Chapter 15 of Under St Paul's: A Romance is here in full — 282 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Under St Paul's: A Romance is here in full — 282 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A TROUBLED HEART. 'And so, miss, we're going down to the country to stay awhile with Mr---- I mean Miss Osborne's mother. Well, that will be a change anyway, and it's time we had a change out of London. I'm tired of London for one! And where are we going after Stratford?
Chapter 15 of Under St Paul's: A Romance is here in full — 282 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
From this reading “Well, that will be a change anyway, and it's time we had a change out of London.”
for a short time
From this reading “'And so, miss, we're going down to the country to stay awhile with Mr---- I mean Miss Osborne's mother.”
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading “Well, that will be a change anyway, and it's time we had a change out of London.”
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading “Well, that will be a change anyway, and it's time we had a change out of London.”
possessive form of “osborne” — English playwright (1929-1994)
From this reading “'And so, miss, we're going down to the country to stay awhile with Mr---- I mean Miss Osborne's mother.”
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading “'And so, miss, we're going down to the country to stay awhile with Mr---- I mean Miss Osborne's mother.”
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading “I'm tired of London for one!”
characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need
From this reading “A TROUBLED HEART.”
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.
In this reading “'And so, miss, we're going down to the country to stay awhile with Mr---- I mean Miss Osborne's mother.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 TROUBLED HEART.
later than; following
From this reading And where are we going after Stratford?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading 'And so, miss, we're going down to the country to stay awhile with Mr---- I mean Miss Osborne's mother.
used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
From this reading Well, that will be a change anyway, and it's time we had a change out of London.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading And where are we going after Stratford?
for a short time
From this reading 'And so, miss, we're going down to the country to stay awhile with Mr---- I mean Miss Osborne's mother.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Well, that will be a change anyway, and it's time we had a change out of London.
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading Well, that will be a change anyway, and it's time we had a change out of London.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading 'And so, miss, we're going down to the country to stay awhile with Mr---- I mean Miss Osborne's mother.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading 'And so, miss, we're going down to the country to stay awhile with Mr---- I mean Miss Osborne's mother.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I'm tired of London for one!
the act of departing
From this reading 'And so, miss, we're going down to the country to stay awhile with Mr---- I mean Miss Osborne's mother.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Well, that will be a change anyway, and it's time we had a change out of London.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading A TROUBLED HEART.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 'And so, miss, we're going down to the country to stay awhile with Mr---- I mean Miss Osborne's mother.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm tired of London for one!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, that will be a change anyway, and it's time we had a change out of London.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading Well, that will be a change anyway, and it's time we had a change out of London.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading 'And so, miss, we're going down to the country to stay awhile with Mr---- I mean Miss Osborne's mother.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading 'And so, miss, we're going down to the country to stay awhile with Mr---- I mean Miss Osborne's mother.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading 'And so, miss, we're going down to the country to stay awhile with Mr---- I mean Miss Osborne's mother.
a form of address for a man
From this reading 'And so, miss, we're going down to the country to stay awhile with Mr---- I mean Miss Osborne's mother.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Well, that will be a change anyway, and it's time we had a change out of London.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I'm tired of London for one!
possessive form of “osborne” — English playwright (1929-1994)
From this reading 'And so, miss, we're going down to the country to stay awhile with Mr---- I mean Miss Osborne's mother.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Well, that will be a change anyway, and it's time we had a change out of London.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading 'And so, miss, we're going down to the country to stay awhile with Mr---- I mean Miss Osborne's mother.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading 'And so, miss, we're going down to the country to stay awhile with Mr---- I mean Miss Osborne's mother.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And where are we going after Stratford?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Well, that will be a change anyway, and it's time we had a change out of London.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 'And so, miss, we're going down to the country to stay awhile with Mr---- I mean Miss Osborne's mother.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Well, that will be a change anyway, and it's time we had a change out of London.
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading I'm tired of London for one!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading 'And so, miss, we're going down to the country to stay awhile with Mr---- I mean Miss Osborne's mother.
characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need
From this reading A TROUBLED HEART.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Well, that will be a change anyway, and it's time we had a change out of London.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'And so, miss, we're going down to the country to stay awhile with Mr---- I mean Miss Osborne's mother.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Well, that will be a change anyway, and it's time we had a change out of London.
in or at the place that
From this reading And where are we going after Stratford?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Well, that will be a change anyway, and it's time we had a change out of London.
in the company of; together with
From this reading 'And so, miss, we're going down to the country to stay awhile with Mr---- I mean Miss Osborne's mother.
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