Chapter 2 of The Corsican Lovers is here in full — 248 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of The Corsican Lovers is here in full — 248 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“A MAN MUST HAVE A WIFE.” The Countess Mont d’Oro and her son Napier sat at dinner together. They rarely spoke on such occasions, and the meal was nearly over before the Countess looked at him inquiringly and said: “I saw you go over to the Batistelli house this morning. Some business matter, I presume.”
Chapter 2 of The Corsican Lovers is here in full — 248 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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female equivalent of a count or earl
From this reading “The Countess Mont d’Oro and her son Napier sat at dinner together.”
the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
From this reading “The Countess Mont d’Oro and her son Napier sat at dinner together.”
the food served and eaten at one time
From this reading “They rarely spoke on such occasions, and the meal was nearly over before the Countess looked at him inquiringly and said:”
Scottish mathematician who invented logarithms; introduced the use of the decimal point in writing numbers (1550-1617)
From this reading “The Countess Mont d’Oro and her son Napier sat at dinner together.”
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading “They rarely spoke on such occasions, and the meal was nearly over before the Countess looked at him inquiringly and said:”
something you have to do
From this reading “They rarely spoke on such occasions, and the meal was nearly over before the Countess looked at him inquiringly and said:”
take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof
From this reading “Some business matter, I presume.””
not often
From this reading “They rarely spoke on such occasions, and the meal was nearly over before the Countess looked at him inquiringly and said:”
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.
take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
In this reading “They rarely spoke on such occasions, and the meal was nearly over before the Countess looked at him inquiringly and said:”
In this reading “The Countess Mont d’Oro and her son Napier sat at dinner together.”
hold a review (of troops)
In this reading ““I saw you go over to the Batistelli house this morning.”
In this reading “Some business matter, I presume.””
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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 “A MAN MUST HAVE A WIFE.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Countess Mont d’Oro and her son Napier sat at dinner together.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The Countess Mont d’Oro and her son Napier sat at dinner together.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I saw you go over to the Batistelli house this morning.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading They rarely spoke on such occasions, and the meal was nearly over before the Countess looked at him inquiringly and said:
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading Some business matter, I presume.”
female equivalent of a count or earl
From this reading The Countess Mont d’Oro and her son Napier sat at dinner together.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Countess Mont d’Oro and her son Napier sat at dinner together.
the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
From this reading The Countess Mont d’Oro and her son Napier sat at dinner together.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “I saw you go over to the Batistelli house this morning.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “A MAN MUST HAVE A WIFE.”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The Countess Mont d’Oro and her son Napier sat at dinner together.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They rarely spoke on such occasions, and the meal was nearly over before the Countess looked at him inquiringly and said:
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading “I saw you go over to the Batistelli house this morning.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I saw you go over to the Batistelli house this morning.
in an inquiring manner
From this reading They rarely spoke on such occasions, and the meal was nearly over before the Countess looked at him inquiringly and said:
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading They rarely spoke on such occasions, and the meal was nearly over before the Countess looked at him inquiringly and said:
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading “A MAN MUST HAVE A WIFE.”
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading Some business matter, I presume.”
the food served and eaten at one time
From this reading They rarely spoke on such occasions, and the meal was nearly over before the Countess looked at him inquiringly and said:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Countess Mont d’Oro and her son Napier sat at dinner together.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading “I saw you go over to the Batistelli house this morning.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “A MAN MUST HAVE A WIFE.”
Scottish mathematician who invented logarithms; introduced the use of the decimal point in writing numbers (1550-1617)
From this reading The Countess Mont d’Oro and her son Napier sat at dinner together.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading They rarely spoke on such occasions, and the meal was nearly over before the Countess looked at him inquiringly and said:
something you have to do
From this reading They rarely spoke on such occasions, and the meal was nearly over before the Countess looked at him inquiringly and said:
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading They rarely spoke on such occasions, and the meal was nearly over before the Countess looked at him inquiringly and said:
above and across; more than
From this reading They rarely spoke on such occasions, and the meal was nearly over before the Countess looked at him inquiringly and said:
take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof
From this reading Some business matter, I presume.”
not often
From this reading They rarely spoke on such occasions, and the meal was nearly over before the Countess looked at him inquiringly and said:
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading They rarely spoke on such occasions, and the meal was nearly over before the Countess looked at him inquiringly and said:
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading The Countess Mont d’Oro and her son Napier sat at dinner together.
cut with a saw
From this reading “I saw you go over to the Batistelli house this morning.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Some business matter, I presume.”
a male human offspring
From this reading The Countess Mont d’Oro and her son Napier sat at dinner together.
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading They rarely spoke on such occasions, and the meal was nearly over before the Countess looked at him inquiringly and said:
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading They rarely spoke on such occasions, and the meal was nearly over before the Countess looked at him inquiringly and said:
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Countess Mont d’Oro and her son Napier sat at dinner together.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They rarely spoke on such occasions, and the meal was nearly over before the Countess looked at him inquiringly and said:
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “I saw you go over to the Batistelli house this morning.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I saw you go over to the Batistelli house this morning.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading The Countess Mont d’Oro and her son Napier sat at dinner together.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading They rarely spoke on such occasions, and the meal was nearly over before the Countess looked at him inquiringly and said:
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading “A MAN MUST HAVE A WIFE.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I saw you go over to the Batistelli house this morning.
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