Chapter 1 of The Knickerbocker, Vol. 22, No. 1, July 1843 is here in full — 353 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of The Knickerbocker, Vol. 22, No. 1, July 1843 is here in full — 353 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals. NEW-YORK MONTHLY MAGAZINE. VOLUME XXII. Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-three. BY JOHN ALLEN, In the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of New-York.
Chapter 1 of The Knickerbocker, Vol. 22, No. 1, July 1843 is here in full — 353 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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United States comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, George Burns (1906-1964)
From this reading “BY JOHN ALLEN, In the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of New-York.”
plural of “capital” — assets available for use in the production of further assets
From this reading “Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals.”
possessive form of “clerk” — an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts)
From this reading “BY JOHN ALLEN, In the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of New-York.”
the legislature of the United States government
From this reading “Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-three.”
a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it
From this reading “NEW-YORK MONTHLY MAGAZINE.”
a periodical that is published every month (or 12 issues per year)
From this reading “NEW-YORK MONTHLY MAGAZINE.”
past form of “replace” — substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)
From this reading “Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals.”
the words of something written
From this reading “Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals.”
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 “Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-three.”
a character having the form of an upper-case letter but the same height as lower-case letters
In this reading “Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals.”
In this reading “Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-three.”
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.
(followed by “to”) in agreement with or accordant with
From this reading Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-three.
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-three.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals.
United States comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, George Burns (1906-1964)
From this reading BY JOHN ALLEN, In the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of New-York.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-three.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY JOHN ALLEN, In the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of New-York.
assets available for use in the production of further assets
From this reading Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals.
plural of “capital” — assets available for use in the production of further assets
From this reading Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals.
possessive form of “clerk” — an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts)
From this reading BY JOHN ALLEN, In the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of New-York.
the legislature of the United States government
From this reading Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-three.
an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
From this reading BY JOHN ALLEN, In the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of New-York.
a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
From this reading BY JOHN ALLEN, In the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of New-York.
being one more than seventeen
From this reading Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-three.
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-three.
being three more than forty
From this reading Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-three.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals.
ten 10s
From this reading Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-three.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-three.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading BY JOHN ALLEN, In the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of New-York.
a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it
From this reading NEW-YORK MONTHLY MAGAZINE.
a periodical that is published every month (or 12 issues per year)
From this reading NEW-YORK MONTHLY MAGAZINE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading NEW-YORK MONTHLY MAGAZINE.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-three.
place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed
From this reading BY JOHN ALLEN, In the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of New-York.
past form of “replace” — substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)
From this reading Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals.
in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading BY JOHN ALLEN, In the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of New-York.
the words of something written
From this reading Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-three.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-three.
the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
From this reading VOLUME XXII.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals.
the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-one and one
From this reading VOLUME XXII.
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-three.
Chapter 1 of The Knickerbocker, Vol. 22, No. 1, July 1843 by Various holds 353 sentences, grouped into 71 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 1 holds 353 sentences of The Knickerbocker, Vol. 22, No. 1, July 1843, unabridged, divided into 71 reading sections.
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