Chapter 4 of The Conquest is here in full — 120 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Conquest is here in full — 120 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE "LASS O' DEE" SAILS. We talked little on the way back to the town, but none the less I was wondering greatly. So this seeming Frenchman could talk good Gaelic speech, as well as chatter French! That set me to marveling, for he looked like a Frenchman right enough. And what he called himself--The Pike!
Chapter 4 of The Conquest is here in full — 120 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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click repeatedly or uncontrollably
From this reading “So this seeming Frenchman could talk good Gaelic speech, as well as chatter French!”
a person of French nationality
From this reading “So this seeming Frenchman could talk good Gaelic speech, as well as chatter French!”
relating to or characteristic of the Celts
From this reading “So this seeming Frenchman could talk good Gaelic speech, as well as chatter French!”
a girl or young woman who is unmarried
From this reading “THE "LASS O' DEE" SAILS.”
-ing form of “marvel” — be amazed at
From this reading “That set me to marveling, for he looked like a Frenchman right enough.”
a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
From this reading “And what he called himself--The Pike!”
plural of “sail” — a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
From this reading “THE "LASS O' DEE" SAILS.”
appearing as such but not necessarily so
From this reading “So this seeming Frenchman could talk good Gaelic speech, as well as chatter French!”
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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on a route to some place
In this reading “We talked little on the way back to the town, but none the less I was wondering greatly.”
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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 That set me to marveling, for he looked like a Frenchman right enough.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And what he called himself--The Pike!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading So this seeming Frenchman could talk good Gaelic speech, as well as chatter French!
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading We talked little on the way back to the town, but none the less I was wondering greatly.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading We talked little on the way back to the town, but none the less I was wondering greatly.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading And what he called himself--The Pike!
click repeatedly or uncontrollably
From this reading So this seeming Frenchman could talk good Gaelic speech, as well as chatter French!
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading So this seeming Frenchman could talk good Gaelic speech, as well as chatter French!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE "LASS O' DEE" SAILS.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading That set me to marveling, for he looked like a Frenchman right enough.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading That set me to marveling, for he looked like a Frenchman right enough.
the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France
From this reading So this seeming Frenchman could talk good Gaelic speech, as well as chatter French!
a person of French nationality
From this reading So this seeming Frenchman could talk good Gaelic speech, as well as chatter French!
relating to or characteristic of the Celts
From this reading So this seeming Frenchman could talk good Gaelic speech, as well as chatter French!
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading So this seeming Frenchman could talk good Gaelic speech, as well as chatter French!
to an extraordinary extent or degree
From this reading We talked little on the way back to the town, but none the less I was wondering greatly.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading That set me to marveling, for he looked like a Frenchman right enough.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading And what he called himself--The Pike!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading We talked little on the way back to the town, but none the less I was wondering greatly.
a girl or young woman who is unmarried
From this reading THE "LASS O' DEE" SAILS.
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading We talked little on the way back to the town, but none the less I was wondering greatly.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading That set me to marveling, for he looked like a Frenchman right enough.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading We talked little on the way back to the town, but none the less I was wondering greatly.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading That set me to marveling, for he looked like a Frenchman right enough.
-ing form of “marvel” — be amazed at
From this reading That set me to marveling, for he looked like a Frenchman right enough.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading That set me to marveling, for he looked like a Frenchman right enough.
not one, and not any
From this reading We talked little on the way back to the town, but none the less I was wondering greatly.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading THE "LASS O' DEE" SAILS.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading We talked little on the way back to the town, but none the less I was wondering greatly.
a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
From this reading And what he called himself--The Pike!
precisely, exactly
From this reading That set me to marveling, for he looked like a Frenchman right enough.
plural of “sail” — a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
From this reading THE "LASS O' DEE" SAILS.
appearing as such but not necessarily so
From this reading So this seeming Frenchman could talk good Gaelic speech, as well as chatter French!
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading That set me to marveling, for he looked like a Frenchman right enough.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So this seeming Frenchman could talk good Gaelic speech, as well as chatter French!
the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
From this reading So this seeming Frenchman could talk good Gaelic speech, as well as chatter French!
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading So this seeming Frenchman could talk good Gaelic speech, as well as chatter French!
past form of “talk” — exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading We talked little on the way back to the town, but none the less I was wondering greatly.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That set me to marveling, for he looked like a Frenchman right enough.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE "LASS O' DEE" SAILS.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading So this seeming Frenchman could talk good Gaelic speech, as well as chatter French!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We talked little on the way back to the town, but none the less I was wondering greatly.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading We talked little on the way back to the town, but none the less I was wondering greatly.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading We talked little on the way back to the town, but none the less I was wondering greatly.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading We talked little on the way back to the town, but none the less I was wondering greatly.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We talked little on the way back to the town, but none the less I was wondering greatly.
(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 So this seeming Frenchman could talk good Gaelic speech, as well as chatter French!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading And what he called himself--The Pike!
showing curiosity
From this reading We talked little on the way back to the town, but none the less I was wondering greatly.
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