Chapter 3 of Tales from Bohemia is here in full — 446 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter III
Chapter 3 of Tales from Bohemia is here in full — 446 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
He had sown his wild oats and had already reaped a crop of knowledge. “I have put the past behind me,” he said. And he thought it would stay there. He married one of the sweetest and best of women. The match was an ideal one--exceptionally so.
Chapter 3 of Tales from Bohemia is here in full — 446 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the yield from plants in a single growing season
From this reading “He had sown his wild oats and had already reaped a crop of knowledge.”
to an exceptional degree
From this reading “The match was an ideal one--exceptionally so.”
conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal
From this reading “The match was an ideal one--exceptionally so.”
be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
From this reading “The match was an ideal one--exceptionally so.”
plural of “oat” — annual grass of Europe and North Africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: “oats”)
From this reading “He had sown his wild oats and had already reaped a crop of knowledge.”
past form of “reap” — gather, as of natural products
From this reading “He had sown his wild oats and had already reaped a crop of knowledge.”
sprinkled with seed
From this reading “He had sown his wild oats and had already reaped a crop of knowledge.”
superlative of “sweet” — having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading “He married one of the sweetest and best of women.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading He had sown his wild oats and had already reaped a crop of knowledge.
prior to a specified or implied time
From this reading He had sown his wild oats and had already reaped a crop of knowledge.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The match was an ideal one--exceptionally so.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He had sown his wild oats and had already reaped a crop of knowledge.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading “I have put the past behind me,” he said.
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading He married one of the sweetest and best of women.
the yield from plants in a single growing season
From this reading He had sown his wild oats and had already reaped a crop of knowledge.
to an exceptional degree
From this reading The match was an ideal one--exceptionally so.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had sown his wild oats and had already reaped a crop of knowledge.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I have put the past behind me,” he said.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had sown his wild oats and had already reaped a crop of knowledge.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He had sown his wild oats and had already reaped a crop of knowledge.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I have put the past behind me,” he said.
conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal
From this reading The match was an ideal one--exceptionally so.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And he thought it would stay there.
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
From this reading He had sown his wild oats and had already reaped a crop of knowledge.
joined in matrimony
From this reading He married one of the sweetest and best of women.
be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
From this reading The match was an ideal one--exceptionally so.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “I have put the past behind me,” he said.
plural of “oat” — annual grass of Europe and North Africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: “oats”)
From this reading He had sown his wild oats and had already reaped a crop of knowledge.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He had sown his wild oats and had already reaped a crop of knowledge.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He married one of the sweetest and best of women.
the time that has elapsed
From this reading “I have put the past behind me,” he said.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading “I have put the past behind me,” he said.
past form of “reap” — gather, as of natural products
From this reading He had sown his wild oats and had already reaped a crop of knowledge.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “I have put the past behind me,” he said.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The match was an ideal one--exceptionally so.
sprinkled with seed
From this reading He had sown his wild oats and had already reaped a crop of knowledge.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading And he thought it would stay there.
superlative of “sweet” — having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading He married one of the sweetest and best of women.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “I have put the past behind me,” he said.
in or at that place or location
From this reading And he thought it would stay there.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading And he thought it would stay there.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The match was an ideal one--exceptionally so.
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading He had sown his wild oats and had already reaped a crop of knowledge.
plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading He married one of the sweetest and best of women.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading And he thought it would stay there.
Chapter 3 of Tales from Bohemia by Robert Neilson Stephens holds 446 sentences, grouped into 90 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 3 holds 446 sentences of Tales from Bohemia, unabridged, divided into 90 reading sections.
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