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Chapter 2 of Men of Marlowe's is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
That terrible long drive to Finchley! That shimmering line of faces all the way! I went to Jimmy’s funeral, I went to Chaytor’s, and I went to Mrs. Grigg’s--under protest. I will never go to another, unless it is my own--that will be unavoidable. The Great Ormond Street murder made a tremendous sensation.
Chapter 2 of Men of Marlowe's is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated
From this reading “I went to Jimmy’s funeral, I went to Chaytor’s, and I went to Mrs. Grigg’s--under protest.”
possessive form of “jimmy” — a short crowbar
kill intentionally and with premeditation
From this reading “The Great Ormond Street murder made a tremendous sensation.”
a formal and solemn declaration of objection
From this reading “I went to Jimmy’s funeral, I went to Chaytor’s, and I went to Mrs. Grigg’s--under protest.”
an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation
From this reading “The Great Ormond Street murder made a tremendous sensation.”
-ing form of “shimmer” — shine with a weak or fitful light
From this reading “That shimmering line of faces all the way!”
extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree
From this reading “The Great Ormond Street murder made a tremendous sensation.”
impossible to avoid or evade
From this reading “I will never go to another, unless it is my own--that will be unavoidable.”
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.
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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 The Great Ormond Street murder made a tremendous sensation.
(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 That shimmering line of faces all the way!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I went to Jimmy’s funeral, I went to Chaytor’s, and I went to Mrs. Grigg’s--under protest.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading I will never go to another, unless it is my own--that will be unavoidable.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I will never go to another, unless it is my own--that will be unavoidable.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I went to Jimmy’s funeral, I went to Chaytor’s, and I went to Mrs. Grigg’s--under protest.
operate or control a vehicle
From this reading That terrible long drive to Finchley!
plural of “face” — the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading That shimmering line of faces all the way!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That terrible long drive to Finchley!
a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated
From this reading I went to Jimmy’s funeral, I went to Chaytor’s, and I went to Mrs. Grigg’s--under protest.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading I will never go to another, unless it is my own--that will be unavoidable.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading The Great Ormond Street murder made a tremendous sensation.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I went to Jimmy’s funeral, I went to Chaytor’s, and I went to Mrs. Grigg’s--under protest.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I went to Jimmy’s funeral, I went to Chaytor’s, and I went to Mrs. Grigg’s--under protest.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I will never go to another, unless it is my own--that will be unavoidable.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I will never go to another, unless it is my own--that will be unavoidable.
possessive form of “jimmy” — a short crowbar
From this reading I went to Jimmy’s funeral, I went to Chaytor’s, and I went to Mrs. Grigg’s--under protest.
a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading That shimmering line of faces all the way!
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading That terrible long drive to Finchley!
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading The Great Ormond Street murder made a tremendous sensation.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading I went to Jimmy’s funeral, I went to Chaytor’s, and I went to Mrs. Grigg’s--under protest.
kill intentionally and with premeditation
From this reading The Great Ormond Street murder made a tremendous sensation.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I will never go to another, unless it is my own--that will be unavoidable.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading I will never go to another, unless it is my own--that will be unavoidable.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading That shimmering line of faces all the way!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Great Ormond Street murder made a tremendous sensation.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading I will never go to another, unless it is my own--that will be unavoidable.
a formal and solemn declaration of objection
From this reading I went to Jimmy’s funeral, I went to Chaytor’s, and I went to Mrs. Grigg’s--under protest.
an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation
From this reading The Great Ormond Street murder made a tremendous sensation.
-ing form of “shimmer” — shine with a weak or fitful light
From this reading That shimmering line of faces all the way!
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading The Great Ormond Street murder made a tremendous sensation.
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading That terrible long drive to Finchley!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That terrible long drive to Finchley!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That shimmering line of faces all the way!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading That terrible long drive to Finchley!
extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree
From this reading The Great Ormond Street murder made a tremendous sensation.
impossible to avoid or evade
From this reading I will never go to another, unless it is my own--that will be unavoidable.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading I went to Jimmy’s funeral, I went to Chaytor’s, and I went to Mrs. Grigg’s--under protest.
except if; if not
From this reading I will never go to another, unless it is my own--that will be unavoidable.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading That shimmering line of faces all the way!
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading I went to Jimmy’s funeral, I went to Chaytor’s, and I went to Mrs. Grigg’s--under protest.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading I will never go to another, unless it is my own--that will be unavoidable.
Chapter 2 of Men of Marlowe's by Henry, Mrs. Dudeney holds 430 sentences, grouped into 86 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 2 holds 430 sentences of Men of Marlowe's, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
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