Chapter 6 of Martin Chuzzlewit is here in full — 450 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Martin Chuzzlewit is here in full — 450 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
‘Yes, Mr Jonas, we are travelling to London. We shall have the pleasure of your company all the way, I trust?’ ‘Oh! ecod, you had better ask father that,’ said Jonas. ‘I am not a-going to commit myself.’ Mr Pecksniff was, as a matter of course, greatly entertained by this retort.
Chapter 6 of Martin Chuzzlewit is here in full — 450 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/90 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
From this reading “‘I am not a-going to commit myself.’”
pleasantly occupied
From this reading “Mr Pecksniff was, as a matter of course, greatly entertained by this retort.”
to an extraordinary extent or degree
From this reading “Mr Pecksniff was, as a matter of course, greatly entertained by this retort.”
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading “‘Yes, Mr Jonas, we are travelling to London.”
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading “We shall have the pleasure of your company all the way, I trust?’”
a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
From this reading “Mr Pecksniff was, as a matter of course, greatly entertained by this retort.”
the act of going from one place to another
From this reading “‘Yes, Mr Jonas, we are travelling to London.”
something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)
From this reading “We shall have the pleasure of your company all the way, I trust?’”
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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 Mr Pecksniff was, as a matter of course, greatly entertained by this retort.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I am not a-going to commit myself.’
(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 We shall have the pleasure of your company all the way, I trust?’
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading ‘I am not a-going to commit myself.’
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading ‘Yes, Mr Jonas, we are travelling to London.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Mr Pecksniff was, as a matter of course, greatly entertained by this retort.
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading ‘Oh! ecod, you had better ask father that,’ said Jonas.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading ‘Oh! ecod, you had better ask father that,’ said Jonas.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Mr Pecksniff was, as a matter of course, greatly entertained by this retort.
perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
From this reading ‘I am not a-going to commit myself.’
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading We shall have the pleasure of your company all the way, I trust?’
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading Mr Pecksniff was, as a matter of course, greatly entertained by this retort.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Oh! ecod, you had better ask father that,’ said Jonas.
pleasantly occupied
From this reading Mr Pecksniff was, as a matter of course, greatly entertained by this retort.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading ‘Oh! ecod, you had better ask father that,’ said Jonas.
to an extraordinary extent or degree
From this reading Mr Pecksniff was, as a matter of course, greatly entertained by this retort.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading ‘Oh! ecod, you had better ask father that,’ said Jonas.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We shall have the pleasure of your company all the way, I trust?’
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading We shall have the pleasure of your company all the way, I trust?’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Yes, Mr Jonas, we are travelling to London.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading ‘Yes, Mr Jonas, we are travelling to London.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading Mr Pecksniff was, as a matter of course, greatly entertained by this retort.
a form of address for a man
From this reading ‘Yes, Mr Jonas, we are travelling to London.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading ‘I am not a-going to commit myself.’
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading ‘I am not a-going to commit myself.’
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We shall have the pleasure of your company all the way, I trust?’
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading ‘Oh! ecod, you had better ask father that,’ said Jonas.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mr Pecksniff was, as a matter of course, greatly entertained by this retort.
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading We shall have the pleasure of your company all the way, I trust?’
a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
From this reading Mr Pecksniff was, as a matter of course, greatly entertained by this retort.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading ‘Oh! ecod, you had better ask father that,’ said Jonas.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading We shall have the pleasure of your company all the way, I trust?’
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading ‘Oh! ecod, you had better ask father that,’ said Jonas.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We shall have the pleasure of your company all the way, I trust?’
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Mr Pecksniff was, as a matter of course, greatly entertained by this retort.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ‘Yes, Mr Jonas, we are travelling to London.
the act of going from one place to another
From this reading ‘Yes, Mr Jonas, we are travelling to London.
something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)
From this reading We shall have the pleasure of your company all the way, I trust?’
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mr Pecksniff was, as a matter of course, greatly entertained by this retort.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading We shall have the pleasure of your company all the way, I trust?’
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading ‘Yes, Mr Jonas, we are travelling to London.
an affirmative
From this reading ‘Yes, Mr Jonas, we are travelling to London.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘Oh! ecod, you had better ask father that,’ said Jonas.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading We shall have the pleasure of your company all the way, I trust?’
Chapter 6 of Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens holds 450 sentences, grouped into 90 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.
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