Chapter 3 of Mike Fletcher: A Novel is here in full — 274 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter III
Chapter 3 of Mike Fletcher: A Novel is here in full — 274 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Mike was in his bath when Frank entered. "What, not dressed yet?" "All very well for you to talk. You left me at eleven to get the paper out as best I could. I did not get away from the printer's before half-past two."
Chapter 3 of Mike Fletcher: A Novel is here in full — 274 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a vessel containing liquid in which something is immersed (as to process it or to maintain it at a constant temperature or to lubricate it)
From this reading “Mike was in his bath when Frank entered.”
dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination
From this reading “"What, not dressed yet?"”
being one more than ten
From this reading “You left me at eleven to get the paper out as best I could.”
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading “Mike was in his bath when Frank entered.”
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
From this reading “Mike was in his bath when Frank entered.”
device for converting sound waves into electrical energy
From this reading “Mike was in his bath when Frank entered.”
a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
From this reading “You left me at eleven to get the paper out as best I could.”
possessive form of “printer” — someone whose occupation is printing
From this reading “I did not get away from the printer's before half-past two."”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 "All very well for you to talk.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading You left me at eleven to get the paper out as best I could.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading You left me at eleven to get the paper out as best I could.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading I did not get away from the printer's before half-past two."
a vessel containing liquid in which something is immersed (as to process it or to maintain it at a constant temperature or to lubricate it)
From this reading Mike was in his bath when Frank entered.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading I did not get away from the printer's before half-past two."
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading You left me at eleven to get the paper out as best I could.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading You left me at eleven to get the paper out as best I could.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading I did not get away from the printer's before half-past two."
dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination
From this reading "What, not dressed yet?"
being one more than ten
From this reading You left me at eleven to get the paper out as best I could.
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading Mike was in his bath when Frank entered.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "All very well for you to talk.
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
From this reading Mike was in his bath when Frank entered.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I did not get away from the printer's before half-past two."
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading You left me at eleven to get the paper out as best I could.
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From this reading I did not get away from the printer's before half-past two."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Mike was in his bath when Frank entered.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading You left me at eleven to get the paper out as best I could.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Mike was in his bath when Frank entered.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading You left me at eleven to get the paper out as best I could.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You left me at eleven to get the paper out as best I could.
device for converting sound waves into electrical energy
From this reading Mike was in his bath when Frank entered.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "What, not dressed yet?"
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading You left me at eleven to get the paper out as best I could.
a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
From this reading You left me at eleven to get the paper out as best I could.
possessive form of “printer” — someone whose occupation is printing
From this reading I did not get away from the printer's before half-past two."
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading "All very well for you to talk.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading You left me at eleven to get the paper out as best I could.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "All very well for you to talk.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading I did not get away from the printer's before half-past two."
precisely as stated
From this reading "All very well for you to talk.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mike was in his bath when Frank entered.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "All very well for you to talk.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What, not dressed yet?"
at the time that
From this reading Mike was in his bath when Frank entered.
but in spite of that
From this reading "What, not dressed yet?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "All very well for you to talk.
Chapter 3 of Mike Fletcher: A Novel by George Moore holds 274 sentences, grouped into 55 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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