Chapter 8 of New Bodies for Old is here in full — 330 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 8 of New Bodies for Old is here in full — 330 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THUS SPAKE MLLE. BOURDICHET “Well, my dear,” she said, “now that we have got as far as that, it is no use trying not to begin again, but I entreat you, no imprudences--safety first! Lerne, you know, Lerne! Ah, you don’t know what dangers there are for you--you above all--you especially!” I saw that she was brooding over the memory of tragic scenes.
Chapter 8 of New Bodies for Old is here in full — 330 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading “BOURDICHET “Well, my dear,” she said, “now that we have got as far as that, it is no use trying not to begin again, but I entreat you, no imprudences--safety first!”
sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
From this reading “I saw that she was brooding over the memory of tragic scenes.”
plural of “danger” — the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury
From this reading “Ah, you don’t know what dangers there are for you--you above all--you especially!””
to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
From this reading “Ah, you don’t know what dangers there are for you--you above all--you especially!””
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading “I saw that she was brooding over the memory of tragic scenes.”
the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions
From this reading “BOURDICHET “Well, my dear,” she said, “now that we have got as far as that, it is no use trying not to begin again, but I entreat you, no imprudences--safety first!”
plural of “scene” — the place where some action occurs
From this reading “I saw that she was brooding over the memory of tragic scenes.”
very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction
From this reading “I saw that she was brooding over the memory of tragic scenes.”
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 “I saw that she was brooding over the memory of tragic scenes.”
In this reading “BOURDICHET “Well, my dear,” she said, “now that we have got as far as that, it is no use trying not to begin again, but I entreat you, no imprudences--safety first!”
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higher than, or over, something
From this reading Ah, you don’t know what dangers there are for you--you above all--you especially!”
anew
From this reading BOURDICHET “Well, my dear,” she said, “now that we have got as far as that, it is no use trying not to begin again, but I entreat you, no imprudences--safety first!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ah, you don’t know what dangers there are for you--you above all--you especially!”
(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 Ah, you don’t know what dangers there are for you--you above all--you especially!”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Ah, you don’t know what dangers there are for you--you above all--you especially!”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading BOURDICHET “Well, my dear,” she said, “now that we have got as far as that, it is no use trying not to begin again, but I entreat you, no imprudences--safety first!
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading BOURDICHET “Well, my dear,” she said, “now that we have got as far as that, it is no use trying not to begin again, but I entreat you, no imprudences--safety first!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BOURDICHET “Well, my dear,” she said, “now that we have got as far as that, it is no use trying not to begin again, but I entreat you, no imprudences--safety first!
sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
From this reading I saw that she was brooding over the memory of tragic scenes.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading BOURDICHET “Well, my dear,” she said, “now that we have got as far as that, it is no use trying not to begin again, but I entreat you, no imprudences--safety first!
plural of “danger” — the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury
From this reading Ah, you don’t know what dangers there are for you--you above all--you especially!”
dearly loved
From this reading BOURDICHET “Well, my dear,” she said, “now that we have got as far as that, it is no use trying not to begin again, but I entreat you, no imprudences--safety first!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ah, you don’t know what dangers there are for you--you above all--you especially!”
ask for or request earnestly
From this reading BOURDICHET “Well, my dear,” she said, “now that we have got as far as that, it is no use trying not to begin again, but I entreat you, no imprudences--safety first!
to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
From this reading Ah, you don’t know what dangers there are for you--you above all--you especially!”
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading BOURDICHET “Well, my dear,” she said, “now that we have got as far as that, it is no use trying not to begin again, but I entreat you, no imprudences--safety first!
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading BOURDICHET “Well, my dear,” she said, “now that we have got as far as that, it is no use trying not to begin again, but I entreat you, no imprudences--safety first!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Ah, you don’t know what dangers there are for you--you above all--you especially!”
