Chapter 29 of The Twickenham Peerage is here in full — 230 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 29 of The Twickenham Peerage is here in full — 230 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BACK TO THE WORLD The monks were working in the garden. A little apart, a man, whose costume suggested that he had not yet taken the full monastic vows, was going over a patch of ground with a rake. The patch was on a slope. Here and there were currant-bushes. The rake loosened the soil which was between them.
Chapter 29 of The Twickenham Peerage is here in full — 230 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball
From this reading “A little apart, a man, whose costume suggested that he had not yet taken the full monastic vows, was going over a patch of ground with a rake.”
straightened out
From this reading “The rake loosened the soil which was between them.”
of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows
From this reading “A little apart, a man, whose costume suggested that he had not yet taken the full monastic vows, was going over a patch of ground with a rake.”
plural of “monk” — a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work
From this reading “BACK TO THE WORLD The monks were working in the garden.”
a small contrasting part of something
From this reading “A little apart, a man, whose costume suggested that he had not yet taken the full monastic vows, was going over a patch of ground with a rake.”
move through with or as if with a rake
From this reading “A little apart, a man, whose costume suggested that he had not yet taken the full monastic vows, was going over a patch of ground with a rake.”
an elevated geological formation
From this reading “The patch was on a slope.”
plural of “vow” — a solemn pledge (to oneself or to another or to a deity) to do something or to behave in a certain manner
From this reading “A little apart, a man, whose costume suggested that he had not yet taken the full monastic vows, was going over a patch of ground with a rake.”
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 “The patch was on a slope.”
In this reading “BACK TO THE WORLD The monks were working in the garden.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 A little apart, a man, whose costume suggested that he had not yet taken the full monastic vows, was going over a patch of ground with a rake.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Here and there were currant-bushes.
separated or at a distance in place or position or time
From this reading A little apart, a man, whose costume suggested that he had not yet taken the full monastic vows, was going over a patch of ground with a rake.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading BACK TO THE WORLD The monks were working in the garden.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading The rake loosened the soil which was between them.
the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball
From this reading A little apart, a man, whose costume suggested that he had not yet taken the full monastic vows, was going over a patch of ground with a rake.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Here and there were currant-bushes.
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading A little apart, a man, whose costume suggested that he had not yet taken the full monastic vows, was going over a patch of ground with a rake.
a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading BACK TO THE WORLD The monks were working in the garden.
the act of departing
From this reading A little apart, a man, whose costume suggested that he had not yet taken the full monastic vows, was going over a patch of ground with a rake.
the solid part of the earth's surface
From this reading A little apart, a man, whose costume suggested that he had not yet taken the full monastic vows, was going over a patch of ground with a rake.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A little apart, a man, whose costume suggested that he had not yet taken the full monastic vows, was going over a patch of ground with a rake.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A little apart, a man, whose costume suggested that he had not yet taken the full monastic vows, was going over a patch of ground with a rake.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Here and there were currant-bushes.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading BACK TO THE WORLD The monks were working in the garden.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading A little apart, a man, whose costume suggested that he had not yet taken the full monastic vows, was going over a patch of ground with a rake.
straightened out
From this reading The rake loosened the soil which was between them.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading A little apart, a man, whose costume suggested that he had not yet taken the full monastic vows, was going over a patch of ground with a rake.
of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows
From this reading A little apart, a man, whose costume suggested that he had not yet taken the full monastic vows, was going over a patch of ground with a rake.
plural of “monk” — a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work
From this reading BACK TO THE WORLD The monks were working in the garden.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading A little apart, a man, whose costume suggested that he had not yet taken the full monastic vows, was going over a patch of ground with a rake.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A little apart, a man, whose costume suggested that he had not yet taken the full monastic vows, was going over a patch of ground with a rake.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The patch was on a slope.
above and across; more than
From this reading A little apart, a man, whose costume suggested that he had not yet taken the full monastic vows, was going over a patch of ground with a rake.
a small contrasting part of something
From this reading A little apart, a man, whose costume suggested that he had not yet taken the full monastic vows, was going over a patch of ground with a rake.
move through with or as if with a rake
From this reading A little apart, a man, whose costume suggested that he had not yet taken the full monastic vows, was going over a patch of ground with a rake.
an elevated geological formation
From this reading The patch was on a slope.
the state of being covered with unclean things
From this reading The rake loosened the soil which was between them.
past form of “suggest” — make a proposal, declare a plan for something
From this reading A little apart, a man, whose costume suggested that he had not yet taken the full monastic vows, was going over a patch of ground with a rake.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading A little apart, a man, whose costume suggested that he had not yet taken the full monastic vows, was going over a patch of ground with a rake.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A little apart, a man, whose costume suggested that he had not yet taken the full monastic vows, was going over a patch of ground with a rake.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BACK TO THE WORLD The monks were working in the garden.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The rake loosened the soil which was between them.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Here and there were currant-bushes.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading BACK TO THE WORLD The monks were working in the garden.
plural of “vow” — a solemn pledge (to oneself or to another or to a deity) to do something or to behave in a certain manner
From this reading A little apart, a man, whose costume suggested that he had not yet taken the full monastic vows, was going over a patch of ground with a rake.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A little apart, a man, whose costume suggested that he had not yet taken the full monastic vows, was going over a patch of ground with a rake.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading BACK TO THE WORLD The monks were working in the garden.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The rake loosened the soil which was between them.
belonging to which person
From this reading A little apart, a man, whose costume suggested that he had not yet taken the full monastic vows, was going over a patch of ground with a rake.
in the company of; together with
From this reading A little apart, a man, whose costume suggested that he had not yet taken the full monastic vows, was going over a patch of ground with a rake.
actively engaged in paid work
From this reading BACK TO THE WORLD The monks were working in the garden.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading BACK TO THE WORLD The monks were working in the garden.
but in spite of that
From this reading A little apart, a man, whose costume suggested that he had not yet taken the full monastic vows, was going over a patch of ground with a rake.
Chapter 29 of The Twickenham Peerage by Richard Marsh holds 230 sentences, grouped into 46 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 29 holds 230 sentences of The Twickenham Peerage, unabridged, divided into 46 reading sections.
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