Chapter 10 of Roger Ingleton, Minor is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Roger Ingleton, Minor is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"That is the version he likes to give. The fact is that business brought him home, and as he knew I was at Maxfield, he wrote and proposed the visit. He is no great favourite of yours, I suspect, Roger?" "No," said Roger shortly, and relapsed again into silence. But before the journey's end he once more returned to the charge.
Chapter 10 of Roger Ingleton, Minor is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
From this reading “But before the journey's end he once more returned to the charge.”
a competitor thought likely to win
From this reading “He is no great favourite of yours, I suspect, Roger?"”
plural of “like” — a similar kind
From this reading “"That is the version he likes to give.”
past form of “propose” — make a proposal, declare a plan for something
From this reading “The fact is that business brought him home, and as he knew I was at Maxfield, he wrote and proposed the visit.”
past form of “relapse” — deteriorate in health
From this reading “"No," said Roger shortly, and relapsed again into silence.”
for a short time
From this reading “"No," said Roger shortly, and relapsed again into silence.”
imagine to be the case or true or probable
From this reading “He is no great favourite of yours, I suspect, Roger?"”
an interpretation of a matter from a particular viewpoint
From this reading “"That is the version he likes to give.”
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anew
From this reading "No," said Roger shortly, and relapsed again into silence.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The fact is that business brought him home, and as he knew I was at Maxfield, he wrote and proposed the visit.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The fact is that business brought him home, and as he knew I was at Maxfield, he wrote and proposed the visit.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The fact is that business brought him home, and as he knew I was at Maxfield, he wrote and proposed the visit.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading But before the journey's end he once more returned to the charge.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading The fact is that business brought him home, and as he knew I was at Maxfield, he wrote and proposed the visit.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading The fact is that business brought him home, and as he knew I was at Maxfield, he wrote and proposed the visit.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But before the journey's end he once more returned to the charge.
to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
From this reading But before the journey's end he once more returned to the charge.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading But before the journey's end he once more returned to the charge.
a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
From this reading The fact is that business brought him home, and as he knew I was at Maxfield, he wrote and proposed the visit.
a competitor thought likely to win
From this reading He is no great favourite of yours, I suspect, Roger?"
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading "That is the version he likes to give.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading He is no great favourite of yours, I suspect, Roger?"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "That is the version he likes to give.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The fact is that business brought him home, and as he knew I was at Maxfield, he wrote and proposed the visit.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading The fact is that business brought him home, and as he knew I was at Maxfield, he wrote and proposed the visit.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The fact is that business brought him home, and as he knew I was at Maxfield, he wrote and proposed the visit.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "No," said Roger shortly, and relapsed again into silence.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "That is the version he likes to give.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But before the journey's end he once more returned to the charge.
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading The fact is that business brought him home, and as he knew I was at Maxfield, he wrote and proposed the visit.
plural of “like” — a similar kind
From this reading "That is the version he likes to give.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The fact is that business brought him home, and as he knew I was at Maxfield, he wrote and proposed the visit.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading But before the journey's end he once more returned to the charge.
not any; not one
From this reading He is no great favourite of yours, I suspect, Roger?"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He is no great favourite of yours, I suspect, Roger?"
on one occasion
From this reading But before the journey's end he once more returned to the charge.
past form of “propose” — make a proposal, declare a plan for something
From this reading The fact is that business brought him home, and as he knew I was at Maxfield, he wrote and proposed the visit.
past form of “relapse” — deteriorate in health
From this reading "No," said Roger shortly, and relapsed again into silence.
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading But before the journey's end he once more returned to the charge.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He is no great favourite of yours, I suspect, Roger?"
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "No," said Roger shortly, and relapsed again into silence.
for a short time
From this reading "No," said Roger shortly, and relapsed again into silence.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading "No," said Roger shortly, and relapsed again into silence.
imagine to be the case or true or probable
From this reading He is no great favourite of yours, I suspect, Roger?"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "That is the version he likes to give.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "That is the version he likes to give.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "That is the version he likes to give.
an interpretation of a matter from a particular viewpoint
From this reading "That is the version he likes to give.
go to see a place, as for entertainment
From this reading The fact is that business brought him home, and as he knew I was at Maxfield, he wrote and proposed the visit.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The fact is that business brought him home, and as he knew I was at Maxfield, he wrote and proposed the visit.
inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work
From this reading The fact is that business brought him home, and as he knew I was at Maxfield, he wrote and proposed the visit.
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading He is no great favourite of yours, I suspect, Roger?"
Chapter 10 of Roger Ingleton, Minor by Talbot Baines Reed holds 409 sentences, grouped into 82 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.
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