Chapter 2 of Midwinter: Certain Travellers in Old England is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Midwinter: Certain Travellers in Old England is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I am gentle born, but I have long since forfeited my heritage. Call me Ulysses, who has seen all the world's cities and men, and has at length returned to Ithaca. I am a dweller in Old England." "That explains little." "Nay, it explains all.
Chapter 2 of Midwinter: Certain Travellers in Old England is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “city” — a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading “Call me Ulysses, who has seen all the world's cities and men, and has at length returned to Ithaca.”
a person who inhabits a particular place
From this reading “I am a dweller in Old England."”
third-person singular of “explain” — make plain and comprehensible
From this reading “"That explains little."”
surrendered as a penalty
From this reading “"I am gentle born, but I have long since forfeited my heritage.”
practices that are handed down from the past by tradition
From this reading “"I am gentle born, but I have long since forfeited my heritage.”
a college town in central New York on Lake Cayuga
From this reading “Call me Ulysses, who has seen all the world's cities and men, and has at length returned to Ithaca.”
(Roman mythology) Roman spelling for Odysseus
From this reading “Call me Ulysses, who has seen all the world's cities and men, and has at length returned to Ithaca.”
possessive form of “world” — everything that exists anywhere
From this reading “Call me Ulysses, who has seen all the world's cities and men, and has at length returned to Ithaca.”
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 a lengthy or prolix manner
In this reading “Call me Ulysses, who has seen all the world's cities and men, and has at length returned to Ithaca.”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I am a dweller in Old England."
(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 Call me Ulysses, who has seen all the world's cities and men, and has at length returned to Ithaca.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "I am gentle born, but I have long since forfeited my heritage.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Call me Ulysses, who has seen all the world's cities and men, and has at length returned to Ithaca.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Call me Ulysses, who has seen all the world's cities and men, and has at length returned to Ithaca.
brought into existence
From this reading "I am gentle born, but I have long since forfeited my heritage.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "I am gentle born, but I have long since forfeited my heritage.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Call me Ulysses, who has seen all the world's cities and men, and has at length returned to Ithaca.
plural of “city” — a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading Call me Ulysses, who has seen all the world's cities and men, and has at length returned to Ithaca.
a person who inhabits a particular place
From this reading I am a dweller in Old England."
a division of the United Kingdom
From this reading I am a dweller in Old England."
third-person singular of “explain” — make plain and comprehensible
From this reading "That explains little."
surrendered as a penalty
From this reading "I am gentle born, but I have long since forfeited my heritage.
soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe
From this reading "I am gentle born, but I have long since forfeited my heritage.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Call me Ulysses, who has seen all the world's cities and men, and has at length returned to Ithaca.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I am gentle born, but I have long since forfeited my heritage.
practices that are handed down from the past by tradition
From this reading "I am gentle born, but I have long since forfeited my heritage.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I am gentle born, but I have long since forfeited my heritage.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I am a dweller in Old England."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Nay, it explains all.
a college town in central New York on Lake Cayuga
From this reading Call me Ulysses, who has seen all the world's cities and men, and has at length returned to Ithaca.
the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place
From this reading Call me Ulysses, who has seen all the world's cities and men, and has at length returned to Ithaca.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "That explains little."
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 "I am gentle born, but I have long since forfeited my heritage.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Call me Ulysses, who has seen all the world's cities and men, and has at length returned to Ithaca.
the force of workers available
From this reading Call me Ulysses, who has seen all the world's cities and men, and has at length returned to Ithaca.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "I am gentle born, but I have long since forfeited my heritage.
an old word for “no”
From this reading "Nay, it explains all.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading I am a dweller in Old England."
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading Call me Ulysses, who has seen all the world's cities and men, and has at length returned to Ithaca.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Call me Ulysses, who has seen all the world's cities and men, and has at length returned to Ithaca.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading "I am gentle born, but I have long since forfeited my heritage.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "That explains little."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Call me Ulysses, who has seen all the world's cities and men, and has at length returned to Ithaca.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Call me Ulysses, who has seen all the world's cities and men, and has at length returned to Ithaca.
(Roman mythology) Roman spelling for Odysseus
From this reading Call me Ulysses, who has seen all the world's cities and men, and has at length returned to Ithaca.
which person or people
From this reading Call me Ulysses, who has seen all the world's cities and men, and has at length returned to Ithaca.
possessive form of “world” — everything that exists anywhere
From this reading Call me Ulysses, who has seen all the world's cities and men, and has at length returned to Ithaca.
Chapter 2 of Midwinter: Certain Travellers in Old England by John Buchan holds 411 sentences, grouped into 83 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.
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