Chapter 35 of My Wife and I is here in full — 105 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 35 of My Wife and I is here in full — 105 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LETTERS FROM NEW YORK. About this time we got a very characteristic letter from Jim. Here it is: _Dear Hal_:--My head buzzes like a swarm of bees. What haven't I done since you left? The Van Arsdels are all packing up and getting ready to move out, and of course I have been up making myself generally useful there.
Chapter 35 of My Wife and I is here in full — 105 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “bee” — any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
From this reading “Here it is: _Dear Hal_:--My head buzzes like a swarm of bees.”
plural of “buzz” — sound of rapid vibration
From this reading “Here it is: _Dear Hal_:--My head buzzes like a swarm of bees.”
a prominent attribute or aspect of something
From this reading “About this time we got a very characteristic letter from Jim.”
usually; as a rule
From this reading “The Van Arsdels are all packing up and getting ready to move out, and of course I have been up making myself generally useful there.”
any material used especially to protect something
From this reading “The Van Arsdels are all packing up and getting ready to move out, and of course I have been up making myself generally useful there.”
a moving crowd
From this reading “Here it is: _Dear Hal_:--My head buzzes like a swarm of bees.”
being of use or service
From this reading “The Van Arsdels are all packing up and getting ready to move out, and of course I have been up making myself generally useful there.”
any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
From this reading “The Van Arsdels are all packing up and getting ready to move out, and of course I have been up making myself generally useful there.”
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 “The Van Arsdels are all packing up and getting ready to move out, and of course I have been up making myself generally useful there.”
as might be expected
In this reading “The Van Arsdels are all packing up and getting ready to move out, and of course I have been up making myself generally useful there.”
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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 About this time we got a very characteristic letter from Jim.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading About this time we got a very characteristic letter from Jim.
(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 The Van Arsdels are all packing up and getting ready to move out, and of course I have been up making myself generally useful there.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Van Arsdels are all packing up and getting ready to move out, and of course I have been up making myself generally useful there.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The Van Arsdels are all packing up and getting ready to move out, and of course I have been up making myself generally useful there.
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From this reading The Van Arsdels are all packing up and getting ready to move out, and of course I have been up making myself generally useful there.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The Van Arsdels are all packing up and getting ready to move out, and of course I have been up making myself generally useful there.
plural of “bee” — any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
From this reading Here it is: _Dear Hal_:--My head buzzes like a swarm of bees.
plural of “buzz” — sound of rapid vibration
From this reading Here it is: _Dear Hal_:--My head buzzes like a swarm of bees.
a prominent attribute or aspect of something
From this reading About this time we got a very characteristic letter from Jim.
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading The Van Arsdels are all packing up and getting ready to move out, and of course I have been up making myself generally useful there.
dearly loved
From this reading Here it is: _Dear Hal_:--My head buzzes like a swarm of bees.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading What haven't I done since you left?
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading LETTERS FROM NEW YORK.
usually; as a rule
From this reading The Van Arsdels are all packing up and getting ready to move out, and of course I have been up making myself generally useful there.
the act of acquiring something
From this reading The Van Arsdels are all packing up and getting ready to move out, and of course I have been up making myself generally useful there.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading About this time we got a very characteristic letter from Jim.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Here it is: _Dear Hal_:--My head buzzes like a swarm of bees.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The Van Arsdels are all packing up and getting ready to move out, and of course I have been up making myself generally useful there.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What haven't I done since you left?
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Here it is: _Dear Hal_:--My head buzzes like a swarm of bees.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Here it is: _Dear Hal_:--My head buzzes like a swarm of bees.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading What haven't I done since you left?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Here it is: _Dear Hal_:--My head buzzes like a swarm of bees.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Here it is: _Dear Hal_:--My head buzzes like a swarm of bees.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading About this time we got a very characteristic letter from Jim.
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 What haven't I done since you left?
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading About this time we got a very characteristic letter from Jim.
the literary culture
From this reading LETTERS FROM NEW YORK.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Here it is: _Dear Hal_:--My head buzzes like a swarm of bees.
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading The Van Arsdels are all packing up and getting ready to move out, and of course I have been up making myself generally useful there.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading The Van Arsdels are all packing up and getting ready to move out, and of course I have been up making myself generally useful there.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Here it is: _Dear Hal_:--My head buzzes like a swarm of bees.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading The Van Arsdels are all packing up and getting ready to move out, and of course I have been up making myself generally useful there.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading LETTERS FROM NEW YORK.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Here it is: _Dear Hal_:--My head buzzes like a swarm of bees.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading The Van Arsdels are all packing up and getting ready to move out, and of course I have been up making myself generally useful there.
any material used especially to protect something
From this reading The Van Arsdels are all packing up and getting ready to move out, and of course I have been up making myself generally useful there.
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading The Van Arsdels are all packing up and getting ready to move out, and of course I have been up making myself generally useful there.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading What haven't I done since you left?
a moving crowd
From this reading Here it is: _Dear Hal_:--My head buzzes like a swarm of bees.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Van Arsdels are all packing up and getting ready to move out, and of course I have been up making myself generally useful there.
in or at that place or location
From this reading The Van Arsdels are all packing up and getting ready to move out, and of course I have been up making myself generally useful there.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading About this time we got a very characteristic letter from Jim.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading About this time we got a very characteristic letter from Jim.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Van Arsdels are all packing up and getting ready to move out, and of course I have been up making myself generally useful there.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The Van Arsdels are all packing up and getting ready to move out, and of course I have been up making myself generally useful there.
being of use or service
From this reading The Van Arsdels are all packing up and getting ready to move out, and of course I have been up making myself generally useful there.
any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
From this reading The Van Arsdels are all packing up and getting ready to move out, and of course I have been up making myself generally useful there.
precisely as stated
From this reading About this time we got a very characteristic letter from Jim.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading About this time we got a very characteristic letter from Jim.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What haven't I done since you left?
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading LETTERS FROM NEW YORK.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What haven't I done since you left?
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