Chapter 2 of Passing By is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Passing By is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The Housmans' villa is at the top of a hill on the Bellosguardo side. It is rather a large house, covered with wistaria, with high windows with iron bars. It has a large empty _salon_ with a piano. A fine room for sound. The garden is beautiful.
Chapter 2 of Passing By is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden rods supported on uprights
From this reading “It is rather a large house, covered with wistaria, with high windows with iron bars.”
overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form
From this reading “It is rather a large house, covered with wistaria, with high windows with iron bars.”
make void or empty of contents
From this reading “It has a large empty _salon_ with a piano.”
a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood
From this reading “It is rather a large house, covered with wistaria, with high windows with iron bars.”
a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
From this reading “It has a large empty _salon_ with a piano.”
gallery where works of art can be displayed
Mexican revolutionary leader (1877-1923)
From this reading “The Housmans' villa is at the top of a hill on the Bellosguardo side.”
(trademark) an operating system with a graphical user interface
From this reading “It is rather a large house, covered with wistaria, with high windows with iron bars.”
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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In this reading “It is rather a large house, covered with wistaria, with high windows with iron bars.”
In this reading “The Housmans' villa is at the top of a hill on the Bellosguardo side.”
In this reading “It is rather a large house, covered with wistaria, with high windows with iron bars.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 The Housmans' villa is at the top of a hill on the Bellosguardo side.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The Housmans' villa is at the top of a hill on the Bellosguardo side.
gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden rods supported on uprights
From this reading It is rather a large house, covered with wistaria, with high windows with iron bars.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading The garden is beautiful.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Housmans' villa is at the top of a hill on the Bellosguardo side.
overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form
From this reading It is rather a large house, covered with wistaria, with high windows with iron bars.
make void or empty of contents
From this reading It has a large empty _salon_ with a piano.
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading A fine room for sound.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A fine room for sound.
a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading The garden is beautiful.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It has a large empty _salon_ with a piano.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading It is rather a large house, covered with wistaria, with high windows with iron bars.
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading The Housmans' villa is at the top of a hill on the Bellosguardo side.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading It is rather a large house, covered with wistaria, with high windows with iron bars.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Housmans' villa is at the top of a hill on the Bellosguardo side.
a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood
From this reading It is rather a large house, covered with wistaria, with high windows with iron bars.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Housmans' villa is at the top of a hill on the Bellosguardo side.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is rather a large house, covered with wistaria, with high windows with iron bars.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading It is rather a large house, covered with wistaria, with high windows with iron bars.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Housmans' villa is at the top of a hill on the Bellosguardo side.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The Housmans' villa is at the top of a hill on the Bellosguardo side.
a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
From this reading It has a large empty _salon_ with a piano.
on the contrary
From this reading It is rather a large house, covered with wistaria, with high windows with iron bars.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading A fine room for sound.
gallery where works of art can be displayed
From this reading It has a large empty _salon_ with a piano.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading The Housmans' villa is at the top of a hill on the Bellosguardo side.
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading A fine room for sound.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Housmans' villa is at the top of a hill on the Bellosguardo side.
the upper part of anything
From this reading The Housmans' villa is at the top of a hill on the Bellosguardo side.
Mexican revolutionary leader (1877-1923)
From this reading The Housmans' villa is at the top of a hill on the Bellosguardo side.
(trademark) an operating system with a graphical user interface
From this reading It is rather a large house, covered with wistaria, with high windows with iron bars.
any flowering vine of the genus Wisteria
From this reading It is rather a large house, covered with wistaria, with high windows with iron bars.
in the company of; together with
From this reading It is rather a large house, covered with wistaria, with high windows with iron bars.
Chapter 2 of Passing By by Maurice Baring holds 414 sentences, grouped into 83 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 2 holds 414 sentences of Passing By, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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