Chapter 15 of The Record of Nicholas Freydon is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 15 of The Record of Nicholas Freydon is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
'Oh! Well, I do not think you are likely to lose it, for I--I am as much interested as you can be in preserving it. I want you to write to me. Will you? And I will write to you when you have found your hermitage and can give me an address.
Chapter 15 of The Record of Nicholas Freydon is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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speak to
From this reading “And I will write to you when you have found your hermitage and can give me an address.”
the abode of a hermit
From this reading “And I will write to you when you have found your hermitage and can give me an address.”
having or showing interest; especially curiosity or fascination or concern
From this reading “Well, I do not think you are likely to lose it, for I--I am as much interested as you can be in preserving it.”
has a good chance of being the case or of coming about
From this reading “Well, I do not think you are likely to lose it, for I--I am as much interested as you can be in preserving it.”
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading “Well, I do not think you are likely to lose it, for I--I am as much interested as you can be in preserving it.”
-ing form of “preserve” — keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last
From this reading “Well, I do not think you are likely to lose it, for I--I am as much interested as you can be in preserving it.”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “I want you to write to me.”
produce a literary work
From this reading “I want you to write to me.”
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 “Well, I do not think you are likely to lose it, for I--I am as much interested as you can be in preserving it.”
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speak to
From this reading And I will write to you when you have found your hermitage and can give me an address.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Well, I do not think you are likely to lose it, for I--I am as much interested as you can be in preserving it.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading And I will write to you when you have found your hermitage and can give me an address.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And I will write to you when you have found your hermitage and can give me an address.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Well, I do not think you are likely to lose it, for I--I am as much interested as you can be in preserving it.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Well, I do not think you are likely to lose it, for I--I am as much interested as you can be in preserving it.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Well, I do not think you are likely to lose it, for I--I am as much interested as you can be in preserving it.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Well, I do not think you are likely to lose it, for I--I am as much interested as you can be in preserving it.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Well, I do not think you are likely to lose it, for I--I am as much interested as you can be in preserving it.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Well, I do not think you are likely to lose it, for I--I am as much interested as you can be in preserving it.
set up or found
From this reading And I will write to you when you have found your hermitage and can give me an address.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading And I will write to you when you have found your hermitage and can give me an address.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading And I will write to you when you have found your hermitage and can give me an address.
the abode of a hermit
From this reading And I will write to you when you have found your hermitage and can give me an address.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Well, I do not think you are likely to lose it, for I--I am as much interested as you can be in preserving it.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Well, I do not think you are likely to lose it, for I--I am as much interested as you can be in preserving it.
having or showing interest; especially curiosity or fascination or concern
From this reading Well, I do not think you are likely to lose it, for I--I am as much interested as you can be in preserving it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Well, I do not think you are likely to lose it, for I--I am as much interested as you can be in preserving it.
has a good chance of being the case or of coming about
From this reading Well, I do not think you are likely to lose it, for I--I am as much interested as you can be in preserving it.
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading Well, I do not think you are likely to lose it, for I--I am as much interested as you can be in preserving it.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I want you to write to me.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading Well, I do not think you are likely to lose it, for I--I am as much interested as you can be in preserving it.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Well, I do not think you are likely to lose it, for I--I am as much interested as you can be in preserving it.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading 'Oh!
-ing form of “preserve” — keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last
From this reading Well, I do not think you are likely to lose it, for I--I am as much interested as you can be in preserving it.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading Well, I do not think you are likely to lose it, for I--I am as much interested as you can be in preserving it.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Well, I do not think you are likely to lose it, for I--I am as much interested as you can be in preserving it.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading I want you to write to me.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Well, I do not think you are likely to lose it, for I--I am as much interested as you can be in preserving it.
at the time that
From this reading And I will write to you when you have found your hermitage and can give me an address.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Will you?
produce a literary work
From this reading I want you to write to me.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Well, I do not think you are likely to lose it, for I--I am as much interested as you can be in preserving it.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And I will write to you when you have found your hermitage and can give me an address.
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