Chapter 22 of Tristram of Blent is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of Tristram of Blent is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I'm going back there to-night. I've got a fly waiting by the Pool--if the man hasn't gone to sleep and the horse run away. Will you meet me there? We'll go up to town and be married as soon as we can--the day after to-morrow, I suppose." "And then----?"
Chapter 22 of Tristram of Blent is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading “I've got a fly waiting by the Pool--if the man hasn't gone to sleep and the horse run away.”
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading “I've got a fly waiting by the Pool--if the man hasn't gone to sleep and the horse run away.”
joined in matrimony
From this reading “We'll go up to town and be married as soon as we can--the day after to-morrow, I suppose."”
come together
From this reading “Will you meet me there?”
an excavation that is (usually) filled with water
From this reading “I've got a fly waiting by the Pool--if the man hasn't gone to sleep and the horse run away.”
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading “I've got a fly waiting by the Pool--if the man hasn't gone to sleep and the horse run away.”
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading “I've got a fly waiting by the Pool--if the man hasn't gone to sleep and the horse run away.”
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
From this reading “I've got a fly waiting by the Pool--if the man hasn't gone to sleep and the horse run away.”
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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 I've got a fly waiting by the Pool--if the man hasn't gone to sleep and the horse run away.
later than; following
From this reading We'll go up to town and be married as soon as we can--the day after to-morrow, I suppose."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I've got a fly waiting by the Pool--if the man hasn't gone to sleep and the horse run away.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading We'll go up to town and be married as soon as we can--the day after to-morrow, I suppose."
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading I've got a fly waiting by the Pool--if the man hasn't gone to sleep and the horse run away.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading I'm going back there to-night.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading We'll go up to town and be married as soon as we can--the day after to-morrow, I suppose."
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I've got a fly waiting by the Pool--if the man hasn't gone to sleep and the horse run away.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading We'll go up to town and be married as soon as we can--the day after to-morrow, I suppose."
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading We'll go up to town and be married as soon as we can--the day after to-morrow, I suppose."
travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading I've got a fly waiting by the Pool--if the man hasn't gone to sleep and the horse run away.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading We'll go up to town and be married as soon as we can--the day after to-morrow, I suppose."
the act of departing
From this reading I'm going back there to-night.
destroyed or killed
From this reading I've got a fly waiting by the Pool--if the man hasn't gone to sleep and the horse run away.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading I've got a fly waiting by the Pool--if the man hasn't gone to sleep and the horse run away.
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From this reading I've got a fly waiting by the Pool--if the man hasn't gone to sleep and the horse run away.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading I've got a fly waiting by the Pool--if the man hasn't gone to sleep and the horse run away.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading We'll go up to town and be married as soon as we can--the day after to-morrow, I suppose."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm going back there to-night.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I've got a fly waiting by the Pool--if the man hasn't gone to sleep and the horse run away.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading I've got a fly waiting by the Pool--if the man hasn't gone to sleep and the horse run away.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading I've got a fly waiting by the Pool--if the man hasn't gone to sleep and the horse run away.
joined in matrimony
From this reading We'll go up to town and be married as soon as we can--the day after to-morrow, I suppose."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Will you meet me there?
come together
From this reading Will you meet me there?
an excavation that is (usually) filled with water
From this reading I've got a fly waiting by the Pool--if the man hasn't gone to sleep and the horse run away.
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading I've got a fly waiting by the Pool--if the man hasn't gone to sleep and the horse run away.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading I've got a fly waiting by the Pool--if the man hasn't gone to sleep and the horse run away.
in the near future
From this reading We'll go up to town and be married as soon as we can--the day after to-morrow, I suppose."
express a supposition
From this reading We'll go up to town and be married as soon as we can--the day after to-morrow, I suppose."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I've got a fly waiting by the Pool--if the man hasn't gone to sleep and the horse run away.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "And then----?"
in or at that place or location
From this reading I'm going back there to-night.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I've got a fly waiting by the Pool--if the man hasn't gone to sleep and the horse run away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We'll go up to town and be married as soon as we can--the day after to-morrow, I suppose."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm going back there to-night.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading We'll go up to town and be married as soon as we can--the day after to-morrow, I suppose."
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading We'll go up to town and be married as soon as we can--the day after to-morrow, I suppose."
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
From this reading I've got a fly waiting by the Pool--if the man hasn't gone to sleep and the horse run away.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We'll go up to town and be married as soon as we can--the day after to-morrow, I suppose."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We'll go up to town and be married as soon as we can--the day after to-morrow, I suppose."
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Will you meet me there?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Will you meet me there?
Chapter 22 of Tristram of Blent by Anthony Hope holds 401 sentences, grouped into 81 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.
Chapter 22 holds 401 sentences of Tristram of Blent, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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