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading BOURDICHET “Well, my dear,” she said, “now that we have got as far as that, it is no use trying not to begin again, but I entreat you, no imprudences--safety first!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading BOURDICHET “Well, my dear,” she said, “now that we have got as far as that, it is no use trying not to begin again, but I entreat you, no imprudences--safety first!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading BOURDICHET “Well, my dear,” she said, “now that we have got as far as that, it is no use trying not to begin again, but I entreat you, no imprudences--safety first!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BOURDICHET “Well, my dear,” she said, “now that we have got as far as that, it is no use trying not to begin again, but I entreat you, no imprudences--safety first!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading BOURDICHET “Well, my dear,” she said, “now that we have got as far as that, it is no use trying not to begin again, but I entreat you, no imprudences--safety first!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading BOURDICHET “Well, my dear,” she said, “now that we have got as far as that, it is no use trying not to begin again, but I entreat you, no imprudences--safety first!
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Lerne, you know, Lerne!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lerne, you know, Lerne!
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading I saw that she was brooding over the memory of tragic scenes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THUS SPAKE MLLE.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading BOURDICHET “Well, my dear,” she said, “now that we have got as far as that, it is no use trying not to begin again, but I entreat you, no imprudences--safety first!
not any; not one
From this reading BOURDICHET “Well, my dear,” she said, “now that we have got as far as that, it is no use trying not to begin again, but I entreat you, no imprudences--safety first!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading BOURDICHET “Well, my dear,” she said, “now that we have got as far as that, it is no use trying not to begin again, but I entreat you, no imprudences--safety first!
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading BOURDICHET “Well, my dear,” she said, “now that we have got as far as that, it is no use trying not to begin again, but I entreat you, no imprudences--safety first!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I saw that she was brooding over the memory of tragic scenes.
above and across; more than
From this reading I saw that she was brooding over the memory of tragic scenes.
the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions
From this reading BOURDICHET “Well, my dear,” she said, “now that we have got as far as that, it is no use trying not to begin again, but I entreat you, no imprudences--safety first!
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading BOURDICHET “Well, my dear,” she said, “now that we have got as far as that, it is no use trying not to begin again, but I entreat you, no imprudences--safety first!
cut with a saw
From this reading I saw that she was brooding over the memory of tragic scenes.
plural of “scene” — the place where some action occurs
From this reading I saw that she was brooding over the memory of tragic scenes.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading BOURDICHET “Well, my dear,” she said, “now that we have got as far as that, it is no use trying not to begin again, but I entreat you, no imprudences--safety first!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THUS SPAKE MLLE.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading BOURDICHET “Well, my dear,” she said, “now that we have got as far as that, it is no use trying not to begin again, but I entreat you, no imprudences--safety first!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I saw that she was brooding over the memory of tragic scenes.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Ah, you don’t know what dangers there are for you--you above all--you especially!”
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
From this reading THUS SPAKE MLLE.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading BOURDICHET “Well, my dear,” she said, “now that we have got as far as that, it is no use trying not to begin again, but I entreat you, no imprudences--safety first!
very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction
From this reading I saw that she was brooding over the memory of tragic scenes.
hard to endure
From this reading BOURDICHET “Well, my dear,” she said, “now that we have got as far as that, it is no use trying not to begin again, but I entreat you, no imprudences--safety first!
the act of using
From this reading BOURDICHET “Well, my dear,” she said, “now that we have got as far as that, it is no use trying not to begin again, but I entreat you, no imprudences--safety first!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I saw that she was brooding over the memory of tragic scenes.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading BOURDICHET “Well, my dear,” she said, “now that we have got as far as that, it is no use trying not to begin again, but I entreat you, no imprudences--safety first!
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading BOURDICHET “Well, my dear,” she said, “now that we have got as far as that, it is no use trying not to begin again, but I entreat you, no imprudences--safety first!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Ah, you don’t know what dangers there are for you--you above all--you especially!”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading BOURDICHET “Well, my dear,” she said, “now that we have got as far as that, it is no use trying not to begin again, but I entreat you, no imprudences--safety first!
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