Chapter 14 of Masterman and Son is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of Masterman and Son is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Father, I can't bear to see you so bitter." "Bitter? Oh no, I'm not bitter. I'm amused, that's all." "I wish you wouldn't live here, father.
Chapter 14 of Masterman and Son is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/79 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
pleasantly occupied
From this reading “I'm amused, that's all."”
have
From this reading “"Father, I can't bear to see you so bitter."”
marked by strong resentment or cynicism
From this reading “"Father, I can't bear to see you so bitter."”
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading “"Father, I can't bear to see you so bitter."”
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “"I wish you wouldn't live here, father.”
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “"I wish you wouldn't live here, father.”
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “"Father, I can't bear to see you so bitter."”
hope for; have a wish
From this reading “"I wish you wouldn't live here, father.”
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 “"I wish you wouldn't live here, father.”
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(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 I'm amused, that's all."
pleasantly occupied
From this reading I'm amused, that's all."
have
From this reading "Father, I can't bear to see you so bitter."
marked by strong resentment or cynicism
From this reading "Father, I can't bear to see you so bitter."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Father, I can't bear to see you so bitter."
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading "Father, I can't bear to see you so bitter."
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "I wish you wouldn't live here, father.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Father, I can't bear to see you so bitter."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh no, I'm not bitter.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading "I wish you wouldn't live here, father.
not any; not one
From this reading Oh no, I'm not bitter.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Oh no, I'm not bitter.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh no, I'm not bitter.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "Father, I can't bear to see you so bitter."
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "Father, I can't bear to see you so bitter."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm amused, that's all."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Father, I can't bear to see you so bitter."
hope for; have a wish
From this reading "I wish you wouldn't live here, father.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I wish you wouldn't live here, father.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Father, I can't bear to see you so bitter."
Chapter 14 of Masterman and Son by W. J. (William James) Dawson holds 398 sentences, grouped into 80 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 14 holds 398 sentences of Masterman and Son, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 14 of Masterman and Son by W. J. (William James) Dawson exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 398 sentences, grouped into 80 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 80 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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