Chapter 15 of Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand is here in full — 94 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand is here in full — 94 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
FROM JAFFA TO ALEXANDRIA [From the Providor’s Log-book.] Bill of Fare, October 12th. Mulligatawny Soup. Salt Fish and Egg Sauce. Roast Haunch of Mutton.
Chapter 15 of Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand is here in full — 94 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a town in Louisiana on the Red River
From this reading “FROM JAFFA TO ALEXANDRIA [From the Providor’s Log-book.]”
animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds
From this reading “Salt Fish and Egg Sauce.”
a port in western Israel on the Mediterranean; incorporated into Tel Aviv in 1950
From this reading “FROM JAFFA TO ALEXANDRIA [From the Providor’s Log-book.]”
a soup of eastern India that is flavored with curry; prepared with a meat or chicken base
From this reading “Mulligatawny Soup.”
meat from a mature domestic sheep
From this reading “Roast Haunch of Mutton.”
cook with dry heat, usually in an oven
From this reading “Roast Haunch of Mutton.”
flavorful relish or dressing or topping served as an accompaniment to food
From this reading “Salt Fish and Egg Sauce.”
liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food
From this reading “Mulligatawny Soup.”
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From this reading Bill of Fare, October 12th.
a town in Louisiana on the Red River
From this reading FROM JAFFA TO ALEXANDRIA [From the Providor’s Log-book.]
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Salt Fish and Egg Sauce.
a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading Bill of Fare, October 12th.
animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds
From this reading Salt Fish and Egg Sauce.
an agenda of things to do
From this reading Bill of Fare, October 12th.
any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
From this reading Salt Fish and Egg Sauce.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading FROM JAFFA TO ALEXANDRIA [From the Providor’s Log-book.]
the hip and buttock and upper thigh in human beings
From this reading Roast Haunch of Mutton.
a port in western Israel on the Mediterranean; incorporated into Tel Aviv in 1950
From this reading FROM JAFFA TO ALEXANDRIA [From the Providor’s Log-book.]
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FROM JAFFA TO ALEXANDRIA [From the Providor’s Log-book.]
a soup of eastern India that is flavored with curry; prepared with a meat or chicken base
From this reading Mulligatawny Soup.
meat from a mature domestic sheep
From this reading Roast Haunch of Mutton.
the month following September and preceding November
From this reading Bill of Fare, October 12th.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Bill of Fare, October 12th.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FROM JAFFA TO ALEXANDRIA [From the Providor’s Log-book.]
cook with dry heat, usually in an oven
From this reading Roast Haunch of Mutton.
a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
From this reading Salt Fish and Egg Sauce.
flavorful relish or dressing or topping served as an accompaniment to food
From this reading Salt Fish and Egg Sauce.
liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food
From this reading Mulligatawny Soup.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading FROM JAFFA TO ALEXANDRIA [From the Providor’s Log-book.]
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading FROM JAFFA TO ALEXANDRIA [From the Providor’s Log-book.]
Chapter 15 of Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand by William Makepeace Thackeray holds 94 sentences, grouped into 19 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 15 holds 94 sentences of Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand, unabridged, divided into 19 reading sections.
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