Chapter 23 of Round the Wonderful World is here in full — 114 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 23 of Round the Wonderful World is here in full — 114 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE "This butter is uneatable, Ramaswamy." "I wash him, Master." He takes away the dish of nasty, yellow, tinned butter and presently returns with it fresh and white, with much of the disagreeable taste and smell gone. Good! Now we know.
Chapter 23 of Round the Wonderful World is here in full — 114 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use
From this reading “THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE "This butter is uneatable, Ramaswamy."”
not to your liking
From this reading “He takes away the dish of nasty, yellow, tinned butter and presently returns with it fresh and white, with much of the disagreeable taste and smell gone.”
a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food
From this reading “He takes away the dish of nasty, yellow, tinned butter and presently returns with it fresh and white, with much of the disagreeable taste and smell gone.”
offensive or even (of persons) malicious
From this reading “He takes away the dish of nasty, yellow, tinned butter and presently returns with it fresh and white, with much of the disagreeable taste and smell gone.”
plural of “return” — document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability
From this reading “He takes away the dish of nasty, yellow, tinned butter and presently returns with it fresh and white, with much of the disagreeable taste and smell gone.”
the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
From this reading “He takes away the dish of nasty, yellow, tinned butter and presently returns with it fresh and white, with much of the disagreeable taste and smell gone.”
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading “THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE "This butter is uneatable, Ramaswamy."”
clean with some chemical process
From this reading “"I wash him, Master."”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He takes away the dish of nasty, yellow, tinned butter and presently returns with it fresh and white, with much of the disagreeable taste and smell gone.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading He takes away the dish of nasty, yellow, tinned butter and presently returns with it fresh and white, with much of the disagreeable taste and smell gone.
an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use
From this reading THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE "This butter is uneatable, Ramaswamy."
a low-lying region in central France
From this reading THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE "This butter is uneatable, Ramaswamy."
not to your liking
From this reading He takes away the dish of nasty, yellow, tinned butter and presently returns with it fresh and white, with much of the disagreeable taste and smell gone.
a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food
From this reading He takes away the dish of nasty, yellow, tinned butter and presently returns with it fresh and white, with much of the disagreeable taste and smell gone.
recently made, produced, or harvested
From this reading He takes away the dish of nasty, yellow, tinned butter and presently returns with it fresh and white, with much of the disagreeable taste and smell gone.
destroyed or killed
From this reading He takes away the dish of nasty, yellow, tinned butter and presently returns with it fresh and white, with much of the disagreeable taste and smell gone.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Good!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He takes away the dish of nasty, yellow, tinned butter and presently returns with it fresh and white, with much of the disagreeable taste and smell gone.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "I wash him, Master."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I wash him, Master."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE "This butter is uneatable, Ramaswamy."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He takes away the dish of nasty, yellow, tinned butter and presently returns with it fresh and white, with much of the disagreeable taste and smell gone.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Now we know.
an artist of consummate skill
From this reading "I wash him, Master."
to a great degree or extent
From this reading He takes away the dish of nasty, yellow, tinned butter and presently returns with it fresh and white, with much of the disagreeable taste and smell gone.
offensive or even (of persons) malicious
From this reading He takes away the dish of nasty, yellow, tinned butter and presently returns with it fresh and white, with much of the disagreeable taste and smell gone.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now we know.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE "This butter is uneatable, Ramaswamy."
in the near future
From this reading He takes away the dish of nasty, yellow, tinned butter and presently returns with it fresh and white, with much of the disagreeable taste and smell gone.
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From this reading THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE "This butter is uneatable, Ramaswamy."
plural of “return” — document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability
From this reading He takes away the dish of nasty, yellow, tinned butter and presently returns with it fresh and white, with much of the disagreeable taste and smell gone.
the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
From this reading He takes away the dish of nasty, yellow, tinned butter and presently returns with it fresh and white, with much of the disagreeable taste and smell gone.
plural of “take” — the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
From this reading He takes away the dish of nasty, yellow, tinned butter and presently returns with it fresh and white, with much of the disagreeable taste and smell gone.
To perceive flavor through the mouth.
From this reading He takes away the dish of nasty, yellow, tinned butter and presently returns with it fresh and white, with much of the disagreeable taste and smell gone.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE "This butter is uneatable, Ramaswamy."
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE "This butter is uneatable, Ramaswamy."
sealed in a can or jar
From this reading He takes away the dish of nasty, yellow, tinned butter and presently returns with it fresh and white, with much of the disagreeable taste and smell gone.
not suitable for food
From this reading THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE "This butter is uneatable, Ramaswamy."
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE "This butter is uneatable, Ramaswamy."
clean with some chemical process
From this reading "I wash him, Master."
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Now we know.
a Caucasian
From this reading He takes away the dish of nasty, yellow, tinned butter and presently returns with it fresh and white, with much of the disagreeable taste and smell gone.
in the company of; together with
From this reading He takes away the dish of nasty, yellow, tinned butter and presently returns with it fresh and white, with much of the disagreeable taste and smell gone.
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
From this reading He takes away the dish of nasty, yellow, tinned butter and presently returns with it fresh and white, with much of the disagreeable taste and smell gone.
Chapter 23 of Round the Wonderful World by G. E. (Geraldine Edith) Mitton holds 114 sentences, grouped into 23 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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