Chapter 8 of The Vinegar Saint is here in full — 391 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of The Vinegar Saint is here in full — 391 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“‘_Mon père_’--ugh! That’s wicked of you, to remind me of my years.... But you know about the custom, don’t you?” “Tell me.” “Oh, perhaps it doesn’t always count.
Chapter 8 of The Vinegar Saint is here in full — 391 sentences across 79 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.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading ““Oh, perhaps it doesn’t always count.”
determine the number or amount of
From this reading ““Oh, perhaps it doesn’t always count.”
accepted or habitual practice
From this reading “But you know about the custom, don’t you?””
the second day of the week; the first working day
by chance
From this reading ““Oh, perhaps it doesn’t always count.”
put in the mind of someone
From this reading “That’s wicked of you, to remind me of my years....”
morally bad in principle or practice
From this reading “That’s wicked of you, to remind me of my years....”
a late time of life
From this reading “That’s wicked of you, to remind me of my years....”
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 “But you know about the custom, don’t you?””
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading But you know about the custom, don’t you?”
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading “Oh, perhaps it doesn’t always count.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But you know about the custom, don’t you?”
determine the number or amount of
From this reading “Oh, perhaps it doesn’t always count.
accepted or habitual practice
From this reading But you know about the custom, don’t you?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Oh, perhaps it doesn’t always count.
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From this reading But you know about the custom, don’t you?”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Oh, perhaps it doesn’t always count.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading But you know about the custom, don’t you?”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading That’s wicked of you, to remind me of my years....
the second day of the week; the first working day
From this reading “‘_Mon père_’--ugh!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading That’s wicked of you, to remind me of my years....
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading That’s wicked of you, to remind me of my years....
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, perhaps it doesn’t always count.
by chance
From this reading “Oh, perhaps it doesn’t always count.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “‘_Mon père_’--ugh!
put in the mind of someone
From this reading That’s wicked of you, to remind me of my years....
express in words
From this reading “Tell me.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That’s wicked of you, to remind me of my years....
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But you know about the custom, don’t you?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading That’s wicked of you, to remind me of my years....
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “‘_Mon père_’--ugh!
morally bad in principle or practice
From this reading That’s wicked of you, to remind me of my years....
a late time of life
From this reading That’s wicked of you, to remind me of my years....
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading That’s wicked of you, to remind me of my years....
Chapter 8 of The Vinegar Saint by Hughes Mearns holds 391 sentences, grouped into 79 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 8 holds 391 sentences of The Vinegar Saint, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of The Vinegar Saint by Hughes Mearns exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 391 sentences, grouped into 79 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 79 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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