Chapter 8 of More Portmanteau Plays is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of More Portmanteau Plays is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
No. JOHN What are you? NATHANIEL For the present I am Jonathan's uncle. JOHN You have nothing to do with Jonathan. NATHANIEL The boy is not going to Somerset School.
Chapter 8 of More Portmanteau Plays is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/86 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a youthful male person
From this reading “NATHANIEL The boy is not going to Somerset School.”
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading “JOHN What are you?”
red late-ripening apple; primarily eaten raw
From this reading “NATHANIEL For the present I am Jonathan's uncle.”
possessive form of “jonathan” — red late-ripening apple; primarily eaten raw
From this reading “NATHANIEL For the present I am Jonathan's uncle.”
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading “NATHANIEL For the present I am Jonathan's uncle.”
an educational institution
From this reading “NATHANIEL The boy is not going to Somerset School.”
a county in southwestern England on the Bristol Channel
From this reading “NATHANIEL The boy is not going to Somerset School.”
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading “NATHANIEL For the present I am Jonathan's uncle.”
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.
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.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading NATHANIEL For the present I am Jonathan's uncle.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading JOHN What are you?
a youthful male person
From this reading NATHANIEL The boy is not going to Somerset School.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading JOHN You have nothing to do with Jonathan.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading NATHANIEL For the present I am Jonathan's uncle.
the act of departing
From this reading NATHANIEL The boy is not going to Somerset School.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading JOHN You have nothing to do with Jonathan.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading NATHANIEL For the present I am Jonathan's uncle.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading NATHANIEL The boy is not going to Somerset School.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading JOHN What are you?
red late-ripening apple; primarily eaten raw
From this reading JOHN You have nothing to do with Jonathan.
possessive form of “jonathan” — red late-ripening apple; primarily eaten raw
From this reading NATHANIEL For the present I am Jonathan's uncle.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading NATHANIEL For the present I am Jonathan's uncle.
not any; not one
From this reading No.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading NATHANIEL The boy is not going to Somerset School.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading JOHN You have nothing to do with Jonathan.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading NATHANIEL For the present I am Jonathan's uncle.
an educational institution
From this reading NATHANIEL The boy is not going to Somerset School.
a county in southwestern England on the Bristol Channel
From this reading NATHANIEL The boy is not going to Somerset School.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading NATHANIEL For the present I am Jonathan's uncle.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading JOHN You have nothing to do with Jonathan.
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading NATHANIEL For the present I am Jonathan's uncle.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading JOHN What are you?
in the company of; together with
From this reading JOHN You have nothing to do with Jonathan.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading JOHN What are you?
Chapter 8 of More Portmanteau Plays by Stuart Walker 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 8 holds 430 sentences of More Portmanteau Plays, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
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