Chapter 4 of Profiles is here in full — 233 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Profiles is here in full — 233 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THEN began a babel of tongues. The book was "elegant!" "Charming!" Everybody said it was the best one from that popular writer's pen. The "critics were just raving over it."
Chapter 4 of Profiles is here in full — 233 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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(Genesis 11:1-11) a tower built by Noah's descendants (probably in Babylon) who intended it to reach up to heaven; God foiled them by confusing their language so they could no longer understand one another
From this reading “THEN began a babel of tongues.”
plural of “critic” — a person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art
From this reading “The "critics were just raving over it."”
refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style
From this reading “The book was "elegant!"”
a writing implement with a point from which ink flows
From this reading “Everybody said it was the best one from that popular writer's pen.”
regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public
From this reading “Everybody said it was the best one from that popular writer's pen.”
declaiming wildly
From this reading “The "critics were just raving over it."”
plural of “tongue” — a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
From this reading “THEN began a babel of tongues.”
possessive form of “writer” — writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading “Everybody said it was the best one from that popular writer's pen.”
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 “Everybody said it was the best one from that popular writer's pen.”
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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 THEN began a babel of tongues.
(Genesis 11:1-11) a tower built by Noah's descendants (probably in Babylon) who intended it to reach up to heaven; God foiled them by confusing their language so they could no longer understand one another
From this reading THEN began a babel of tongues.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading THEN began a babel of tongues.
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading Everybody said it was the best one from that popular writer's pen.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading The book was "elegant!"
pleasing or delighting
From this reading "Charming!"
plural of “critic” — a person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art
From this reading The "critics were just raving over it."
refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style
From this reading The book was "elegant!"
every person
From this reading Everybody said it was the best one from that popular writer's pen.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Everybody said it was the best one from that popular writer's pen.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Everybody said it was the best one from that popular writer's pen.
and nothing more
From this reading The "critics were just raving over it."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THEN began a babel of tongues.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Everybody said it was the best one from that popular writer's pen.
above and across; more than
From this reading The "critics were just raving over it."
a writing implement with a point from which ink flows
From this reading Everybody said it was the best one from that popular writer's pen.
regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public
From this reading Everybody said it was the best one from that popular writer's pen.
declaiming wildly
From this reading The "critics were just raving over it."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Everybody said it was the best one from that popular writer's pen.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Everybody said it was the best one from that popular writer's pen.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The book was "elegant!"
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading THEN began a babel of tongues.
plural of “tongue” — a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
From this reading THEN began a babel of tongues.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The book was "elegant!"
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The "critics were just raving over it."
possessive form of “writer” — writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading Everybody said it was the best one from that popular writer's pen.
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