Chapter 6 of Voces Populi is here in full — 450 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Voces Populi is here in full — 450 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MR. CHUCK (_meeting a youthful Matron and Child_). Ah, Mrs. Sharpe, how de do! _I'm_ all right. Hullo, TOTO, how are _you_, eh, young lady?
Chapter 6 of Voces Populi is here in full — 450 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/90 · 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.
a young person of either sex
throw carelessly
From this reading “CHUCK (_meeting a youthful Matron and Child_).”
a polite name for any woman
From this reading “Hullo, TOTO, how are _you_, eh, young lady?”
a married woman (usually middle-aged with children) who is staid and dignified
From this reading “CHUCK (_meeting a youthful Matron and Child_).”
a formally arranged gathering
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading “Ah, Mrs. Sharpe, how de do!”
precisely, exactly
From this reading “_I'm_ all right.”
suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh
From this reading “CHUCK (_meeting a youthful Matron and Child_).”
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.
a young female
In this reading “Hullo, TOTO, how are _you_, eh, young lady?”
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 CHUCK (_meeting a youthful Matron and Child_).
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ah, Mrs. Sharpe, how de do!
(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 _I'm_ all right.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading CHUCK (_meeting a youthful Matron and Child_).
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Hullo, TOTO, how are _you_, eh, young lady?
a young person of either sex
From this reading CHUCK (_meeting a youthful Matron and Child_).
throw carelessly
From this reading CHUCK (_meeting a youthful Matron and Child_).
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading Ah, Mrs. Sharpe, how de do!
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Ah, Mrs. Sharpe, how de do!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hullo, TOTO, how are _you_, eh, young lady?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ah, Mrs. Sharpe, how de do!
an expression of greeting
From this reading Hullo, TOTO, how are _you_, eh, young lady?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _I'm_ all right.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading Hullo, TOTO, how are _you_, eh, young lady?
a married woman (usually middle-aged with children) who is staid and dignified
From this reading CHUCK (_meeting a youthful Matron and Child_).
a formally arranged gathering
From this reading CHUCK (_meeting a youthful Matron and Child_).
a form of address for a man
From this reading MR.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Ah, Mrs. Sharpe, how de do!
precisely, exactly
From this reading _I'm_ all right.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ah, Mrs. Sharpe, how de do!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hullo, TOTO, how are _you_, eh, young lady?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Hullo, TOTO, how are _you_, eh, young lady?
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading Hullo, TOTO, how are _you_, eh, young lady?
suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh
From this reading CHUCK (_meeting a youthful Matron and Child_).
Chapter 6 of Voces Populi by F. Anstey holds 450 sentences, grouped into 90 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 6 holds 450 sentences of Voces Populi, unabridged, divided into 90 reading sections.
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