Chapter 2 of Old Kensington is here in full — 221 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Old Kensington is here in full — 221 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
DUTCH TILES. O priceless art! O princely state, E'en while by sense of change opprest, Within to antedate Heaven's age of fearless rest. --J. H. Newman. There are many disconnected pictures in Dorothea Vanborough's gallery, drifting and following each other like the images of a dissolving-view.
Chapter 2 of Old Kensington is here in full — 221 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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(music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply
From this reading “There are many disconnected pictures in Dorothea Vanborough's gallery, drifting and following each other like the images of a dissolving-view.”
oblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them
From this reading “O princely state, E'en while by sense of change opprest, Within to antedate Heaven's age of fearless rest.”
possessive form of “heaven” — any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading “O princely state, E'en while by sense of change opprest, Within to antedate Heaven's age of fearless rest.”
plural of “image” — an iconic mental representation
From this reading “There are many disconnected pictures in Dorothea Vanborough's gallery, drifting and following each other like the images of a dissolving-view.”
United States film actor (born in 1925)
From this reading “--J. H. Newman.”
having incalculable monetary, intellectual, or spiritual worth
From this reading “O priceless art!”
ostentatiously rich and superior in quality
From this reading “O princely state, E'en while by sense of change opprest, Within to antedate Heaven's age of fearless rest.”
plural of “tile” — a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces
From this reading “DUTCH TILES.”
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.
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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 There are many disconnected pictures in Dorothea Vanborough's gallery, drifting and following each other like the images of a dissolving-view.
how long something has existed
From this reading O princely state, E'en while by sense of change opprest, Within to antedate Heaven's age of fearless rest.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There are many disconnected pictures in Dorothea Vanborough's gallery, drifting and following each other like the images of a dissolving-view.
be earlier in time; go back further
From this reading O princely state, E'en while by sense of change opprest, Within to antedate Heaven's age of fearless rest.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There are many disconnected pictures in Dorothea Vanborough's gallery, drifting and following each other like the images of a dissolving-view.
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading O priceless art!
showing who or what does the action
From this reading O princely state, E'en while by sense of change opprest, Within to antedate Heaven's age of fearless rest.
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading O princely state, E'en while by sense of change opprest, Within to antedate Heaven's age of fearless rest.
(music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply
From this reading There are many disconnected pictures in Dorothea Vanborough's gallery, drifting and following each other like the images of a dissolving-view.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There are many disconnected pictures in Dorothea Vanborough's gallery, drifting and following each other like the images of a dissolving-view.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There are many disconnected pictures in Dorothea Vanborough's gallery, drifting and following each other like the images of a dissolving-view.
aimless wandering from place to place
From this reading There are many disconnected pictures in Dorothea Vanborough's gallery, drifting and following each other like the images of a dissolving-view.
of or relating to the Netherlands or its people or culture
From this reading DUTCH TILES.
even
From this reading O princely state, E'en while by sense of change opprest, Within to antedate Heaven's age of fearless rest.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading There are many disconnected pictures in Dorothea Vanborough's gallery, drifting and following each other like the images of a dissolving-view.
oblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them
From this reading O princely state, E'en while by sense of change opprest, Within to antedate Heaven's age of fearless rest.
about to be mentioned or specified
From this reading There are many disconnected pictures in Dorothea Vanborough's gallery, drifting and following each other like the images of a dissolving-view.
spectators at a golf or tennis match
From this reading There are many disconnected pictures in Dorothea Vanborough's gallery, drifting and following each other like the images of a dissolving-view.
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 --J. H. Newman.
possessive form of “heaven” — any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading O princely state, E'en while by sense of change opprest, Within to antedate Heaven's age of fearless rest.
plural of “image” — an iconic mental representation
From this reading There are many disconnected pictures in Dorothea Vanborough's gallery, drifting and following each other like the images of a dissolving-view.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There are many disconnected pictures in Dorothea Vanborough's gallery, drifting and following each other like the images of a dissolving-view.
a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
From this reading --J. H. Newman.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading There are many disconnected pictures in Dorothea Vanborough's gallery, drifting and following each other like the images of a dissolving-view.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading There are many disconnected pictures in Dorothea Vanborough's gallery, drifting and following each other like the images of a dissolving-view.
United States film actor (born in 1925)
From this reading --J. H. Newman.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading O priceless art!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading O princely state, E'en while by sense of change opprest, Within to antedate Heaven's age of fearless rest.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading O princely state, E'en while by sense of change opprest, Within to antedate Heaven's age of fearless rest.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading There are many disconnected pictures in Dorothea Vanborough's gallery, drifting and following each other like the images of a dissolving-view.
plural of “picture” — a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading There are many disconnected pictures in Dorothea Vanborough's gallery, drifting and following each other like the images of a dissolving-view.
having incalculable monetary, intellectual, or spiritual worth
From this reading O priceless art!
ostentatiously rich and superior in quality
From this reading O princely state, E'en while by sense of change opprest, Within to antedate Heaven's age of fearless rest.
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading O princely state, E'en while by sense of change opprest, Within to antedate Heaven's age of fearless rest.
a general conscious awareness
From this reading O princely state, E'en while by sense of change opprest, Within to antedate Heaven's age of fearless rest.
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
From this reading O princely state, E'en while by sense of change opprest, Within to antedate Heaven's age of fearless rest.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There are many disconnected pictures in Dorothea Vanborough's gallery, drifting and following each other like the images of a dissolving-view.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There are many disconnected pictures in Dorothea Vanborough's gallery, drifting and following each other like the images of a dissolving-view.
plural of “tile” — a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces
From this reading DUTCH TILES.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading O princely state, E'en while by sense of change opprest, Within to antedate Heaven's age of fearless rest.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There are many disconnected pictures in Dorothea Vanborough's gallery, drifting and following each other like the images of a dissolving-view.
during the time that
From this reading O princely state, E'en while by sense of change opprest, Within to antedate Heaven's age of fearless rest.
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading O princely state, E'en while by sense of change opprest, Within to antedate Heaven's age of fearless rest.
Chapter 2 of Old Kensington by Anne Thackeray Ritchie holds 221 sentences, grouped into 45 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 2 holds 221 sentences of Old Kensington, unabridged, divided into 45 reading sections.
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