Chapter 26 of Vassall Morton: A Novel is here in full — 50 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 26 of Vassall Morton: A Novel is here in full — 50 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
O that a man might know The end of this day's business ere it come.--_Julius Caesar_. The diligence rolled into Genoa. Wentworth was in the _coupe_, and on the top sat Morton, as his servant. They had made the journey without interruption. Morton reported himself to the American consul, and told his story.
Chapter 26 of Vassall Morton: A Novel is here in full — 50 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC)
a diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country
From this reading “Morton reported himself to the American consul, and told his story.”
a car with two doors and front seats and a luggage compartment
possessive form of “day” — time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading “O that a man might know The end of this day's business ere it come.--_Julius Caesar_.”
conscientiousness in paying proper attention to a task; giving the degree of care required in a given situation
From this reading “The diligence rolled into Genoa.”
a seaport in northwestern Italy; provincial capital of Liguria
From this reading “The diligence rolled into Genoa.”
an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
From this reading “They had made the journey without interruption.”
United States jazz musician who moved from ragtime to New Orleans jazz (1885-1941)
From this reading “Wentworth was in the _coupe_, and on the top sat Morton, as his servant.”
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.
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In this reading “They had made the journey without interruption.”
In this reading “Wentworth was in the _coupe_, and on the top sat Morton, as his servant.”
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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 O that a man might know The end of this day's business ere it come.--_Julius Caesar_.
a native or inhabitant of the United States
From this reading Morton reported himself to the American consul, and told his story.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Wentworth was in the _coupe_, and on the top sat Morton, as his servant.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Wentworth was in the _coupe_, and on the top sat Morton, as his servant.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading O that a man might know The end of this day's business ere it come.--_Julius Caesar_.
conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC)
From this reading O that a man might know The end of this day's business ere it come.--_Julius Caesar_.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading O that a man might know The end of this day's business ere it come.--_Julius Caesar_.
a diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country
From this reading Morton reported himself to the American consul, and told his story.
a car with two doors and front seats and a luggage compartment
From this reading Wentworth was in the _coupe_, and on the top sat Morton, as his servant.
possessive form of “day” — time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading O that a man might know The end of this day's business ere it come.--_Julius Caesar_.
conscientiousness in paying proper attention to a task; giving the degree of care required in a given situation
From this reading The diligence rolled into Genoa.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading O that a man might know The end of this day's business ere it come.--_Julius Caesar_.
an old word for “before”
From this reading O that a man might know The end of this day's business ere it come.--_Julius Caesar_.
a seaport in northwestern Italy; provincial capital of Liguria
From this reading The diligence rolled into Genoa.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They had made the journey without interruption.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Morton reported himself to the American consul, and told his story.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Wentworth was in the _coupe_, and on the top sat Morton, as his servant.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Wentworth was in the _coupe_, and on the top sat Morton, as his servant.
an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
From this reading They had made the journey without interruption.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The diligence rolled into Genoa.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading O that a man might know The end of this day's business ere it come.--_Julius Caesar_.
undertake a journey or trip
From this reading They had made the journey without interruption.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading O that a man might know The end of this day's business ere it come.--_Julius Caesar_.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading O that a man might know The end of this day's business ere it come.--_Julius Caesar_.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading They had made the journey without interruption.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading O that a man might know The end of this day's business ere it come.--_Julius Caesar_.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading O that a man might know The end of this day's business ere it come.--_Julius Caesar_.
United States jazz musician who moved from ragtime to New Orleans jazz (1885-1941)
From this reading Wentworth was in the _coupe_, and on the top sat Morton, as his servant.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading O that a man might know The end of this day's business ere it come.--_Julius Caesar_.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading O that a man might know The end of this day's business ere it come.--_Julius Caesar_.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Wentworth was in the _coupe_, and on the top sat Morton, as his servant.
made known or told about; especially presented in a formal account
From this reading Morton reported himself to the American consul, and told his story.
especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward
From this reading The diligence rolled into Genoa.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading Wentworth was in the _coupe_, and on the top sat Morton, as his servant.
a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
From this reading Wentworth was in the _coupe_, and on the top sat Morton, as his servant.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading Morton reported himself to the American consul, and told his story.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading O that a man might know The end of this day's business ere it come.--_Julius Caesar_.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading O that a man might know The end of this day's business ere it come.--_Julius Caesar_.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had made the journey without interruption.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading O that a man might know The end of this day's business ere it come.--_Julius Caesar_.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Morton reported himself to the American consul, and told his story.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading Morton reported himself to the American consul, and told his story.
the upper part of anything
From this reading Wentworth was in the _coupe_, and on the top sat Morton, as his servant.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Wentworth was in the _coupe_, and on the top sat Morton, as his servant.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Wentworth was in the _coupe_, and on the top sat Morton, as his servant.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading They had made the journey without interruption.
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