Chapter 1 of That House I Bought: A Little Leaf from Life is here in full — 459 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of That House I Bought: A Little Leaf from Life is here in full — 459 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Why a dedication? Why a preface--a foreword? Why any comment, save the title and the price mark? Simplicity itself! The preface, foreword, dedication--what you may term it--gives opportunity to apologize for the liberality with which the author betrays his egotism, in the thickly sprinkled perpendicular pronoun.
Chapter 1 of That House I Bought: A Little Leaf from Life is here in full — 459 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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third-person singular of “betray” — reveal unintentionally
From this reading “The preface, foreword, dedication--what you may term it--gives opportunity to apologize for the liberality with which the author betrays his egotism, in the thickly sprinkled perpendicular pronoun.”
complete and wholehearted fidelity
From this reading “Why a dedication?”
an exaggerated opinion of your own importance
From this reading “The preface, foreword, dedication--what you may term it--gives opportunity to apologize for the liberality with which the author betrays his egotism, in the thickly sprinkled perpendicular pronoun.”
a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
From this reading “Why a preface--a foreword?”
an inclination to favor progress and individual freedom
From this reading “The preface, foreword, dedication--what you may term it--gives opportunity to apologize for the liberality with which the author betrays his egotism, in the thickly sprinkled perpendicular pronoun.”
a straight line at right angles to another line
From this reading “The preface, foreword, dedication--what you may term it--gives opportunity to apologize for the liberality with which the author betrays his egotism, in the thickly sprinkled perpendicular pronoun.”
a function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase
From this reading “The preface, foreword, dedication--what you may term it--gives opportunity to apologize for the liberality with which the author betrays his egotism, in the thickly sprinkled perpendicular pronoun.”
past form of “sprinkle” — distribute loosely
From this reading “The preface, foreword, dedication--what you may term it--gives opportunity to apologize for the liberality with which the author betrays his egotism, in the thickly sprinkled perpendicular pronoun.”
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.
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In this reading “The preface, foreword, dedication--what you may term it--gives opportunity to apologize for the liberality with which the author betrays his egotism, in the thickly sprinkled perpendicular pronoun.”
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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 Why a dedication?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Why any comment, save the title and the price mark?
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading Why any comment, save the title and the price mark?
acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing
From this reading The preface, foreword, dedication--what you may term it--gives opportunity to apologize for the liberality with which the author betrays his egotism, in the thickly sprinkled perpendicular pronoun.
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading The preface, foreword, dedication--what you may term it--gives opportunity to apologize for the liberality with which the author betrays his egotism, in the thickly sprinkled perpendicular pronoun.
third-person singular of “betray” — reveal unintentionally
From this reading The preface, foreword, dedication--what you may term it--gives opportunity to apologize for the liberality with which the author betrays his egotism, in the thickly sprinkled perpendicular pronoun.
a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information
From this reading Why any comment, save the title and the price mark?
complete and wholehearted fidelity
From this reading Why a dedication?
an exaggerated opinion of your own importance
From this reading The preface, foreword, dedication--what you may term it--gives opportunity to apologize for the liberality with which the author betrays his egotism, in the thickly sprinkled perpendicular pronoun.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The preface, foreword, dedication--what you may term it--gives opportunity to apologize for the liberality with which the author betrays his egotism, in the thickly sprinkled perpendicular pronoun.
a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
From this reading Why a preface--a foreword?
plural of “give” — the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
From this reading The preface, foreword, dedication--what you may term it--gives opportunity to apologize for the liberality with which the author betrays his egotism, in the thickly sprinkled perpendicular pronoun.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The preface, foreword, dedication--what you may term it--gives opportunity to apologize for the liberality with which the author betrays his egotism, in the thickly sprinkled perpendicular pronoun.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The preface, foreword, dedication--what you may term it--gives opportunity to apologize for the liberality with which the author betrays his egotism, in the thickly sprinkled perpendicular pronoun.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The preface, foreword, dedication--what you may term it--gives opportunity to apologize for the liberality with which the author betrays his egotism, in the thickly sprinkled perpendicular pronoun.
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Simplicity itself!
an inclination to favor progress and individual freedom
From this reading The preface, foreword, dedication--what you may term it--gives opportunity to apologize for the liberality with which the author betrays his egotism, in the thickly sprinkled perpendicular pronoun.
attach a tag or label to
From this reading Why any comment, save the title and the price mark?
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading The preface, foreword, dedication--what you may term it--gives opportunity to apologize for the liberality with which the author betrays his egotism, in the thickly sprinkled perpendicular pronoun.
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading The preface, foreword, dedication--what you may term it--gives opportunity to apologize for the liberality with which the author betrays his egotism, in the thickly sprinkled perpendicular pronoun.
a straight line at right angles to another line
From this reading The preface, foreword, dedication--what you may term it--gives opportunity to apologize for the liberality with which the author betrays his egotism, in the thickly sprinkled perpendicular pronoun.
a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
From this reading Why a preface--a foreword?
the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
From this reading Why any comment, save the title and the price mark?
a function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase
From this reading The preface, foreword, dedication--what you may term it--gives opportunity to apologize for the liberality with which the author betrays his egotism, in the thickly sprinkled perpendicular pronoun.
except for; apart from
From this reading Why any comment, save the title and the price mark?
the quality of being simple or uncompounded
From this reading Simplicity itself!
past form of “sprinkle” — distribute loosely
From this reading The preface, foreword, dedication--what you may term it--gives opportunity to apologize for the liberality with which the author betrays his egotism, in the thickly sprinkled perpendicular pronoun.
a word or expression used for some particular thing
From this reading The preface, foreword, dedication--what you may term it--gives opportunity to apologize for the liberality with which the author betrays his egotism, in the thickly sprinkled perpendicular pronoun.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Why any comment, save the title and the price mark?
spoken with poor articulation as if with a thick tongue
From this reading The preface, foreword, dedication--what you may term it--gives opportunity to apologize for the liberality with which the author betrays his egotism, in the thickly sprinkled perpendicular pronoun.
a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with
From this reading Why any comment, save the title and the price mark?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The preface, foreword, dedication--what you may term it--gives opportunity to apologize for the liberality with which the author betrays his egotism, in the thickly sprinkled perpendicular pronoun.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading The preface, foreword, dedication--what you may term it--gives opportunity to apologize for the liberality with which the author betrays his egotism, in the thickly sprinkled perpendicular pronoun.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The preface, foreword, dedication--what you may term it--gives opportunity to apologize for the liberality with which the author betrays his egotism, in the thickly sprinkled perpendicular pronoun.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why a dedication?
in the company of; together with
From this reading The preface, foreword, dedication--what you may term it--gives opportunity to apologize for the liberality with which the author betrays his egotism, in the thickly sprinkled perpendicular pronoun.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The preface, foreword, dedication--what you may term it--gives opportunity to apologize for the liberality with which the author betrays his egotism, in the thickly sprinkled perpendicular pronoun.
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