Chapter 2 of The Doctor's Dilemma is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Doctor's Dilemma is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
B. B. [suddenly rising to the new idea with immense interest and excitement] What! Ridgeon: did you hear that? Sir Patrick: I am more struck by what you have just told me than I can well express. Your father, sir, anticipated a discovery of my own. Listen, Walpole.
Chapter 2 of The Doctor's Dilemma is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
expected hopefully
From this reading “Your father, sir, anticipated a discovery of my own.”
the act of discovering something
From this reading “Your father, sir, anticipated a discovery of my own.”
the feeling of lively and cheerful joy
From this reading “B. B. [suddenly rising to the new idea with immense interest and excitement] What!”
give expression to
From this reading “Sir Patrick: I am more struck by what you have just told me than I can well express.”
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading “B. B. [suddenly rising to the new idea with immense interest and excitement] What!”
Apostle and patron saint of Ireland; an English missionary to Ireland in the 5th century
From this reading “Sir Patrick: I am more struck by what you have just told me than I can well express.”
advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status
From this reading “B. B. [suddenly rising to the new idea with immense interest and excitement] What!”
English writer and historian; son of Sir Robert Walpole (1717-1797)
From this reading “Listen, Walpole.”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Your father, sir, anticipated a discovery of my own.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Sir Patrick: I am more struck by what you have just told me than I can well express.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading B. B. [suddenly rising to the new idea with immense interest and excitement] What!
expected hopefully
From this reading Your father, sir, anticipated a discovery of my own.
aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
From this reading B. B. [suddenly rising to the new idea with immense interest and excitement] What!
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Sir Patrick: I am more struck by what you have just told me than I can well express.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Sir Patrick: I am more struck by what you have just told me than I can well express.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Ridgeon: did you hear that?
the act of discovering something
From this reading Your father, sir, anticipated a discovery of my own.
the feeling of lively and cheerful joy
From this reading B. B. [suddenly rising to the new idea with immense interest and excitement] What!
give expression to
From this reading Sir Patrick: I am more struck by what you have just told me than I can well express.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading Your father, sir, anticipated a discovery of my own.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Sir Patrick: I am more struck by what you have just told me than I can well express.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading Ridgeon: did you hear that?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Sir Patrick: I am more struck by what you have just told me than I can well express.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading B. B. [suddenly rising to the new idea with immense interest and excitement] What!
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading B. B. [suddenly rising to the new idea with immense interest and excitement] What!
a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something
From this reading B. B. [suddenly rising to the new idea with immense interest and excitement] What!
and nothing more
From this reading Sir Patrick: I am more struck by what you have just told me than I can well express.
hear with intention
From this reading Listen, Walpole.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Sir Patrick: I am more struck by what you have just told me than I can well express.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Sir Patrick: I am more struck by what you have just told me than I can well express.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Your father, sir, anticipated a discovery of my own.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading B. B. [suddenly rising to the new idea with immense interest and excitement] What!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Your father, sir, anticipated a discovery of my own.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading Your father, sir, anticipated a discovery of my own.
Apostle and patron saint of Ireland; an English missionary to Ireland in the 5th century
From this reading Sir Patrick: I am more struck by what you have just told me than I can well express.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ridgeon: did you hear that?
advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status
From this reading B. B. [suddenly rising to the new idea with immense interest and excitement] What!
term of address for a man
From this reading Sir Patrick: I am more struck by what you have just told me than I can well express.
(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
From this reading Sir Patrick: I am more struck by what you have just told me than I can well express.
happening unexpectedly
From this reading B. B. [suddenly rising to the new idea with immense interest and excitement] What!
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Sir Patrick: I am more struck by what you have just told me than I can well express.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Ridgeon: did you hear that?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading B. B. [suddenly rising to the new idea with immense interest and excitement] What!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading B. B. [suddenly rising to the new idea with immense interest and excitement] What!
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading Sir Patrick: I am more struck by what you have just told me than I can well express.
English writer and historian; son of Sir Robert Walpole (1717-1797)
From this reading Listen, Walpole.
(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 Sir Patrick: I am more struck by what you have just told me than I can well express.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading B. B. [suddenly rising to the new idea with immense interest and excitement] What!
in the company of; together with
From this reading B. B. [suddenly rising to the new idea with immense interest and excitement] What!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Ridgeon: did you hear that?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Your father, sir, anticipated a discovery of my own.
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