Chapter 21 of The storm of London: a social rhapsody is here in full — 440 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of The storm of London: a social rhapsody is here in full — 440 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“What’s been the matter with me?” “Nothing very serious, Lord Somerville,” cheerily replied Sir Edward Bartley. “You are all right now; but you must not excite yourself. Now, now, don’t look round in that way.” And the eminent surgeon laid his soft hand on his patient’s wrist.
Chapter 21 of The storm of London: a social rhapsody is here in full — 440 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)
From this reading ““Nothing very serious, Lord Somerville,” cheerily replied Sir Edward Bartley.”
standing above others in quality or position
From this reading “And the eminent surgeon laid his soft hand on his patient’s wrist.”
arouse or elicit a feeling
From this reading ““You are all right now; but you must not excite yourself.”
possessive form of “patient” — a person who requires medical care
concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
From this reading ““Nothing very serious, Lord Somerville,” cheerily replied Sir Edward Bartley.”
yielding readily to pressure or weight
From this reading “And the eminent surgeon laid his soft hand on his patient’s wrist.”
a physician who specializes in surgery
From this reading “And the eminent surgeon laid his soft hand on his patient’s wrist.”
a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones
From this reading “And the eminent surgeon laid his soft hand on his patient’s wrist.”
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 “Now, now, don’t look round in that way.””
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(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 “You are all right now; but you must not excite yourself.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And the eminent surgeon laid his soft hand on his patient’s wrist.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “You are all right now; but you must not excite yourself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Nothing very serious, Lord Somerville,” cheerily replied Sir Edward Bartley.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “What’s been the matter with me?”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “You are all right now; but you must not excite yourself.
in a cheerful manner
From this reading “Nothing very serious, Lord Somerville,” cheerily replied Sir Edward Bartley.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now, now, don’t look round in that way.”
King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)
From this reading “Nothing very serious, Lord Somerville,” cheerily replied Sir Edward Bartley.
standing above others in quality or position
From this reading And the eminent surgeon laid his soft hand on his patient’s wrist.
arouse or elicit a feeling
From this reading “You are all right now; but you must not excite yourself.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading And the eminent surgeon laid his soft hand on his patient’s wrist.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading And the eminent surgeon laid his soft hand on his patient’s wrist.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Now, now, don’t look round in that way.”
set down according to a plan
From this reading And the eminent surgeon laid his soft hand on his patient’s wrist.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Now, now, don’t look round in that way.”
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading “Nothing very serious, Lord Somerville,” cheerily replied Sir Edward Bartley.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading “What’s been the matter with me?”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “What’s been the matter with me?”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “You are all right now; but you must not excite yourself.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “You are all right now; but you must not excite yourself.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “Nothing very serious, Lord Somerville,” cheerily replied Sir Edward Bartley.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading “You are all right now; but you must not excite yourself.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading And the eminent surgeon laid his soft hand on his patient’s wrist.
possessive form of “patient” — a person who requires medical care
From this reading And the eminent surgeon laid his soft hand on his patient’s wrist.
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading “Nothing very serious, Lord Somerville,” cheerily replied Sir Edward Bartley.
precisely, exactly
From this reading “You are all right now; but you must not excite yourself.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading Now, now, don’t look round in that way.”
concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
From this reading “Nothing very serious, Lord Somerville,” cheerily replied Sir Edward Bartley.
term of address for a man
From this reading “Nothing very serious, Lord Somerville,” cheerily replied Sir Edward Bartley.
yielding readily to pressure or weight
From this reading And the eminent surgeon laid his soft hand on his patient’s wrist.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Nothing very serious, Lord Somerville,” cheerily replied Sir Edward Bartley.
a physician who specializes in surgery
From this reading And the eminent surgeon laid his soft hand on his patient’s wrist.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Now, now, don’t look round in that way.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “What’s been the matter with me?”
precisely as stated
From this reading “Nothing very serious, Lord Somerville,” cheerily replied Sir Edward Bartley.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Now, now, don’t look round in that way.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What’s been the matter with me?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading “What’s been the matter with me?”
a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones
From this reading And the eminent surgeon laid his soft hand on his patient’s wrist.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You are all right now; but you must not excite yourself.
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading “You are all right now; but you must not excite yourself.
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