Chapter 11 of The Matador of the Five Towns and Other is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of The Matador of the Five Towns and Other is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"By Jove!" he said. "That Balsamo johnny is coming to Hanbridge!" "Yes, didn't you know?" said Florence, agreeably bent on resuscitating the corpse. "What! The palmistry man?" asked Mr Bostock, with a laugh.
Chapter 11 of The Matador of the Five Towns and Other is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
From this reading “"Yes, didn't you know?" said Florence, agreeably bent on resuscitating the corpse.”
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “"That Balsamo johnny is coming to Hanbridge!"”
the dead body of a human being
From this reading “"Yes, didn't you know?" said Florence, agreeably bent on resuscitating the corpse.”
a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
From this reading “"Yes, didn't you know?" said Florence, agreeably bent on resuscitating the corpse.”
“Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading “"That Balsamo johnny is coming to Hanbridge!"”
the sound of laughing
From this reading “The palmistry man?" asked Mr Bostock, with a laugh.”
telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand
From this reading “The palmistry man?" asked Mr Bostock, with a laugh.”
-ing form of “resuscitate” — cause to regain consciousness
From this reading “"Yes, didn't you know?" said Florence, agreeably bent on resuscitating the corpse.”
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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 The palmistry man?" asked Mr Bostock, with a laugh.
in an enjoyable manner
From this reading "Yes, didn't you know?" said Florence, agreeably bent on resuscitating the corpse.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading The palmistry man?" asked Mr Bostock, with a laugh.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That Balsamo johnny is coming to Hanbridge!"
a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
From this reading "Yes, didn't you know?" said Florence, agreeably bent on resuscitating the corpse.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The palmistry man?" asked Mr Bostock, with a laugh.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "By Jove!" he said.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading "That Balsamo johnny is coming to Hanbridge!"
the dead body of a human being
From this reading "Yes, didn't you know?" said Florence, agreeably bent on resuscitating the corpse.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Yes, didn't you know?" said Florence, agreeably bent on resuscitating the corpse.
a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
From this reading "Yes, didn't you know?" said Florence, agreeably bent on resuscitating the corpse.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That Balsamo johnny is coming to Hanbridge!"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "By Jove!" he said.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "That Balsamo johnny is coming to Hanbridge!"
“Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading "That Balsamo johnny is coming to Hanbridge!"
(Roman mythology) supreme god of Romans; counterpart of Greek Zeus
From this reading "By Jove!" he said.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading "Yes, didn't you know?" said Florence, agreeably bent on resuscitating the corpse.
the sound of laughing
From this reading The palmistry man?" asked Mr Bostock, with a laugh.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading The palmistry man?" asked Mr Bostock, with a laugh.
a form of address for a man
From this reading The palmistry man?" asked Mr Bostock, with a laugh.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Yes, didn't you know?" said Florence, agreeably bent on resuscitating the corpse.
telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand
From this reading The palmistry man?" asked Mr Bostock, with a laugh.
-ing form of “resuscitate” — cause to regain consciousness
From this reading "Yes, didn't you know?" said Florence, agreeably bent on resuscitating the corpse.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "By Jove!" he said.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "That Balsamo johnny is coming to Hanbridge!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Yes, didn't you know?" said Florence, agreeably bent on resuscitating the corpse.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "That Balsamo johnny is coming to Hanbridge!"
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What!
in the company of; together with
From this reading The palmistry man?" asked Mr Bostock, with a laugh.
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes, didn't you know?" said Florence, agreeably bent on resuscitating the corpse.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Yes, didn't you know?" said Florence, agreeably bent on resuscitating the corpse.
Chapter 11 of The Matador of the Five Towns and Other by Arnold Bennett holds 415 sentences, grouped into 83 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, 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.
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