Chapter 11 of The Lake of Wine is here in full — 132 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of The Lake of Wine is here in full — 132 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Sir David ladled out into fresh glasses from the dregs of the jorum. “A toast!” said he, the leaping candle-light making a shifting grotesque of his wholesome young face. “Here’s to the memory of the last tenant o’ ‘Delsrop,’ and the health of the new one!” “With all my heart. How was the beggar called?
Chapter 11 of The Lake of Wine is here in full — 132 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a pauper who lives by begging
From this reading “How was the beggar called?”
sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid
From this reading “Sir David ladled out into fresh glasses from the dregs of the jorum.”
distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous
From this reading ““A toast!” said he, the leaping candle-light making a shifting grotesque of his wholesome young face.”
past form of “ladle” — put (a liquid) into a container by means of a ladle
From this reading “Sir David ladled out into fresh glasses from the dregs of the jorum.”
continuously varying
From this reading ““A toast!” said he, the leaping candle-light making a shifting grotesque of his wholesome young face.”
someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else
From this reading ““Here’s to the memory of the last tenant o’ ‘Delsrop,’ and the health of the new one!””
make brown and crisp by heating
From this reading ““A toast!” said he, the leaping candle-light making a shifting grotesque of his wholesome young face.”
conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being
From this reading ““A toast!” said he, the leaping candle-light making a shifting grotesque of his wholesome young face.”
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 toast!” said he, the leaping candle-light making a shifting grotesque of his wholesome young face.
(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 “With all my heart.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Here’s to the memory of the last tenant o’ ‘Delsrop,’ and the health of the new one!”
a pauper who lives by begging
From this reading How was the beggar called?
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading How was the beggar called?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “A toast!” said he, the leaping candle-light making a shifting grotesque of his wholesome young face.
patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)
From this reading Sir David ladled out into fresh glasses from the dregs of the jorum.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Here’s to the memory of the last tenant o’ ‘Delsrop,’ and the health of the new one!”
sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid
From this reading Sir David ladled out into fresh glasses from the dregs of the jorum.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading “A toast!” said he, the leaping candle-light making a shifting grotesque of his wholesome young face.
recently made, produced, or harvested
From this reading Sir David ladled out into fresh glasses from the dregs of the jorum.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Sir David ladled out into fresh glasses from the dregs of the jorum.
(plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
From this reading Sir David ladled out into fresh glasses from the dregs of the jorum.
distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous
From this reading “A toast!” said he, the leaping candle-light making a shifting grotesque of his wholesome young face.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “A toast!” said he, the leaping candle-light making a shifting grotesque of his wholesome young face.
a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease
From this reading “Here’s to the memory of the last tenant o’ ‘Delsrop,’ and the health of the new one!”
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading “With all my heart.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Here’s to the memory of the last tenant o’ ‘Delsrop,’ and the health of the new one!”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “A toast!” said he, the leaping candle-light making a shifting grotesque of his wholesome young face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How was the beggar called?
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Sir David ladled out into fresh glasses from the dregs of the jorum.
a large drinking bowl
From this reading Sir David ladled out into fresh glasses from the dregs of the jorum.
past form of “ladle” — put (a liquid) into a container by means of a ladle
From this reading Sir David ladled out into fresh glasses from the dregs of the jorum.
immediately past
From this reading “Here’s to the memory of the last tenant o’ ‘Delsrop,’ and the health of the new one!”
a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
From this reading “A toast!” said he, the leaping candle-light making a shifting grotesque of his wholesome young face.
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading “A toast!” said he, the leaping candle-light making a shifting grotesque of his wholesome young face.
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading “Here’s to the memory of the last tenant o’ ‘Delsrop,’ and the health of the new one!”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “With all my heart.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading “Here’s to the memory of the last tenant o’ ‘Delsrop,’ and the health of the new one!”
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading “Here’s to the memory of the last tenant o’ ‘Delsrop,’ and the health of the new one!”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Sir David ladled out into fresh glasses from the dregs of the jorum.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Here’s to the memory of the last tenant o’ ‘Delsrop,’ and the health of the new one!”
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Sir David ladled out into fresh glasses from the dregs of the jorum.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “A toast!” said he, the leaping candle-light making a shifting grotesque of his wholesome young face.
continuously varying
From this reading “A toast!” said he, the leaping candle-light making a shifting grotesque of his wholesome young face.
term of address for a man
From this reading Sir David ladled out into fresh glasses from the dregs of the jorum.
someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else
From this reading “Here’s to the memory of the last tenant o’ ‘Delsrop,’ and the health of the new one!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Sir David ladled out into fresh glasses from the dregs of the jorum.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Here’s to the memory of the last tenant o’ ‘Delsrop,’ and the health of the new one!”
make brown and crisp by heating
From this reading “A toast!” said he, the leaping candle-light making a shifting grotesque of his wholesome young face.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading How was the beggar called?
conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being
From this reading “A toast!” said he, the leaping candle-light making a shifting grotesque of his wholesome young face.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “With all my heart.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading “A toast!” said he, the leaping candle-light making a shifting grotesque of his wholesome young face.
Chapter 11 of The Lake of Wine by Bernard Capes holds 132 sentences, grouped into 27 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 11 holds 132 sentences of The Lake of Wine, unabridged, divided into 27 reading sections.
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