Chapter 16 of The Letters of Charles Dickens. Vol. 2, 1857-1870 is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of The Letters of Charles Dickens. Vol. 2, 1857-1870 is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
There is the whole of my scanty news. I was in wonderful voice last night, but croak a little this morning, after so much speaking in so very large a place. Otherwise I am all right. I find myself constantly thinking of Plorn. [Sidenote: Miss Dickens.]
Chapter 16 of The Letters of Charles Dickens. Vol. 2, 1857-1870 is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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without variation or change, in every case
From this reading “I find myself constantly thinking of Plorn.”
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading “I was in wonderful voice last night, but croak a little this morning, after so much speaking in so very large a place.”
a word used in exclamations of confusion
From this reading “[Sidenote: Miss Dickens.]”
information about recent and important events
From this reading “There is the whole of my scanty news.”
in other respects or ways
From this reading “Otherwise I am all right.”
lacking in magnitude or quantity
From this reading “There is the whole of my scanty news.”
the utterance of intelligible speech
From this reading “I was in wonderful voice last night, but croak a little this morning, after so much speaking in so very large a place.”
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading “I was in wonderful voice last night, but croak a little this morning, after so much speaking in so very large a place.”
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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 I was in wonderful voice last night, but croak a little this morning, after so much speaking in so very large a place.
later than; following
From this reading I was in wonderful voice last night, but croak a little this morning, after so much speaking in so very large a place.
(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 Otherwise I am all right.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Otherwise I am all right.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I was in wonderful voice last night, but croak a little this morning, after so much speaking in so very large a place.
without variation or change, in every case
From this reading I find myself constantly thinking of Plorn.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading I was in wonderful voice last night, but croak a little this morning, after so much speaking in so very large a place.
a word used in exclamations of confusion
From this reading [Sidenote: Miss Dickens.]
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading I find myself constantly thinking of Plorn.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I was in wonderful voice last night, but croak a little this morning, after so much speaking in so very large a place.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I was in wonderful voice last night, but croak a little this morning, after so much speaking in so very large a place.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is the whole of my scanty news.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading I was in wonderful voice last night, but croak a little this morning, after so much speaking in so very large a place.
immediately past
From this reading I was in wonderful voice last night, but croak a little this morning, after so much speaking in so very large a place.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading I was in wonderful voice last night, but croak a little this morning, after so much speaking in so very large a place.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading [Sidenote: Miss Dickens.]
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading I was in wonderful voice last night, but croak a little this morning, after so much speaking in so very large a place.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading I was in wonderful voice last night, but croak a little this morning, after so much speaking in so very large a place.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading There is the whole of my scanty news.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I find myself constantly thinking of Plorn.
information about recent and important events
From this reading There is the whole of my scanty news.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading I was in wonderful voice last night, but croak a little this morning, after so much speaking in so very large a place.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There is the whole of my scanty news.
in other respects or ways
From this reading Otherwise I am all right.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading I was in wonderful voice last night, but croak a little this morning, after so much speaking in so very large a place.
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From this reading I find myself constantly thinking of Plorn.
precisely, exactly
From this reading Otherwise I am all right.
lacking in magnitude or quantity
From this reading There is the whole of my scanty news.
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From this reading [Sidenote: Miss Dickens.]
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I was in wonderful voice last night, but croak a little this morning, after so much speaking in so very large a place.
the utterance of intelligible speech
From this reading I was in wonderful voice last night, but croak a little this morning, after so much speaking in so very large a place.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There is the whole of my scanty news.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There is the whole of my scanty news.
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading I find myself constantly thinking of Plorn.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I was in wonderful voice last night, but croak a little this morning, after so much speaking in so very large a place.
precisely as stated
From this reading I was in wonderful voice last night, but croak a little this morning, after so much speaking in so very large a place.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading I was in wonderful voice last night, but croak a little this morning, after so much speaking in so very large a place.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was in wonderful voice last night, but croak a little this morning, after so much speaking in so very large a place.
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading There is the whole of my scanty news.
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading I was in wonderful voice last night, but croak a little this morning, after so much speaking in so very large a place.
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