Chapter 4 of Toilers of Babylon: A Novel is here in full — 155 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Toilers of Babylon: A Novel is here in full — 155 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Father and son greeted each other cordially, but after the undemonstrative manner of Englishmen. "Well, father?" "Well, Kingsley?" Then they shook hands, and smiled and nodded at each other. "Has everything gone off well, father?"
Chapter 4 of Toilers of Babylon: A Novel is here in full — 155 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in a hearty manner
From this reading “Father and son greeted each other cordially, but after the undemonstrative manner of Englishmen.”
plural of “englishman” — a man who is a native or inhabitant of England
From this reading “Father and son greeted each other cordially, but after the undemonstrative manner of Englishmen.”
all things; all of a situation
From this reading “"Has everything gone off well, father?"”
past form of “greet” — express greetings upon meeting someone
From this reading “Father and son greeted each other cordially, but after the undemonstrative manner of Englishmen.”
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading “Father and son greeted each other cordially, but after the undemonstrative manner of Englishmen.”
inflected form of “nod” — express or signify by nodding
From this reading “Then they shook hands, and smiled and nodded at each other.”
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading “Then they shook hands, and smiled and nodded at each other.”
past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading “Then they shook hands, and smiled and nodded at each other.”
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 “Then they shook hands, and smiled and nodded at each other.”
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later than; following
From this reading Father and son greeted each other cordially, but after the undemonstrative manner of Englishmen.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Father and son greeted each other cordially, but after the undemonstrative manner of Englishmen.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Then they shook hands, and smiled and nodded at each other.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Father and son greeted each other cordially, but after the undemonstrative manner of Englishmen.
in a hearty manner
From this reading Father and son greeted each other cordially, but after the undemonstrative manner of Englishmen.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Father and son greeted each other cordially, but after the undemonstrative manner of Englishmen.
plural of “englishman” — a man who is a native or inhabitant of England
From this reading Father and son greeted each other cordially, but after the undemonstrative manner of Englishmen.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading "Has everything gone off well, father?"
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading Father and son greeted each other cordially, but after the undemonstrative manner of Englishmen.
destroyed or killed
From this reading "Has everything gone off well, father?"
past form of “greet” — express greetings upon meeting someone
From this reading Father and son greeted each other cordially, but after the undemonstrative manner of Englishmen.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading Then they shook hands, and smiled and nodded at each other.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Has everything gone off well, father?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Well, Kingsley?"
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Father and son greeted each other cordially, but after the undemonstrative manner of Englishmen.
inflected form of “nod” — express or signify by nodding
From this reading Then they shook hands, and smiled and nodded at each other.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Father and son greeted each other cordially, but after the undemonstrative manner of Englishmen.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "Has everything gone off well, father?"
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading Father and son greeted each other cordially, but after the undemonstrative manner of Englishmen.
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading Then they shook hands, and smiled and nodded at each other.
past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading Then they shook hands, and smiled and nodded at each other.
a male human offspring
From this reading Father and son greeted each other cordially, but after the undemonstrative manner of Englishmen.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Father and son greeted each other cordially, but after the undemonstrative manner of Englishmen.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then they shook hands, and smiled and nodded at each other.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then they shook hands, and smiled and nodded at each other.
not given to open expression of emotion
From this reading Father and son greeted each other cordially, but after the undemonstrative manner of Englishmen.
(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, father?"
Chapter 4 of Toilers of Babylon: A Novel by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon holds 155 sentences, grouped into 31 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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