Chapter 22 of The island is here in full — 86 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXII
Chapter 22 of The island is here in full — 86 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MISUNDERSTANDING. A quarrel with Victoria?--no, not a quarrel, I want another word. Only ‘a something.’ What is it? I do not know.
Chapter 22 of The island is here in full — 86 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/17 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading “A quarrel with Victoria?--no, not a quarrel, I want another word.”
putting the wrong interpretation on
From this reading “MISUNDERSTANDING.”
and nothing more
From this reading “Only ‘a something.’”
an angry dispute
From this reading “A quarrel with Victoria?--no, not a quarrel, I want another word.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “Only ‘a something.’”
queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901; the last Hanoverian ruler of England (1819-1901)
From this reading “A quarrel with Victoria?--no, not a quarrel, I want another word.”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “A quarrel with Victoria?--no, not a quarrel, I want another word.”
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading “A quarrel with Victoria?--no, not a quarrel, I want another word.”
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.
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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 A quarrel with Victoria?--no, not a quarrel, I want another word.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading A quarrel with Victoria?--no, not a quarrel, I want another word.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I do not know.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading A quarrel with Victoria?--no, not a quarrel, I want another word.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What is it?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading What is it?
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading I do not know.
putting the wrong interpretation on
From this reading MISUNDERSTANDING.
not any; not one
From this reading A quarrel with Victoria?--no, not a quarrel, I want another word.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading A quarrel with Victoria?--no, not a quarrel, I want another word.
and nothing more
From this reading Only ‘a something.’
an angry dispute
From this reading A quarrel with Victoria?--no, not a quarrel, I want another word.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Only ‘a something.’
queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901; the last Hanoverian ruler of England (1819-1901)
From this reading A quarrel with Victoria?--no, not a quarrel, I want another word.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading A quarrel with Victoria?--no, not a quarrel, I want another word.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What is it?
in the company of; together with
From this reading A quarrel with Victoria?--no, not a quarrel, I want another word.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading A quarrel with Victoria?--no, not a quarrel, I want another word.
Chapter 22 of The island by Richard Whiteing holds 86 sentences, grouped into 18 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 22 holds 86 sentences of The island, unabridged, divided into 18 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 22 of The island by Richard Whiteing exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 86 sentences, grouped into 18 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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