he said.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You don’t seem to get the idea.
Chapter 11 of Lukundoo, and other stories by Edward Lucas White holds 404 sentences, grouped into 81 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 11 holds 404 sentences of Lukundoo, and other stories, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of Lukundoo, and other stories by Edward Lucas White exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 404 sentences, grouped into 81 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.
Work through the 81 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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