Chapter 23 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 23 of Tristram of Blent is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
He was glad to tell it. He had carried his burden long enough. "We've all made a great blunder. Harry is Lord Tristram after all." Mina stood silent for a moment.
Chapter 23 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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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake
From this reading “"We've all made a great blunder.”
an onerous or difficult concern
From this reading “He had carried his burden long enough.”
inflected form of “carry” — move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading “He had carried his burden long enough.”
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading “He was glad to tell it.”
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading “Harry is Lord Tristram after all."”
tropical Asian starlings
From this reading “Mina stood silent for a moment.”
marked by absence of sound
From this reading “Mina stood silent for a moment.”
(Middle Ages) the nephew of the king of Cornwall who (according to legend) fell in love with his uncle's bride (Iseult) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other
From this reading “Harry is Lord Tristram after all."”
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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 "We've all made a great blunder.
later than; following
From this reading Harry is Lord Tristram after all."
(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 "We've all made a great blunder.
commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake
From this reading "We've all made a great blunder.
an onerous or difficult concern
From this reading He had carried his burden long enough.
inflected form of “carry” — move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading He had carried his burden long enough.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading He had carried his burden long enough.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Mina stood silent for a moment.
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading He was glad to tell it.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading "We've all made a great blunder.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had carried his burden long enough.
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading Harry is Lord Tristram after all."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was glad to tell it.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He had carried his burden long enough.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Harry is Lord Tristram after all."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He was glad to tell it.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading He had carried his burden long enough.
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading Harry is Lord Tristram after all."
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading "We've all made a great blunder.
tropical Asian starlings
From this reading Mina stood silent for a moment.
a particular point in time
From this reading Mina stood silent for a moment.
marked by absence of sound
From this reading Mina stood silent for a moment.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading Mina stood silent for a moment.
express in words
From this reading He was glad to tell it.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He was glad to tell it.
(Middle Ages) the nephew of the king of Cornwall who (according to legend) fell in love with his uncle's bride (Iseult) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other
From this reading Harry is Lord Tristram after all."
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was glad to tell it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "We've all made a great blunder.
Chapter 23 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 23 holds 401 sentences of Tristram of Blent, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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