Chapter 18 of Old Kensington is here in full — 165 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XVIII
Chapter 18 of Old Kensington is here in full — 165 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
GOOD-NIGHT. Love us, God! love us, man! we believe, we achieve. Let us live, let us love, For the acts correspond: We are Glorious, and DIE. --E. B. B. Good-night, dearest Dolly,' whispered Henley, as they all stood waiting for their train in the crowded station.
Chapter 18 of Old Kensington is here in full — 165 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/33 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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to gain with effort
From this reading “Love us, God! love us, man! we believe, we achieve.”
a New Testament book describing the development of the early church from Christ's Ascension to Paul's sojourn at Rome
From this reading “Let us live, let us love, For the acts correspond: We are Glorious, and DIE.”
be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
From this reading “Let us live, let us love, For the acts correspond: We are Glorious, and DIE.”
overfilled or compacted or concentrated
From this reading “Good-night, dearest Dolly,' whispered Henley, as they all stood waiting for their train in the crowded station.”
a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
From this reading “Good-night, dearest Dolly,' whispered Henley, as they all stood waiting for their train in the crowded station.”
conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted
From this reading “Good-night, dearest Dolly,' whispered Henley, as they all stood waiting for their train in the crowded station.”
having or deserving or conferring glory
From this reading “Let us live, let us love, For the acts correspond: We are Glorious, and DIE.”
a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose
From this reading “Good-night, dearest Dolly,' whispered Henley, as they all stood waiting for their train in the crowded station.”
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 “Good-night, dearest Dolly,' whispered Henley, as they all stood waiting for their train in the crowded station.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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to gain with effort
From this reading Love us, God! love us, man! we believe, we achieve.
a New Testament book describing the development of the early church from Christ's Ascension to Paul's sojourn at Rome
From this reading Let us live, let us love, For the acts correspond: We are Glorious, and DIE.
(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 Good-night, dearest Dolly,' whispered Henley, as they all stood waiting for their train in the crowded station.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Let us live, let us love, For the acts correspond: We are Glorious, and DIE.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Let us live, let us love, For the acts correspond: We are Glorious, and DIE.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Good-night, dearest Dolly,' whispered Henley, as they all stood waiting for their train in the crowded station.
aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
From this reading --E. B. B.
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading Love us, God! love us, man! we believe, we achieve.
be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
From this reading Let us live, let us love, For the acts correspond: We are Glorious, and DIE.
overfilled or compacted or concentrated
From this reading Good-night, dearest Dolly,' whispered Henley, as they all stood waiting for their train in the crowded station.
a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
From this reading Good-night, dearest Dolly,' whispered Henley, as they all stood waiting for their train in the crowded station.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading Let us live, let us love, For the acts correspond: We are Glorious, and DIE.
conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted
From this reading Good-night, dearest Dolly,' whispered Henley, as they all stood waiting for their train in the crowded station.
a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body
From this reading --E. B. B.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Let us live, let us love, For the acts correspond: We are Glorious, and DIE.
having or deserving or conferring glory
From this reading Let us live, let us love, For the acts correspond: We are Glorious, and DIE.
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading Love us, God! love us, man! we believe, we achieve.
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From this reading GOOD-NIGHT.
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From this reading Good-night, dearest Dolly,' whispered Henley, as they all stood waiting for their train in the crowded station.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Good-night, dearest Dolly,' whispered Henley, as they all stood waiting for their train in the crowded station.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let us live, let us love, For the acts correspond: We are Glorious, and DIE.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading Let us live, let us love, For the acts correspond: We are Glorious, and DIE.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading Love us, God! love us, man! we believe, we achieve.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Love us, God! love us, man! we believe, we achieve.
a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose
From this reading Good-night, dearest Dolly,' whispered Henley, as they all stood waiting for their train in the crowded station.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading Good-night, dearest Dolly,' whispered Henley, as they all stood waiting for their train in the crowded station.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Let us live, let us love, For the acts correspond: We are Glorious, and DIE.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Good-night, dearest Dolly,' whispered Henley, as they all stood waiting for their train in the crowded station.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Good-night, dearest Dolly,' whispered Henley, as they all stood waiting for their train in the crowded station.
create by training and teaching
From this reading Good-night, dearest Dolly,' whispered Henley, as they all stood waiting for their train in the crowded station.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Love us, God! love us, man! we believe, we achieve.
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
From this reading Good-night, dearest Dolly,' whispered Henley, as they all stood waiting for their train in the crowded station.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Love us, God! love us, man! we believe, we achieve.
spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords
From this reading Good-night, dearest Dolly,' whispered Henley, as they all stood waiting for their train in the crowded station.
Chapter 18 of Old Kensington by Anne Thackeray Ritchie holds 165 sentences, grouped into 33 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 18 holds 165 sentences of Old Kensington, unabridged, divided into 33 reading sections.
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