Chapter 1 of Sons and Daughters is here in full — 140 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Sons and Daughters is here in full — 140 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Then you will not take the share in the business which I have offered you?” “No, I think not, sir. I don’t like it. I don’t like the way in which it is worked. It would be entirely out of accordance with all my training.”
Chapter 1 of Sons and Daughters is here in full — 140 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/28 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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concurrence of opinion
From this reading “It would be entirely out of accordance with all my training.””
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading ““Then you will not take the share in the business which I have offered you?””
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading “It would be entirely out of accordance with all my training.””
past form of “offer” — make available or accessible, provide or furnish
From this reading ““Then you will not take the share in the business which I have offered you?””
have in common
From this reading ““Then you will not take the share in the business which I have offered you?””
term of address for a man
From this reading ““No, I think not, sir.”
activity leading to skilled behavior
From this reading “It would be entirely out of accordance with all my training.””
past form of “work” — exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading “I don’t like the way in which it is worked.”
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 ““Then you will not take the share in the business which I have offered you?””
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concurrence of opinion
From this reading It would be entirely out of accordance with all my training.”
(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 It would be entirely out of accordance with all my training.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It would be entirely out of accordance with all my training.”
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading “Then you will not take the share in the business which I have offered you?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I don’t like it.
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading It would be entirely out of accordance with all my training.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Then you will not take the share in the business which I have offered you?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Then you will not take the share in the business which I have offered you?”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Then you will not take the share in the business which I have offered you?”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I don’t like the way in which it is worked.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I don’t like it.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading I don’t like it.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It would be entirely out of accordance with all my training.”
not any; not one
From this reading “No, I think not, sir.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Then you will not take the share in the business which I have offered you?”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It would be entirely out of accordance with all my training.”
past form of “offer” — make available or accessible, provide or furnish
From this reading “Then you will not take the share in the business which I have offered you?”
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading It would be entirely out of accordance with all my training.”
have in common
From this reading “Then you will not take the share in the business which I have offered you?”
term of address for a man
From this reading “No, I think not, sir.
carry out
From this reading “Then you will not take the share in the business which I have offered you?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Then you will not take the share in the business which I have offered you?”
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading “Then you will not take the share in the business which I have offered you?”
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading “No, I think not, sir.
activity leading to skilled behavior
From this reading It would be entirely out of accordance with all my training.”
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading I don’t like the way in which it is worked.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading “Then you will not take the share in the business which I have offered you?”
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “Then you will not take the share in the business which I have offered you?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading It would be entirely out of accordance with all my training.”
past form of “work” — exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading I don’t like the way in which it is worked.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It would be entirely out of accordance with all my training.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Then you will not take the share in the business which I have offered you?”
Chapter 1 of Sons and Daughters by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant holds 140 sentences, grouped into 28 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 1 holds 140 sentences of Sons and Daughters, unabridged, divided into 28 reading sections.
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