Chapter 4 of Tower of Ivory: A Novel is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Tower of Ivory: A Novel is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Of course not. Only these distinctions are beyond me. When do you break all our hearts by leaving Munich?” “Fritz puts me off! But I shall get him away almost as soon as I planned.
Chapter 4 of Tower of Ivory: A Novel is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
on the far side of; further than
From this reading “Only these distinctions are beyond me.”
terminate
From this reading “When do you break all our hearts by leaving Munich?””
plural of “distinction” — a discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributes
From this reading “Only these distinctions are beyond me.”
a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades
From this reading “When do you break all our hearts by leaving Munich?””
the act of departing
From this reading “When do you break all our hearts by leaving Munich?””
the capital and largest city of Bavaria in southwestern Germany
From this reading “When do you break all our hearts by leaving Munich?””
designed or carried out according to a plan
From this reading “But I shall get him away almost as soon as I planned.”
plural of “put” — the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
From this reading ““Fritz puts me off!”
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.
as might be expected
In this reading ““Of course not.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
(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 When do you break all our hearts by leaving Munich?”
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading But I shall get him away almost as soon as I planned.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Only these distinctions are beyond me.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But I shall get him away almost as soon as I planned.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading But I shall get him away almost as soon as I planned.
on the far side of; further than
From this reading Only these distinctions are beyond me.
terminate
From this reading When do you break all our hearts by leaving Munich?”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I shall get him away almost as soon as I planned.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading When do you break all our hearts by leaving Munich?”
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading “Of course not.
plural of “distinction” — a discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributes
From this reading Only these distinctions are beyond me.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading When do you break all our hearts by leaving Munich?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Fritz puts me off!
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading But I shall get him away almost as soon as I planned.
a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades
From this reading When do you break all our hearts by leaving Munich?”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But I shall get him away almost as soon as I planned.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading But I shall get him away almost as soon as I planned.
the act of departing
From this reading When do you break all our hearts by leaving Munich?”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Only these distinctions are beyond me.
the capital and largest city of Bavaria in southwestern Germany
From this reading When do you break all our hearts by leaving Munich?”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Of course not.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Of course not.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “Fritz puts me off!
and nothing more
From this reading Only these distinctions are beyond me.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading When do you break all our hearts by leaving Munich?”
designed or carried out according to a plan
From this reading But I shall get him away almost as soon as I planned.
plural of “put” — the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
From this reading “Fritz puts me off!
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading But I shall get him away almost as soon as I planned.
in the near future
From this reading But I shall get him away almost as soon as I planned.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Only these distinctions are beyond me.
at the time that
From this reading When do you break all our hearts by leaving Munich?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading When do you break all our hearts by leaving Munich?”
Chapter 4 of Tower of Ivory: A Novel by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton holds 413 sentences, grouped into 83 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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