Chapter 10 of My Wonderful Visit is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of My Wonderful Visit is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I am looking forward to this Saturday, Sunday, and Monday as an intellectual holiday. I meet H. G. at Whitehall and he is driving his own car. He is a very good chauffeur, too. We talk politics and discuss the Irish settlement and I tell him of my trip to Germany. That leads to a discussion of the depreciation in the value of the mark.
Chapter 10 of My Wonderful Visit is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a man paid to drive a privately owned car
From this reading “He is a very good chauffeur, too.”
a decrease in price or value
From this reading “That leads to a discussion of the depreciation in the value of the mark.”
to consider or examine in speech or writing
From this reading “We talk politics and discuss the Irish settlement and I tell him of my trip to Germany.”
leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
From this reading “I am looking forward to this Saturday, Sunday, and Monday as an intellectual holiday.”
of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind
From this reading “I am looking forward to this Saturday, Sunday, and Monday as an intellectual holiday.”
plural of “lead” — an advantage held by a competitor in a race
From this reading “That leads to a discussion of the depreciation in the value of the mark.”
a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
From this reading “We talk politics and discuss the Irish settlement and I tell him of my trip to Germany.”
a wide street in London stretching from Trafalgar Square to the Houses of Parliament; site of many government offices
From this reading “I meet H. G. at Whitehall and he is driving his own car.”
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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 “We talk politics and discuss the Irish settlement and I tell him of my trip to Germany.”
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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 He is a very good chauffeur, too.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am looking forward to this Saturday, Sunday, and Monday as an intellectual holiday.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading I am looking forward to this Saturday, Sunday, and Monday as an intellectual holiday.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I am looking forward to this Saturday, Sunday, and Monday as an intellectual holiday.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I am looking forward to this Saturday, Sunday, and Monday as an intellectual holiday.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I meet H. G. at Whitehall and he is driving his own car.
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading I meet H. G. at Whitehall and he is driving his own car.
a man paid to drive a privately owned car
From this reading He is a very good chauffeur, too.
a decrease in price or value
From this reading That leads to a discussion of the depreciation in the value of the mark.
to consider or examine in speech or writing
From this reading We talk politics and discuss the Irish settlement and I tell him of my trip to Germany.
an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic
From this reading That leads to a discussion of the depreciation in the value of the mark.
having the power of driving or impelling
From this reading I meet H. G. at Whitehall and he is driving his own car.
at or to or toward the front
From this reading I am looking forward to this Saturday, Sunday, and Monday as an intellectual holiday.
a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram
From this reading I meet H. G. at Whitehall and he is driving his own car.
a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990
From this reading We talk politics and discuss the Irish settlement and I tell him of my trip to Germany.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading He is a very good chauffeur, too.
a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe
From this reading I meet H. G. at Whitehall and he is driving his own car.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I meet H. G. at Whitehall and he is driving his own car.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We talk politics and discuss the Irish settlement and I tell him of my trip to Germany.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I meet H. G. at Whitehall and he is driving his own car.
leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
From this reading I am looking forward to this Saturday, Sunday, and Monday as an intellectual holiday.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I am looking forward to this Saturday, Sunday, and Monday as an intellectual holiday.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading That leads to a discussion of the depreciation in the value of the mark.
of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind
From this reading I am looking forward to this Saturday, Sunday, and Monday as an intellectual holiday.
people of Ireland or of Irish extraction
From this reading We talk politics and discuss the Irish settlement and I tell him of my trip to Germany.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I meet H. G. at Whitehall and he is driving his own car.
plural of “lead” — an advantage held by a competitor in a race
From this reading That leads to a discussion of the depreciation in the value of the mark.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading I am looking forward to this Saturday, Sunday, and Monday as an intellectual holiday.
attach a tag or label to
From this reading That leads to a discussion of the depreciation in the value of the mark.
come together
From this reading I meet H. G. at Whitehall and he is driving his own car.
the second day of the week; the first working day
From this reading I am looking forward to this Saturday, Sunday, and Monday as an intellectual holiday.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading We talk politics and discuss the Irish settlement and I tell him of my trip to Germany.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We talk politics and discuss the Irish settlement and I tell him of my trip to Germany.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading I meet H. G. at Whitehall and he is driving his own car.
social relations involving intrigue to gain authority or power
From this reading We talk politics and discuss the Irish settlement and I tell him of my trip to Germany.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading I am looking forward to this Saturday, Sunday, and Monday as an intellectual holiday.
a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
From this reading We talk politics and discuss the Irish settlement and I tell him of my trip to Germany.
first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians
From this reading I am looking forward to this Saturday, Sunday, and Monday as an intellectual holiday.
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading We talk politics and discuss the Irish settlement and I tell him of my trip to Germany.
express in words
From this reading We talk politics and discuss the Irish settlement and I tell him of my trip to Germany.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That leads to a discussion of the depreciation in the value of the mark.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We talk politics and discuss the Irish settlement and I tell him of my trip to Germany.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I am looking forward to this Saturday, Sunday, and Monday as an intellectual holiday.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I am looking forward to this Saturday, Sunday, and Monday as an intellectual holiday.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading He is a very good chauffeur, too.
a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
From this reading We talk politics and discuss the Irish settlement and I tell him of my trip to Germany.
a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
From this reading That leads to a discussion of the depreciation in the value of the mark.
precisely as stated
From this reading He is a very good chauffeur, too.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We talk politics and discuss the Irish settlement and I tell him of my trip to Germany.
a wide street in London stretching from Trafalgar Square to the Houses of Parliament; site of many government offices
From this reading I meet H. G. at Whitehall and he is driving his own car.
Chapter 10 of My Wonderful Visit by Charlie Chaplin holds 403 sentences, grouped into 81 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 10 holds 403 sentences of My Wonderful Visit, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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