Chapter I
Chapter 1
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[Picture: Book cover] [Picture: The Châlet, Box Hill] POEMS VOL. II BY GEORGE MEREDITH
Poems — Volume 2
Chapter I · Chapter 1
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[Picture:
Book
cover]
[Picture:
The
Châlet,
Box
Hill]
POEMS
VOL.
II
BY
GEORGE
MEREDITH
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Poems — Volume 2
Chapter I · Chapter 1
Chapter 1 of Poems — Volume 2 is here in full — 149 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/29 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
Line 1
[Picture:
Book
cover]
/ˈpɪktʃər bʊk ˈkʌvər/
Line 2
[Picture:
The
Châlet,
Box
Hill]
Line 3
POEMS
VOL.
Line 4
II
Line 5
BY
GEORGE
MEREDITH
/baɪ dʒɔːrdʒ ˈmerɪdɪθ/
Learner Dictionary
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
Book
noun
US /bʊk/
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading “[Picture: Book cover]”
Box
noun
US /bɑːks/
a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid
From this reading “[Picture: The Châlet, Box Hill]”
cover
verb
US /ˈkʌvər/
provide with a covering or cause to be covered
From this reading “[Picture: Book cover]”
george
noun
US /dʒɔːrdʒ/
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading “BY GEORGE MEREDITH”
Hill
noun
US /hɪl/
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading “[Picture: The Châlet, Box Hill]”
meredith
noun
US /ˈmerɪdɪθ/
United States civil rights leader whose college registration caused riots in traditionally segregated Mississippi (born in 1933)
From this reading “BY GEORGE MEREDITH”
Picture
noun
US /ˈpɪktʃər/
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading “[Picture: Book cover]”
poems
noun
US /ˈpoʊəmz/
plural of “poem” — a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
From this reading “POEMS VOL.”
All words in this reading · 13
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Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
BooknounUS /bʊk/
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading [Picture: Book cover]
BoxnounUS /bɑːks/
a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid
From this reading [Picture: The Châlet, Box Hill]
BYprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY GEORGE MEREDITH
Châlet
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [Picture: The Châlet, Box Hill]
coververbUS /ˈkʌvər/
provide with a covering or cause to be covered
From this reading [Picture: Book cover]
GEORGEnounUS /dʒɔːrdʒ/
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading BY GEORGE MEREDITH
HillnounUS /hɪl/
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading [Picture: The Châlet, Box Hill]
IInoun
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading II
MEREDITHnounUS /ˈmerɪdɪθ/
United States civil rights leader whose college registration caused riots in traditionally segregated Mississippi (born in 1933)
From this reading BY GEORGE MEREDITH
PicturenounUS /ˈpɪktʃər/
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading [Picture: Book cover]
POEMSnounUS /ˈpoʊəmz/
plural of “poem” — a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
From this reading POEMS VOL.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [Picture: The Châlet, Box Hill]
VOL
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading POEMS VOL.
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- Picture
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Poems — Volume 2; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Cover
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- Poems
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