Chapter 6 of The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 2 is here in full — 139 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 2 is here in full — 139 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
R. L. S. TO SIDNEY COLVIN _Newport_, _R. I. U.S.A._ [_September_ 1887]. MY DEAR COLVIN,—So long it went excellent well, and I had a time I am glad to have had; really enjoying my life. There is nothing like being at sea, after all. And O, why have I allowed myself to rot so long on land?
Chapter 6 of The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 2 is here in full — 139 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “allow” — make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
From this reading “And O, why have I allowed myself to rot so long on land?”
-ing form of “enjoy” — derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
From this reading “MY DEAR COLVIN,—So long it went excellent well, and I had a time I am glad to have had; really enjoying my life.”
very good; of the highest quality
From this reading “MY DEAR COLVIN,—So long it went excellent well, and I had a time I am glad to have had; really enjoying my life.”
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading “MY DEAR COLVIN,—So long it went excellent well, and I had a time I am glad to have had; really enjoying my life.”
a port city in southeastern Wales
a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor
From this reading “And O, why have I allowed myself to rot so long on land?”
the month following August and preceding October
English poet (1554-1586)
From this reading “TO SIDNEY COLVIN _Newport_, _R. I. U.S.A._ [_September_ 1887].”
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From this reading TO SIDNEY COLVIN _Newport_, _R. I. U.S.A._ [_September_ 1887].
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading TO SIDNEY COLVIN _Newport_, _R. I. U.S.A._ [_September_ 1887].
later than; following
From this reading There is nothing like being at sea, after all.
(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 There is nothing like being at sea, after all.
past form of “allow” — make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
From this reading And O, why have I allowed myself to rot so long on land?
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—So long it went excellent well, and I had a time I am glad to have had; really enjoying my life.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—So long it went excellent well, and I had a time I am glad to have had; really enjoying my life.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There is nothing like being at sea, after all.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading There is nothing like being at sea, after all.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading TO SIDNEY COLVIN _Newport_, _R. I. U.S.A._ [_September_ 1887].
dearly loved
From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—So long it went excellent well, and I had a time I am glad to have had; really enjoying my life.
-ing form of “enjoy” — derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—So long it went excellent well, and I had a time I am glad to have had; really enjoying my life.
very good; of the highest quality
From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—So long it went excellent well, and I had a time I am glad to have had; really enjoying my life.
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—So long it went excellent well, and I had a time I am glad to have had; really enjoying my life.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—So long it went excellent well, and I had a time I am glad to have had; really enjoying my life.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—So long it went excellent well, and I had a time I am glad to have had; really enjoying my life.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading TO SIDNEY COLVIN _Newport_, _R. I. U.S.A._ [_September_ 1887].
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is nothing like being at sea, after all.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—So long it went excellent well, and I had a time I am glad to have had; really enjoying my life.
a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
From this reading R. L. S.
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading And O, why have I allowed myself to rot so long on land?
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—So long it went excellent well, and I had a time I am glad to have had; really enjoying my life.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading There is nothing like being at sea, after all.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—So long it went excellent well, and I had a time I am glad to have had; really enjoying my life.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—So long it went excellent well, and I had a time I am glad to have had; really enjoying my life.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading And O, why have I allowed myself to rot so long on land?
a port city in southeastern Wales
From this reading TO SIDNEY COLVIN _Newport_, _R. I. U.S.A._ [_September_ 1887].
not one thing; not anything
From this reading There is nothing like being at sea, after all.
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 And O, why have I allowed myself to rot so long on land?
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading And O, why have I allowed myself to rot so long on land?
a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air
From this reading R. L. S.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—So long it went excellent well, and I had a time I am glad to have had; really enjoying my life.
a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor
From this reading And O, why have I allowed myself to rot so long on land?
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading R. L. S.
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading There is nothing like being at sea, after all.
the month following August and preceding October
From this reading TO SIDNEY COLVIN _Newport_, _R. I. U.S.A._ [_September_ 1887].
English poet (1554-1586)
From this reading TO SIDNEY COLVIN _Newport_, _R. I. U.S.A._ [_September_ 1887].
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—So long it went excellent well, and I had a time I am glad to have had; really enjoying my life.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There is nothing like being at sea, after all.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—So long it went excellent well, and I had a time I am glad to have had; really enjoying my life.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading TO SIDNEY COLVIN _Newport_, _R. I. U.S.A._ [_September_ 1887].
a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading TO SIDNEY COLVIN _Newport_, _R. I. U.S.A._ [_September_ 1887].
(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 MY DEAR COLVIN,—So long it went excellent well, and I had a time I am glad to have had; really enjoying my life.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—So long it went excellent well, and I had a time I am glad to have had; really enjoying my life.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading And O, why have I allowed myself to rot so long on land?
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