Chapter 10 of Round the Fire Stories is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Round the Fire Stories is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“I think so. I kept on hoping that I should find someone.” “Did you enter _all_ the rooms?” he asked, with the same intent gaze. “Well, all that I could enter.” “Oh, then you _did_ notice it!” said he, and he shrugged his shoulders with the air of a man who makes the best of a bad job.
Chapter 10 of Round the Fire Stories is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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to come or go into
From this reading ““Did you enter _all_ the rooms?” he asked, with the same intent gaze.”
a long fixed look
From this reading ““Did you enter _all_ the rooms?” he asked, with the same intent gaze.”
-ing form of “hope” — expect and wish
From this reading “I kept on hoping that I should find someone.””
an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
From this reading ““Did you enter _all_ the rooms?” he asked, with the same intent gaze.”
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading ““Oh, then you _did_ notice it!” said he, and he shrugged his shoulders with the air of a man who makes the best of a bad job.”
apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)
From this reading ““Did you enter _all_ the rooms?” he asked, with the same intent gaze.”
inflected form of “shrug” — raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation
From this reading ““Oh, then you _did_ notice it!” said he, and he shrugged his shoulders with the air of a man who makes the best of a bad job.”
a person, without saying who
From this reading “I kept on hoping that I should find someone.””
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 ““Oh, then you _did_ notice it!” said he, and he shrugged his shoulders with the air of a man who makes the best of a bad job.”
In this reading ““Did you enter _all_ the rooms?” he asked, with the same intent gaze.”
In this reading ““Oh, then you _did_ notice it!” said he, and he shrugged his shoulders with the air of a man who makes the best of a bad job.”
In this reading ““Oh, then you _did_ notice it!” said he, and he shrugged his shoulders with the air of a man who makes the best of a bad job.”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “Oh, then you _did_ notice it!” said he, and he shrugged his shoulders with the air of a man who makes the best of a bad job.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading “Oh, then you _did_ notice it!” said he, and he shrugged his shoulders with the air of a man who makes the best of a bad job.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading “Did you enter _all_ the rooms?” he asked, with the same intent gaze.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Oh, then you _did_ notice it!” said he, and he shrugged his shoulders with the air of a man who makes the best of a bad job.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “Did you enter _all_ the rooms?” he asked, with the same intent gaze.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading “Oh, then you _did_ notice it!” said he, and he shrugged his shoulders with the air of a man who makes the best of a bad job.
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading “Oh, then you _did_ notice it!” said he, and he shrugged his shoulders with the air of a man who makes the best of a bad job.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Well, all that I could enter.”
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “Did you enter _all_ the rooms?” he asked, with the same intent gaze.
to come or go into
From this reading “Did you enter _all_ the rooms?” he asked, with the same intent gaze.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading I kept on hoping that I should find someone.”
a long fixed look
From this reading “Did you enter _all_ the rooms?” he asked, with the same intent gaze.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Did you enter _all_ the rooms?” he asked, with the same intent gaze.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “Oh, then you _did_ notice it!” said he, and he shrugged his shoulders with the air of a man who makes the best of a bad job.
-ing form of “hope” — expect and wish
From this reading I kept on hoping that I should find someone.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I think so.
an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
From this reading “Did you enter _all_ the rooms?” he asked, with the same intent gaze.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Oh, then you _did_ notice it!” said he, and he shrugged his shoulders with the air of a man who makes the best of a bad job.
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading “Oh, then you _did_ notice it!” said he, and he shrugged his shoulders with the air of a man who makes the best of a bad job.
(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
From this reading I kept on hoping that I should find someone.”
plural of “make” — a recognizable kind
From this reading “Oh, then you _did_ notice it!” said he, and he shrugged his shoulders with the air of a man who makes the best of a bad job.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading “Oh, then you _did_ notice it!” said he, and he shrugged his shoulders with the air of a man who makes the best of a bad job.
an announcement containing information about an event
From this reading “Oh, then you _did_ notice it!” said he, and he shrugged his shoulders with the air of a man who makes the best of a bad job.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Oh, then you _did_ notice it!” said he, and he shrugged his shoulders with the air of a man who makes the best of a bad job.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, then you _did_ notice it!” said he, and he shrugged his shoulders with the air of a man who makes the best of a bad job.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I kept on hoping that I should find someone.”
apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)
From this reading “Did you enter _all_ the rooms?” he asked, with the same intent gaze.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Oh, then you _did_ notice it!” said he, and he shrugged his shoulders with the air of a man who makes the best of a bad job.
Identical; not different.
From this reading “Did you enter _all_ the rooms?” he asked, with the same intent gaze.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading I kept on hoping that I should find someone.”
plural of “shoulder” — the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm
From this reading “Oh, then you _did_ notice it!” said he, and he shrugged his shoulders with the air of a man who makes the best of a bad job.
inflected form of “shrug” — raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation
From this reading “Oh, then you _did_ notice it!” said he, and he shrugged his shoulders with the air of a man who makes the best of a bad job.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “I think so.
a person, without saying who
From this reading I kept on hoping that I should find someone.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I kept on hoping that I should find someone.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Did you enter _all_ the rooms?” he asked, with the same intent gaze.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading “Oh, then you _did_ notice it!” said he, and he shrugged his shoulders with the air of a man who makes the best of a bad job.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading “I think so.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “Well, all that I could enter.”
which person or people
From this reading “Oh, then you _did_ notice it!” said he, and he shrugged his shoulders with the air of a man who makes the best of a bad job.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Did you enter _all_ the rooms?” he asked, with the same intent gaze.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Did you enter _all_ the rooms?” he asked, with the same intent gaze.
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