Chapter 37 of The Imaginary Marriage is here in full — 101 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 37 of The Imaginary Marriage is here in full — 101 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
POISON “Johnny! Johnny! Have you gone to sleep, dear? There is someone here to see you.” “Eh?”
Chapter 37 of The Imaginary Marriage is here in full — 101 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/20 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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.
dearly loved
From this reading “Have you gone to sleep, dear?”
destroyed or killed
From this reading “Have you gone to sleep, dear?”
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “There is someone here to see you.””
“Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading “POISON “Johnny!”
spoil as if by poison
From this reading “POISON “Johnny!”
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “There is someone here to see you.””
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading “Have you gone to sleep, dear?”
a person, without saying who
From this reading “There is someone here to see you.””
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.
dearly loved
From this reading Have you gone to sleep, dear?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Eh?”
destroyed or killed
From this reading Have you gone to sleep, dear?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Have you gone to sleep, dear?
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading There is someone here to see you.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is someone here to see you.”
“Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading POISON “Johnny!
spoil as if by poison
From this reading POISON “Johnny!
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading There is someone here to see you.”
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading Have you gone to sleep, dear?
a person, without saying who
From this reading There is someone here to see you.”
in or at that place or location
From this reading There is someone here to see you.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Have you gone to sleep, dear?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Have you gone to sleep, dear?
Chapter 37 of The Imaginary Marriage by Henry St. John Cooper holds 101 sentences, grouped into 21 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 37 holds 101 sentences of The Imaginary Marriage, unabridged, divided into 21 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 37 of The Imaginary Marriage by Henry St. John Cooper exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 101 sentences, grouped into 21 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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