Chapter 10 of The small bachelor is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The small bachelor is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Exactly. A thoroughly fine-minded man. Why, I remember him once leaving the table at a bachelor dinner because some one told an improper story." "How splendid of him! What was the story?"
Chapter 10 of The small bachelor is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a man who has never been married
From this reading “Why, I remember him once leaving the table at a bachelor dinner because some one told an improper story."”
the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
From this reading “Why, I remember him once leaving the table at a bachelor dinner because some one told an improper story."”
indicating exactness or preciseness
From this reading “"Exactly.”
not suitable or right or appropriate
From this reading “Why, I remember him once leaving the table at a bachelor dinner because some one told an improper story."”
the act of departing
From this reading “Why, I remember him once leaving the table at a bachelor dinner because some one told an improper story."”
To recall to mind.
From this reading “Why, I remember him once leaving the table at a bachelor dinner because some one told an improper story."”
having great beauty and splendor
From this reading “"How splendid of him!”
in an exhaustive manner
From this reading “A thoroughly fine-minded man.”
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.
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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 A thoroughly fine-minded man.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Why, I remember him once leaving the table at a bachelor dinner because some one told an improper story."
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Why, I remember him once leaving the table at a bachelor dinner because some one told an improper story."
a man who has never been married
From this reading Why, I remember him once leaving the table at a bachelor dinner because some one told an improper story."
for the reason that
From this reading Why, I remember him once leaving the table at a bachelor dinner because some one told an improper story."
the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
From this reading Why, I remember him once leaving the table at a bachelor dinner because some one told an improper story."
indicating exactness or preciseness
From this reading "Exactly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A thoroughly fine-minded man.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Why, I remember him once leaving the table at a bachelor dinner because some one told an improper story."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "How splendid of him!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Why, I remember him once leaving the table at a bachelor dinner because some one told an improper story."
not suitable or right or appropriate
From this reading Why, I remember him once leaving the table at a bachelor dinner because some one told an improper story."
the act of departing
From this reading Why, I remember him once leaving the table at a bachelor dinner because some one told an improper story."
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading A thoroughly fine-minded man.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "How splendid of him!
on one occasion
From this reading Why, I remember him once leaving the table at a bachelor dinner because some one told an improper story."
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Why, I remember him once leaving the table at a bachelor dinner because some one told an improper story."
To recall to mind.
From this reading Why, I remember him once leaving the table at a bachelor dinner because some one told an improper story."
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Why, I remember him once leaving the table at a bachelor dinner because some one told an improper story."
having great beauty and splendor
From this reading "How splendid of him!
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading Why, I remember him once leaving the table at a bachelor dinner because some one told an improper story."
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading Why, I remember him once leaving the table at a bachelor dinner because some one told an improper story."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Why, I remember him once leaving the table at a bachelor dinner because some one told an improper story."
in an exhaustive manner
From this reading A thoroughly fine-minded man.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading Why, I remember him once leaving the table at a bachelor dinner because some one told an improper story."
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What was the story?"
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What was the story?"
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why, I remember him once leaving the table at a bachelor dinner because some one told an improper story."
Chapter 10 of The small bachelor by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse holds 403 sentences, grouped into 81 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 10 holds 403 sentences of The small bachelor, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of The small bachelor by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 403 sentences, grouped into 81 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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