Chapter 11 of The Landloper: The Romance of a Man on Foot is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of The Landloper: The Romance of a Man on Foot is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Interest me! Confound it all, you have wrecked my peace of mind! I knew it all before. But I'm selfish, like almost everybody else. I kept away where I couldn't hear about these things.
Chapter 11 of The Landloper: The Romance of a Man on Foot is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
From this reading “Confound it all, you have wrecked my peace of mind!”
every person
From this reading “But I'm selfish, like almost everybody else.”
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading “I kept away where I couldn't hear about these things.”
a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something
From this reading ““Interest me!”
(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
From this reading “I kept away where I couldn't hear about these things.”
the state prevailing during the absence of war
From this reading “Confound it all, you have wrecked my peace of mind!”
concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others
From this reading “But I'm selfish, like almost everybody else.”
destroyed in an accident
From this reading “Confound it all, you have wrecked my peace of mind!”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading I kept away where I couldn't hear about these things.
(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 Confound it all, you have wrecked my peace of mind!
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading But I'm selfish, like almost everybody else.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading I kept away where I couldn't hear about these things.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading I knew it all before.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I'm selfish, like almost everybody else.
be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
From this reading Confound it all, you have wrecked my peace of mind!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I kept away where I couldn't hear about these things.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But I'm selfish, like almost everybody else.
every person
From this reading But I'm selfish, like almost everybody else.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Confound it all, you have wrecked my peace of mind!
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading I kept away where I couldn't hear about these things.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I knew it all before.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But I'm selfish, like almost everybody else.
a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something
From this reading “Interest me!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Confound it all, you have wrecked my peace of mind!
(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
From this reading I kept away where I couldn't hear about these things.
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading I knew it all before.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading But I'm selfish, like almost everybody else.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Interest me!
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading Confound it all, you have wrecked my peace of mind!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Confound it all, you have wrecked my peace of mind!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Confound it all, you have wrecked my peace of mind!
the state prevailing during the absence of war
From this reading Confound it all, you have wrecked my peace of mind!
concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others
From this reading But I'm selfish, like almost everybody else.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading I kept away where I couldn't hear about these things.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading I kept away where I couldn't hear about these things.
in or at the place that
From this reading I kept away where I couldn't hear about these things.
destroyed in an accident
From this reading Confound it all, you have wrecked my peace of mind!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Confound it all, you have wrecked my peace of mind!
Chapter 11 of The Landloper: The Romance of a Man on Foot by Holman Day holds 406 sentences, grouped into 82 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 406 sentences of The Landloper: The Romance of a Man on Foot, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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