Chapter 5 of The Case and Exceptions is here in full — 459 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 5 of The Case and Exceptions is here in full — 459 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Don't they know he's back of you?" "No." "All your own game?--You bought them yourself?" "Yes." "And you don't want revenge on Forbes?"
Chapter 5 of The Case and Exceptions is here in full — 459 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/91 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading “"Don't they know he's back of you?"”
inflected form of “buy” — obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
From this reading “"All your own game?--You bought them yourself?"”
a contest with rules to determine a winner
From this reading “"All your own game?--You bought them yourself?"”
have ownership or possession of
From this reading “"All your own game?--You bought them yourself?"”
action taken in return for an injury or offense
From this reading “"And you don't want revenge on Forbes?"”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “"And you don't want revenge on Forbes?"”
an affirmative
From this reading “"Yes."”
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading “"All your own game?--You bought them yourself?"”
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Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
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(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 "All your own game?--You bought them yourself?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And you don't want revenge on Forbes?"
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "Don't they know he's back of you?"
inflected form of “buy” — obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
From this reading "All your own game?--You bought them yourself?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Don't they know he's back of you?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "And you don't want revenge on Forbes?"
a contest with rules to determine a winner
From this reading "All your own game?--You bought them yourself?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Don't they know he's back of you?"
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading "Don't they know he's back of you?"
not any; not one
From this reading "No."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Don't they know he's back of you?"
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "And you don't want revenge on Forbes?"
have ownership or possession of
From this reading "All your own game?--You bought them yourself?"
action taken in return for an injury or offense
From this reading "And you don't want revenge on Forbes?"
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "All your own game?--You bought them yourself?"
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Don't they know he's back of you?"
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading "And you don't want revenge on Forbes?"
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Don't they know he's back of you?"
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "All your own game?--You bought them yourself?"
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading "All your own game?--You bought them yourself?"
Chapter 5 of The Case and Exceptions by Frederick Trevor Hill holds 459 sentences, grouped into 92 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 5 holds 459 sentences of The Case and Exceptions, unabridged, divided into 92 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of The Case and Exceptions by Frederick Trevor Hill exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 459 sentences, grouped into 92 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 92 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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