Chapter 5 of The Great Adventure is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Great Adventure is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
JANET. And will you sit down too, Mr. Shawn? (To the LOOES.) He's not at all well. That's why he's wearing his dressing-gown. CARVE.
Chapter 5 of The Great Adventure is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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form by carving
From this reading “CARVE.”
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading “And will you sit down too, Mr. Shawn?”
United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated with Ruth Saint Denis (1891-1972)
From this reading “And will you sit down too, Mr. Shawn?”
be seated
From this reading “And will you sit down too, Mr. Shawn?”
(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)
From this reading “That's why he's wearing his dressing-gown.”
(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 “(To the LOOES.) He's not at all well.”
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(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 (To the LOOES.) He's not at all well.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And will you sit down too, Mr. Shawn?
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading (To the LOOES.) He's not at all well.
form by carving
From this reading CARVE.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading And will you sit down too, Mr. Shawn?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That's why he's wearing his dressing-gown.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading (To the LOOES.) He's not at all well.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading That's why he's wearing his dressing-gown.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JANET.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading (To the LOOES.) He's not at all well.
a form of address for a man
From this reading And will you sit down too, Mr. Shawn?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading (To the LOOES.) He's not at all well.
United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated with Ruth Saint Denis (1891-1972)
From this reading And will you sit down too, Mr. Shawn?
be seated
From this reading And will you sit down too, Mr. Shawn?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That's why he's wearing his dressing-gown.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading (To the LOOES.) He's not at all well.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading (To the LOOES.) He's not at all well.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading And will you sit down too, Mr. Shawn?
(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)
From this reading That's why he's wearing his dressing-gown.
(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 (To the LOOES.) He's not at all well.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading That's why he's wearing his dressing-gown.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading And will you sit down too, Mr. Shawn?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And will you sit down too, Mr. Shawn?
Chapter 5 of The Great Adventure by Arnold Bennett holds 424 sentences, grouped into 85 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 5 holds 424 sentences of The Great Adventure, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of The Great Adventure by Arnold Bennett exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 424 sentences, grouped into 85 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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