Chapter 13 of Professor Tim & Paul Twyning is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of Professor Tim & Paul Twyning is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
DAN [_feebly_]. I dunno what to do.... God help me, amen! DAISY [_taking his arm_]. Let’s set down like sensible folks, Denny, and I’ll tell you what to do.
Chapter 13 of Professor Tim & Paul Twyning is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a primeval Egyptian personification of air and breath; worshipped especially at Thebes
From this reading “God help me, amen!”
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl
From this reading “DAISY [_taking his arm_].”
in a faint and feeble manner
your parents
From this reading “Let’s set down like sensible folks, Denny, and I’ll tell you what to do.”
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading “God help me, amen!”
showing reason or sound judgment
From this reading “Let’s set down like sensible folks, Denny, and I’ll tell you what to do.”
the act of someone who picks up or takes something
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.
put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.
In this reading “Let’s set down like sensible folks, Denny, and I’ll tell you what to do.”
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.
a primeval Egyptian personification of air and breath; worshipped especially at Thebes
From this reading God help me, amen!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Let’s set down like sensible folks, Denny, and I’ll tell you what to do.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading DAISY [_taking his arm_].
any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl
From this reading DAISY [_taking his arm_].
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DAN [_feebly_].
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let’s set down like sensible folks, Denny, and I’ll tell you what to do.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I dunno what to do....
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Let’s set down like sensible folks, Denny, and I’ll tell you what to do.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I dunno what to do....
in a faint and feeble manner
From this reading DAN [_feebly_].
your parents
From this reading Let’s set down like sensible folks, Denny, and I’ll tell you what to do.
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading God help me, amen!
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading God help me, amen!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading DAISY [_taking his arm_].
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I dunno what to do....
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let’s set down like sensible folks, Denny, and I’ll tell you what to do.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let’s set down like sensible folks, Denny, and I’ll tell you what to do.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Let’s set down like sensible folks, Denny, and I’ll tell you what to do.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading God help me, amen!
showing reason or sound judgment
From this reading Let’s set down like sensible folks, Denny, and I’ll tell you what to do.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Let’s set down like sensible folks, Denny, and I’ll tell you what to do.
the act of someone who picks up or takes something
From this reading DAISY [_taking his arm_].
express in words
From this reading Let’s set down like sensible folks, Denny, and I’ll tell you what to do.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I dunno what to do....
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I dunno what to do....
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Let’s set down like sensible folks, Denny, and I’ll tell you what to do.
Chapter 13 of Professor Tim & Paul Twyning by George Shiels holds 415 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 13 holds 415 sentences of Professor Tim & Paul Twyning, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 13 of Professor Tim & Paul Twyning by George Shiels exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 415 sentences, grouped into 83 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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