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Chapter 1 of Tedious brief tales of Granta and Gramarye is here in full — 488 sentences across 98 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TEDIOUS BRIEF TALES OF GRANTA AND GRAMARYE. “Merry and tragical, tedious and brief: That is hot ice and wondrous strange snow.” _A Midsummer Night’s Dream._ CAMBRIDGE: W. HEFFER & SONS LTD. LONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT & CO. LTD.
Chapter 1 of Tedious brief tales of Granta and Gramarye is here in full — 488 sentences across 98 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a university in England
From this reading “_A Midsummer Night’s Dream._ CAMBRIDGE: W. HEFFER & SONS LTD.”
Irish mathematician (1806-1865)
From this reading “LONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT & CO.”
a county in southeastern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom, it was the first to be colonized by the Romans
From this reading “LONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT & CO.”
United States actor (1914-1998)
From this reading “LONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT & CO.”
June 21, when the sun is at its northernmost point
From this reading “_A Midsummer Night’s Dream._ CAMBRIDGE: W. HEFFER & SONS LTD.”
possessive form of “night” — the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
From this reading “TEDIOUS BRIEF TALES OF GRANTA AND GRAMARYE.”
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading ““Merry and tragical, tedious and brief: That is hot ice and wondrous strange snow.””
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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 _A Midsummer Night’s Dream._ CAMBRIDGE: W. HEFFER & SONS LTD.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading TEDIOUS BRIEF TALES OF GRANTA AND GRAMARYE.
of short duration or distance
From this reading TEDIOUS BRIEF TALES OF GRANTA AND GRAMARYE.
a university in England
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an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
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A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
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From this reading TEDIOUS BRIEF TALES OF GRANTA AND GRAMARYE.
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From this reading TEDIOUS BRIEF TALES OF GRANTA AND GRAMARYE.
Irish mathematician (1806-1865)
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Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _A Midsummer Night’s Dream._ CAMBRIDGE: W. HEFFER & SONS LTD.
used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
From this reading “Merry and tragical, tedious and brief: That is hot ice and wondrous strange snow.”
water frozen in the solid state
From this reading “Merry and tragical, tedious and brief: That is hot ice and wondrous strange snow.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Merry and tragical, tedious and brief: That is hot ice and wondrous strange snow.”
a county in southeastern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom, it was the first to be colonized by the Romans
From this reading LONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT & CO.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading LONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT & CO.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _A Midsummer Night’s Dream._ CAMBRIDGE: W. HEFFER & SONS LTD.
United States actor (1914-1998)
From this reading LONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT & CO.
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading “Merry and tragical, tedious and brief: That is hot ice and wondrous strange snow.”
June 21, when the sun is at its northernmost point
From this reading _A Midsummer Night’s Dream._ CAMBRIDGE: W. HEFFER & SONS LTD.
possessive form of “night” — the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading _A Midsummer Night’s Dream._ CAMBRIDGE: W. HEFFER & SONS LTD.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading TEDIOUS BRIEF TALES OF GRANTA AND GRAMARYE.
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From this reading LONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT & CO.
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading “Merry and tragical, tedious and brief: That is hot ice and wondrous strange snow.”
plural of “son” — a male human offspring
From this reading _A Midsummer Night’s Dream._ CAMBRIDGE: W. HEFFER & SONS LTD.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading “Merry and tragical, tedious and brief: That is hot ice and wondrous strange snow.”
plural of “tale” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading TEDIOUS BRIEF TALES OF GRANTA AND GRAMARYE.
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
From this reading TEDIOUS BRIEF TALES OF GRANTA AND GRAMARYE.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Merry and tragical, tedious and brief: That is hot ice and wondrous strange snow.”
very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction
From this reading “Merry and tragical, tedious and brief: That is hot ice and wondrous strange snow.”
a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
From this reading _A Midsummer Night’s Dream._ CAMBRIDGE: W. HEFFER & SONS LTD.
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading “Merry and tragical, tedious and brief: That is hot ice and wondrous strange snow.”
Chapter 1 of Tedious brief tales of Granta and Gramarye by Arthur Gray holds 488 sentences, grouped into 98 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.
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