Chapter 14 of The Day's Work is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of The Day's Work is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Have you been answering their letters without legal advice, then?” “Of course I have.” “Oh, my Sainted Country! Go ahead, Wilton.” “I wrote ’em that I’d be very happy to see their president and explain to him in three words all about it; but that wouldn’t do.
Chapter 14 of The Day's Work is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a proposal for an appropriate course of action
From this reading ““Have you been answering their letters without legal advice, then?””
at or in the front
From this reading “Go ahead, Wilton.””
replying
From this reading ““Have you been answering their letters without legal advice, then?””
make plain and comprehensible
From this reading ““I wrote ’em that I’d be very happy to see their president and explain to him in three words all about it; but that wouldn’t do.”
established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules
From this reading ““Have you been answering their letters without legal advice, then?””
an executive officer of a firm or corporation
From this reading ““I wrote ’em that I’d be very happy to see their president and explain to him in three words all about it; but that wouldn’t do.”
marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint
From this reading ““Oh, my Sainted Country!”
a carpet woven on a Jacquard loom with loops like a Brussels carpet but having the loops cut to form a close velvety pile
From this reading “Go ahead, Wilton.””
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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In this reading ““Have you been answering their letters without legal advice, then?””
proceed (with a plan of action)
In this reading “Go ahead, Wilton.””
as might be expected
In this reading ““Of course I have.””
In this reading ““I wrote ’em that I’d be very happy to see their president and explain to him in three words all about it; but that wouldn’t do.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “I wrote ’em that I’d be very happy to see their president and explain to him in three words all about it; but that wouldn’t do.
a proposal for an appropriate course of action
From this reading “Have you been answering their letters without legal advice, then?”
at or in the front
From this reading Go ahead, Wilton.”
(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 “I wrote ’em that I’d be very happy to see their president and explain to him in three words all about it; but that wouldn’t do.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “I wrote ’em that I’d be very happy to see their president and explain to him in three words all about it; but that wouldn’t do.
replying
From this reading “Have you been answering their letters without legal advice, then?”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “I wrote ’em that I’d be very happy to see their president and explain to him in three words all about it; but that wouldn’t do.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “Have you been answering their letters without legal advice, then?”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “I wrote ’em that I’d be very happy to see their president and explain to him in three words all about it; but that wouldn’t do.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading “Oh, my Sainted Country!
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading “Of course I have.”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “I wrote ’em that I’d be very happy to see their president and explain to him in three words all about it; but that wouldn’t do.
a quad with a square body
From this reading “I wrote ’em that I’d be very happy to see their president and explain to him in three words all about it; but that wouldn’t do.
make plain and comprehensible
From this reading “I wrote ’em that I’d be very happy to see their president and explain to him in three words all about it; but that wouldn’t do.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Go ahead, Wilton.”
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading “I wrote ’em that I’d be very happy to see their president and explain to him in three words all about it; but that wouldn’t do.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Have you been answering their letters without legal advice, then?”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “I wrote ’em that I’d be very happy to see their president and explain to him in three words all about it; but that wouldn’t do.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Of course I have.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I wrote ’em that I’d be very happy to see their president and explain to him in three words all about it; but that wouldn’t do.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “I wrote ’em that I’d be very happy to see their president and explain to him in three words all about it; but that wouldn’t do.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “I wrote ’em that I’d be very happy to see their president and explain to him in three words all about it; but that wouldn’t do.
established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules
From this reading “Have you been answering their letters without legal advice, then?”
the literary culture
From this reading “Have you been answering their letters without legal advice, then?”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Oh, my Sainted Country!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Of course I have.”
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, my Sainted Country!
an executive officer of a firm or corporation
From this reading “I wrote ’em that I’d be very happy to see their president and explain to him in three words all about it; but that wouldn’t do.
marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint
From this reading “Oh, my Sainted Country!
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “I wrote ’em that I’d be very happy to see their president and explain to him in three words all about it; but that wouldn’t do.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “I wrote ’em that I’d be very happy to see their president and explain to him in three words all about it; but that wouldn’t do.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading “Have you been answering their letters without legal advice, then?”
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading “Have you been answering their letters without legal advice, then?”
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading “I wrote ’em that I’d be very happy to see their president and explain to him in three words all about it; but that wouldn’t do.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I wrote ’em that I’d be very happy to see their president and explain to him in three words all about it; but that wouldn’t do.
precisely as stated
From this reading “I wrote ’em that I’d be very happy to see their president and explain to him in three words all about it; but that wouldn’t do.
a carpet woven on a Jacquard loom with loops like a Brussels carpet but having the loops cut to form a close velvety pile
From this reading Go ahead, Wilton.”
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “Have you been answering their letters without legal advice, then?”
the words that are spoken
From this reading “I wrote ’em that I’d be very happy to see their president and explain to him in three words all about it; but that wouldn’t do.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I wrote ’em that I’d be very happy to see their president and explain to him in three words all about it; but that wouldn’t do.
inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work
From this reading “I wrote ’em that I’d be very happy to see their president and explain to him in three words all about it; but that wouldn’t do.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Have you been answering their letters without legal advice, then?”
Chapter 14 of The Day's Work by Rudyard Kipling holds 404 sentences, grouped into 81 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 404 sentences of The Day's Work, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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