Chapter 30 of Parodies of the works of English & American authors, vol. VI is here in full — 36 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 30 of Parodies of the works of English & American authors, vol. VI is here in full — 36 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
How to find this number 31? That was the problem. Tom Harry had graduated at Oxford――not Cambridge. This was the error! A Cambridge man would have been able to calculate the probabilities, and obtained a result.
Chapter 30 of Parodies of the works of English & American authors, vol. VI is here in full — 36 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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make a mathematical calculation or computation
From this reading “A Cambridge man would have been able to calculate the probabilities, and obtained a result.”
a university in England
From this reading “Tom Harry had graduated at Oxford――not Cambridge.”
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading “This was the error!”
marked with or divided into degrees
From this reading “Tom Harry had graduated at Oxford――not Cambridge.”
past form of “obtain” — come into possession of
From this reading “A Cambridge man would have been able to calculate the probabilities, and obtained a result.”
a city in southern England to the northwest of London; site of Oxford University
From this reading “Tom Harry had graduated at Oxford――not Cambridge.”
plural of “probability” — a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible
From this reading “A Cambridge man would have been able to calculate the probabilities, and obtained a result.”
a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
From this reading “That was the problem.”
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From this reading How to find this number 31?
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A Cambridge man would have been able to calculate the probabilities, and obtained a result.
(usually followed by “to”) having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
From this reading A Cambridge man would have been able to calculate the probabilities, and obtained a result.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A Cambridge man would have been able to calculate the probabilities, and obtained a result.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Tom Harry had graduated at Oxford――not Cambridge.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading A Cambridge man would have been able to calculate the probabilities, and obtained a result.
make a mathematical calculation or computation
From this reading A Cambridge man would have been able to calculate the probabilities, and obtained a result.
a university in England
From this reading Tom Harry had graduated at Oxford――not Cambridge.
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading This was the error!
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading How to find this number 31?
marked with or divided into degrees
From this reading Tom Harry had graduated at Oxford――not Cambridge.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Tom Harry had graduated at Oxford――not Cambridge.
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading Tom Harry had graduated at Oxford――not Cambridge.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading A Cambridge man would have been able to calculate the probabilities, and obtained a result.
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an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading A Cambridge man would have been able to calculate the probabilities, and obtained a result.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Tom Harry had graduated at Oxford――not Cambridge.
the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
From this reading How to find this number 31?
past form of “obtain” — come into possession of
From this reading A Cambridge man would have been able to calculate the probabilities, and obtained a result.
a city in southern England to the northwest of London; site of Oxford University
From this reading Tom Harry had graduated at Oxford――not Cambridge.
plural of “probability” — a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible
From this reading A Cambridge man would have been able to calculate the probabilities, and obtained a result.
a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
From this reading That was the problem.
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
From this reading A Cambridge man would have been able to calculate the probabilities, and obtained a result.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That was the problem.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That was the problem.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading How to find this number 31?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading How to find this number 31?
male cat
From this reading Tom Harry had graduated at Oxford――not Cambridge.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That was the problem.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading A Cambridge man would have been able to calculate the probabilities, and obtained a result.
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