Chapter 10 of Two Years Ago, Volume II. is here in full — 558 sentences across 112 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Two Years Ago, Volume II. is here in full — 558 sentences across 112 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE THIRTIETH OF SEPTEMBER. We must go back a week or so, to England, and to the last day of September. The world is shooting partridges, and asking nervously, when it comes home, What news from the Crimea? The flesh who serves it is bathing at Margate. The devil is keeping up his usual correspondence with both.
Chapter 10 of Two Years Ago, Volume II. is here in full — 558 sentences across 112 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/111 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
immersing the body in water or sunshine
From this reading “The flesh who serves it is bathing at Margate.”
communication by the exchange of letters
From this reading “The devil is keeping up his usual correspondence with both.”
a Ukrainian peninsula between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov
From this reading “The world is shooting partridges, and asking nervously, when it comes home, What news from the Crimea?”
in an anxiously nervous manner
From this reading “The world is shooting partridges, and asking nervously, when it comes home, What news from the Crimea?”
plural of “partridge” — flesh of either quail or grouse
From this reading “The world is shooting partridges, and asking nervously, when it comes home, What news from the Crimea?”
the month following August and preceding October
From this reading “THE THIRTIETH OF SEPTEMBER.”
plural of “serve” — (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play
From this reading “The flesh who serves it is bathing at Margate.”
coming next after the twenty-ninth in position
From this reading “THE THIRTIETH OF SEPTEMBER.”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading We must go back a week or so, to England, and to the last day of September.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We must go back a week or so, to England, and to the last day of September.
the verbal act of requesting
From this reading The world is shooting partridges, and asking nervously, when it comes home, What news from the Crimea?
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The flesh who serves it is bathing at Margate.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading We must go back a week or so, to England, and to the last day of September.
immersing the body in water or sunshine
From this reading The flesh who serves it is bathing at Margate.
the two together, not just one
From this reading The devil is keeping up his usual correspondence with both.
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading The world is shooting partridges, and asking nervously, when it comes home, What news from the Crimea?
communication by the exchange of letters
From this reading The devil is keeping up his usual correspondence with both.
a Ukrainian peninsula between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov
From this reading The world is shooting partridges, and asking nervously, when it comes home, What news from the Crimea?
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading We must go back a week or so, to England, and to the last day of September.
(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
From this reading The devil is keeping up his usual correspondence with both.
a division of the United Kingdom
From this reading We must go back a week or so, to England, and to the last day of September.
the soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat
From this reading The flesh who serves it is bathing at Margate.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The world is shooting partridges, and asking nervously, when it comes home, What news from the Crimea?
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading We must go back a week or so, to England, and to the last day of September.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The devil is keeping up his usual correspondence with both.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading The world is shooting partridges, and asking nervously, when it comes home, What news from the Crimea?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The world is shooting partridges, and asking nervously, when it comes home, What news from the Crimea?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The world is shooting partridges, and asking nervously, when it comes home, What news from the Crimea?
conformity or harmony
From this reading The devil is keeping up his usual correspondence with both.
immediately past
From this reading We must go back a week or so, to England, and to the last day of September.
a grunt with a red mouth that is found from Florida to Brazil
From this reading The flesh who serves it is bathing at Margate.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading We must go back a week or so, to England, and to the last day of September.
in an anxiously nervous manner
From this reading The world is shooting partridges, and asking nervously, when it comes home, What news from the Crimea?
information about recent and important events
From this reading The world is shooting partridges, and asking nervously, when it comes home, What news from the Crimea?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE THIRTIETH OF SEPTEMBER.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading We must go back a week or so, to England, and to the last day of September.
plural of “partridge” — flesh of either quail or grouse
From this reading The world is shooting partridges, and asking nervously, when it comes home, What news from the Crimea?
the month following August and preceding October
From this reading THE THIRTIETH OF SEPTEMBER.
plural of “serve” — (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play
From this reading The flesh who serves it is bathing at Margate.
the act of firing a projectile
From this reading The world is shooting partridges, and asking nervously, when it comes home, What news from the Crimea?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading We must go back a week or so, to England, and to the last day of September.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE THIRTIETH OF SEPTEMBER.
coming next after the twenty-ninth in position
From this reading THE THIRTIETH OF SEPTEMBER.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We must go back a week or so, to England, and to the last day of September.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The devil is keeping up his usual correspondence with both.
occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure
From this reading The devil is keeping up his usual correspondence with both.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We must go back a week or so, to England, and to the last day of September.
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading We must go back a week or so, to England, and to the last day of September.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading The world is shooting partridges, and asking nervously, when it comes home, What news from the Crimea?
at the time that
From this reading The world is shooting partridges, and asking nervously, when it comes home, What news from the Crimea?
which person or people
From this reading The flesh who serves it is bathing at Margate.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The devil is keeping up his usual correspondence with both.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading The world is shooting partridges, and asking nervously, when it comes home, What news from the Crimea?
Chapter 10 of Two Years Ago, Volume II. by Charles Kingsley holds 558 sentences, grouped into 112 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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