Chapter 5 of The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“This is wonderful!” cried Deacon. “I have been trying to paint one all day. But how could you know it?” “You have been thinking of them in this room.” “Certainly.”
Chapter 5 of The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 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.
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading ““Certainly.””
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading ““This is wonderful!” cried Deacon.”
a Protestant layman who assists the minister
From this reading ““This is wonderful!” cried Deacon.”
make a painting
From this reading ““I have been trying to paint one all day.”
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading ““You have been thinking of them in this room.””
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading ““You have been thinking of them in this room.””
hard to endure
From this reading ““I have been trying to paint one all day.”
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading ““This is wonderful!” cried Deacon.”
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 ““I have been trying to paint one all day.”
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 “I have been trying to paint one all day.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “I have been trying to paint one all day.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But how could you know it?”
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading “Certainly.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading But how could you know it?”
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “This is wonderful!” cried Deacon.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading “I have been trying to paint one all day.
a Protestant layman who assists the minister
From this reading “This is wonderful!” cried Deacon.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I have been trying to paint one all day.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But how could you know it?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I have been trying to paint one all day.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “You have been thinking of them in this room.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “This is wonderful!” cried Deacon.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But how could you know it?”
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading But how could you know it?”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “You have been thinking of them in this room.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “I have been trying to paint one all day.
make a painting
From this reading “I have been trying to paint one all day.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading “You have been thinking of them in this room.”
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “You have been thinking of them in this room.”
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading “You have been thinking of them in this room.”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “This is wonderful!” cried Deacon.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I have been trying to paint one all day.
hard to endure
From this reading “I have been trying to paint one all day.
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading “This is wonderful!” cried Deacon.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading But how could you know it?”
Chapter 5 of The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other by Arthur Conan Doyle holds 429 sentences, grouped into 86 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 429 sentences of The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
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