Chapter 12 of Olla Podrida is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Olla Podrida is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_B_. Why then it won't signify whether the description be correct or not. _A_. You have taken a load off my mind; but still I am not quite at ease. I have engaged to furnish C with a fashionable novel.
Chapter 12 of Olla Podrida is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 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.
make right or correct
From this reading “Why then it won't signify whether the description be correct or not.”
a statement that represents something in words
From this reading “Why then it won't signify whether the description be correct or not.”
move gently or carefully
From this reading “You have taken a load off my mind; but still I am not quite at ease.”
being or in accordance with current social fashions
From this reading “I have engaged to furnish C with a fashionable novel.”
give something useful or necessary to
From this reading “I have engaged to furnish C with a fashionable novel.”
weight to be borne or conveyed
From this reading “You have taken a load off my mind; but still I am not quite at ease.”
an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
From this reading “I have engaged to furnish C with a fashionable novel.”
denote or connote
From this reading “Why then it won't signify whether the description be correct or not.”
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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 _A_.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading You have taken a load off my mind; but still I am not quite at ease.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading You have taken a load off my mind; but still I am not quite at ease.
aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
From this reading _B_.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Why then it won't signify whether the description be correct or not.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading You have taken a load off my mind; but still I am not quite at ease.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading I have engaged to furnish C with a fashionable novel.
make right or correct
From this reading Why then it won't signify whether the description be correct or not.
a statement that represents something in words
From this reading Why then it won't signify whether the description be correct or not.
move gently or carefully
From this reading You have taken a load off my mind; but still I am not quite at ease.
having ones attention or mind or energy engaged
From this reading I have engaged to furnish C with a fashionable novel.
being or in accordance with current social fashions
From this reading I have engaged to furnish C with a fashionable novel.
give something useful or necessary to
From this reading I have engaged to furnish C with a fashionable novel.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You have taken a load off my mind; but still I am not quite at ease.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading You have taken a load off my mind; but still I am not quite at ease.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Why then it won't signify whether the description be correct or not.
weight to be borne or conveyed
From this reading You have taken a load off my mind; but still I am not quite at ease.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading You have taken a load off my mind; but still I am not quite at ease.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading You have taken a load off my mind; but still I am not quite at ease.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Why then it won't signify whether the description be correct or not.
an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
From this reading I have engaged to furnish C with a fashionable novel.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading You have taken a load off my mind; but still I am not quite at ease.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Why then it won't signify whether the description be correct or not.
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading You have taken a load off my mind; but still I am not quite at ease.
denote or connote
From this reading Why then it won't signify whether the description be correct or not.
not in physical motion
From this reading You have taken a load off my mind; but still I am not quite at ease.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading You have taken a load off my mind; but still I am not quite at ease.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Why then it won't signify whether the description be correct or not.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Why then it won't signify whether the description be correct or not.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I have engaged to furnish C with a fashionable novel.
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading Why then it won't signify whether the description be correct or not.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why then it won't signify whether the description be correct or not.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I have engaged to furnish C with a fashionable novel.
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From this reading Why then it won't signify whether the description be correct or not.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You have taken a load off my mind; but still I am not quite at ease.
Chapter 12 of Olla Podrida by Frederick Marryat holds 424 sentences, grouped into 85 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 12 holds 424 sentences of Olla Podrida, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
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