Chapter 14 of The Landleaguers is here in full — 440 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of The Landleaguers is here in full — 440 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CAPTAIN CLAYTON COMES TO THE CASTLE. "Well, my boy, how are you?" asked the Captain. "There's nothing particularly the matter with me," said Florian. "I suppose all this is troubling you?" "All what?
Chapter 14 of The Landleaguers is here in full — 440 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a youthful male person
From this reading “"Well, my boy, how are you?" asked the Captain.”
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading “CAPTAIN CLAYTON COMES TO THE CASTLE.”
a large and stately mansion
From this reading “CAPTAIN CLAYTON COMES TO THE CASTLE.”
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading “CAPTAIN CLAYTON COMES TO THE CASTLE.”
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading “"There's nothing particularly the matter with me," said Florian.”
to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
From this reading “"There's nothing particularly the matter with me," said Florian.”
express a supposition
From this reading “"I suppose all this is troubling you?"”
causing distress or worry or anxiety
From this reading “"I suppose all this is troubling you?"”
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(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 "I suppose all this is troubling you?"
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Well, my boy, how are you?" asked the Captain.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "Well, my boy, how are you?" asked the Captain.
a youthful male person
From this reading "Well, my boy, how are you?" asked the Captain.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading CAPTAIN CLAYTON COMES TO THE CASTLE.
a large and stately mansion
From this reading CAPTAIN CLAYTON COMES TO THE CASTLE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CAPTAIN CLAYTON COMES TO THE CASTLE.
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading CAPTAIN CLAYTON COMES TO THE CASTLE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "There's nothing particularly the matter with me," said Florian.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Well, my boy, how are you?" asked the Captain.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I suppose all this is troubling you?"
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "I suppose all this is troubling you?"
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading "There's nothing particularly the matter with me," said Florian.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "There's nothing particularly the matter with me," said Florian.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Well, my boy, how are you?" asked the Captain.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading "There's nothing particularly the matter with me," said Florian.
to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
From this reading "There's nothing particularly the matter with me," said Florian.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "There's nothing particularly the matter with me," said Florian.
express a supposition
From this reading "I suppose all this is troubling you?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CAPTAIN CLAYTON COMES TO THE CASTLE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "There's nothing particularly the matter with me," said Florian.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "I suppose all this is troubling you?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading CAPTAIN CLAYTON COMES TO THE CASTLE.
causing distress or worry or anxiety
From this reading "I suppose all this is troubling you?"
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Well, my boy, how are you?" asked the Captain.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "All what?
in the company of; together with
From this reading "There's nothing particularly the matter with me," said Florian.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Well, my boy, how are you?" asked the Captain.
Chapter 14 of The Landleaguers by Anthony Trollope holds 440 sentences, grouped into 88 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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