Chapter 1 of The Twickenham Peerage is here in full — 235 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Twickenham Peerage is here in full — 235 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
1. Page scan source: http://books.google.com/books?id=-zQPAAAAQAAJ (Oxford University) 'You and I can never marry.' Edith's words had been in my thoughts ever since she had uttered them. All night; all the morning; now that in the afternoon I had come out to take the air. I was strolling from the club to George Douglas's rooms in Ashley Gardens.
Chapter 1 of The Twickenham Peerage is here in full — 235 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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possessive form of “douglas” — United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861)
From this reading “I was strolling from the club to George Douglas's rooms in Ashley Gardens.”
a widely used search engine that uses text-matching techniques to find web pages that are important and relevant to a user's search
From this reading “Page scan source: http://books.google.com/books?id=-zQPAAAAQAAJ (Oxford University) 'You and I can never marry.'”
a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers
From this reading “Page scan source: http://books.google.com/books?id=-zQPAAAAQAAJ (Oxford University) 'You and I can never marry.'”
a city in southern England to the northwest of London; site of Oxford University
From this reading “Page scan source: http://books.google.com/books?id=-zQPAAAAQAAJ (Oxford University) 'You and I can never marry.'”
examine minutely or intensely
From this reading “Page scan source: http://books.google.com/books?id=-zQPAAAAQAAJ (Oxford University) 'You and I can never marry.'”
the place where something begins, where it springs into being
From this reading “Page scan source: http://books.google.com/books?id=-zQPAAAAQAAJ (Oxford University) 'You and I can never marry.'”
-ing form of “stroll” — walk leisurely and with no apparent aim
From this reading “I was strolling from the club to George Douglas's rooms in Ashley Gardens.”
the body of faculty and students at a university
From this reading “Page scan source: http://books.google.com/books?id=-zQPAAAAQAAJ (Oxford University) 'You and I can never marry.'”
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.
appear or become visible; make a showing
In this reading “All night; all the morning; now that in the afternoon I had come out to take the air.”
In this reading “All night; all the morning; now that in the afternoon I had come out to take the air.”
In this reading “All night; all the morning; now that in the afternoon I had come out to take the air.”
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From this reading 1.
the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading All night; all the morning; now that in the afternoon I had come out to take the air.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading All night; all the morning; now that in the afternoon I had come out to take the air.
(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 All night; all the morning; now that in the afternoon I had come out to take the air.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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From this reading I was strolling from the club to George Douglas's rooms in Ashley Gardens.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Edith's words had been in my thoughts ever since she had uttered them.
Bound written or printed works.
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to be able to, or to be allowed to
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a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading I was strolling from the club to George Douglas's rooms in Ashley Gardens.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
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move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading All night; all the morning; now that in the afternoon I had come out to take the air.
possessive form of “douglas” — United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861)
From this reading I was strolling from the club to George Douglas's rooms in Ashley Gardens.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Edith's words had been in my thoughts ever since she had uttered them.
at any time
From this reading Edith's words had been in my thoughts ever since she had uttered them.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I was strolling from the club to George Douglas's rooms in Ashley Gardens.
plural of “garden” — a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading I was strolling from the club to George Douglas's rooms in Ashley Gardens.
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 I was strolling from the club to George Douglas's rooms in Ashley Gardens.
a widely used search engine that uses text-matching techniques to find web pages that are important and relevant to a user's search
From this reading Page scan source: http://books.google.com/books?id=-zQPAAAAQAAJ (Oxford University) 'You and I can never marry.'
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Edith's words had been in my thoughts ever since she had uttered them.
a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers
From this reading Page scan source: http://books.google.com/books?id=-zQPAAAAQAAJ (Oxford University) 'You and I can never marry.'
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Page scan source: http://books.google.com/books?id=-zQPAAAAQAAJ (Oxford University) 'You and I can never marry.'
a state in the Rocky Mountains
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inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Edith's words had been in my thoughts ever since she had uttered them.
take in marriage
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the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading All night; all the morning; now that in the afternoon I had come out to take the air.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Edith's words had been in my thoughts ever since she had uttered them.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
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the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading All night; all the morning; now that in the afternoon I had come out to take the air.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading All night; all the morning; now that in the afternoon I had come out to take the air.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading All night; all the morning; now that in the afternoon I had come out to take the air.
a city in southern England to the northwest of London; site of Oxford University
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one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
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apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)
From this reading I was strolling from the club to George Douglas's rooms in Ashley Gardens.
examine minutely or intensely
From this reading Page scan source: http://books.google.com/books?id=-zQPAAAAQAAJ (Oxford University) 'You and I can never marry.'
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Edith's words had been in my thoughts ever since she had uttered them.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Edith's words had been in my thoughts ever since she had uttered them.
the place where something begins, where it springs into being
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-ing form of “stroll” — walk leisurely and with no apparent aim
From this reading I was strolling from the club to George Douglas's rooms in Ashley Gardens.
carry out
From this reading All night; all the morning; now that in the afternoon I had come out to take the air.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading All night; all the morning; now that in the afternoon I had come out to take the air.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading All night; all the morning; now that in the afternoon I had come out to take the air.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Edith's words had been in my thoughts ever since she had uttered them.
plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Edith's words had been in my thoughts ever since she had uttered them.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading All night; all the morning; now that in the afternoon I had come out to take the air.
the body of faculty and students at a university
From this reading Page scan source: http://books.google.com/books?id=-zQPAAAAQAAJ (Oxford University) 'You and I can never marry.'
communicated in words
From this reading Edith's words had been in my thoughts ever since she had uttered them.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was strolling from the club to George Douglas's rooms in Ashley Gardens.
the words that are spoken
From this reading Edith's words had been in my thoughts ever since she had uttered them.
the person or people being spoken to
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Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
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