Chapter 9 of Oranges and lemons is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Oranges and lemons is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Yes, some one must fetch him. We forgot him, which is a thing I should not have thought I could possibly have done, whatever the others might do. The storm may clear off at any moment. They do in these parts as suddenly as they come up.” “But if it doesn’t clear up?”
Chapter 9 of Oranges and lemons is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/88 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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rid of obstructions
From this reading “The storm may clear off at any moment.”
go or come after and bring or take back
From this reading ““Yes, some one must fetch him.”
inflected form of “forget” — dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading “We forgot him, which is a thing I should not have thought I could possibly have done, whatever the others might do.”
the local environment
From this reading “They do in these parts as suddenly as they come up.””
by chance
From this reading “We forgot him, which is a thing I should not have thought I could possibly have done, whatever the others might do.”
behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
From this reading “The storm may clear off at any moment.”
happening unexpectedly
From this reading “They do in these parts as suddenly as they come up.””
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading “We forgot him, which is a thing I should not have thought I could possibly have done, whatever the others might do.”
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.
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bring forth, usually something desirable
In this reading “They do in these parts as suddenly as they come up.””
In this reading “The storm may clear off at any moment.”
make clear and (more) comprehensible
In this reading ““But if it doesn’t clear up?””
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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 We forgot him, which is a thing I should not have thought I could possibly have done, whatever the others might do.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading The storm may clear off at any moment.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading They do in these parts as suddenly as they come up.”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The storm may clear off at any moment.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “But if it doesn’t clear up?”
rid of obstructions
From this reading The storm may clear off at any moment.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading They do in these parts as suddenly as they come up.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading We forgot him, which is a thing I should not have thought I could possibly have done, whatever the others might do.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading We forgot him, which is a thing I should not have thought I could possibly have done, whatever the others might do.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “But if it doesn’t clear up?”
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading We forgot him, which is a thing I should not have thought I could possibly have done, whatever the others might do.
go or come after and bring or take back
From this reading “Yes, some one must fetch him.
inflected form of “forget” — dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading We forgot him, which is a thing I should not have thought I could possibly have done, whatever the others might do.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We forgot him, which is a thing I should not have thought I could possibly have done, whatever the others might do.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Yes, some one must fetch him.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading We forgot him, which is a thing I should not have thought I could possibly have done, whatever the others might do.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “But if it doesn’t clear up?”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They do in these parts as suddenly as they come up.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading We forgot him, which is a thing I should not have thought I could possibly have done, whatever the others might do.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “But if it doesn’t clear up?”
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading The storm may clear off at any moment.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading We forgot him, which is a thing I should not have thought I could possibly have done, whatever the others might do.
a particular point in time
From this reading The storm may clear off at any moment.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “Yes, some one must fetch him.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading We forgot him, which is a thing I should not have thought I could possibly have done, whatever the others might do.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading The storm may clear off at any moment.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Yes, some one must fetch him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We forgot him, which is a thing I should not have thought I could possibly have done, whatever the others might do.
the local environment
From this reading They do in these parts as suddenly as they come up.”
by chance
From this reading We forgot him, which is a thing I should not have thought I could possibly have done, whatever the others might do.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading We forgot him, which is a thing I should not have thought I could possibly have done, whatever the others might do.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading “Yes, some one must fetch him.
behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
From this reading The storm may clear off at any moment.
happening unexpectedly
From this reading They do in these parts as suddenly as they come up.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We forgot him, which is a thing I should not have thought I could possibly have done, whatever the others might do.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading They do in these parts as suddenly as they come up.”
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They do in these parts as suddenly as they come up.”
a special situation
From this reading We forgot him, which is a thing I should not have thought I could possibly have done, whatever the others might do.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading We forgot him, which is a thing I should not have thought I could possibly have done, whatever the others might do.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading They do in these parts as suddenly as they come up.”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We forgot him, which is a thing I should not have thought I could possibly have done, whatever the others might do.
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading We forgot him, which is a thing I should not have thought I could possibly have done, whatever the others might do.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading We forgot him, which is a thing I should not have thought I could possibly have done, whatever the others might do.
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes, some one must fetch him.
Chapter 9 of Oranges and lemons by Mary C. E. Wemyss holds 441 sentences, grouped into 89 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 9 holds 441 sentences of Oranges and lemons, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
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