Chapter 28 of Tomorrow's tangle is here in full — 160 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 28 of Tomorrow's tangle is here in full — 160 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A BROKEN TOOL “A plague o’ both your houses! They have made worms’ meat of me.” --SHAKESPEARE. It had been close upon half-past two when Harney had left the house in Bush Street. Essex at the window had heard the sound of his retreating feet soon lost in the rush of the rain, and had then returned to the fire.
Chapter 28 of Tomorrow's tangle is here in full — 160 sentences across 32 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 been close upon half-past two when Harney had left the house in Bush Street.”
a county in southeastern England on the North Sea and the Thames estuary
From this reading “Essex at the window had heard the sound of his retreating feet soon lost in the rush of the rain, and had then returned to the fire.”
the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
From this reading “They have made worms’ meat of me.””
cause to suffer a blight
From this reading “A BROKEN TOOL “A plague o’ both your houses!”
-ing form of “retreat” — pull back or move away or backward
From this reading “Essex at the window had heard the sound of his retreating feet soon lost in the rush of the rain, and had then returned to the fire.”
English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616)
From this reading “--SHAKESPEARE.”
an implement used in the practice of a vocation
From this reading “A BROKEN TOOL “A plague o’ both your houses!”
plural of “worm” — any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
From this reading “They have made worms’ meat of me.””
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In this reading “Essex at the window had heard the sound of his retreating feet soon lost in the rush of the rain, and had then returned to the fire.”
In this reading “Essex at the window had heard the sound of his retreating feet soon lost in the rush of the rain, and had then returned to the fire.”
In this reading “Essex at the window had heard the sound of his retreating feet soon lost in the rush of the rain, and had then returned to the fire.”
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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 A BROKEN TOOL “A plague o’ both your houses!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Essex at the window had heard the sound of his retreating feet soon lost in the rush of the rain, and had then returned to the fire.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Essex at the window had heard the sound of his retreating feet soon lost in the rush of the rain, and had then returned to the fire.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It had been close upon half-past two when Harney had left the house in Bush Street.
the two together, not just one
From this reading A BROKEN TOOL “A plague o’ both your houses!
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading A BROKEN TOOL “A plague o’ both your houses!
a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
From this reading It had been close upon half-past two when Harney had left the house in Bush Street.
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading It had been close upon half-past two when Harney had left the house in Bush Street.
a county in southeastern England on the North Sea and the Thames estuary
From this reading Essex at the window had heard the sound of his retreating feet soon lost in the rush of the rain, and had then returned to the fire.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading Essex at the window had heard the sound of his retreating feet soon lost in the rush of the rain, and had then returned to the fire.
start firing a weapon
From this reading Essex at the window had heard the sound of his retreating feet soon lost in the rush of the rain, and had then returned to the fire.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It had been close upon half-past two when Harney had left the house in Bush Street.
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From this reading It had been close upon half-past two when Harney had left the house in Bush Street.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It had been close upon half-past two when Harney had left the house in Bush Street.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading They have made worms’ meat of me.”
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading Essex at the window had heard the sound of his retreating feet soon lost in the rush of the rain, and had then returned to the fire.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Essex at the window had heard the sound of his retreating feet soon lost in the rush of the rain, and had then returned to the fire.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading It had been close upon half-past two when Harney had left the house in Bush Street.
plural of “house” — a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading A BROKEN TOOL “A plague o’ both your houses!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It had been close upon half-past two when Harney had left the house in Bush Street.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It had been close upon half-past two when Harney had left the house in Bush Street.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading It had been close upon half-past two when Harney had left the house in Bush Street.
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading Essex at the window had heard the sound of his retreating feet soon lost in the rush of the rain, and had then returned to the fire.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading They have made worms’ meat of me.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They have made worms’ meat of me.”
the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
From this reading They have made worms’ meat of me.”
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading A BROKEN TOOL “A plague o’ both your houses!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They have made worms’ meat of me.”
cause to suffer a blight
From this reading A BROKEN TOOL “A plague o’ both your houses!
water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
From this reading Essex at the window had heard the sound of his retreating feet soon lost in the rush of the rain, and had then returned to the fire.
-ing form of “retreat” — pull back or move away or backward
From this reading Essex at the window had heard the sound of his retreating feet soon lost in the rush of the rain, and had then returned to the fire.
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading Essex at the window had heard the sound of his retreating feet soon lost in the rush of the rain, and had then returned to the fire.
move hurridly
From this reading Essex at the window had heard the sound of his retreating feet soon lost in the rush of the rain, and had then returned to the fire.
English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616)
From this reading --SHAKESPEARE.
in the near future
From this reading Essex at the window had heard the sound of his retreating feet soon lost in the rush of the rain, and had then returned to the fire.
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading Essex at the window had heard the sound of his retreating feet soon lost in the rush of the rain, and had then returned to the fire.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading It had been close upon half-past two when Harney had left the house in Bush Street.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It had been close upon half-past two when Harney had left the house in Bush Street.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Essex at the window had heard the sound of his retreating feet soon lost in the rush of the rain, and had then returned to the fire.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They have made worms’ meat of me.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Essex at the window had heard the sound of his retreating feet soon lost in the rush of the rain, and had then returned to the fire.
an implement used in the practice of a vocation
From this reading A BROKEN TOOL “A plague o’ both your houses!
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading It had been close upon half-past two when Harney had left the house in Bush Street.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading It had been close upon half-past two when Harney had left the house in Bush Street.
at the time that
From this reading It had been close upon half-past two when Harney had left the house in Bush Street.
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading Essex at the window had heard the sound of his retreating feet soon lost in the rush of the rain, and had then returned to the fire.
plural of “worm” — any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
From this reading They have made worms’ meat of me.”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading A BROKEN TOOL “A plague o’ both your houses!
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