Chapter 25 of The Lion's Share is here in full — 115 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 25 of The Lion's Share is here in full — 115 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall. "Fast." "The Colchester road?" "Yes." "It's really just as quick to take the Frinton road for Colchester--it's so much straighter."
Chapter 25 of The Lion's Share is here in full — 115 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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movement that causes the formation of a curve
From this reading “FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.”
a man paid to drive a privately owned car
From this reading “FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.”
the side of military or naval formation
From this reading “FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.”
a formation of aircraft in flight
From this reading “FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.”
United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955)
From this reading “FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.”
a woman of refinement
From this reading “FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.”
comparative of “straight” — successive (without a break)
From this reading “"It's really just as quick to take the Frinton road for Colchester--it's so much straighter."”
change directions as if revolving on a pivot
From this reading “FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.”
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at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.
movement that causes the formation of a curve
From this reading FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.
a man paid to drive a privately owned car
From this reading FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "The Colchester road?"
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.
quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
From this reading FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.
the side of military or naval formation
From this reading FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.
a formation of aircraft in flight
From this reading FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "It's really just as quick to take the Frinton road for Colchester--it's so much straighter."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's really just as quick to take the Frinton road for Colchester--it's so much straighter."
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.
United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955)
From this reading FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's really just as quick to take the Frinton road for Colchester--it's so much straighter."
and nothing more
From this reading "It's really just as quick to take the Frinton road for Colchester--it's so much straighter."
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.
a woman of refinement
From this reading FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading "It's really just as quick to take the Frinton road for Colchester--it's so much straighter."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading "It's really just as quick to take the Frinton road for Colchester--it's so much straighter."
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading "It's really just as quick to take the Frinton road for Colchester--it's so much straighter."
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading "The Colchester road?"
express in words
From this reading FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "It's really just as quick to take the Frinton road for Colchester--it's so much straighter."
comparative of “straight” — successive (without a break)
From this reading "It's really just as quick to take the Frinton road for Colchester--it's so much straighter."
carry out
From this reading "It's really just as quick to take the Frinton road for Colchester--it's so much straighter."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "It's really just as quick to take the Frinton road for Colchester--it's so much straighter."
change directions as if revolving on a pivot
From this reading FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.
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