Chapter 4 of The Paliser Case is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Paliser Case is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Lennox shoved at his plate. "So you have said." Jones, abandoning his fork, repeated it. "One thing! In Potsdam, on that cloudless July night, when the world, on which he proposed to batten, slept, toiled, feasted, fasted, occupied with its futile loves and hates, that thing must have occurred to him."
Chapter 4 of The Paliser Case is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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-ing form of “abandon” — forsake, leave behind
From this reading “Jones, abandoning his fork, repeated it.”
stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber
From this reading “In Potsdam, on that cloudless July night, when the world, on which he proposed to batten, slept, toiled, feasted, fasted, occupied with its futile loves and hates, that thing must have occurred to him."”
free from clouds
From this reading “In Potsdam, on that cloudless July night, when the world, on which he proposed to batten, slept, toiled, feasted, fasted, occupied with its futile loves and hates, that thing must have occurred to him."”
past form of “fast” — abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons
From this reading “In Potsdam, on that cloudless July night, when the world, on which he proposed to batten, slept, toiled, feasted, fasted, occupied with its futile loves and hates, that thing must have occurred to him."”
past form of “feast” — partake in a feast or banquet
From this reading “In Potsdam, on that cloudless July night, when the world, on which he proposed to batten, slept, toiled, feasted, fasted, occupied with its futile loves and hates, that thing must have occurred to him."”
plural of “hate” — the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
From this reading “In Potsdam, on that cloudless July night, when the world, on which he proposed to batten, slept, toiled, feasted, fasted, occupied with its futile loves and hates, that thing must have occurred to him."”
a city in northeastern Germany; site of the Potsdam Conference in the summer of 1945
From this reading “In Potsdam, on that cloudless July night, when the world, on which he proposed to batten, slept, toiled, feasted, fasted, occupied with its futile loves and hates, that thing must have occurred to him."”
past form of “toil” — work hard
From this reading “In Potsdam, on that cloudless July night, when the world, on which he proposed to batten, slept, toiled, feasted, fasted, occupied with its futile loves and hates, that thing must have occurred to him."”
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.
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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-ing form of “abandon” — forsake, leave behind
From this reading Jones, abandoning his fork, repeated it.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In Potsdam, on that cloudless July night, when the world, on which he proposed to batten, slept, toiled, feasted, fasted, occupied with its futile loves and hates, that thing must have occurred to him."
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Lennox shoved at his plate.
stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber
From this reading In Potsdam, on that cloudless July night, when the world, on which he proposed to batten, slept, toiled, feasted, fasted, occupied with its futile loves and hates, that thing must have occurred to him."
free from clouds
From this reading In Potsdam, on that cloudless July night, when the world, on which he proposed to batten, slept, toiled, feasted, fasted, occupied with its futile loves and hates, that thing must have occurred to him."
past form of “fast” — abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons
From this reading In Potsdam, on that cloudless July night, when the world, on which he proposed to batten, slept, toiled, feasted, fasted, occupied with its futile loves and hates, that thing must have occurred to him."
past form of “feast” — partake in a feast or banquet
From this reading In Potsdam, on that cloudless July night, when the world, on which he proposed to batten, slept, toiled, feasted, fasted, occupied with its futile loves and hates, that thing must have occurred to him."
cutlery used for serving and eating food
From this reading Jones, abandoning his fork, repeated it.
producing no result or effect
From this reading In Potsdam, on that cloudless July night, when the world, on which he proposed to batten, slept, toiled, feasted, fasted, occupied with its futile loves and hates, that thing must have occurred to him."
plural of “hate” — the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
From this reading In Potsdam, on that cloudless July night, when the world, on which he proposed to batten, slept, toiled, feasted, fasted, occupied with its futile loves and hates, that thing must have occurred to him."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "So you have said."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In Potsdam, on that cloudless July night, when the world, on which he proposed to batten, slept, toiled, feasted, fasted, occupied with its futile loves and hates, that thing must have occurred to him."
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading In Potsdam, on that cloudless July night, when the world, on which he proposed to batten, slept, toiled, feasted, fasted, occupied with its futile loves and hates, that thing must have occurred to him."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Lennox shoved at his plate.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In Potsdam, on that cloudless July night, when the world, on which he proposed to batten, slept, toiled, feasted, fasted, occupied with its futile loves and hates, that thing must have occurred to him."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Jones, abandoning his fork, repeated it.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading In Potsdam, on that cloudless July night, when the world, on which he proposed to batten, slept, toiled, feasted, fasted, occupied with its futile loves and hates, that thing must have occurred to him."
