Chapter 25 of Sans-Cravate is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 25 of Sans-Cravate is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I hope so!" "What do you say? you hope so? Why?" "Because it will remind me of the day when I had the good fortune to be of some little service to you." "Some little service!
Chapter 25 of Sans-Cravate is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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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.
for the reason that
From this reading “"Because it will remind me of the day when I had the good fortune to be of some little service to you."”
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading “"Because it will remind me of the day when I had the good fortune to be of some little service to you."”
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading “"Because it will remind me of the day when I had the good fortune to be of some little service to you."”
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading “"Because it will remind me of the day when I had the good fortune to be of some little service to you."”
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading “"I hope so!"”
put in the mind of someone
From this reading “"Because it will remind me of the day when I had the good fortune to be of some little service to you."”
express in words
From this reading “"What do you say? you hope so?”
work done by one person or group that benefits another
From this reading “"Because it will remind me of the day when I had the good fortune to be of some little service to you."”
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.
an auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes
In this reading “"Because it will remind me of the day when I had the good fortune to be of some little service to you."”
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 with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Because it will remind me of the day when I had the good fortune to be of some little service to you."
for the reason that
From this reading "Because it will remind me of the day when I had the good fortune to be of some little service to you."
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading "Because it will remind me of the day when I had the good fortune to be of some little service to you."
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "What do you say? you hope so?
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading "Because it will remind me of the day when I had the good fortune to be of some little service to you."
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "Because it will remind me of the day when I had the good fortune to be of some little service to you."
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "Because it will remind me of the day when I had the good fortune to be of some little service to you."
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading "I hope so!"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I hope so!"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Because it will remind me of the day when I had the good fortune to be of some little service to you."
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "Because it will remind me of the day when I had the good fortune to be of some little service to you."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Because it will remind me of the day when I had the good fortune to be of some little service to you."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Because it will remind me of the day when I had the good fortune to be of some little service to you."
put in the mind of someone
From this reading "Because it will remind me of the day when I had the good fortune to be of some little service to you."
express in words
From this reading "What do you say? you hope so?
work done by one person or group that benefits another
From this reading "Because it will remind me of the day when I had the good fortune to be of some little service to you."
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "I hope so!"
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "Because it will remind me of the day when I had the good fortune to be of some little service to you."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Because it will remind me of the day when I had the good fortune to be of some little service to you."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Because it will remind me of the day when I had the good fortune to be of some little service to you."
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What do you say? you hope so?
at the time that
From this reading "Because it will remind me of the day when I had the good fortune to be of some little service to you."
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why?"
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Because it will remind me of the day when I had the good fortune to be of some little service to you."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "What do you say? you hope so?
Chapter 25 of Sans-Cravate by Paul de Kock holds 403 sentences, grouped into 81 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 25 holds 403 sentences of Sans-Cravate, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 25 of Sans-Cravate by Paul de Kock exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 403 sentences, grouped into 81 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.
Work through the 81 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 81 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 25 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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