Chapter 1 of The works of Mr. Thomas Brown, serious and comical is here in full — 23 sentences across 5 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of The works of Mr. Thomas Brown, serious and comical is here in full — 23 sentences across 5 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE WORKS OF Mr. _Thomas Brown_. Containing LETTERS FROM THE DEAD to the LIVING, And from the LIVING to the DEAD. Together with _Dialogues of the DEAD_, After the Manner of LUCIAN. The Seventh Edition carefully Corrected. Mr. _Thomas Brown_.
Chapter 1 of The works of Mr. Thomas Brown, serious and comical is here in full — 23 sentences across 5 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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-ing form of “contain” — include or contain; have as a component
From this reading “Containing LETTERS FROM THE DEAD to the LIVING, And from the LIVING to the DEAD.”
having something undesirable neutralized
From this reading “The Seventh Edition carefully Corrected.”
plural of “dialogue” — a conversation between two persons
the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published
From this reading “The Seventh Edition carefully Corrected.”
coming next after the sixth and just before the eighth in position
From this reading “The Seventh Edition carefully Corrected.”
United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859)
the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
From this reading “THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE WORKS OF Mr. _Thomas Brown_.”
buildings for carrying on industrial labor
From this reading “THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE WORKS OF Mr. _Thomas Brown_.”
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 “THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE WORKS OF Mr. _Thomas Brown_.”
In this reading “Together with _Dialogues of the DEAD_, After the Manner of LUCIAN.”
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later than; following
From this reading Together with _Dialogues of the DEAD_, After the Manner of LUCIAN.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Containing LETTERS FROM THE DEAD to the LIVING, And from the LIVING to the DEAD.
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE WORKS OF Mr. _Thomas Brown_.
taking care or paying attention
From this reading The Seventh Edition carefully Corrected.
-ing form of “contain” — include or contain; have as a component
From this reading Containing LETTERS FROM THE DEAD to the LIVING, And from the LIVING to the DEAD.
having something undesirable neutralized
From this reading The Seventh Edition carefully Corrected.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading Containing LETTERS FROM THE DEAD to the LIVING, And from the LIVING to the DEAD.
plural of “dialogue” — a conversation between two persons
From this reading Together with _Dialogues of the DEAD_, After the Manner of LUCIAN.
the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published
From this reading The Seventh Edition carefully Corrected.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Containing LETTERS FROM THE DEAD to the LIVING, And from the LIVING to the DEAD.
the literary culture
From this reading Containing LETTERS FROM THE DEAD to the LIVING, And from the LIVING to the DEAD.
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
From this reading Containing LETTERS FROM THE DEAD to the LIVING, And from the LIVING to the DEAD.
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From this reading Together with _Dialogues of the DEAD_, After the Manner of LUCIAN.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Together with _Dialogues of the DEAD_, After the Manner of LUCIAN.
a form of address for a man
From this reading THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE WORKS OF Mr. _Thomas Brown_.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE WORKS OF Mr. _Thomas Brown_.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE WORKS OF Mr. _Thomas Brown_.
coming next after the sixth and just before the eighth in position
From this reading The Seventh Edition carefully Corrected.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE WORKS OF Mr. _Thomas Brown_.
United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859)
From this reading THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE WORKS OF Mr. _Thomas Brown_.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Containing LETTERS FROM THE DEAD to the LIVING, And from the LIVING to the DEAD.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading Together with _Dialogues of the DEAD_, After the Manner of LUCIAN.
the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
From this reading THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE WORKS OF Mr. _Thomas Brown_.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Together with _Dialogues of the DEAD_, After the Manner of LUCIAN.
buildings for carrying on industrial labor
From this reading THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE WORKS OF Mr. _Thomas Brown_.
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