Chapter 4 of The Joss: A Reversion is here in full — 231 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IV
Chapter 4 of The Joss: A Reversion is here in full — 231 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AN INTERVIEW WITH MR. SLAUGHTER. That was a curious day. More things happened on it than on any day of my life before. It was the beginning of everything and the end of some things.
Chapter 4 of The Joss: A Reversion is here in full — 231 sentences across 47 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.
the event consisting of the start of something
From this reading “It was the beginning of everything and the end of some things.”
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading “That was a curious day.”
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading “It was the beginning of everything and the end of some things.”
all things; all of a situation
From this reading “It was the beginning of everything and the end of some things.”
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading “More things happened on it than on any day of my life before.”
conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting
From this reading “AN INTERVIEW WITH MR.”
the killing of animals (as for food)
From this reading “SLAUGHTER.”
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading “More things happened on it than on any day of my life before.”
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 “AN INTERVIEW WITH MR.”
In this reading “It was the beginning of everything and the end of some things.”
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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 That was a curious day.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading AN INTERVIEW WITH MR.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was the beginning of everything and the end of some things.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading More things happened on it than on any day of my life before.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading More things happened on it than on any day of my life before.
the event consisting of the start of something
From this reading It was the beginning of everything and the end of some things.
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading That was a curious day.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading That was a curious day.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading It was the beginning of everything and the end of some things.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading It was the beginning of everything and the end of some things.
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading More things happened on it than on any day of my life before.
conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting
From this reading AN INTERVIEW WITH MR.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading More things happened on it than on any day of my life before.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading More things happened on it than on any day of my life before.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading More things happened on it than on any day of my life before.
a form of address for a man
From this reading AN INTERVIEW WITH MR.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading More things happened on it than on any day of my life before.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading More things happened on it than on any day of my life before.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading More things happened on it than on any day of my life before.
the killing of animals (as for food)
From this reading SLAUGHTER.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading It was the beginning of everything and the end of some things.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading More things happened on it than on any day of my life before.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That was a curious day.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was the beginning of everything and the end of some things.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading More things happened on it than on any day of my life before.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That was a curious day.
in the company of; together with
From this reading AN INTERVIEW WITH MR.
Chapter 4 of The Joss: A Reversion by Richard Marsh holds 231 sentences, grouped into 47 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.
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