Chapter 14 of Lyre and Lancet: A Story in Scenes is here in full — 181 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of Lyre and Lancet: A Story in Scenes is here in full — 181 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LE VÉTÉRINAIRE MALGRÉ LUI _Outside the Stables at Wyvern._ TIME--_About_ 10 P.M. _Undershell_ (_to himself, as he follows_ ADAMS). Now is my time to arrange about getting away from here. (_To_ ADAMS.) By the bye, I suppose you can let me have a conveyance of some sort--after I've seen the horse? I--I'm rather in a hurry.
Chapter 14 of Lyre and Lancet: A Story in Scenes is here in full — 181 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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American Revolutionary leader and patriot; an organizer of the Boston Tea Party and signer of the Declaration of Independence (1722-1803)
From this reading “_Undershell_ (_to himself, as he follows_ ADAMS).”
put into a proper or systematic order
From this reading “Now is my time to arrange about getting away from here.”
an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
From this reading “(_To_ ADAMS.) By the bye, I suppose you can let me have a conveyance of some sort--after I've seen the horse?”
document effecting a property transfer
From this reading “(_To_ ADAMS.) By the bye, I suppose you can let me have a conveyance of some sort--after I've seen the horse?”
third-person singular of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading “I--I'm rather in a hurry.”
relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
plural of “stable” — a farm building for housing horses or other livestock
From this reading “LE VÉTÉRINAIRE MALGRÉ LUI _Outside the Stables at Wyvern._ TIME--_About_ 10 P.M.”
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.
introducing a different topic
In this reading “(_To_ ADAMS.) By the bye, I suppose you can let me have a conveyance of some sort--after I've seen the horse?”
In this reading “I--I'm rather in a hurry.”
In this reading “Now is my time to arrange about getting away from here.”
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From this reading LE VÉTÉRINAIRE MALGRÉ LUI _Outside the Stables at Wyvern._ TIME--_About_ 10 P.M.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading (_To_ ADAMS.) By the bye, I suppose you can let me have a conveyance of some sort--after I've seen the horse?
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading LE VÉTÉRINAIRE MALGRÉ LUI _Outside the Stables at Wyvern._ TIME--_About_ 10 P.M.
American Revolutionary leader and patriot; an organizer of the Boston Tea Party and signer of the Declaration of Independence (1722-1803)
From this reading _Undershell_ (_to himself, as he follows_ ADAMS).
later than; following
From this reading (_To_ ADAMS.) By the bye, I suppose you can let me have a conveyance of some sort--after I've seen the horse?
put into a proper or systematic order
From this reading Now is my time to arrange about getting away from here.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading _Undershell_ (_to himself, as he follows_ ADAMS).
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading LE VÉTÉRINAIRE MALGRÉ LUI _Outside the Stables at Wyvern._ TIME--_About_ 10 P.M.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Now is my time to arrange about getting away from here.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading (_To_ ADAMS.) By the bye, I suppose you can let me have a conveyance of some sort--after I've seen the horse?
an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
From this reading (_To_ ADAMS.) By the bye, I suppose you can let me have a conveyance of some sort--after I've seen the horse?
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading (_To_ ADAMS.) By the bye, I suppose you can let me have a conveyance of some sort--after I've seen the horse?
document effecting a property transfer
From this reading (_To_ ADAMS.) By the bye, I suppose you can let me have a conveyance of some sort--after I've seen the horse?
third-person singular of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading _Undershell_ (_to himself, as he follows_ ADAMS).
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Now is my time to arrange about getting away from here.
the act of acquiring something
From this reading Now is my time to arrange about getting away from here.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading (_To_ ADAMS.) By the bye, I suppose you can let me have a conveyance of some sort--after I've seen the horse?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _Undershell_ (_to himself, as he follows_ ADAMS).
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Now is my time to arrange about getting away from here.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading _Undershell_ (_to himself, as he follows_ ADAMS).
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading (_To_ ADAMS.) By the bye, I suppose you can let me have a conveyance of some sort--after I've seen the horse?
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading I--I'm rather in a hurry.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading (_To_ ADAMS.) By the bye, I suppose you can let me have a conveyance of some sort--after I've seen the horse?
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From this reading I--I'm rather in a hurry.
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From this reading (_To_ ADAMS.) By the bye, I suppose you can let me have a conveyance of some sort--after I've seen the horse?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I--I'm rather in a hurry.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Now is my time to arrange about getting away from here.
a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)
From this reading LE VÉTÉRINAIRE MALGRÉ LUI _Outside the Stables at Wyvern._ TIME--_About_ 10 P.M.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading (_To_ ADAMS.) By the bye, I suppose you can let me have a conveyance of some sort--after I've seen the horse?
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From this reading LE VÉTÉRINAIRE MALGRÉ LUI _Outside the Stables at Wyvern._ TIME--_About_ 10 P.M.
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
From this reading LE VÉTÉRINAIRE MALGRÉ LUI _Outside the Stables at Wyvern._ TIME--_About_ 10 P.M.
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From this reading LE VÉTÉRINAIRE MALGRÉ LUI _Outside the Stables at Wyvern._ TIME--_About_ 10 P.M.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading (_To_ ADAMS.) By the bye, I suppose you can let me have a conveyance of some sort--after I've seen the horse?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Now is my time to arrange about getting away from here.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now is my time to arrange about getting away from here.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading (_To_ ADAMS.) By the bye, I suppose you can let me have a conveyance of some sort--after I've seen the horse?
relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
From this reading LE VÉTÉRINAIRE MALGRÉ LUI _Outside the Stables at Wyvern._ TIME--_About_ 10 P.M.
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading LE VÉTÉRINAIRE MALGRÉ LUI _Outside the Stables at Wyvern._ TIME--_About_ 10 P.M.
on the contrary
From this reading I--I'm rather in a hurry.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading (_To_ ADAMS.) By the bye, I suppose you can let me have a conveyance of some sort--after I've seen the horse?
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading (_To_ ADAMS.) By the bye, I suppose you can let me have a conveyance of some sort--after I've seen the horse?
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading (_To_ ADAMS.) By the bye, I suppose you can let me have a conveyance of some sort--after I've seen the horse?
plural of “stable” — a farm building for housing horses or other livestock
From this reading LE VÉTÉRINAIRE MALGRÉ LUI _Outside the Stables at Wyvern._ TIME--_About_ 10 P.M.
express a supposition
From this reading (_To_ ADAMS.) By the bye, I suppose you can let me have a conveyance of some sort--after I've seen the horse?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading LE VÉTÉRINAIRE MALGRÉ LUI _Outside the Stables at Wyvern._ TIME--_About_ 10 P.M.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading LE VÉTÉRINAIRE MALGRÉ LUI _Outside the Stables at Wyvern._ TIME--_About_ 10 P.M.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Undershell_ (_to himself, as he follows_ ADAMS).
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Undershell_ (_to himself, as he follows_ ADAMS).
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LE VÉTÉRINAIRE MALGRÉ LUI _Outside the Stables at Wyvern._ TIME--_About_ 10 P.M.
a fire-breathing dragon used in medieval heraldry; had the head of a dragon and the tail of a snake and a body with wings and two legs
From this reading LE VÉTÉRINAIRE MALGRÉ LUI _Outside the Stables at Wyvern._ TIME--_About_ 10 P.M.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading (_To_ ADAMS.) By the bye, I suppose you can let me have a conveyance of some sort--after I've seen the horse?
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