Chapter 19 of The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon is here in full — 284 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon is here in full — 284 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
POLO, HUNTING AND STEEPLECHASING While busy with my professional duties I found time to amuse myself as well. My friends at the club had put my name up as a member. I was soon elected. You will doubtless smile when I tell you what happened the first time I entered the club as a full member. It had been a very hot day.
Chapter 19 of The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon is here in full — 284 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
From this reading “POLO, HUNTING AND STEEPLECHASING While busy with my professional duties I found time to amuse myself as well.”
without doubt; certainly
From this reading “You will doubtless smile when I tell you what happened the first time I entered the club as a full member.”
plural of “duty” — the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
From this reading “POLO, HUNTING AND STEEPLECHASING While busy with my professional duties I found time to amuse myself as well.”
subject to popular election
From this reading “I was soon elected.”
the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
From this reading “POLO, HUNTING AND STEEPLECHASING While busy with my professional duties I found time to amuse myself as well.”
one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization)
From this reading “My friends at the club had put my name up as a member.”
Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (1254-1324)
From this reading “POLO, HUNTING AND STEEPLECHASING While busy with my professional duties I found time to amuse myself as well.”
engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood
From this reading “POLO, HUNTING AND STEEPLECHASING While busy with my professional duties I found time to amuse myself as well.”
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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 My friends at the club had put my name up as a member.
occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
From this reading POLO, HUNTING AND STEEPLECHASING While busy with my professional duties I found time to amuse myself as well.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading POLO, HUNTING AND STEEPLECHASING While busy with my professional duties I found time to amuse myself as well.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading POLO, HUNTING AND STEEPLECHASING While busy with my professional duties I found time to amuse myself as well.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading My friends at the club had put my name up as a member.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It had been a very hot day.
actively or fully engaged or occupied
From this reading POLO, HUNTING AND STEEPLECHASING While busy with my professional duties I found time to amuse myself as well.
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading My friends at the club had put my name up as a member.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading It had been a very hot day.
without doubt; certainly
From this reading You will doubtless smile when I tell you what happened the first time I entered the club as a full member.
plural of “duty” — the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
From this reading POLO, HUNTING AND STEEPLECHASING While busy with my professional duties I found time to amuse myself as well.
subject to popular election
From this reading I was soon elected.
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading You will doubtless smile when I tell you what happened the first time I entered the club as a full member.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading You will doubtless smile when I tell you what happened the first time I entered the club as a full member.
set up or found
From this reading POLO, HUNTING AND STEEPLECHASING While busy with my professional duties I found time to amuse myself as well.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading My friends at the club had put my name up as a member.
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading You will doubtless smile when I tell you what happened the first time I entered the club as a full member.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading My friends at the club had put my name up as a member.
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading You will doubtless smile when I tell you what happened the first time I entered the club as a full member.
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 It had been a very hot day.
the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
From this reading POLO, HUNTING AND STEEPLECHASING While busy with my professional duties I found time to amuse myself as well.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading POLO, HUNTING AND STEEPLECHASING While busy with my professional duties I found time to amuse myself as well.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It had been a very hot day.
one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization)
From this reading My friends at the club had put my name up as a member.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading POLO, HUNTING AND STEEPLECHASING While busy with my professional duties I found time to amuse myself as well.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading POLO, HUNTING AND STEEPLECHASING While busy with my professional duties I found time to amuse myself as well.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading My friends at the club had put my name up as a member.
Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (1254-1324)
From this reading POLO, HUNTING AND STEEPLECHASING While busy with my professional duties I found time to amuse myself as well.
engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood
From this reading POLO, HUNTING AND STEEPLECHASING While busy with my professional duties I found time to amuse myself as well.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading My friends at the club had put my name up as a member.
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading You will doubtless smile when I tell you what happened the first time I entered the club as a full member.
in the near future
From this reading I was soon elected.
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From this reading POLO, HUNTING AND STEEPLECHASING While busy with my professional duties I found time to amuse myself as well.
express in words
From this reading You will doubtless smile when I tell you what happened the first time I entered the club as a full member.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading My friends at the club had put my name up as a member.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading POLO, HUNTING AND STEEPLECHASING While busy with my professional duties I found time to amuse myself as well.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading POLO, HUNTING AND STEEPLECHASING While busy with my professional duties I found time to amuse myself as well.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading My friends at the club had put my name up as a member.
precisely as stated
From this reading It had been a very hot day.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was soon elected.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading POLO, HUNTING AND STEEPLECHASING While busy with my professional duties I found time to amuse myself as well.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading You will doubtless smile when I tell you what happened the first time I entered the club as a full member.
at the time that
From this reading You will doubtless smile when I tell you what happened the first time I entered the club as a full member.
during the time that
From this reading POLO, HUNTING AND STEEPLECHASING While busy with my professional duties I found time to amuse myself as well.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading You will doubtless smile when I tell you what happened the first time I entered the club as a full member.
in the company of; together with
From this reading POLO, HUNTING AND STEEPLECHASING While busy with my professional duties I found time to amuse myself as well.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You will doubtless smile when I tell you what happened the first time I entered the club as a full member.
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