Chapter 6 of Nights in London is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 6 of Nights in London is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Victor made good with his first three sentences. In the language of his profession, he got 'em with both hands. They rose at him. He had 'em stung to death. He did what he liked with 'em.
Chapter 6 of Nights in London is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading “He had 'em stung to death.”
a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
From this reading “In the language of his profession, he got 'em with both hands.”
found pleasant or attractive; often used as a combining form
From this reading “He did what he liked with 'em.”
the body of people in a learned occupation
From this reading “In the language of his profession, he got 'em with both hands.”
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading “They rose at him.”
plural of “sentence” — a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
From this reading “Victor made good with his first three sentences.”
aroused to impatience or anger
From this reading “He had 'em stung to death.”
a combatant who is able to defeat rivals
From this reading “Victor made good with his first three sentences.”
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in or near a particular place or position
From this reading They rose at him.
the two together, not just one
From this reading In the language of his profession, he got 'em with both hands.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading He had 'em stung to death.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading He did what he liked with 'em.
a quad with a square body
From this reading In the language of his profession, he got 'em with both hands.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading Victor made good with his first three sentences.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Victor made good with his first three sentences.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading In the language of his profession, he got 'em with both hands.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had 'em stung to death.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading In the language of his profession, he got 'em with both hands.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In the language of his profession, he got 'em with both hands.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They rose at him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Victor made good with his first three sentences.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the language of his profession, he got 'em with both hands.
a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
From this reading In the language of his profession, he got 'em with both hands.
found pleasant or attractive; often used as a combining form
From this reading He did what he liked with 'em.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Victor made good with his first three sentences.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In the language of his profession, he got 'em with both hands.
the body of people in a learned occupation
From this reading In the language of his profession, he got 'em with both hands.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading They rose at him.
plural of “sentence” — a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
From this reading Victor made good with his first three sentences.
aroused to impatience or anger
From this reading He had 'em stung to death.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the language of his profession, he got 'em with both hands.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They rose at him.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading Victor made good with his first three sentences.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He had 'em stung to death.
a combatant who is able to defeat rivals
From this reading Victor made good with his first three sentences.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading He did what he liked with 'em.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Victor made good with his first three sentences.
Chapter 6 of Nights in London by Thomas Burke holds 412 sentences, grouped into 83 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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