Chapter 6 of Minerva's Manoeuvres is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Minerva's Manoeuvres is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE CONSTABLE CALLS. NEXT morning we slept late, but when Mrs. Vernon and I finally awoke we heard no sounds in the kitchen. “I have a headache,” said Ethel. “That midnight supper didn’t agree with me.” “Why you didn’t eat anything.”
Chapter 6 of Minerva's Manoeuvres is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
be in accord; be in agreement
From this reading ““That midnight supper didn’t agree with me.””
inflected form of “awake” — stop sleeping
From this reading “NEXT morning we slept late, but when Mrs. Vernon and I finally awoke we heard no sounds in the kitchen.”
plural of “call” — a telephone connection
From this reading “THE CONSTABLE CALLS.”
a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff
From this reading “THE CONSTABLE CALLS.”
something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
From this reading ““I have a headache,” said Ethel.”
12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night
From this reading ““That midnight supper didn’t agree with me.””
inflected form of “sleep” — be asleep
From this reading “NEXT morning we slept late, but when Mrs. Vernon and I finally awoke we heard no sounds in the kitchen.”
plural of “sound” — the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading “NEXT morning we slept late, but when Mrs. Vernon and I finally awoke we heard no sounds in the kitchen.”
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 “NEXT morning we slept late, but when Mrs. Vernon and I finally awoke we heard no sounds in the kitchen.”
In this reading ““That midnight supper didn’t agree with me.””
In this reading “NEXT morning we slept late, but when Mrs. Vernon and I finally awoke we heard no sounds in the kitchen.”
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 have a headache,” said Ethel.
be in accord; be in agreement
From this reading “That midnight supper didn’t agree with me.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading NEXT morning we slept late, but when Mrs. Vernon and I finally awoke we heard no sounds in the kitchen.
any thing at all
From this reading “Why you didn’t eat anything.”
inflected form of “awake” — stop sleeping
From this reading NEXT morning we slept late, but when Mrs. Vernon and I finally awoke we heard no sounds in the kitchen.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading NEXT morning we slept late, but when Mrs. Vernon and I finally awoke we heard no sounds in the kitchen.
plural of “call” — a telephone connection
From this reading THE CONSTABLE CALLS.
a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff
From this reading THE CONSTABLE CALLS.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “That midnight supper didn’t agree with me.”
take in solid food
From this reading “Why you didn’t eat anything.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I have a headache,” said Ethel.
after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay
From this reading NEXT morning we slept late, but when Mrs. Vernon and I finally awoke we heard no sounds in the kitchen.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I have a headache,” said Ethel.
something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
From this reading “I have a headache,” said Ethel.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading NEXT morning we slept late, but when Mrs. Vernon and I finally awoke we heard no sounds in the kitchen.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading NEXT morning we slept late, but when Mrs. Vernon and I finally awoke we heard no sounds in the kitchen.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading NEXT morning we slept late, but when Mrs. Vernon and I finally awoke we heard no sounds in the kitchen.
a room equipped for preparing meals
From this reading NEXT morning we slept late, but when Mrs. Vernon and I finally awoke we heard no sounds in the kitchen.
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading NEXT morning we slept late, but when Mrs. Vernon and I finally awoke we heard no sounds in the kitchen.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “That midnight supper didn’t agree with me.”
12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night
From this reading “That midnight supper didn’t agree with me.”
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading NEXT morning we slept late, but when Mrs. Vernon and I finally awoke we heard no sounds in the kitchen.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading NEXT morning we slept late, but when Mrs. Vernon and I finally awoke we heard no sounds in the kitchen.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading NEXT morning we slept late, but when Mrs. Vernon and I finally awoke we heard no sounds in the kitchen.
not any; not one
From this reading NEXT morning we slept late, but when Mrs. Vernon and I finally awoke we heard no sounds in the kitchen.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “I have a headache,” said Ethel.
inflected form of “sleep” — be asleep
From this reading NEXT morning we slept late, but when Mrs. Vernon and I finally awoke we heard no sounds in the kitchen.
plural of “sound” — the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading NEXT morning we slept late, but when Mrs. Vernon and I finally awoke we heard no sounds in the kitchen.
a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime
From this reading “That midnight supper didn’t agree with me.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “That midnight supper didn’t agree with me.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CONSTABLE CALLS.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading NEXT morning we slept late, but when Mrs. Vernon and I finally awoke we heard no sounds in the kitchen.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading NEXT morning we slept late, but when Mrs. Vernon and I finally awoke we heard no sounds in the kitchen.
at the time that
From this reading NEXT morning we slept late, but when Mrs. Vernon and I finally awoke we heard no sounds in the kitchen.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading “Why you didn’t eat anything.”
in the company of; together with
From this reading “That midnight supper didn’t agree with me.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Why you didn’t eat anything.”
Chapter 6 of Minerva's Manoeuvres by Charles Battell Loomis holds 188 sentences, grouped into 38 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 6 holds 188 sentences of Minerva's Manoeuvres, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
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