Chapter 6 of Pip : A Romance of Youth is here in full — 346 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Pip : A Romance of Youth is here in full — 346 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Petticoat Influence "PIP!" "Well?" "May I come in?" "All right," said Pip in a surprised tone. His sister was not in the habit of craving admission to his den in this formal manner.
Chapter 6 of Pip : A Romance of Youth is here in full — 346 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the act of admitting someone to enter
From this reading “His sister was not in the habit of craving admission to his den in this formal manner.”
an intense desire for some particular thing
From this reading “His sister was not in the habit of craving admission to his den in this formal manner.”
the habitation of wild animals
From this reading “His sister was not in the habit of craving admission to his den in this formal manner.”
being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)
From this reading “His sister was not in the habit of craving admission to his den in this formal manner.”
an established custom
From this reading “His sister was not in the habit of craving admission to his den in this formal manner.”
a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc
From this reading “Petticoat Influence "PIP!"”
undergarment worn under a skirt
From this reading “Petticoat Influence "PIP!"”
a disease of poultry
From this reading “Petticoat Influence "PIP!"”
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.
In this reading “His sister was not in the habit of craving admission to his den in this formal manner.”
to come or go into
In this reading “"May I come in?"”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "All right," said Pip in a surprised tone.
the act of admitting someone to enter
From this reading His sister was not in the habit of craving admission to his den in this formal manner.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "All right," said Pip in a surprised tone.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "May I come in?"
an intense desire for some particular thing
From this reading His sister was not in the habit of craving admission to his den in this formal manner.
the habitation of wild animals
From this reading His sister was not in the habit of craving admission to his den in this formal manner.
being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)
From this reading His sister was not in the habit of craving admission to his den in this formal manner.
an established custom
From this reading His sister was not in the habit of craving admission to his den in this formal manner.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His sister was not in the habit of craving admission to his den in this formal manner.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "May I come in?"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "May I come in?"
a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc
From this reading Petticoat Influence "PIP!"
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading His sister was not in the habit of craving admission to his den in this formal manner.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading "May I come in?"
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading His sister was not in the habit of craving admission to his den in this formal manner.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading His sister was not in the habit of craving admission to his den in this formal manner.
undergarment worn under a skirt
From this reading Petticoat Influence "PIP!"
a disease of poultry
From this reading Petticoat Influence "PIP!"
precisely, exactly
From this reading "All right," said Pip in a surprised tone.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "All right," said Pip in a surprised tone.
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading His sister was not in the habit of craving admission to his den in this formal manner.
taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment
From this reading "All right," said Pip in a surprised tone.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading His sister was not in the habit of craving admission to his den in this formal manner.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading His sister was not in the habit of craving admission to his den in this formal manner.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading His sister was not in the habit of craving admission to his den in this formal manner.
the quality of a person's voice
From this reading "All right," said Pip in a surprised tone.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading His sister was not in the habit of craving admission to his den in this formal manner.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Well?"
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