United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930)
From this reading Jones, abandoning his fork, repeated it.
the month following June and preceding August
From this reading In Potsdam, on that cloudless July night, when the world, on which he proposed to batten, slept, toiled, feasted, fasted, occupied with its futile loves and hates, that thing must have occurred to him."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lennox shoved at his plate.
plural of “love” — a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading In Potsdam, on that cloudless July night, when the world, on which he proposed to batten, slept, toiled, feasted, fasted, occupied with its futile loves and hates, that thing must have occurred to him."
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading In Potsdam, on that cloudless July night, when the world, on which he proposed to batten, slept, toiled, feasted, fasted, occupied with its futile loves and hates, that thing must have occurred to him."
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading In Potsdam, on that cloudless July night, when the world, on which he proposed to batten, slept, toiled, feasted, fasted, occupied with its futile loves and hates, that thing must have occurred to him."
held or filled or in use
From this reading In Potsdam, on that cloudless July night, when the world, on which he proposed to batten, slept, toiled, feasted, fasted, occupied with its futile loves and hates, that thing must have occurred to him."
inflected form of “occur” — come to pass
From this reading In Potsdam, on that cloudless July night, when the world, on which he proposed to batten, slept, toiled, feasted, fasted, occupied with its futile loves and hates, that thing must have occurred to him."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading In Potsdam, on that cloudless July night, when the world, on which he proposed to batten, slept, toiled, feasted, fasted, occupied with its futile loves and hates, that thing must have occurred to him."
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "One thing!
(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
From this reading Lennox shoved at his plate.
a city in northeastern Germany; site of the Potsdam Conference in the summer of 1945
From this reading In Potsdam, on that cloudless July night, when the world, on which he proposed to batten, slept, toiled, feasted, fasted, occupied with its futile loves and hates, that thing must have occurred to him."
past form of “propose” — make a proposal, declare a plan for something
From this reading In Potsdam, on that cloudless July night, when the world, on which he proposed to batten, slept, toiled, feasted, fasted, occupied with its futile loves and hates, that thing must have occurred to him."
recurring again and again
From this reading Jones, abandoning his fork, repeated it.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "So you have said."
past form of “shove” — come into rough contact with while moving
From this reading Lennox shoved at his plate.
inflected form of “sleep” — be asleep
From this reading In Potsdam, on that cloudless July night, when the world, on which he proposed to batten, slept, toiled, feasted, fasted, occupied with its futile loves and hates, that thing must have occurred to him."
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "So you have said."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In Potsdam, on that cloudless July night, when the world, on which he proposed to batten, slept, toiled, feasted, fasted, occupied with its futile loves and hates, that thing must have occurred to him."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In Potsdam, on that cloudless July night, when the world, on which he proposed to batten, slept, toiled, feasted, fasted, occupied with its futile loves and hates, that thing must have occurred to him."
a special situation
From this reading "One thing!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In Potsdam, on that cloudless July night, when the world, on which he proposed to batten, slept, toiled, feasted, fasted, occupied with its futile loves and hates, that thing must have occurred to him."
past form of “toil” — work hard
From this reading In Potsdam, on that cloudless July night, when the world, on which he proposed to batten, slept, toiled, feasted, fasted, occupied with its futile loves and hates, that thing must have occurred to him."
at the time that
From this reading In Potsdam, on that cloudless July night, when the world, on which he proposed to batten, slept, toiled, feasted, fasted, occupied with its futile loves and hates, that thing must have occurred to him."
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading In Potsdam, on that cloudless July night, when the world, on which he proposed to batten, slept, toiled, feasted, fasted, occupied with its futile loves and hates, that thing must have occurred to him."
in the company of; together with
From this reading In Potsdam, on that cloudless July night, when the world, on which he proposed to batten, slept, toiled, feasted, fasted, occupied with its futile loves and hates, that thing must have occurred to him."
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading In Potsdam, on that cloudless July night, when the world, on which he proposed to batten, slept, toiled, feasted, fasted, occupied with its futile loves and hates, that thing must have occurred to him."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "So you have said."
Chapter 4 of The Paliser Case by Edgar Saltus holds 407 sentences, grouped into 82 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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