Chapter 8 of The Research Magnificent is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of The Research Magnificent is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
What are ideas? England may yet be ruined by ideas. He ought never to have gone to Trinity, that monster packet of everything. He ought to have gone to some little GOOD college, good all through. She ought to have asked some one who KNEW.
Chapter 8 of The Research Magnificent is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
the body of faculty and students of a college
From this reading “He ought to have gone to some little GOOD college, good all through.”
a division of the United Kingdom
From this reading “England may yet be ruined by ideas.”
plural of “idea” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “What are ideas?”
an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts
From this reading “He ought never to have gone to Trinity, that monster packet of everything.”
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading “He ought never to have gone to Trinity, that monster packet of everything.”
a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
From this reading “He ought never to have gone to Trinity, that monster packet of everything.”
destroyed physically or morally
From this reading “England may yet be ruined by ideas.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading “He ought never to have gone to Trinity, that monster packet of everything.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
(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 He ought to have gone to some little GOOD college, good all through.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading What are ideas?
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading She ought to have asked some one who KNEW.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading England may yet be ruined by ideas.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading England may yet be ruined by ideas.
the body of faculty and students of a college
From this reading He ought to have gone to some little GOOD college, good all through.
a division of the United Kingdom
From this reading England may yet be ruined by ideas.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading He ought never to have gone to Trinity, that monster packet of everything.
destroyed or killed
From this reading He ought never to have gone to Trinity, that monster packet of everything.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading He ought to have gone to some little GOOD college, good all through.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He ought never to have gone to Trinity, that monster packet of everything.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He ought never to have gone to Trinity, that monster packet of everything.
plural of “idea” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading What are ideas?
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading She ought to have asked some one who KNEW.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading He ought to have gone to some little GOOD college, good all through.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading England may yet be ruined by ideas.
an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts
From this reading He ought never to have gone to Trinity, that monster packet of everything.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading He ought never to have gone to Trinity, that monster packet of everything.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He ought never to have gone to Trinity, that monster packet of everything.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She ought to have asked some one who KNEW.
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading He ought never to have gone to Trinity, that monster packet of everything.
a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
From this reading He ought never to have gone to Trinity, that monster packet of everything.
destroyed physically or morally
From this reading England may yet be ruined by ideas.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She ought to have asked some one who KNEW.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading He ought to have gone to some little GOOD college, good all through.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He ought never to have gone to Trinity, that monster packet of everything.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading He ought to have gone to some little GOOD college, good all through.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He ought never to have gone to Trinity, that monster packet of everything.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading He ought never to have gone to Trinity, that monster packet of everything.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What are ideas?
which person or people
From this reading She ought to have asked some one who KNEW.
but in spite of that
From this reading England may yet be ruined by ideas.
Chapter 8 of The Research Magnificent by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells holds 188 sentences, grouped into 38 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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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