Chapter 3 of The Romance of the Coast is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter III
Chapter 3 of The Romance of the Coast is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Um! Well. I shall meet you again, and you shall come and see me." All that winter I was secluded. Day after day broke with wild weather.
Chapter 3 of The Romance of the Coast is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/85 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
lacking funds
From this reading “Day after day broke with wild weather.”
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading “Day after day broke with wild weather.”
come together
From this reading “I shall meet you again, and you shall come and see me."”
hidden from general view or use
From this reading “All that winter I was secluded.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “I shall meet you again, and you shall come and see me."”
the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
From this reading “Day after day broke with wild weather.”
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading “Day after day broke with wild weather.”
the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
From this reading “All that winter I was secluded.”
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.
later than; following
From this reading Day after day broke with wild weather.
anew
From this reading I shall meet you again, and you shall come and see me."
(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 All that winter I was secluded.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I shall meet you again, and you shall come and see me."
lacking funds
From this reading Day after day broke with wild weather.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading I shall meet you again, and you shall come and see me."
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Day after day broke with wild weather.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I shall meet you again, and you shall come and see me."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I shall meet you again, and you shall come and see me."
come together
From this reading I shall meet you again, and you shall come and see me."
hidden from general view or use
From this reading All that winter I was secluded.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading I shall meet you again, and you shall come and see me."
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading I shall meet you again, and you shall come and see me."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading All that winter I was secluded.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Um!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading All that winter I was secluded.
the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
From this reading Day after day broke with wild weather.
(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.
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading Day after day broke with wild weather.
the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
From this reading All that winter I was secluded.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Day after day broke with wild weather.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I shall meet you again, and you shall come and see me."
Chapter 3 of The Romance of the Coast by James Runciman holds 429 sentences, grouped into 86 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 3 holds 429 sentences of The Romance of the Coast, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of The Romance of the Coast by James Runciman exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 429 sentences, grouped into 86 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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