Chapter 1 of Some Do Not...: A Novel is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Some Do Not...: A Novel is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SOME DO NOT. AUTHOR OF "THE MARSDEN CASE," "MISTER BOSPHORUS AND THE MUSES," ETC., ETC. The two young men--they were of the English public official class--sat in the perfectly appointed railway carriage.
Chapter 1 of Some Do Not...: A Novel is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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subject to appointment
From this reading “The two young men--they were of the English public official class--sat in the perfectly appointed railway carriage.”
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading “AUTHOR OF "THE MARSDEN CASE," "MISTER BOSPHORUS AND THE MUSES," ETC., ETC.”
a railcar where passengers ride
From this reading “The two young men--they were of the English public official class--sat in the perfectly appointed railway carriage.”
a collection of things sharing a common attribute
From this reading “The two young men--they were of the English public official class--sat in the perfectly appointed railway carriage.”
a form of address for a man
From this reading “AUTHOR OF "THE MARSDEN CASE," "MISTER BOSPHORUS AND THE MUSES," ETC., ETC.”
plural of “mus” — type genus of the Muridae: common house mice; the tips of the upper incisors have a square notch
From this reading “AUTHOR OF "THE MARSDEN CASE," "MISTER BOSPHORUS AND THE MUSES," ETC., ETC.”
having official authority or sanction
From this reading “The two young men--they were of the English public official class--sat in the perfectly appointed railway carriage.”
line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight
From this reading “The two young men--they were of the English public official class--sat in the perfectly appointed railway carriage.”
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 two young men--they were of the English public official class--sat in the perfectly appointed railway carriage.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE MARSDEN CASE," "MISTER BOSPHORUS AND THE MUSES," ETC., ETC.
subject to appointment
From this reading The two young men--they were of the English public official class--sat in the perfectly appointed railway carriage.
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE MARSDEN CASE," "MISTER BOSPHORUS AND THE MUSES," ETC., ETC.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE MARSDEN CASE," "MISTER BOSPHORUS AND THE MUSES," ETC., ETC.
a railcar where passengers ride
From this reading The two young men--they were of the English public official class--sat in the perfectly appointed railway carriage.
an occurrence of something
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE MARSDEN CASE," "MISTER BOSPHORUS AND THE MUSES," ETC., ETC.
a collection of things sharing a common attribute
From this reading The two young men--they were of the English public official class--sat in the perfectly appointed railway carriage.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading SOME DO NOT.
an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
From this reading The two young men--they were of the English public official class--sat in the perfectly appointed railway carriage.
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From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE MARSDEN CASE," "MISTER BOSPHORUS AND THE MUSES," ETC., ETC.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The two young men--they were of the English public official class--sat in the perfectly appointed railway carriage.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE MARSDEN CASE," "MISTER BOSPHORUS AND THE MUSES," ETC., ETC.
the force of workers available
From this reading The two young men--they were of the English public official class--sat in the perfectly appointed railway carriage.
a form of address for a man
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE MARSDEN CASE," "MISTER BOSPHORUS AND THE MUSES," ETC., ETC.
plural of “mus” — type genus of the Muridae: common house mice; the tips of the upper incisors have a square notch
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE MARSDEN CASE," "MISTER BOSPHORUS AND THE MUSES," ETC., ETC.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading SOME DO NOT.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE MARSDEN CASE," "MISTER BOSPHORUS AND THE MUSES," ETC., ETC.
having official authority or sanction
From this reading The two young men--they were of the English public official class--sat in the perfectly appointed railway carriage.
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading The two young men--they were of the English public official class--sat in the perfectly appointed railway carriage.
people in general considered as a whole
From this reading The two young men--they were of the English public official class--sat in the perfectly appointed railway carriage.
line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight
From this reading The two young men--they were of the English public official class--sat in the perfectly appointed railway carriage.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading The two young men--they were of the English public official class--sat in the perfectly appointed railway carriage.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading SOME DO NOT.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE MARSDEN CASE," "MISTER BOSPHORUS AND THE MUSES," ETC., ETC.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The two young men--they were of the English public official class--sat in the perfectly appointed railway carriage.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading The two young men--they were of the English public official class--sat in the perfectly appointed railway carriage.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The two young men--they were of the English public official class--sat in the perfectly appointed railway carriage.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading The two young men--they were of the English public official class--sat in the perfectly appointed railway carriage.
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