Chapter 6 of The Progressionists, and Angela. is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Progressionists, and Angela. is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Gerlach whispered something to the banker. Holt pressed his pocket-handkerchief to the wound. "Please yourself!" said the banker loudly, in a business tone. Seraphin again approached the beaten man. "Will you please, my good man, to accompany us?"
Chapter 6 of The Progressionists, and Angela. is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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be present or associated with an event or entity
From this reading “"Will you please, my good man, to accompany us?"”
past form of “approach” — move towards
From this reading “Seraphin again approached the beaten man.”
a financier who owns or is an executive in a bank
From this reading “Gerlach whispered something to the banker.”
formed or made thin by hammering
From this reading “Seraphin again approached the beaten man.”
with relatively high volume
From this reading “"Please yourself!" said the banker loudly, in a business tone.”
compacted by ironing
From this reading “Holt pressed his pocket-handkerchief to the wound.”
spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords
From this reading “Gerlach whispered something to the banker.”
an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
From this reading “Holt pressed his pocket-handkerchief to the wound.”
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 “"Will you please, my good man, to accompany us?"”
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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 "Please yourself!" said the banker loudly, in a business tone.
be present or associated with an event or entity
From this reading "Will you please, my good man, to accompany us?"
anew
From this reading Seraphin again approached the beaten man.
past form of “approach” — move towards
From this reading Seraphin again approached the beaten man.
a financier who owns or is an executive in a bank
From this reading Gerlach whispered something to the banker.
formed or made thin by hammering
From this reading Seraphin again approached the beaten man.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading "Please yourself!" said the banker loudly, in a business tone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Gerlach whispered something to the banker.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "Will you please, my good man, to accompany us?"
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Holt pressed his pocket-handkerchief to the wound.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Holt pressed his pocket-handkerchief to the wound.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Please yourself!" said the banker loudly, in a business tone.
with relatively high volume
From this reading "Please yourself!" said the banker loudly, in a business tone.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Seraphin again approached the beaten man.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Will you please, my good man, to accompany us?"
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading "Please yourself!" said the banker loudly, in a business tone.
a handkerchief that is carried in a pocket
From this reading Holt pressed his pocket-handkerchief to the wound.
compacted by ironing
From this reading Holt pressed his pocket-handkerchief to the wound.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Please yourself!" said the banker loudly, in a business tone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Seraphin again approached the beaten man.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Gerlach whispered something to the banker.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Gerlach whispered something to the banker.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Gerlach whispered something to the banker.
the quality of a person's voice
From this reading "Please yourself!" said the banker loudly, in a business tone.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Will you please, my good man, to accompany us?"
spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords
From this reading Gerlach whispered something to the banker.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Will you please, my good man, to accompany us?"
an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
From this reading Holt pressed his pocket-handkerchief to the wound.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Will you please, my good man, to accompany us?"
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading "Please yourself!" said the banker loudly, in a business tone.
Chapter 6 of The Progressionists, and Angela. by Conrad von Bolanden holds 172 sentences, grouped into 35 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 6 holds 172 sentences of The Progressionists, and Angela., unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.
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