Chapter 2 of Sans-Cravate is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Sans-Cravate is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"And so have I," said Célestin. "And I," said Tobie; "I have an important errand to be done." "Let us go, then." The three young men entered the café at the corner of the boulevard and the Passage de l'Opéra, and ordered writing materials, together with three glasses of madeira. Each of the three wrote very busily.
Chapter 2 of Sans-Cravate is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a wide street or thoroughfare
From this reading “The three young men entered the café at the corner of the boulevard and the Passage de l'Opéra, and ordered writing materials, together with three glasses of madeira.”
in a busy manner
From this reading “Each of the three wrote very busily.”
a short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission
From this reading “"And I," said Tobie; "I have an important errand to be done."”
(plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
From this reading “The three young men entered the café at the corner of the boulevard and the Passage de l'Opéra, and ordered writing materials, together with three glasses of madeira.”
a Brazilian river; tributary of the Amazon River
From this reading “The three young men entered the café at the corner of the boulevard and the Passage de l'Opéra, and ordered writing materials, together with three glasses of madeira.”
plural of “material” — the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
From this reading “The three young men entered the café at the corner of the boulevard and the Passage de l'Opéra, and ordered writing materials, together with three glasses of madeira.”
having a systematic arrangement; especially having elements succeeding in order according to rule
From this reading “The three young men entered the café at the corner of the boulevard and the Passage de l'Opéra, and ordered writing materials, together with three glasses of madeira.”
the act of creating written works
From this reading “The three young men entered the café at the corner of the boulevard and the Passage de l'Opéra, and ordered writing materials, together with three glasses of madeira.”
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 “The three young men entered the café at the corner of the boulevard and the Passage de l'Opéra, and ordered writing materials, together with three glasses of madeira.”
In this reading “The three young men entered the café at the corner of the boulevard and the Passage de l'Opéra, and ordered writing materials, together with three glasses of madeira.”
In this reading “The three young men entered the café at the corner of the boulevard and the Passage de l'Opéra, and ordered writing materials, together with three glasses of madeira.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading "And I," said Tobie; "I have an important errand to be done."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And so have I," said Célestin.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The three young men entered the café at the corner of the boulevard and the Passage de l'Opéra, and ordered writing materials, together with three glasses of madeira.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "And I," said Tobie; "I have an important errand to be done."
a wide street or thoroughfare
From this reading The three young men entered the café at the corner of the boulevard and the Passage de l'Opéra, and ordered writing materials, together with three glasses of madeira.
in a busy manner
From this reading Each of the three wrote very busily.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The three young men entered the café at the corner of the boulevard and the Passage de l'Opéra, and ordered writing materials, together with three glasses of madeira.
a place off to the side of an area
From this reading The three young men entered the café at the corner of the boulevard and the Passage de l'Opéra, and ordered writing materials, together with three glasses of madeira.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "And so have I," said Célestin.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading The three young men entered the café at the corner of the boulevard and the Passage de l'Opéra, and ordered writing materials, together with three glasses of madeira.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading "And I," said Tobie; "I have an important errand to be done."
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Each of the three wrote very busily.
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading The three young men entered the café at the corner of the boulevard and the Passage de l'Opéra, and ordered writing materials, together with three glasses of madeira.
a short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission
From this reading "And I," said Tobie; "I have an important errand to be done."
(plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
From this reading The three young men entered the café at the corner of the boulevard and the Passage de l'Opéra, and ordered writing materials, together with three glasses of madeira.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "Let us go, then."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "And so have I," said Célestin.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "And so have I," said Célestin.
of great significance or value
From this reading "And I," said Tobie; "I have an important errand to be done."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The three young men entered the café at the corner of the boulevard and the Passage de l'Opéra, and ordered writing materials, together with three glasses of madeira.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading "Let us go, then."
a Brazilian river; tributary of the Amazon River
From this reading The three young men entered the café at the corner of the boulevard and the Passage de l'Opéra, and ordered writing materials, together with three glasses of madeira.
plural of “material” — the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
From this reading The three young men entered the café at the corner of the boulevard and the Passage de l'Opéra, and ordered writing materials, together with three glasses of madeira.
the force of workers available
From this reading The three young men entered the café at the corner of the boulevard and the Passage de l'Opéra, and ordered writing materials, together with three glasses of madeira.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The three young men entered the café at the corner of the boulevard and the Passage de l'Opéra, and ordered writing materials, together with three glasses of madeira.
having a systematic arrangement; especially having elements succeeding in order according to rule
From this reading The three young men entered the café at the corner of the boulevard and the Passage de l'Opéra, and ordered writing materials, together with three glasses of madeira.
the act of passing from one state or place to the next
From this reading The three young men entered the café at the corner of the boulevard and the Passage de l'Opéra, and ordered writing materials, together with three glasses of madeira.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "And so have I," said Célestin.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "And so have I," said Célestin.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The three young men entered the café at the corner of the boulevard and the Passage de l'Opéra, and ordered writing materials, together with three glasses of madeira.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Let us go, then."
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading The three young men entered the café at the corner of the boulevard and the Passage de l'Opéra, and ordered writing materials, together with three glasses of madeira.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "And I," said Tobie; "I have an important errand to be done."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "And I," said Tobie; "I have an important errand to be done."
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading The three young men entered the café at the corner of the boulevard and the Passage de l'Opéra, and ordered writing materials, together with three glasses of madeira.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Let us go, then."
precisely as stated
From this reading Each of the three wrote very busily.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The three young men entered the café at the corner of the boulevard and the Passage de l'Opéra, and ordered writing materials, together with three glasses of madeira.
the act of creating written works
From this reading The three young men entered the café at the corner of the boulevard and the Passage de l'Opéra, and ordered writing materials, together with three glasses of madeira.
inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work
From this reading Each of the three wrote very busily.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading The three young men entered the café at the corner of the boulevard and the Passage de l'Opéra, and ordered writing materials, together with three glasses of madeira.
Chapter 2 of Sans-Cravate by Paul de Kock holds 424 sentences, grouped into 85 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 2 holds 424 sentences of Sans-Cravate, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
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