Chapter 26 of The Higher Court is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 26 of The Higher Court is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"And you do not care for the Tilton-Jones combination?" she asked. Philip shook his head. "I fail to admire either of them, although I least of any one should cast a presumptuous stone. Perhaps I am unduly prejudiced. I have known several hyphenated Jones people before, and for some reason I never got on with them.
Chapter 26 of The Higher Court is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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feel admiration for
From this reading “"I fail to admire either of them, although I least of any one should cast a presumptuous stone.”
a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities
From this reading “"And you do not care for the Tilton-Jones combination?" she asked.”
fail to do something; leave something undone
From this reading “"I fail to admire either of them, although I least of any one should cast a presumptuous stone.”
past form of “hyphenate” — divide or connect with a hyphen
From this reading “I have known several hyphenated Jones people before, and for some reason I never got on with them.”
United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930)
From this reading “"And you do not care for the Tilton-Jones combination?" she asked.”
emanating from a person's emotions and prejudices
From this reading “Perhaps I am unduly prejudiced.”
excessively forward
From this reading “"I fail to admire either of them, although I least of any one should cast a presumptuous stone.”
to an undue degree
From this reading “Perhaps I am unduly prejudiced.”
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 known several hyphenated Jones people before, and for some reason I never got on with them.”
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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 "I fail to admire either of them, although I least of any one should cast a presumptuous stone.
feel admiration for
From this reading "I fail to admire either of them, although I least of any one should cast a presumptuous stone.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading "I fail to admire either of them, although I least of any one should cast a presumptuous stone.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Perhaps I am unduly prejudiced.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And you do not care for the Tilton-Jones combination?" she asked.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading "I fail to admire either of them, although I least of any one should cast a presumptuous stone.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "And you do not care for the Tilton-Jones combination?" she asked.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading I have known several hyphenated Jones people before, and for some reason I never got on with them.
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading "And you do not care for the Tilton-Jones combination?" she asked.
put or send forth
From this reading "I fail to admire either of them, although I least of any one should cast a presumptuous stone.
a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities
From this reading "And you do not care for the Tilton-Jones combination?" she asked.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "And you do not care for the Tilton-Jones combination?" she asked.
one or the other of two
From this reading "I fail to admire either of them, although I least of any one should cast a presumptuous stone.
fail to do something; leave something undone
From this reading "I fail to admire either of them, although I least of any one should cast a presumptuous stone.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "And you do not care for the Tilton-Jones combination?" she asked.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading I have known several hyphenated Jones people before, and for some reason I never got on with them.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have known several hyphenated Jones people before, and for some reason I never got on with them.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Philip shook his head.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Philip shook his head.
past form of “hyphenate” — divide or connect with a hyphen
From this reading I have known several hyphenated Jones people before, and for some reason I never got on with them.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I fail to admire either of them, although I least of any one should cast a presumptuous stone.
United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930)
From this reading I have known several hyphenated Jones people before, and for some reason I never got on with them.
apprehended with certainty
From this reading I have known several hyphenated Jones people before, and for some reason I never got on with them.
the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
From this reading "I fail to admire either of them, although I least of any one should cast a presumptuous stone.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading I have known several hyphenated Jones people before, and for some reason I never got on with them.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "And you do not care for the Tilton-Jones combination?" she asked.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "I fail to admire either of them, although I least of any one should cast a presumptuous stone.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I have known several hyphenated Jones people before, and for some reason I never got on with them.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "I fail to admire either of them, although I least of any one should cast a presumptuous stone.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading I have known several hyphenated Jones people before, and for some reason I never got on with them.
by chance
From this reading Perhaps I am unduly prejudiced.
Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)
From this reading Philip shook his head.
emanating from a person's emotions and prejudices
From this reading Perhaps I am unduly prejudiced.
excessively forward
From this reading "I fail to admire either of them, although I least of any one should cast a presumptuous stone.
a rational motive for a belief or action
From this reading I have known several hyphenated Jones people before, and for some reason I never got on with them.
(used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many
From this reading I have known several hyphenated Jones people before, and for some reason I never got on with them.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "And you do not care for the Tilton-Jones combination?" she asked.
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading Philip shook his head.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading "I fail to admire either of them, although I least of any one should cast a presumptuous stone.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading I have known several hyphenated Jones people before, and for some reason I never got on with them.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading "I fail to admire either of them, although I least of any one should cast a presumptuous stone.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "And you do not care for the Tilton-Jones combination?" she asked.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "I fail to admire either of them, although I least of any one should cast a presumptuous stone.
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From this reading "And you do not care for the Tilton-Jones combination?" she asked.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I fail to admire either of them, although I least of any one should cast a presumptuous stone.
to an undue degree
From this reading Perhaps I am unduly prejudiced.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I have known several hyphenated Jones people before, and for some reason I never got on with them.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "And you do not care for the Tilton-Jones combination?" she asked.
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