Chapter 5 of The Man with a Shadow is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Man with a Shadow is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"It is not my wish to bother you, Dr North," said the lady austerely, and with considerable emphasis on the word, "bother." "Very well, then, let's have peace. Such a scene as we had this morning interferes with my studies. Now, go and tell him to put to the horse." "Will you be good enough to tell me how, Dr North?"
Chapter 5 of The Man with a Shadow is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in an austere fashion
From this reading “"It is not my wish to bother you, Dr North," said the lady austerely, and with considerable emphasis on the word, "bother."”
take the trouble to do something; concern oneself
From this reading “"It is not my wish to bother you, Dr North," said the lady austerely, and with considerable emphasis on the word, "bother."”
large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree
From this reading “"It is not my wish to bother you, Dr North," said the lady austerely, and with considerable emphasis on the word, "bother."”
special importance or significance
From this reading “"It is not my wish to bother you, Dr North," said the lady austerely, and with considerable emphasis on the word, "bother."”
third-person singular of “interfere” — come between so as to be hindrance or obstacle
From this reading “Such a scene as we had this morning interferes with my studies.”
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading “"It is not my wish to bother you, Dr North," said the lady austerely, and with considerable emphasis on the word, "bother."”
the place where some action occurs
From this reading “Such a scene as we had this morning interferes with my studies.”
plural of “study” — a detailed critical inspection
From this reading “Such a scene as we had this morning interferes with my studies.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Such a scene as we had this morning interferes with my studies.”
adequately good for the circumstances
In this reading “"Will you be good enough to tell me how, Dr North?"”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 Such a scene as we had this morning interferes with my studies.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "It is not my wish to bother you, Dr North," said the lady austerely, and with considerable emphasis on the word, "bother."
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Such a scene as we had this morning interferes with my studies.
in an austere fashion
From this reading "It is not my wish to bother you, Dr North," said the lady austerely, and with considerable emphasis on the word, "bother."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Will you be good enough to tell me how, Dr North?"
take the trouble to do something; concern oneself
From this reading "It is not my wish to bother you, Dr North," said the lady austerely, and with considerable emphasis on the word, "bother."
large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree
From this reading "It is not my wish to bother you, Dr North," said the lady austerely, and with considerable emphasis on the word, "bother."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It is not my wish to bother you, Dr North," said the lady austerely, and with considerable emphasis on the word, "bother."
special importance or significance
From this reading "It is not my wish to bother you, Dr North," said the lady austerely, and with considerable emphasis on the word, "bother."
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading "Will you be good enough to tell me how, Dr North?"
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Now, go and tell him to put to the horse."
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "Will you be good enough to tell me how, Dr North?"
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Such a scene as we had this morning interferes with my studies.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Very well, then, let's have peace.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Now, go and tell him to put to the horse."
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading Now, go and tell him to put to the horse."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Will you be good enough to tell me how, Dr North?"
third-person singular of “interfere” — come between so as to be hindrance or obstacle
From this reading Such a scene as we had this morning interferes with my studies.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "It is not my wish to bother you, Dr North," said the lady austerely, and with considerable emphasis on the word, "bother."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It is not my wish to bother you, Dr North," said the lady austerely, and with considerable emphasis on the word, "bother."
a polite name for any woman
From this reading "It is not my wish to bother you, Dr North," said the lady austerely, and with considerable emphasis on the word, "bother."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Very well, then, let's have peace.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Will you be good enough to tell me how, Dr North?"
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading Such a scene as we had this morning interferes with my studies.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "It is not my wish to bother you, Dr North," said the lady austerely, and with considerable emphasis on the word, "bother."
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading "It is not my wish to bother you, Dr North," said the lady austerely, and with considerable emphasis on the word, "bother."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "It is not my wish to bother you, Dr North," said the lady austerely, and with considerable emphasis on the word, "bother."
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now, go and tell him to put to the horse."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "It is not my wish to bother you, Dr North," said the lady austerely, and with considerable emphasis on the word, "bother."
the state prevailing during the absence of war
From this reading "Very well, then, let's have peace.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Now, go and tell him to put to the horse."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "It is not my wish to bother you, Dr North," said the lady austerely, and with considerable emphasis on the word, "bother."
the place where some action occurs
From this reading Such a scene as we had this morning interferes with my studies.
plural of “study” — a detailed critical inspection
From this reading Such a scene as we had this morning interferes with my studies.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Such a scene as we had this morning interferes with my studies.
express in words
From this reading Now, go and tell him to put to the horse."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "It is not my wish to bother you, Dr North," said the lady austerely, and with considerable emphasis on the word, "bother."
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Very well, then, let's have peace.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Such a scene as we had this morning interferes with my studies.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "It is not my wish to bother you, Dr North," said the lady austerely, and with considerable emphasis on the word, "bother."
precisely as stated
From this reading "Very well, then, let's have peace.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Such a scene as we had this morning interferes with my studies.
(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 "Very well, then, let's have peace.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Will you be good enough to tell me how, Dr North?"
hope for; have a wish
From this reading "It is not my wish to bother you, Dr North," said the lady austerely, and with considerable emphasis on the word, "bother."
in the company of; together with
From this reading "It is not my wish to bother you, Dr North," said the lady austerely, and with considerable emphasis on the word, "bother."
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading "It is not my wish to bother you, Dr North," said the lady austerely, and with considerable emphasis on the word, "bother."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "It is not my wish to bother you, Dr North," said the lady austerely, and with considerable emphasis on the word, "bother."
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