Chapter 6 of The Duke's Sweetheart: A Romance is here in full — 226 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Duke's Sweetheart: A Romance is here in full — 226 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WHAT'S IN A NAME? When the Duke of Long Acre got Edward Graham's letter, he immediately packed off the easel and colours. He liked Graham very much, and Graham loved him. Cheyne was one of those men who are always asked to do odd jobs for friends. He was good-humoured, of active habits, and liked to be busy always.
Chapter 6 of The Duke's Sweetheart: A Romance is here in full — 226 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries
From this reading “When the Duke of Long Acre got Edward Graham's letter, he immediately packed off the easel and colours.”
a distinguishing emblem
From this reading “When the Duke of Long Acre got Edward Graham's letter, he immediately packed off the easel and colours.”
an upright tripod for displaying something (usually an artist's canvas)
From this reading “When the Duke of Long Acre got Edward Graham's letter, he immediately packed off the easel and colours.”
United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918)
From this reading “When the Duke of Long Acre got Edward Graham's letter, he immediately packed off the easel and colours.”
possessive form of “graham” — United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918)
From this reading “When the Duke of Long Acre got Edward Graham's letter, he immediately packed off the easel and colours.”
plural of “habit” — an established custom
From this reading “He was good-humoured, of active habits, and liked to be busy always.”
plural of “job” — the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading “Cheyne was one of those men who are always asked to do odd jobs for friends.”
extremely crowed or filled to capacity
From this reading “When the Duke of Long Acre got Edward Graham's letter, he immediately packed off the easel and colours.”
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 “Cheyne was one of those men who are always asked to do odd jobs for friends.”
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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 WHAT'S IN A NAME?
a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries
From this reading When the Duke of Long Acre got Edward Graham's letter, he immediately packed off the easel and colours.
tending to become more severe or wider in scope
From this reading He was good-humoured, of active habits, and liked to be busy always.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading Cheyne was one of those men who are always asked to do odd jobs for friends.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When the Duke of Long Acre got Edward Graham's letter, he immediately packed off the easel and colours.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Cheyne was one of those men who are always asked to do odd jobs for friends.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading Cheyne was one of those men who are always asked to do odd jobs for friends.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He was good-humoured, of active habits, and liked to be busy always.
actively or fully engaged or occupied
From this reading He was good-humoured, of active habits, and liked to be busy always.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Cheyne was one of those men who are always asked to do odd jobs for friends.
a distinguishing emblem
From this reading When the Duke of Long Acre got Edward Graham's letter, he immediately packed off the easel and colours.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Cheyne was one of those men who are always asked to do odd jobs for friends.
a British peer of the highest rank
From this reading When the Duke of Long Acre got Edward Graham's letter, he immediately packed off the easel and colours.
an upright tripod for displaying something (usually an artist's canvas)
From this reading When the Duke of Long Acre got Edward Graham's letter, he immediately packed off the easel and colours.
King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)
From this reading When the Duke of Long Acre got Edward Graham's letter, he immediately packed off the easel and colours.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Cheyne was one of those men who are always asked to do odd jobs for friends.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading Cheyne was one of those men who are always asked to do odd jobs for friends.
disposed to please
From this reading He was good-humoured, of active habits, and liked to be busy always.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading When the Duke of Long Acre got Edward Graham's letter, he immediately packed off the easel and colours.
United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918)
From this reading He liked Graham very much, and Graham loved him.
possessive form of “graham” — United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918)
From this reading When the Duke of Long Acre got Edward Graham's letter, he immediately packed off the easel and colours.
plural of “habit” — an established custom
From this reading He was good-humoured, of active habits, and liked to be busy always.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When the Duke of Long Acre got Edward Graham's letter, he immediately packed off the easel and colours.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He liked Graham very much, and Graham loved him.
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
From this reading When the Duke of Long Acre got Edward Graham's letter, he immediately packed off the easel and colours.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading WHAT'S IN A NAME?
plural of “job” — the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading Cheyne was one of those men who are always asked to do odd jobs for friends.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading When the Duke of Long Acre got Edward Graham's letter, he immediately packed off the easel and colours.
found pleasant or attractive; often used as a combining form
From this reading He liked Graham very much, and Graham loved him.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading When the Duke of Long Acre got Edward Graham's letter, he immediately packed off the easel and colours.
held dear
From this reading He liked Graham very much, and Graham loved him.
the force of workers available
From this reading Cheyne was one of those men who are always asked to do odd jobs for friends.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading He liked Graham very much, and Graham loved him.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading WHAT'S IN A NAME?
not divisible by two
From this reading Cheyne was one of those men who are always asked to do odd jobs for friends.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When the Duke of Long Acre got Edward Graham's letter, he immediately packed off the easel and colours.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading When the Duke of Long Acre got Edward Graham's letter, he immediately packed off the easel and colours.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Cheyne was one of those men who are always asked to do odd jobs for friends.
extremely crowed or filled to capacity
From this reading When the Duke of Long Acre got Edward Graham's letter, he immediately packed off the easel and colours.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When the Duke of Long Acre got Edward Graham's letter, he immediately packed off the easel and colours.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Cheyne was one of those men who are always asked to do odd jobs for friends.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Cheyne was one of those men who are always asked to do odd jobs for friends.
precisely as stated
From this reading He liked Graham very much, and Graham loved him.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Cheyne was one of those men who are always asked to do odd jobs for friends.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WHAT'S IN A NAME?
at the time that
From this reading When the Duke of Long Acre got Edward Graham's letter, he immediately packed off the easel and colours.
which person or people
From this reading Cheyne was one of those men who are always asked to do odd jobs for friends.
Chapter 6 of The Duke's Sweetheart: A Romance by Richard Dowling holds 226 sentences, grouped into 46 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.
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