Chapter 19 of The wiser folly is here in full — 286 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 19 of The wiser folly is here in full — 286 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE CACHE JOHN was walking over the moorland. He had been walking for the last hour and more. It was nearing five o’clock. He had made a great circle, and was now somewhere near the place where he had first had sight of a fair lady and her two attendant knights. At the moment there was no human being in sight.
Chapter 19 of The wiser folly is here in full — 286 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
From this reading “He had made a great circle, and was now somewhere near the place where he had first had sight of a fair lady and her two attendant knights.”
a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons)
From this reading “THE CACHE JOHN was walking over the moorland.”
ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point
From this reading “He had made a great circle, and was now somewhere near the place where he had first had sight of a fair lady and her two attendant knights.”
plural of “knight” — originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
From this reading “He had made a great circle, and was now somewhere near the place where he had first had sight of a fair lady and her two attendant knights.”
open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss
From this reading “THE CACHE JOHN was walking over the moorland.”
-ing form of “near” — move towards
From this reading “It was nearing five o’clock.”
according to the clock
in or at or to some place
From this reading “He had made a great circle, and was now somewhere near the place where he had first had sight of a fair lady and her two attendant knights.”
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 “He had made a great circle, and was now somewhere near the place where he had first had sight of a fair lady and her two attendant knights.”
In this reading “He had been walking for the last hour and more.”
at or within a reasonable distance for seeing
In this reading “At the moment there was no human being in sight.”
In this reading “At the moment there was no human being in sight.”
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 He had made a great circle, and was now somewhere near the place where he had first had sight of a fair lady and her two attendant knights.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He had been walking for the last hour and more.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the moment there was no human being in sight.
someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
From this reading He had made a great circle, and was now somewhere near the place where he had first had sight of a fair lady and her two attendant knights.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He had been walking for the last hour and more.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading At the moment there was no human being in sight.
a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons)
From this reading THE CACHE JOHN was walking over the moorland.
ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point
From this reading He had made a great circle, and was now somewhere near the place where he had first had sight of a fair lady and her two attendant knights.
free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
From this reading He had made a great circle, and was now somewhere near the place where he had first had sight of a fair lady and her two attendant knights.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading He had made a great circle, and was now somewhere near the place where he had first had sight of a fair lady and her two attendant knights.
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading It was nearing five o’clock.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He had been walking for the last hour and more.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading He had made a great circle, and was now somewhere near the place where he had first had sight of a fair lady and her two attendant knights.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had been walking for the last hour and more.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had been walking for the last hour and more.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He had made a great circle, and was now somewhere near the place where he had first had sight of a fair lady and her two attendant knights.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading He had been walking for the last hour and more.
characteristic of humanity
From this reading At the moment there was no human being in sight.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading At the moment there was no human being in sight.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was nearing five o’clock.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading THE CACHE JOHN was walking over the moorland.
plural of “knight” — originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
From this reading He had made a great circle, and was now somewhere near the place where he had first had sight of a fair lady and her two attendant knights.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading He had made a great circle, and was now somewhere near the place where he had first had sight of a fair lady and her two attendant knights.
immediately past
From this reading He had been walking for the last hour and more.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading He had made a great circle, and was now somewhere near the place where he had first had sight of a fair lady and her two attendant knights.
a particular point in time
From this reading At the moment there was no human being in sight.
open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss
From this reading THE CACHE JOHN was walking over the moorland.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading He had been walking for the last hour and more.
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading He had made a great circle, and was now somewhere near the place where he had first had sight of a fair lady and her two attendant knights.
-ing form of “near” — move towards
From this reading It was nearing five o’clock.
not any; not one
From this reading At the moment there was no human being in sight.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading He had made a great circle, and was now somewhere near the place where he had first had sight of a fair lady and her two attendant knights.
according to the clock
From this reading It was nearing five o’clock.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He had made a great circle, and was now somewhere near the place where he had first had sight of a fair lady and her two attendant knights.
above and across; more than
From this reading THE CACHE JOHN was walking over the moorland.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading He had made a great circle, and was now somewhere near the place where he had first had sight of a fair lady and her two attendant knights.
an instance of visual perception
From this reading He had made a great circle, and was now somewhere near the place where he had first had sight of a fair lady and her two attendant knights.
in or at or to some place
From this reading He had made a great circle, and was now somewhere near the place where he had first had sight of a fair lady and her two attendant knights.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CACHE JOHN was walking over the moorland.
in or at that place or location
From this reading At the moment there was no human being in sight.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading He had made a great circle, and was now somewhere near the place where he had first had sight of a fair lady and her two attendant knights.
close enough to be walked to
From this reading THE CACHE JOHN was walking over the moorland.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE CACHE JOHN was walking over the moorland.
in or at the place that
From this reading He had made a great circle, and was now somewhere near the place where he had first had sight of a fair lady and her two attendant knights.
Chapter 19 of The wiser folly by LM (Leslie Moore) holds 286 sentences, grouped into 58 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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