Chapter 14 of The Cloister and the Hearth — A Tale of the Middle Ages is here in full — 1035 sentences across 207 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of The Cloister and the Hearth — A Tale of the Middle Ages is here in full — 1035 sentences across 207 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THEY met the landlord in the passage. "Welcome, messieurs," said he taking off his cap with a low bow. "Come, we are not in Germany," said Gerard. In the public room they found the mistress, a buxom woman of forty. She curtsied to them and smiled right cordially.
Chapter 14 of The Cloister and the Hearth — A Tale of the Middle Ages is here in full — 1035 sentences across 207 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces
From this reading “"Welcome, messieurs," said he taking off his cap with a low bow.”
(of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves
From this reading “In the public room they found the mistress, a buxom woman of forty.”
a tight-fitting headdress
From this reading “"Welcome, messieurs," said he taking off his cap with a low bow.”
in a hearty manner
From this reading “She curtsied to them and smiled right cordially.”
being ten more than thirty
From this reading “In the public room they found the mistress, a buxom woman of forty.”
a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990
From this reading “"Come, we are not in Germany," said Gerard.”
a landowner who leases to others
From this reading “THEY met the landlord in the passage.”
plural of “monsieur” — used as a French courtesy title; equivalent to English “Mr”
From this reading “"Welcome, messieurs," said he taking off his cap with a low bow.”
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 “"Welcome, messieurs," said he taking off his cap with a low bow.”
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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 "Welcome, messieurs," said he taking off his cap with a low bow.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She curtsied to them and smiled right cordially.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Come, we are not in Germany," said Gerard.
a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces
From this reading "Welcome, messieurs," said he taking off his cap with a low bow.
(of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves
From this reading In the public room they found the mistress, a buxom woman of forty.
a tight-fitting headdress
From this reading "Welcome, messieurs," said he taking off his cap with a low bow.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Come, we are not in Germany," said Gerard.
in a hearty manner
From this reading She curtsied to them and smiled right cordially.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She curtsied to them and smiled right cordially.
being ten more than thirty
From this reading In the public room they found the mistress, a buxom woman of forty.
set up or found
From this reading In the public room they found the mistress, a buxom woman of forty.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Come, we are not in Germany," said Gerard.
a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990
From this reading "Come, we are not in Germany," said Gerard.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Welcome, messieurs," said he taking off his cap with a low bow.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "Welcome, messieurs," said he taking off his cap with a low bow.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THEY met the landlord in the passage.
a landowner who leases to others
From this reading THEY met the landlord in the passage.
less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading "Welcome, messieurs," said he taking off his cap with a low bow.
plural of “monsieur” — used as a French courtesy title; equivalent to English “Mr”
From this reading "Welcome, messieurs," said he taking off his cap with a low bow.
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading THEY met the landlord in the passage.
an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man
From this reading In the public room they found the mistress, a buxom woman of forty.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Come, we are not in Germany," said Gerard.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In the public room they found the mistress, a buxom woman of forty.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "Welcome, messieurs," said he taking off his cap with a low bow.
the act of passing from one state or place to the next
From this reading THEY met the landlord in the passage.
people in general considered as a whole
From this reading In the public room they found the mistress, a buxom woman of forty.
precisely, exactly
From this reading She curtsied to them and smiled right cordially.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading In the public room they found the mistress, a buxom woman of forty.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Welcome, messieurs," said he taking off his cap with a low bow.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She curtsied to them and smiled right cordially.
past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading She curtsied to them and smiled right cordially.
the act of someone who picks up or takes something
From this reading "Welcome, messieurs," said he taking off his cap with a low bow.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THEY met the landlord in the passage.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading She curtsied to them and smiled right cordially.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THEY met the landlord in the passage.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She curtsied to them and smiled right cordially.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "Come, we are not in Germany," said Gerard.
accept gladly
From this reading "Welcome, messieurs," said he taking off his cap with a low bow.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Welcome, messieurs," said he taking off his cap with a low bow.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading In the public room they found the mistress, a buxom woman of forty.
Chapter 14 of The Cloister and the Hearth — A Tale of the Middle Ages by Charles Reade holds 1035 sentences, grouped into 207 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 14 holds 1035 sentences of The Cloister and the Hearth — A Tale of the Middle Ages, unabridged, divided into 207 reading sections.
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