Chapter 26 of The great Roxhythe is here in full — 735 sentences across 147 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 26 of The great Roxhythe is here in full — 735 sentences across 147 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE COMING OF WILLIAM “MY dear David, it is a marvellous scheme.” Roxhythe turned his hand so that the rings on it flashed in the sunlight. “It seems very well. But what says the Prince?” He was walking with the King in the Privy Gardens at Whitehall.
Chapter 26 of The great Roxhythe is here in full — 735 sentences across 147 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “flash” — gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading “Roxhythe turned his hand so that the rings on it flashed in the sunlight.”
plural of “garden” — a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading “He was walking with the King in the Privy Gardens at Whitehall.”
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading “THE COMING OF WILLIAM “MY dear David, it is a marvellous scheme.””
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading “He was walking with the King in the Privy Gardens at Whitehall.”
gymnastic apparatus consisting of a pair of heavy metal circles (usually covered with leather) suspended by ropes; used for gymnastic exercises
From this reading “Roxhythe turned his hand so that the rings on it flashed in the sunlight.”
an elaborate and systematic plan of action
From this reading “THE COMING OF WILLIAM “MY dear David, it is a marvellous scheme.””
the rays of the sun
From this reading “Roxhythe turned his hand so that the rings on it flashed in the sunlight.”
a wide street in London stretching from Trafalgar Square to the Houses of Parliament; site of many government offices
From this reading “He was walking with the King in the Privy Gardens at Whitehall.”
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 “Roxhythe turned his hand so that the rings on it flashed in the sunlight.”
In this reading ““It seems very well.”
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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 THE COMING OF WILLIAM “MY dear David, it is a marvellous scheme.”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He was walking with the King in the Privy Gardens at Whitehall.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But what says the Prince?”
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading THE COMING OF WILLIAM “MY dear David, it is a marvellous scheme.”
patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)
From this reading THE COMING OF WILLIAM “MY dear David, it is a marvellous scheme.”
dearly loved
From this reading THE COMING OF WILLIAM “MY dear David, it is a marvellous scheme.”
past form of “flash” — gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading Roxhythe turned his hand so that the rings on it flashed in the sunlight.
plural of “garden” — a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading He was walking with the King in the Privy Gardens at Whitehall.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Roxhythe turned his hand so that the rings on it flashed in the sunlight.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was walking with the King in the Privy Gardens at Whitehall.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Roxhythe turned his hand so that the rings on it flashed in the sunlight.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Roxhythe turned his hand so that the rings on it flashed in the sunlight.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE COMING OF WILLIAM “MY dear David, it is a marvellous scheme.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE COMING OF WILLIAM “MY dear David, it is a marvellous scheme.”
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading He was walking with the King in the Privy Gardens at Whitehall.
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading THE COMING OF WILLIAM “MY dear David, it is a marvellous scheme.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading THE COMING OF WILLIAM “MY dear David, it is a marvellous scheme.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE COMING OF WILLIAM “MY dear David, it is a marvellous scheme.”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Roxhythe turned his hand so that the rings on it flashed in the sunlight.
a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
From this reading But what says the Prince?”
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading He was walking with the King in the Privy Gardens at Whitehall.
gymnastic apparatus consisting of a pair of heavy metal circles (usually covered with leather) suspended by ropes; used for gymnastic exercises
From this reading Roxhythe turned his hand so that the rings on it flashed in the sunlight.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Roxhythe turned his hand so that the rings on it flashed in the sunlight.
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading But what says the Prince?”
an elaborate and systematic plan of action
From this reading THE COMING OF WILLIAM “MY dear David, it is a marvellous scheme.”
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “It seems very well.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Roxhythe turned his hand so that the rings on it flashed in the sunlight.
the rays of the sun
From this reading Roxhythe turned his hand so that the rings on it flashed in the sunlight.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Roxhythe turned his hand so that the rings on it flashed in the sunlight.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE COMING OF WILLIAM “MY dear David, it is a marvellous scheme.”
moved around an axis or center
From this reading Roxhythe turned his hand so that the rings on it flashed in the sunlight.
precisely as stated
From this reading “It seems very well.
close enough to be walked to
From this reading He was walking with the King in the Privy Gardens at Whitehall.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was walking with the King in the Privy Gardens at Whitehall.
(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 “It seems very well.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading But what says the Prince?”
a wide street in London stretching from Trafalgar Square to the Houses of Parliament; site of many government offices
From this reading He was walking with the King in the Privy Gardens at Whitehall.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE COMING OF WILLIAM “MY dear David, it is a marvellous scheme.”
in the company of; together with
From this reading He was walking with the King in the Privy Gardens at Whitehall.
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