Chapter 11 of Round the Corner is here in full — 396 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Round the Corner is here in full — 396 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"How clever of you, ma," said Minna. "I! I was entirely taken by surprise." Minna grinned: "So was Wellington when he found he had won the battle of Waterloo." Francis gathered up his letters and the daily paper, a Conservative organ, together with the _Church Times_, and turned to Serge.
Chapter 11 of Round the Corner is here in full — 396 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
From this reading “"How clever of you, ma," said Minna.”
resistant to change, particularly in relation to politics or religion
From this reading “Francis gathered up his letters and the daily paper, a Conservative organ, together with the _Church Times_, and turned to Serge.”
inflected form of “grin” — to draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl
From this reading “Minna grinned: "So was Wellington when he found he had won the battle of Waterloo."”
a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
From this reading “Francis gathered up his letters and the daily paper, a Conservative organ, together with the _Church Times_, and turned to Serge.”
a twilled woolen fabric
From this reading “Francis gathered up his letters and the daily paper, a Conservative organ, together with the _Church Times_, and turned to Serge.”
a town in central Belgium where in 1815 Napoleon met his final defeat
From this reading “Minna grinned: "So was Wellington when he found he had won the battle of Waterloo."”
British general and statesman; he defeated Napoleon at Waterloo; subsequently served as Prime Minister (1769-1852)
From this reading “Minna grinned: "So was Wellington when he found he had won the battle of Waterloo."”
the basic unit of money in South Korea
From this reading “Minna grinned: "So was Wellington when he found he had won the battle of Waterloo."”
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 “Francis gathered up his letters and the daily paper, a Conservative organ, together with the _Church Times_, and turned to Serge.”
In this reading “I was entirely taken by surprise."”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 Francis gathered up his letters and the daily paper, a Conservative organ, together with the _Church Times_, and turned to Serge.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Francis gathered up his letters and the daily paper, a Conservative organ, together with the _Church Times_, and turned to Serge.
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
From this reading Minna grinned: "So was Wellington when he found he had won the battle of Waterloo."
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I was entirely taken by surprise."
one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
From this reading Francis gathered up his letters and the daily paper, a Conservative organ, together with the _Church Times_, and turned to Serge.
showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
From this reading "How clever of you, ma," said Minna.
resistant to change, particularly in relation to politics or religion
From this reading Francis gathered up his letters and the daily paper, a Conservative organ, together with the _Church Times_, and turned to Serge.
every day; without missing a day
From this reading Francis gathered up his letters and the daily paper, a Conservative organ, together with the _Church Times_, and turned to Serge.
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading I was entirely taken by surprise."
set up or found
From this reading Minna grinned: "So was Wellington when he found he had won the battle of Waterloo."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Francis gathered up his letters and the daily paper, a Conservative organ, together with the _Church Times_, and turned to Serge.
brought together in one place
From this reading Francis gathered up his letters and the daily paper, a Conservative organ, together with the _Church Times_, and turned to Serge.
inflected form of “grin” — to draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl
From this reading Minna grinned: "So was Wellington when he found he had won the battle of Waterloo."
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Minna grinned: "So was Wellington when he found he had won the battle of Waterloo."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Minna grinned: "So was Wellington when he found he had won the battle of Waterloo."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Francis gathered up his letters and the daily paper, a Conservative organ, together with the _Church Times_, and turned to Serge.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "How clever of you, ma," said Minna.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I!
the literary culture
From this reading Francis gathered up his letters and the daily paper, a Conservative organ, together with the _Church Times_, and turned to Serge.
informal terms for a mother
From this reading "How clever of you, ma," said Minna.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "How clever of you, ma," said Minna.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "How clever of you, ma," said Minna.
a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
From this reading Francis gathered up his letters and the daily paper, a Conservative organ, together with the _Church Times_, and turned to Serge.
a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
From this reading Francis gathered up his letters and the daily paper, a Conservative organ, together with the _Church Times_, and turned to Serge.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "How clever of you, ma," said Minna.
a twilled woolen fabric
From this reading Francis gathered up his letters and the daily paper, a Conservative organ, together with the _Church Times_, and turned to Serge.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Minna grinned: "So was Wellington when he found he had won the battle of Waterloo."
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading I was entirely taken by surprise."
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading I was entirely taken by surprise."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Minna grinned: "So was Wellington when he found he had won the battle of Waterloo."
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading Francis gathered up his letters and the daily paper, a Conservative organ, together with the _Church Times_, and turned to Serge.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Francis gathered up his letters and the daily paper, a Conservative organ, together with the _Church Times_, and turned to Serge.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading Francis gathered up his letters and the daily paper, a Conservative organ, together with the _Church Times_, and turned to Serge.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading Francis gathered up his letters and the daily paper, a Conservative organ, together with the _Church Times_, and turned to Serge.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Francis gathered up his letters and the daily paper, a Conservative organ, together with the _Church Times_, and turned to Serge.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was entirely taken by surprise."
a town in central Belgium where in 1815 Napoleon met his final defeat
From this reading Minna grinned: "So was Wellington when he found he had won the battle of Waterloo."
British general and statesman; he defeated Napoleon at Waterloo; subsequently served as Prime Minister (1769-1852)
From this reading Minna grinned: "So was Wellington when he found he had won the battle of Waterloo."
at the time that
From this reading Minna grinned: "So was Wellington when he found he had won the battle of Waterloo."
in the company of; together with
From this reading Francis gathered up his letters and the daily paper, a Conservative organ, together with the _Church Times_, and turned to Serge.
the basic unit of money in South Korea
From this reading Minna grinned: "So was Wellington when he found he had won the battle of Waterloo."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "How clever of you, ma," said Minna.
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