Chapter 1 of The Album Writer's Friend is here in full — 465 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Album Writer's Friend is here in full — 465 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The book advertisement at the end uses a right pointing hand character. If the device font does not support this character, ☞, it may not appear correctly. Use of small capitals at the beginning of verses made consistent. Small capitals have been converted to ALL CAPS. Italic text is represented by underscores surrounding the _italic text_.
Chapter 1 of The Album Writer's Friend is here in full — 465 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a public promotion of some product or service
From this reading “The book advertisement at the end uses a right pointing hand character.”
plural of “capital” — assets available for use in the production of further assets
From this reading “Use of small capitals at the beginning of verses made consistent.”
(sometimes followed by “with”) in agreement or consistent or reliable
From this reading “Use of small capitals at the beginning of verses made consistent.”
past form of “convert” — change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy
From this reading “Small capitals have been converted to ALL CAPS.”
in an accurate manner
From this reading “If the device font does not support this character, ☞, it may not appear correctly.”
a specific size and style of type within a type family
From this reading “If the device font does not support this character, ☞, it may not appear correctly.”
a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right
From this reading “Italic text is represented by underscores surrounding the _italic text_.”
plural of “underscore” — a line drawn underneath (especially under written matter)
From this reading “Italic text is represented by underscores surrounding the _italic text_.”
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 book advertisement at the end uses a right pointing hand character.”
a character having the form of an upper-case letter but the same height as lower-case letters
In this reading “Use of small capitals at the beginning of verses made consistent.”
In this reading “Use of small capitals at the beginning of verses made consistent.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The book advertisement at the end uses a right pointing hand character.
a public promotion of some product or service
From this reading The book advertisement at the end uses a right pointing hand character.
(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 Small capitals have been converted to ALL CAPS.
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading If the device font does not support this character, ☞, it may not appear correctly.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The book advertisement at the end uses a right pointing hand character.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Small capitals have been converted to ALL CAPS.
the event consisting of the start of something
From this reading Use of small capitals at the beginning of verses made consistent.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading The book advertisement at the end uses a right pointing hand character.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Italic text is represented by underscores surrounding the _italic text_.
plural of “capital” — assets available for use in the production of further assets
From this reading Use of small capitals at the beginning of verses made consistent.
plural of “cap” — a tight-fitting headdress
From this reading Small capitals have been converted to ALL CAPS.
an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
From this reading The book advertisement at the end uses a right pointing hand character.
(sometimes followed by “with”) in agreement or consistent or reliable
From this reading Use of small capitals at the beginning of verses made consistent.
past form of “convert” — change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy
From this reading Small capitals have been converted to ALL CAPS.
in an accurate manner
From this reading If the device font does not support this character, ☞, it may not appear correctly.
an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
From this reading If the device font does not support this character, ☞, it may not appear correctly.
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading If the device font does not support this character, ☞, it may not appear correctly.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading The book advertisement at the end uses a right pointing hand character.
a specific size and style of type within a type family
From this reading If the device font does not support this character, ☞, it may not appear correctly.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading The book advertisement at the end uses a right pointing hand character.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Small capitals have been converted to ALL CAPS.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If the device font does not support this character, ☞, it may not appear correctly.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Italic text is represented by underscores surrounding the _italic text_.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading If the device font does not support this character, ☞, it may not appear correctly.
a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right
From this reading Italic text is represented by underscores surrounding the _italic text_.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Use of small capitals at the beginning of verses made consistent.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading If the device font does not support this character, ☞, it may not appear correctly.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading If the device font does not support this character, ☞, it may not appear correctly.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Use of small capitals at the beginning of verses made consistent.
-ing form of “point” — indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
From this reading The book advertisement at the end uses a right pointing hand character.
represented accurately or precisely
From this reading Italic text is represented by underscores surrounding the _italic text_.
precisely, exactly
From this reading The book advertisement at the end uses a right pointing hand character.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Use of small capitals at the beginning of verses made consistent.
the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities
From this reading If the device font does not support this character, ☞, it may not appear correctly.
closely encircling
From this reading Italic text is represented by underscores surrounding the _italic text_.
the words of something written
From this reading Italic text is represented by underscores surrounding the _italic text_.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The book advertisement at the end uses a right pointing hand character.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading If the device font does not support this character, ☞, it may not appear correctly.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Small capitals have been converted to ALL CAPS.
plural of “underscore” — a line drawn underneath (especially under written matter)
From this reading Italic text is represented by underscores surrounding the _italic text_.
the act of using
From this reading Use of small capitals at the beginning of verses made consistent.
plural of “use” — the act of using
From this reading The book advertisement at the end uses a right pointing hand character.
plural of “verse” — literature in metrical form
From this reading Use of small capitals at the beginning of verses made consistent.
Chapter 1 of The Album Writer's Friend by J. S. (John Stuart) [Compiler] Ogilvie holds 465 sentences, grouped into 93 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 465 sentences of The Album Writer's Friend, unabridged, divided into 93 reading sections.
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