Chapter 19 of The String of Pearls is here in full — 759 sentences across 152 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 19 of The String of Pearls is here in full — 759 sentences across 152 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MRS. LOVETT VISITS THE BANK. Mrs. Lovett, Mrs. Lovett, we are neglecting you! Excuse us, fascinating piece of wickedness. We are now in Bell-yard again.
Chapter 19 of The String of Pearls is here in full — 759 sentences across 152 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
From this reading “LOVETT VISITS THE BANK.”
accept an excuse for
From this reading “Excuse us, fascinating piece of wickedness.”
capable of arousing and holding the attention
From this reading “Excuse us, fascinating piece of wickedness.”
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading “MRS.”
-ing form of “neglect” — leave undone or leave out
From this reading “Mrs. Lovett, Mrs. Lovett, we are neglecting you!”
a separate part of a whole
From this reading “Excuse us, fascinating piece of wickedness.”
plural of “visit” — the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time
From this reading “LOVETT VISITS THE BANK.”
morally objectionable behavior
From this reading “Excuse us, fascinating piece of wickedness.”
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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anew
From this reading We are now in Bell-yard again.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Mrs. Lovett, Mrs. Lovett, we are neglecting you!
sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
From this reading LOVETT VISITS THE BANK.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We are now in Bell-yard again.
accept an excuse for
From this reading Excuse us, fascinating piece of wickedness.
capable of arousing and holding the attention
From this reading Excuse us, fascinating piece of wickedness.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We are now in Bell-yard again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LOVETT VISITS THE BANK.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading MRS.
-ing form of “neglect” — leave undone or leave out
From this reading Mrs. Lovett, Mrs. Lovett, we are neglecting you!
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading We are now in Bell-yard again.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Excuse us, fascinating piece of wickedness.
a separate part of a whole
From this reading Excuse us, fascinating piece of wickedness.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading LOVETT VISITS THE BANK.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Excuse us, fascinating piece of wickedness.
plural of “visit” — the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time
From this reading LOVETT VISITS THE BANK.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Mrs. Lovett, Mrs. Lovett, we are neglecting you!
morally objectionable behavior
From this reading Excuse us, fascinating piece of wickedness.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Mrs. Lovett, Mrs. Lovett, we are neglecting you!
Chapter 19 of The String of Pearls by James Malcolm Rymer holds 759 sentences, grouped into 152 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 19 holds 759 sentences of The String of Pearls, unabridged, divided into 152 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 19 of The String of Pearls by James Malcolm Rymer exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 759 sentences, grouped into 152 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.
Work through the 152 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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