Chapter 22 of Old Kensington is here in full — 282 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of Old Kensington is here in full — 282 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WAVE OR FLAME. And you have gained a ring. What of it? 'Tis a figure, a symbol, say A thing's sign. --R. Browning.
Chapter 22 of Old Kensington is here in full — 282 sentences across 57 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.
United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926)
From this reading “--R. Browning.”
A hot glowing body of ignited gas produced by fire.
From this reading “WAVE OR FLAME.”
past form of “gain” — obtain
From this reading “And you have gained a ring.”
sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading “And you have gained a ring.”
an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance
From this reading “'Tis a figure, a symbol, say A thing's sign.”
possessive form of “thing” — a special situation
From this reading “'Tis a figure, a symbol, say A thing's sign.”
plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
From this reading “'Tis a figure, a symbol, say A thing's sign.”
one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading “WAVE OR FLAME.”
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 And you have gained a ring.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And you have gained a ring.
United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926)
From this reading --R. Browning.
a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
From this reading 'Tis a figure, a symbol, say A thing's sign.
A hot glowing body of ignited gas produced by fire.
From this reading WAVE OR FLAME.
past form of “gain” — obtain
From this reading And you have gained a ring.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading And you have gained a ring.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading What of it?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading What of it?
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading WAVE OR FLAME.
a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air
From this reading --R. Browning.
sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading And you have gained a ring.
express in words
From this reading 'Tis a figure, a symbol, say A thing's sign.
a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
From this reading 'Tis a figure, a symbol, say A thing's sign.
an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance
From this reading 'Tis a figure, a symbol, say A thing's sign.
possessive form of “thing” — a special situation
From this reading 'Tis a figure, a symbol, say A thing's sign.
plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
From this reading 'Tis a figure, a symbol, say A thing's sign.
one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading WAVE OR FLAME.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What of it?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And you have gained a ring.
Chapter 22 of Old Kensington by Anne Thackeray Ritchie holds 282 sentences, grouped into 57 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 22 holds 282 sentences of Old Kensington, unabridged, divided into 57 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 22 of Old Kensington by Anne Thackeray Ritchie exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 282 sentences, grouped into 57 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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