Chapter 16 of The poisoned paradise is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of The poisoned paradise is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“That’s elementary,” said MacTaggart. “Yes, but it’s as deep as the most of us get. We’re all in the kindergarten class. We grope vaguely. We fumble with probabilities.
Chapter 16 of The poisoned paradise is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a collection of things sharing a common attribute
From this reading “We’re all in the kindergarten class.”
relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
From this reading ““Yes, but it’s as deep as the most of us get.”
easy and not involved or complicated
From this reading ““That’s elementary,” said MacTaggart.”
feel about uncertainly or blindly
From this reading “We fumble with probabilities.”
feel about uncertainly or blindly
From this reading “We grope vaguely.”
a preschool for children age 4 to 6 to prepare them for primary school
From this reading “We’re all in the kindergarten class.”
plural of “probability” — a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible
From this reading “We fumble with probabilities.”
in a vague way
From this reading “We grope vaguely.”
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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 “We fumble with probabilities.”
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(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading We’re all in the kindergarten class.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Yes, but it’s as deep as the most of us get.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “Yes, but it’s as deep as the most of us get.
a collection of things sharing a common attribute
From this reading We’re all in the kindergarten class.
relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
From this reading “Yes, but it’s as deep as the most of us get.
easy and not involved or complicated
From this reading “That’s elementary,” said MacTaggart.
feel about uncertainly or blindly
From this reading We fumble with probabilities.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “Yes, but it’s as deep as the most of us get.
feel about uncertainly or blindly
From this reading We grope vaguely.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We’re all in the kindergarten class.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Yes, but it’s as deep as the most of us get.
a preschool for children age 4 to 6 to prepare them for primary school
From this reading We’re all in the kindergarten class.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “That’s elementary,” said MacTaggart.
used to form the superlative
From this reading “Yes, but it’s as deep as the most of us get.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Yes, but it’s as deep as the most of us get.
plural of “probability” — a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible
From this reading We fumble with probabilities.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “That’s elementary,” said MacTaggart.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “That’s elementary,” said MacTaggart.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Yes, but it’s as deep as the most of us get.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Yes, but it’s as deep as the most of us get.
in a vague way
From this reading We grope vaguely.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We grope vaguely.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We’re all in the kindergarten class.
in the company of; together with
From this reading We fumble with probabilities.
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes, but it’s as deep as the most of us get.
Chapter 16 of The poisoned paradise by Robert W. (Robert William) Service holds 408 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.
Chapter 16 holds 408 sentences of The poisoned paradise, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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