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Chapter 17 of Mr. Britling Sees It Through is here in full — 782 sentences across 157 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"It's a queer thing, Daddy, but I have a sort of _seditious_ feeling in writing things like this. One gets to feel that it is wrong to think. It's the effect of discipline. Of being part of a machine. Still, I doubt if I ought to think.
Chapter 17 of Mr. Britling Sees It Through is here in full — 782 sentences across 157 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/157 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading “Of being part of a machine.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"It's a queer thing, Daddy, but I have a sort of _seditious_ feeling in writing things like this.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “One gets to feel that it is wrong to think.”
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading “Still, I doubt if I ought to think.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "It's a queer thing, Daddy, but I have a sort of _seditious_ feeling in writing things like this.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Of being part of a machine.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "It's a queer thing, Daddy, but I have a sort of _seditious_ feeling in writing things like this.
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From this reading "It's a queer thing, Daddy, but I have a sort of _seditious_ feeling in writing things like this.
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From this reading It's the effect of discipline.
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From this reading Still, I doubt if I ought to think.
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From this reading It's the effect of discipline.
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From this reading One gets to feel that it is wrong to think.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's a queer thing, Daddy, but I have a sort of _seditious_ feeling in writing things like this.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading One gets to feel that it is wrong to think.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "It's a queer thing, Daddy, but I have a sort of _seditious_ feeling in writing things like this.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "It's a queer thing, Daddy, but I have a sort of _seditious_ feeling in writing things like this.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Still, I doubt if I ought to think.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "It's a queer thing, Daddy, but I have a sort of _seditious_ feeling in writing things like this.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading One gets to feel that it is wrong to think.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading One gets to feel that it is wrong to think.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's a queer thing, Daddy, but I have a sort of _seditious_ feeling in writing things like this.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's a queer thing, Daddy, but I have a sort of _seditious_ feeling in writing things like this.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Of being part of a machine.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "It's a queer thing, Daddy, but I have a sort of _seditious_ feeling in writing things like this.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One gets to feel that it is wrong to think.
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading Still, I doubt if I ought to think.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Of being part of a machine.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's a queer thing, Daddy, but I have a sort of _seditious_ feeling in writing things like this.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's a queer thing, Daddy, but I have a sort of _seditious_ feeling in writing things like this.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's a queer thing, Daddy, but I have a sort of _seditious_ feeling in writing things like this.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Still, I doubt if I ought to think.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading One gets to feel that it is wrong to think.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It's the effect of discipline.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's a queer thing, Daddy, but I have a sort of _seditious_ feeling in writing things like this.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's a queer thing, Daddy, but I have a sort of _seditious_ feeling in writing things like this.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading One gets to feel that it is wrong to think.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "It's a queer thing, Daddy, but I have a sort of _seditious_ feeling in writing things like this.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading One gets to feel that it is wrong to think.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's a queer thing, Daddy, but I have a sort of _seditious_ feeling in writing things like this.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading One gets to feel that it is wrong to think.
