Chapter 1 of Roger the Bold is here in full — 227 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Roger the Bold is here in full — 227 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Hi! Hi! Hi! Your attention, if it please you. Gentles and people, I pray you lend your assistance to one who is in need of help, but who seeks not for alms.
Chapter 1 of Roger the Bold is here in full — 227 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/45 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
money or goods contributed to the poor
From this reading “Gentles and people, I pray you lend your assistance to one who is in need of help, but who seeks not for alms.”
the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
From this reading “Gentles and people, I pray you lend your assistance to one who is in need of help, but who seeks not for alms.”
the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
From this reading “Your attention, if it please you.”
third-person singular of “gentle” — cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
From this reading “Gentles and people, I pray you lend your assistance to one who is in need of help, but who seeks not for alms.”
bestow a quality on
From this reading “Gentles and people, I pray you lend your assistance to one who is in need of help, but who seeks not for alms.”
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading “Your attention, if it please you.”
address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer
From this reading “Gentles and people, I pray you lend your assistance to one who is in need of help, but who seeks not for alms.”
plural of “seek” — the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk
From this reading “Gentles and people, I pray you lend your assistance to one who is in need of help, but who seeks not for alms.”
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 “Gentles and people, I pray you lend your assistance to one who is in need of help, but who seeks not for alms.”
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.
money or goods contributed to the poor
From this reading Gentles and people, I pray you lend your assistance to one who is in need of help, but who seeks not for alms.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Gentles and people, I pray you lend your assistance to one who is in need of help, but who seeks not for alms.
the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
From this reading Gentles and people, I pray you lend your assistance to one who is in need of help, but who seeks not for alms.
the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
From this reading Your attention, if it please you.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Gentles and people, I pray you lend your assistance to one who is in need of help, but who seeks not for alms.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Gentles and people, I pray you lend your assistance to one who is in need of help, but who seeks not for alms.
third-person singular of “gentle” — cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
From this reading Gentles and people, I pray you lend your assistance to one who is in need of help, but who seeks not for alms.
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading Gentles and people, I pray you lend your assistance to one who is in need of help, but who seeks not for alms.
an expression of greeting
From this reading "Hi!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Gentles and people, I pray you lend your assistance to one who is in need of help, but who seeks not for alms.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Your attention, if it please you.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Gentles and people, I pray you lend your assistance to one who is in need of help, but who seeks not for alms.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Gentles and people, I pray you lend your assistance to one who is in need of help, but who seeks not for alms.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Your attention, if it please you.
bestow a quality on
From this reading Gentles and people, I pray you lend your assistance to one who is in need of help, but who seeks not for alms.
a condition requiring relief
From this reading Gentles and people, I pray you lend your assistance to one who is in need of help, but who seeks not for alms.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Gentles and people, I pray you lend your assistance to one who is in need of help, but who seeks not for alms.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Gentles and people, I pray you lend your assistance to one who is in need of help, but who seeks not for alms.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Gentles and people, I pray you lend your assistance to one who is in need of help, but who seeks not for alms.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading Gentles and people, I pray you lend your assistance to one who is in need of help, but who seeks not for alms.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading Your attention, if it please you.
address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer
From this reading Gentles and people, I pray you lend your assistance to one who is in need of help, but who seeks not for alms.
plural of “seek” — the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk
From this reading Gentles and people, I pray you lend your assistance to one who is in need of help, but who seeks not for alms.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Gentles and people, I pray you lend your assistance to one who is in need of help, but who seeks not for alms.
which person or people
From this reading Gentles and people, I pray you lend your assistance to one who is in need of help, but who seeks not for alms.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Your attention, if it please you.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Your attention, if it please you.
Chapter 1 of Roger the Bold by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton holds 227 sentences, grouped into 46 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 1 holds 227 sentences of Roger the Bold, unabridged, divided into 46 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Roger the Bold by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 227 sentences, grouped into 46 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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