Chapter 11 of The Story of Charles Strange — Vol. 1 is here in full — 376 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of The Story of Charles Strange — Vol. 1 is here in full — 376 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE QUARREL. The following day was charmingly fine: the sun brilliant, the air warm as summer. In the afternoon Lady Level went out to take a walk. Lord Level was not up that day, but would be, all being well, on the morrow. It was the injury to the knee more than his general health that was keeping him in bed now.
Chapter 11 of The Story of Charles Strange — Vol. 1 is here in full — 376 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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of surpassing excellence
From this reading “The following day was charmingly fine: the sun brilliant, the air warm as summer.”
in a charming manner
From this reading “The following day was charmingly fine: the sun brilliant, the air warm as summer.”
a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease
From this reading “It was the injury to the knee more than his general health that was keeping him in bed now.”
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
From this reading “It was the injury to the knee more than his general health that was keeping him in bed now.”
hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
From this reading “It was the injury to the knee more than his general health that was keeping him in bed now.”
a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
From this reading “In the afternoon Lady Level went out to take a walk.”
the next day
From this reading “Lord Level was not up that day, but would be, all being well, on the morrow.”
an angry dispute
From this reading “THE QUARREL.”
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 “Lord Level was not up that day, but would be, all being well, on the morrow.”
In this reading “The following day was charmingly fine: the sun brilliant, the air warm as summer.”
move out of or depart from
In this reading “In the afternoon Lady Level went out to take a walk.”
In this reading “It was the injury to the knee more than his general health that was keeping him in bed now.”
In this reading “In the afternoon Lady Level went out to take a walk.”
In this reading “It was the injury to the knee more than his general health that was keeping him in bed now.”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading In the afternoon Lady Level went out to take a walk.
the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading In the afternoon Lady Level went out to take a walk.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading The following day was charmingly fine: the sun brilliant, the air warm as summer.
(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 Lord Level was not up that day, but would be, all being well, on the morrow.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The following day was charmingly fine: the sun brilliant, the air warm as summer.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Lord Level was not up that day, but would be, all being well, on the morrow.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading It was the injury to the knee more than his general health that was keeping him in bed now.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Lord Level was not up that day, but would be, all being well, on the morrow.
of surpassing excellence
From this reading The following day was charmingly fine: the sun brilliant, the air warm as summer.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Lord Level was not up that day, but would be, all being well, on the morrow.
in a charming manner
From this reading The following day was charmingly fine: the sun brilliant, the air warm as summer.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading The following day was charmingly fine: the sun brilliant, the air warm as summer.
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading The following day was charmingly fine: the sun brilliant, the air warm as summer.
about to be mentioned or specified
From this reading The following day was charmingly fine: the sun brilliant, the air warm as summer.
applying to all or most members of a category or group
From this reading It was the injury to the knee more than his general health that was keeping him in bed now.
a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease
From this reading It was the injury to the knee more than his general health that was keeping him in bed now.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It was the injury to the knee more than his general health that was keeping him in bed now.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It was the injury to the knee more than his general health that was keeping him in bed now.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the afternoon Lady Level went out to take a walk.
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
From this reading It was the injury to the knee more than his general health that was keeping him in bed now.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was the injury to the knee more than his general health that was keeping him in bed now.
conformity or harmony
From this reading It was the injury to the knee more than his general health that was keeping him in bed now.
hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
From this reading It was the injury to the knee more than his general health that was keeping him in bed now.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading In the afternoon Lady Level went out to take a walk.
a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
From this reading In the afternoon Lady Level went out to take a walk.
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading Lord Level was not up that day, but would be, all being well, on the morrow.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading It was the injury to the knee more than his general health that was keeping him in bed now.
the next day
From this reading Lord Level was not up that day, but would be, all being well, on the morrow.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Lord Level was not up that day, but would be, all being well, on the morrow.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading It was the injury to the knee more than his general health that was keeping him in bed now.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Lord Level was not up that day, but would be, all being well, on the morrow.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading In the afternoon Lady Level went out to take a walk.
an angry dispute
From this reading THE QUARREL.
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading The following day was charmingly fine: the sun brilliant, the air warm as summer.
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading The following day was charmingly fine: the sun brilliant, the air warm as summer.
carry out
From this reading In the afternoon Lady Level went out to take a walk.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading It was the injury to the knee more than his general health that was keeping him in bed now.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Lord Level was not up that day, but would be, all being well, on the morrow.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE QUARREL.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In the afternoon Lady Level went out to take a walk.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Lord Level was not up that day, but would be, all being well, on the morrow.
the act of traveling by foot
From this reading In the afternoon Lady Level went out to take a walk.
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading The following day was charmingly fine: the sun brilliant, the air warm as summer.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The following day was charmingly fine: the sun brilliant, the air warm as summer.
(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 Lord Level was not up that day, but would be, all being well, on the morrow.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading In the afternoon Lady Level went out to take a walk.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Lord Level was not up that day, but would be, all being well, on the morrow.
Chapter 11 of The Story of Charles Strange — Vol. 1 by Henry, Mrs. Wood holds 376 sentences, grouped into 76 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.
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