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Chapter 3 of The Workingman's Paradise is here in full — 238 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SWEATING IN THE SYDNEY SLUMS. "Well! Where shall we go, Nellie?" began Ned jauntily, as they walked away together. To tell the truth he was eager to get away from this poor neighborhood. It had saddened him, made him feel unhappy, caused in him a longing to be back again in the bush, on his horse, a hundred miles from everybody.
Chapter 3 of The Workingman's Paradise is here in full — 238 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
From this reading “It had saddened him, made him feel unhappy, caused in him a longing to be back again in the bush, on his horse, a hundred miles from everybody.”
in a jaunty fashionable manner
From this reading “Where shall we go, Nellie?" began Ned jauntily, as they walked away together.”
prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
From this reading “It had saddened him, made him feel unhappy, caused in him a longing to be back again in the bush, on his horse, a hundred miles from everybody.”
a surrounding or nearby region
From this reading “To tell the truth he was eager to get away from this poor neighborhood.”
past form of “sadden” — make unhappy
From this reading “It had saddened him, made him feel unhappy, caused in him a longing to be back again in the bush, on his horse, a hundred miles from everybody.”
plural of “slum” — a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions
From this reading “SWEATING IN THE SYDNEY SLUMS.”
the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid
From this reading “SWEATING IN THE SYDNEY SLUMS.”
the largest Australian city located in southeastern Australia on the Tasman Sea; state capital of New South Wales; Australia's chief port
From this reading “SWEATING IN THE SYDNEY SLUMS.”
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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 It had saddened him, made him feel unhappy, caused in him a longing to be back again in the bush, on his horse, a hundred miles from everybody.
anew
From this reading It had saddened him, made him feel unhappy, caused in him a longing to be back again in the bush, on his horse, a hundred miles from everybody.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Where shall we go, Nellie?" began Ned jauntily, as they walked away together.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Where shall we go, Nellie?" began Ned jauntily, as they walked away together.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading It had saddened him, made him feel unhappy, caused in him a longing to be back again in the bush, on his horse, a hundred miles from everybody.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It had saddened him, made him feel unhappy, caused in him a longing to be back again in the bush, on his horse, a hundred miles from everybody.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading Where shall we go, Nellie?" began Ned jauntily, as they walked away together.
a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
From this reading It had saddened him, made him feel unhappy, caused in him a longing to be back again in the bush, on his horse, a hundred miles from everybody.
past form of “cause” — give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
From this reading It had saddened him, made him feel unhappy, caused in him a longing to be back again in the bush, on his horse, a hundred miles from everybody.
having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy
From this reading To tell the truth he was eager to get away from this poor neighborhood.
every person
From this reading It had saddened him, made him feel unhappy, caused in him a longing to be back again in the bush, on his horse, a hundred miles from everybody.
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading It had saddened him, made him feel unhappy, caused in him a longing to be back again in the bush, on his horse, a hundred miles from everybody.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading To tell the truth he was eager to get away from this poor neighborhood.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading To tell the truth he was eager to get away from this poor neighborhood.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Where shall we go, Nellie?" began Ned jauntily, as they walked away together.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It had saddened him, made him feel unhappy, caused in him a longing to be back again in the bush, on his horse, a hundred miles from everybody.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading To tell the truth he was eager to get away from this poor neighborhood.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It had saddened him, made him feel unhappy, caused in him a longing to be back again in the bush, on his horse, a hundred miles from everybody.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It had saddened him, made him feel unhappy, caused in him a longing to be back again in the bush, on his horse, a hundred miles from everybody.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading It had saddened him, made him feel unhappy, caused in him a longing to be back again in the bush, on his horse, a hundred miles from everybody.
ten 10s
From this reading It had saddened him, made him feel unhappy, caused in him a longing to be back again in the bush, on his horse, a hundred miles from everybody.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading SWEATING IN THE SYDNEY SLUMS.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It had saddened him, made him feel unhappy, caused in him a longing to be back again in the bush, on his horse, a hundred miles from everybody.
in a jaunty fashionable manner
From this reading Where shall we go, Nellie?" began Ned jauntily, as they walked away together.
prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
From this reading It had saddened him, made him feel unhappy, caused in him a longing to be back again in the bush, on his horse, a hundred miles from everybody.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading It had saddened him, made him feel unhappy, caused in him a longing to be back again in the bush, on his horse, a hundred miles from everybody.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading It had saddened him, made him feel unhappy, caused in him a longing to be back again in the bush, on his horse, a hundred miles from everybody.
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From this reading Where shall we go, Nellie?" began Ned jauntily, as they walked away together.
a surrounding or nearby region
From this reading To tell the truth he was eager to get away from this poor neighborhood.
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From this reading Where shall we go, Nellie?" began Ned jauntily, as they walked away together.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It had saddened him, made him feel unhappy, caused in him a longing to be back again in the bush, on his horse, a hundred miles from everybody.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading To tell the truth he was eager to get away from this poor neighborhood.
past form of “sadden” — make unhappy
From this reading It had saddened him, made him feel unhappy, caused in him a longing to be back again in the bush, on his horse, a hundred miles from everybody.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Where shall we go, Nellie?" began Ned jauntily, as they walked away together.
plural of “slum” — a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions
From this reading SWEATING IN THE SYDNEY SLUMS.
the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid
From this reading SWEATING IN THE SYDNEY SLUMS.
the largest Australian city located in southeastern Australia on the Tasman Sea; state capital of New South Wales; Australia's chief port
From this reading SWEATING IN THE SYDNEY SLUMS.
express in words
From this reading To tell the truth he was eager to get away from this poor neighborhood.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SWEATING IN THE SYDNEY SLUMS.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Where shall we go, Nellie?" began Ned jauntily, as they walked away together.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading To tell the truth he was eager to get away from this poor neighborhood.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To tell the truth he was eager to get away from this poor neighborhood.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading Where shall we go, Nellie?" began Ned jauntily, as they walked away together.
a fact that has been verified
From this reading To tell the truth he was eager to get away from this poor neighborhood.
experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent
From this reading It had saddened him, made him feel unhappy, caused in him a longing to be back again in the bush, on his horse, a hundred miles from everybody.
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading Where shall we go, Nellie?" began Ned jauntily, as they walked away together.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading To tell the truth he was eager to get away from this poor neighborhood.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Where shall we go, Nellie?" began Ned jauntily, as they walked away together.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Well!
in or at the place that
From this reading Where shall we go, Nellie?" began Ned jauntily, as they walked away together.
Chapter 3 of The Workingman's Paradise by John Miller holds 238 sentences, grouped into 48 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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