Chapter 1 of The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson — Vol. 15 is here in full — 393 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson — Vol. 15 is here in full — 393 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SMITH. Ah, well, if it's all in the way of friendship!... I say, Jean (you and me had best be on the toddle). We shall be late for church. HUNT.
Chapter 1 of The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson — Vol. 15 is here in full — 393 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the supreme effort one can make
From this reading “I say, Jean (you and me had best be on the toddle).”
one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
From this reading “We shall be late for church.”
the state of being friends (or friendly)
From this reading “Ah, well, if it's all in the way of friendship!...”
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
From this reading “HUNT.”
a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric
From this reading “I say, Jean (you and me had best be on the toddle).”
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading “We shall be late for church.”
Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
From this reading “SMITH.”
walk unsteadily
From this reading “I say, Jean (you and me had best be on the toddle).”
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.
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From this reading Ah, well, if it's all in the way of friendship!...
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Ah, well, if it's all in the way of friendship!...
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I say, Jean (you and me had best be on the toddle).
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I say, Jean (you and me had best be on the toddle).
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading I say, Jean (you and me had best be on the toddle).
one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
From this reading We shall be late for church.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading We shall be late for church.
the state of being friends (or friendly)
From this reading Ah, well, if it's all in the way of friendship!...
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I say, Jean (you and me had best be on the toddle).
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
From this reading HUNT.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I say, Jean (you and me had best be on the toddle).
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Ah, well, if it's all in the way of friendship!...
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Ah, well, if it's all in the way of friendship!...
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ah, well, if it's all in the way of friendship!...
a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric
From this reading I say, Jean (you and me had best be on the toddle).
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading We shall be late for church.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I say, Jean (you and me had best be on the toddle).
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Ah, well, if it's all in the way of friendship!...
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I say, Jean (you and me had best be on the toddle).
express in words
From this reading I say, Jean (you and me had best be on the toddle).
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading We shall be late for church.
Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
From this reading SMITH.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Ah, well, if it's all in the way of friendship!...
walk unsteadily
From this reading I say, Jean (you and me had best be on the toddle).
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Ah, well, if it's all in the way of friendship!...
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We shall be late for church.
(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 Ah, well, if it's all in the way of friendship!...
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I say, Jean (you and me had best be on the toddle).
Chapter 1 of The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson — Vol. 15 by Robert Louis Stevenson holds 393 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.
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