Chapter 25 of The Story of Francis Cludde is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 25 of The Story of Francis Cludde is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
IN HARBOR AT LAST. "We must first help ourselves," Sir Anthony answered sharply; rousing himself with wonderful energy from the prostration into which my story had thrown him. "I will send after her. She shall be brought back. Ho!
Chapter 25 of The Story of Francis Cludde is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)
From this reading “"We must first help ourselves," Sir Anthony answered sharply; rousing himself with wonderful energy from the prostration into which my story had thrown him.”
(physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs
From this reading “"We must first help ourselves," Sir Anthony answered sharply; rousing himself with wonderful energy from the prostration into which my story had thrown him.”
maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
From this reading “IN HARBOR AT LAST.”
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading “"We must first help ourselves," Sir Anthony answered sharply; rousing himself with wonderful energy from the prostration into which my story had thrown him.”
an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion
From this reading “"We must first help ourselves," Sir Anthony answered sharply; rousing himself with wonderful energy from the prostration into which my story had thrown him.”
capable of arousing enthusiasm or excitement
From this reading “"We must first help ourselves," Sir Anthony answered sharply; rousing himself with wonderful energy from the prostration into which my story had thrown him.”
in an aggressive manner
From this reading “"We must first help ourselves," Sir Anthony answered sharply; rousing himself with wonderful energy from the prostration into which my story had thrown him.”
caused to fall to the ground
From this reading “"We must first help ourselves," Sir Anthony answered sharply; rousing himself with wonderful energy from the prostration into which my story had thrown him.”
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.
bring back to the point of departure
In this reading “She shall be brought back.”
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 "I will send after her.
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading "We must first help ourselves," Sir Anthony answered sharply; rousing himself with wonderful energy from the prostration into which my story had thrown him.
Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)
From this reading "We must first help ourselves," Sir Anthony answered sharply; rousing himself with wonderful energy from the prostration into which my story had thrown him.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading IN HARBOR AT LAST.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading She shall be brought back.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading She shall be brought back.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading She shall be brought back.
(physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs
From this reading "We must first help ourselves," Sir Anthony answered sharply; rousing himself with wonderful energy from the prostration into which my story had thrown him.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading "We must first help ourselves," Sir Anthony answered sharply; rousing himself with wonderful energy from the prostration into which my story had thrown him.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "We must first help ourselves," Sir Anthony answered sharply; rousing himself with wonderful energy from the prostration into which my story had thrown him.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "We must first help ourselves," Sir Anthony answered sharply; rousing himself with wonderful energy from the prostration into which my story had thrown him.
maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
From this reading IN HARBOR AT LAST.
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading "We must first help ourselves," Sir Anthony answered sharply; rousing himself with wonderful energy from the prostration into which my story had thrown him.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "I will send after her.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "We must first help ourselves," Sir Anthony answered sharply; rousing himself with wonderful energy from the prostration into which my story had thrown him.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading "We must first help ourselves," Sir Anthony answered sharply; rousing himself with wonderful energy from the prostration into which my story had thrown him.
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds
From this reading Ho!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I will send after her.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN HARBOR AT LAST.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "We must first help ourselves," Sir Anthony answered sharply; rousing himself with wonderful energy from the prostration into which my story had thrown him.
immediately past
From this reading IN HARBOR AT LAST.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "We must first help ourselves," Sir Anthony answered sharply; rousing himself with wonderful energy from the prostration into which my story had thrown him.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "We must first help ourselves," Sir Anthony answered sharply; rousing himself with wonderful energy from the prostration into which my story had thrown him.
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading "We must first help ourselves," Sir Anthony answered sharply; rousing himself with wonderful energy from the prostration into which my story had thrown him.
an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion
From this reading "We must first help ourselves," Sir Anthony answered sharply; rousing himself with wonderful energy from the prostration into which my story had thrown him.
capable of arousing enthusiasm or excitement
From this reading "We must first help ourselves," Sir Anthony answered sharply; rousing himself with wonderful energy from the prostration into which my story had thrown him.
cause to go somewhere
From this reading "I will send after her.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading She shall be brought back.
in an aggressive manner
From this reading "We must first help ourselves," Sir Anthony answered sharply; rousing himself with wonderful energy from the prostration into which my story had thrown him.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She shall be brought back.
term of address for a man
From this reading "We must first help ourselves," Sir Anthony answered sharply; rousing himself with wonderful energy from the prostration into which my story had thrown 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 "We must first help ourselves," Sir Anthony answered sharply; rousing himself with wonderful energy from the prostration into which my story had thrown him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "We must first help ourselves," Sir Anthony answered sharply; rousing himself with wonderful energy from the prostration into which my story had thrown him.
caused to fall to the ground
From this reading "We must first help ourselves," Sir Anthony answered sharply; rousing himself with wonderful energy from the prostration into which my story had thrown him.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "We must first help ourselves," Sir Anthony answered sharply; rousing himself with wonderful energy from the prostration into which my story had thrown him.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading "We must first help ourselves," Sir Anthony answered sharply; rousing himself with wonderful energy from the prostration into which my story had thrown him.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "I will send after her.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "We must first help ourselves," Sir Anthony answered sharply; rousing himself with wonderful energy from the prostration into which my story had thrown him.
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading "We must first help ourselves," Sir Anthony answered sharply; rousing himself with wonderful energy from the prostration into which my story had thrown him.
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