Chapter 1 of Mornings at Bow Street is here in full — 451 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Mornings at Bow Street is here in full — 451 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MORNINGS AT BOW STREET. OF THE MOST HUMOROUS AND ENTERTAINING REPORTS WHICH HAVE APPEARED IN THE "MORNING HERALD." BY J. WIGHT, BOW-STREET REPORTER TO THE "MORNING HERALD." WITH TWENTY-ONE ILLUSTRATIONS BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. "They did gather humours of men dayly wherever they came."
Chapter 1 of Mornings at Bow Street is here in full — 451 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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agreeably diverting
From this reading “OF THE MOST HUMOROUS AND ENTERTAINING REPORTS WHICH HAVE APPEARED IN THE "MORNING HERALD."”
foreshadow or presage
From this reading “OF THE MOST HUMOROUS AND ENTERTAINING REPORTS WHICH HAVE APPEARED IN THE "MORNING HERALD."”
full of or characterized by humor
From this reading “OF THE MOST HUMOROUS AND ENTERTAINING REPORTS WHICH HAVE APPEARED IN THE "MORNING HERALD."”
plural of “illustration” — artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
From this reading “WITH TWENTY-ONE ILLUSTRATIONS BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK.”
plural of “morning” — the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading “MORNINGS AT BOW STREET.”
a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories
From this reading “BY J. WIGHT, BOW-STREET REPORTER TO THE "MORNING HERALD."”
the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty and one
From this reading “WITH TWENTY-ONE ILLUSTRATIONS BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK.”
a human being; “wight” is an archaic term
From this reading “BY J. WIGHT, BOW-STREET REPORTER TO THE "MORNING HERALD."”
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 “OF THE MOST HUMOROUS AND ENTERTAINING REPORTS WHICH HAVE APPEARED IN THE "MORNING HERALD."”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading OF THE MOST HUMOROUS AND ENTERTAINING REPORTS WHICH HAVE APPEARED IN THE "MORNING HERALD."
past form of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading OF THE MOST HUMOROUS AND ENTERTAINING REPORTS WHICH HAVE APPEARED IN THE "MORNING HERALD."
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading MORNINGS AT BOW STREET.
a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces
From this reading MORNINGS AT BOW STREET.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BY J. WIGHT, BOW-STREET REPORTER TO THE "MORNING HERALD."
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY J. WIGHT, BOW-STREET REPORTER TO THE "MORNING HERALD."
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "They did gather humours of men dayly wherever they came."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WITH TWENTY-ONE ILLUSTRATIONS BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "They did gather humours of men dayly wherever they came."
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "They did gather humours of men dayly wherever they came."
agreeably diverting
From this reading OF THE MOST HUMOROUS AND ENTERTAINING REPORTS WHICH HAVE APPEARED IN THE "MORNING HERALD."
assemble or get together
From this reading "They did gather humours of men dayly wherever they came."
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading WITH TWENTY-ONE ILLUSTRATIONS BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading OF THE MOST HUMOROUS AND ENTERTAINING REPORTS WHICH HAVE APPEARED IN THE "MORNING HERALD."
foreshadow or presage
From this reading OF THE MOST HUMOROUS AND ENTERTAINING REPORTS WHICH HAVE APPEARED IN THE "MORNING HERALD."
full of or characterized by humor
From this reading OF THE MOST HUMOROUS AND ENTERTAINING REPORTS WHICH HAVE APPEARED IN THE "MORNING HERALD."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "They did gather humours of men dayly wherever they came."
plural of “illustration” — artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
From this reading WITH TWENTY-ONE ILLUSTRATIONS BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading OF THE MOST HUMOROUS AND ENTERTAINING REPORTS WHICH HAVE APPEARED IN THE "MORNING HERALD."
a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
From this reading BY J. WIGHT, BOW-STREET REPORTER TO THE "MORNING HERALD."
the force of workers available
From this reading "They did gather humours of men dayly wherever they came."
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading OF THE MOST HUMOROUS AND ENTERTAINING REPORTS WHICH HAVE APPEARED IN THE "MORNING HERALD."
plural of “morning” — the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading MORNINGS AT BOW STREET.
used to form the superlative
From this reading OF THE MOST HUMOROUS AND ENTERTAINING REPORTS WHICH HAVE APPEARED IN THE "MORNING HERALD."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading OF THE MOST HUMOROUS AND ENTERTAINING REPORTS WHICH HAVE APPEARED IN THE "MORNING HERALD."
a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories
From this reading BY J. WIGHT, BOW-STREET REPORTER TO THE "MORNING HERALD."
plural of “report” — a written document describing the findings of some individual or group
From this reading OF THE MOST HUMOROUS AND ENTERTAINING REPORTS WHICH HAVE APPEARED IN THE "MORNING HERALD."
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading MORNINGS AT BOW STREET.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading OF THE MOST HUMOROUS AND ENTERTAINING REPORTS WHICH HAVE APPEARED IN THE "MORNING HERALD."
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "They did gather humours of men dayly wherever they came."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading BY J. WIGHT, BOW-STREET REPORTER TO THE "MORNING HERALD."
the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty and one
From this reading WITH TWENTY-ONE ILLUSTRATIONS BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK.
in or to any place at all
From this reading "They did gather humours of men dayly wherever they came."
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading OF THE MOST HUMOROUS AND ENTERTAINING REPORTS WHICH HAVE APPEARED IN THE "MORNING HERALD."
a human being; “wight” is an archaic term
From this reading BY J. WIGHT, BOW-STREET REPORTER TO THE "MORNING HERALD."
in the company of; together with
From this reading WITH TWENTY-ONE ILLUSTRATIONS BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK.
Chapter 1 of Mornings at Bow Street by J. (John) Wight holds 451 sentences, grouped into 91 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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