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'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites. --HAMLET V. 2. Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced. He entered very composedly.
Chapter 5 of The Noble Rogue is here in full — 246 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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declared publicly; made widely known
From this reading “Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.”
comparative of “base” — serving as or forming a base
From this reading “'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.”
plural of “cycle” — an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
From this reading “Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.”
a community of people smaller than a village
From this reading “--HAMLET V.”
impossible to measure
From this reading “Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.”
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading “Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.”
plural of “opposite” — a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other
From this reading “'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.”
plural of “point” — a geometric element that has position but no extension
From this reading “'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.”
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 “Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.”
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From this reading 2.
later than; following
From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.
declared publicly; made widely known
From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.
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From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.
comparative of “base” — serving as or forming a base
From this reading 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.
in a self-collected or self-possessed manner
From this reading He entered very composedly.
plural of “cycle” — an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.
involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm
From this reading 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.
send away towards a designated goal
From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading He entered very composedly.
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.
a community of people smaller than a village
From this reading --HAMLET V.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He entered very composedly.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.
impossible to measure
From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.
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From this reading 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.
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From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.
having or showing great strength or force or intensity
From this reading 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.
the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
From this reading 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.
plural of “opposite” — a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other
From this reading 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.
go across or through
From this reading 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.
plural of “point” — a geometric element that has position but no extension
From this reading 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.
term of address for a man
From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.
plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
From this reading 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.
a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt
From this reading --HAMLET V.
precisely as stated
From this reading He entered very composedly.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.
at the time that
From this reading 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.
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