Chapter 19 of The Golden House is here in full — 200 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 19 of The Golden House is here in full — 200 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Not classic, then?” “Why, all that's good in classic form, with the modern spirit. You ought to hear Mr. Van Brunt talk. This country has never yet expressed itself in domestic inhabitation.” “It's going to cost!
Chapter 19 of The Golden House is here in full — 200 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
main force of a blow etc
From this reading “You ought to hear Mr. Van Brunt talk.”
a creation of the highest excellence
From this reading ““Not classic, then?””
the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
From this reading ““It's going to cost!”
of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation
From this reading “This country has never yet expressed itself in domestic inhabitation.””
communicated in words
From this reading “This country has never yet expressed itself in domestic inhabitation.””
the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men)
From this reading “This country has never yet expressed itself in domestic inhabitation.””
belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages
From this reading ““Why, all that's good in classic form, with the modern spirit.”
any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
From this reading “You ought to hear Mr. Van Brunt talk.”
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.
(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 “Why, all that's good in classic form, with the modern spirit.
main force of a blow etc
From this reading You ought to hear Mr. Van Brunt talk.
a creation of the highest excellence
From this reading “Not classic, then?”
the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
From this reading “It's going to cost!
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading This country has never yet expressed itself in domestic inhabitation.”
of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation
From this reading This country has never yet expressed itself in domestic inhabitation.”
communicated in words
From this reading This country has never yet expressed itself in domestic inhabitation.”
the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
From this reading “Why, all that's good in classic form, with the modern spirit.
the act of departing
From this reading “It's going to cost!
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading “Why, all that's good in classic form, with the modern spirit.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This country has never yet expressed itself in domestic inhabitation.”
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading You ought to hear Mr. Van Brunt talk.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Why, all that's good in classic form, with the modern spirit.
the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men)
From this reading This country has never yet expressed itself in domestic inhabitation.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It's going to cost!
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading This country has never yet expressed itself in domestic inhabitation.”
belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages
From this reading “Why, all that's good in classic form, with the modern spirit.
a form of address for a man
From this reading You ought to hear Mr. Van Brunt talk.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading This country has never yet expressed itself in domestic inhabitation.”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Not classic, then?”
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading You ought to hear Mr. Van Brunt talk.
the vital principle or animating force within living things
From this reading “Why, all that's good in classic form, with the modern spirit.
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading You ought to hear Mr. Van Brunt talk.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Why, all that's good in classic form, with the modern spirit.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Why, all that's good in classic form, with the modern spirit.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading “Not classic, then?”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This country has never yet expressed itself in domestic inhabitation.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You ought to hear Mr. Van Brunt talk.
any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
From this reading You ought to hear Mr. Van Brunt talk.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading “Why, all that's good in classic form, with the modern spirit.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Why, all that's good in classic form, with the modern spirit.
but in spite of that
From this reading This country has never yet expressed itself in domestic inhabitation.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You ought to hear Mr. Van Brunt talk.
Chapter 19 of The Golden House by Charles Dudley Warner holds 200 sentences, grouped into 40 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 19 holds 200 sentences of The Golden House, unabridged, divided into 40 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 19 of The Golden House by Charles Dudley Warner exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 200 sentences, grouped into 40 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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