Chapter 5 of The Tower of Oblivion is here in full — 593 sentences across 119 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Tower of Oblivion is here in full — 593 sentences across 119 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE PIVOT I "George, you haven't brought your Beautiful Bear round to see me yet," said Madge Aird. And I jumped a little as she added, "By the way, does he happen to have a brother?" "No. At least I never heard of one. Why?" "I wondered.
Chapter 5 of The Tower of Oblivion is here in full — 593 sentences across 119 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “add” — make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
From this reading “And I jumped a little as she added, "By the way, does he happen to have a brother?"”
have
From this reading “THE PIVOT I "George, you haven't brought your Beautiful Bear round to see me yet," said Madge Aird.”
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading “And I jumped a little as she added, "By the way, does he happen to have a brother?"”
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading “THE PIVOT I "George, you haven't brought your Beautiful Bear round to see me yet," said Madge Aird.”
come to pass
From this reading “And I jumped a little as she added, "By the way, does he happen to have a brother?"”
past form of “jump” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading “And I jumped a little as she added, "By the way, does he happen to have a brother?"”
turn on a pivot
From this reading “THE PIVOT I "George, you haven't brought your Beautiful Bear round to see me yet," said Madge Aird.”
past form of “wonder” — have a wish or desire to know something
From this reading “"I wondered.”
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 “"No. At least I never heard of one.”
introducing a different topic
In this reading “And I jumped a little as she added, "By the way, does he happen to have a brother?"”
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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 And I jumped a little as she added, "By the way, does he happen to have a brother?"
past form of “add” — make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
From this reading And I jumped a little as she added, "By the way, does he happen to have a brother?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE PIVOT I "George, you haven't brought your Beautiful Bear round to see me yet," said Madge Aird.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And I jumped a little as she added, "By the way, does he happen to have a brother?"
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And I jumped a little as she added, "By the way, does he happen to have a brother?"
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "No. At least I never heard of one.
have
From this reading THE PIVOT I "George, you haven't brought your Beautiful Bear round to see me yet," said Madge Aird.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading THE PIVOT I "George, you haven't brought your Beautiful Bear round to see me yet," said Madge Aird.
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading And I jumped a little as she added, "By the way, does he happen to have a brother?"
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading THE PIVOT I "George, you haven't brought your Beautiful Bear round to see me yet," said Madge Aird.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading And I jumped a little as she added, "By the way, does he happen to have a brother?"
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And I jumped a little as she added, "By the way, does he happen to have a brother?"
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading THE PIVOT I "George, you haven't brought your Beautiful Bear round to see me yet," said Madge Aird.
come to pass
From this reading And I jumped a little as she added, "By the way, does he happen to have a brother?"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading And I jumped a little as she added, "By the way, does he happen to have a brother?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE PIVOT I "George, you haven't brought your Beautiful Bear round to see me yet," said Madge Aird.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And I jumped a little as she added, "By the way, does he happen to have a brother?"
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading "No. At least I never heard of one.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE PIVOT I "George, you haven't brought your Beautiful Bear round to see me yet," said Madge Aird.
past form of “jump” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading And I jumped a little as she added, "By the way, does he happen to have a brother?"
the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
From this reading "No. At least I never heard of one.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading And I jumped a little as she added, "By the way, does he happen to have a brother?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE PIVOT I "George, you haven't brought your Beautiful Bear round to see me yet," said Madge Aird.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THE PIVOT I "George, you haven't brought your Beautiful Bear round to see me yet," said Madge Aird.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "No. At least I never heard of one.
not any; not one
From this reading "No. At least I never heard of one.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "No. At least I never heard of one.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "No. At least I never heard of one.
turn on a pivot
From this reading THE PIVOT I "George, you haven't brought your Beautiful Bear round to see me yet," said Madge Aird.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading THE PIVOT I "George, you haven't brought your Beautiful Bear round to see me yet," said Madge Aird.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading THE PIVOT I "George, you haven't brought your Beautiful Bear round to see me yet," said Madge Aird.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading THE PIVOT I "George, you haven't brought your Beautiful Bear round to see me yet," said Madge Aird.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And I jumped a little as she added, "By the way, does he happen to have a brother?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE PIVOT I "George, you haven't brought your Beautiful Bear round to see me yet," said Madge Aird.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE PIVOT I "George, you haven't brought your Beautiful Bear round to see me yet," said Madge Aird.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading And I jumped a little as she added, "By the way, does he happen to have a brother?"
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why?"
past form of “wonder” — have a wish or desire to know something
From this reading "I wondered.
but in spite of that
From this reading THE PIVOT I "George, you haven't brought your Beautiful Bear round to see me yet," said Madge Aird.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading THE PIVOT I "George, you haven't brought your Beautiful Bear round to see me yet," said Madge Aird.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading THE PIVOT I "George, you haven't brought your Beautiful Bear round to see me yet," said Madge Aird.
Chapter 5 of The Tower of Oblivion by Oliver Onions holds 593 sentences, grouped into 119 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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