Chapter 12 of Through East Anglia in a Motor Car is here in full — 14 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 12 of Through East Anglia in a Motor Car is here in full — 14 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
COLCHESTER TO GRAYS ROADS Good to Chelmsford; not bad to Billericay; very bad beyond. HILLS Galleywood Common, a stiff rise; about 150 feet in 2 miles. Billericay Hill, 1 in 13. Langdon Hill, a stiff rise; 300 feet in 2-1/2 miles. DISTANCES Colchester to Chelmsford (R.A.), 23-1/4.
Chapter 12 of Through East Anglia in a Motor Car is here in full — 14 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
From this reading “HILLS Galleywood Common, a stiff rise; about 150 feet in 2 miles.”
plural of “distance” — the property created by the space between two objects or points
From this reading “DISTANCES Colchester to Chelmsford (R.A.), 23-1/4.”
plural of “gray” — a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading “COLCHESTER TO GRAYS ROADS Good to Chelmsford; not bad to Billericay; very bad beyond.”
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading “Billericay Hill, 1 in 13.”
plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading “HILLS Galleywood Common, a stiff rise; about 150 feet in 2 miles.”
move upward
From this reading “HILLS Galleywood Common, a stiff rise; about 150 feet in 2 miles.”
a partly sheltered anchorage
From this reading “COLCHESTER TO GRAYS ROADS Good to Chelmsford; not bad to Billericay; very bad beyond.”
not moving or operating freely
From this reading “HILLS Galleywood Common, a stiff rise; about 150 feet in 2 miles.”
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From this reading Billericay Hill, 1 in 13.
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From this reading Billericay Hill, 1 in 13.
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From this reading HILLS Galleywood Common, a stiff rise; about 150 feet in 2 miles.
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From this reading HILLS Galleywood Common, a stiff rise; about 150 feet in 2 miles.
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From this reading DISTANCES Colchester to Chelmsford (R.A.), 23-1/4.
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From this reading Langdon Hill, a stiff rise; 300 feet in 2-1/2 miles.
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From this reading DISTANCES Colchester to Chelmsford (R.A.), 23-1/4.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading HILLS Galleywood Common, a stiff rise; about 150 feet in 2 miles.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading HILLS Galleywood Common, a stiff rise; about 150 feet in 2 miles.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading COLCHESTER TO GRAYS ROADS Good to Chelmsford; not bad to Billericay; very bad beyond.
on the far side of; further than
From this reading COLCHESTER TO GRAYS ROADS Good to Chelmsford; not bad to Billericay; very bad beyond.
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From this reading COLCHESTER TO GRAYS ROADS Good to Chelmsford; not bad to Billericay; very bad beyond.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading COLCHESTER TO GRAYS ROADS Good to Chelmsford; not bad to Billericay; very bad beyond.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading COLCHESTER TO GRAYS ROADS Good to Chelmsford; not bad to Billericay; very bad beyond.
belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
From this reading HILLS Galleywood Common, a stiff rise; about 150 feet in 2 miles.
plural of “distance” — the property created by the space between two objects or points
From this reading DISTANCES Colchester to Chelmsford (R.A.), 23-1/4.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading HILLS Galleywood Common, a stiff rise; about 150 feet in 2 miles.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HILLS Galleywood Common, a stiff rise; about 150 feet in 2 miles.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading COLCHESTER TO GRAYS ROADS Good to Chelmsford; not bad to Billericay; very bad beyond.
plural of “gray” — a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading COLCHESTER TO GRAYS ROADS Good to Chelmsford; not bad to Billericay; very bad beyond.
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading Billericay Hill, 1 in 13.
plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading HILLS Galleywood Common, a stiff rise; about 150 feet in 2 miles.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading HILLS Galleywood Common, a stiff rise; about 150 feet in 2 miles.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Langdon Hill, a stiff rise; 300 feet in 2-1/2 miles.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading HILLS Galleywood Common, a stiff rise; about 150 feet in 2 miles.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading COLCHESTER TO GRAYS ROADS Good to Chelmsford; not bad to Billericay; very bad beyond.
a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air
From this reading DISTANCES Colchester to Chelmsford (R.A.), 23-1/4.
move upward
From this reading HILLS Galleywood Common, a stiff rise; about 150 feet in 2 miles.
a partly sheltered anchorage
From this reading COLCHESTER TO GRAYS ROADS Good to Chelmsford; not bad to Billericay; very bad beyond.
not moving or operating freely
From this reading HILLS Galleywood Common, a stiff rise; about 150 feet in 2 miles.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading COLCHESTER TO GRAYS ROADS Good to Chelmsford; not bad to Billericay; very bad beyond.
precisely as stated
From this reading COLCHESTER TO GRAYS ROADS Good to Chelmsford; not bad to Billericay; very bad beyond.
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