Chapter 5 of The Wonderful Visit is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 5 of The Wonderful Visit is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Bifid limb, you know. How is it? Now you're down this way, come in. Come in and let me have a look at it again. You young roughs!
Chapter 5 of The Wonderful Visit is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
anew
From this reading “Come in and let me have a look at it again.”
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Now you're down this way, come in.”
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading “Now you're down this way, come in.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Come in and let me have a look at it again.”
one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper
From this reading “"Bifid limb, you know.”
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading “Come in and let me have a look at it again.”
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading “Now you're down this way, come in.”
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading “You young roughs!”
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.
take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
In this reading “Come in and let me have a look at it again.”
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 Come in and let me have a look at it again.
anew
From this reading Come in and let me have a look at it again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Come in and let me have a look at it again.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Come in and let me have a look at it again.
divided into two lobes
From this reading "Bifid limb, you know.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Now you're down this way, come in.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Now you're down this way, come in.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Come in and let me have a look at it again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How is it?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Now you're down this way, come in.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading How is it?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading How is it?
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading "Bifid limb, you know.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Come in and let me have a look at it again.
one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper
From this reading "Bifid limb, you know.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Come in and let me have a look at it again.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Come in and let me have a look at it again.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now you're down this way, come in.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You young roughs!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Now you're down this way, come in.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Now you're down this way, come in.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Bifid limb, you know.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now you're down this way, come in.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading You young roughs!
Chapter 5 of The Wonderful Visit by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells holds 417 sentences, grouped into 84 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 417 sentences of The Wonderful Visit, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of The Wonderful Visit by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 417 sentences, grouped into 84 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.
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