Chapter 5 of The Vinegar Saint is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Vinegar Saint is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“_J’ai un petit frère_,” volunteered Davis. “It means, ‘I have a little brother.’ I haven’t any little brother, but that’s French, all right.” “_Adieu! Adieu!
Chapter 5 of The Vinegar Saint is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 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.
a farewell remark
From this reading “Adieu!”
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading ““It means, ‘I have a little brother.’”
English navigator who explored the Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage (1550-1605)
From this reading ““_J’ai un petit frère_,” volunteered Davis.”
the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France
From this reading “I haven’t any little brother, but that’s French, all right.””
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading ““It means, ‘I have a little brother.’”
thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
From this reading ““It means, ‘I have a little brother.’”
precisely, exactly
From this reading “I haven’t any little brother, but that’s French, all right.””
past form of “volunteer” — tell voluntarily
From this reading ““_J’ai un petit frère_,” volunteered Davis.”
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.
a younger brother
In this reading ““It means, ‘I have a little brother.’”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “It means, ‘I have a little brother.’
a farewell remark
From this reading “_Adieu!
(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 I haven’t any little brother, but that’s French, all right.”
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading I haven’t any little brother, but that’s French, all right.”
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading “It means, ‘I have a little brother.’
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I haven’t any little brother, but that’s French, all right.”
English navigator who explored the Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage (1550-1605)
From this reading “_J’ai un petit frère_,” volunteered Davis.
the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France
From this reading I haven’t any little brother, but that’s French, all right.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “_J’ai un petit frère_,” volunteered Davis.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “It means, ‘I have a little brother.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I haven’t any little brother, but that’s French, all right.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “It means, ‘I have a little brother.’
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “It means, ‘I have a little brother.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “_J’ai un petit frère_,” volunteered Davis.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “It means, ‘I have a little brother.’
thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
From this reading “It means, ‘I have a little brother.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “_J’ai un petit frère_,” volunteered Davis.
precisely, exactly
From this reading I haven’t any little brother, but that’s French, all right.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I haven’t any little brother, but that’s French, all right.”
an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security
From this reading “_J’ai un petit frère_,” volunteered Davis.
past form of “volunteer” — tell voluntarily
From this reading “_J’ai un petit frère_,” volunteered Davis.
Chapter 5 of The Vinegar Saint by Hughes Mearns holds 407 sentences, grouped into 82 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 5 holds 407 sentences of The Vinegar Saint, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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