Chapter 9 of Waynflete is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Waynflete is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Poor Guy!" said Cosy. "He is a nice fellow. I hope he won't die of his heart complaint! But Flo, speak out! What would you have done if you had had such a letter?
Chapter 9 of Waynflete is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/86 · 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.
an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
From this reading “I hope he won't die of his heart complaint!”
a padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm
From this reading “"Poor Guy!" said Cosy.”
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading “I hope he won't die of his heart complaint!”
a boy or man
From this reading “"He is a nice fellow.”
an informal term for a youth or man
From this reading “"Poor Guy!" said Cosy.”
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading “What would you have done if you had had such a letter?”
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading “"He is a nice fellow.”
express in speech
From this reading “But Flo, speak out!”
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 “"He is a nice fellow.”
express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation
In this reading “But Flo, speak out!”
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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 "He is a nice fellow.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But Flo, speak out!
an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
From this reading I hope he won't die of his heart complaint!
a padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm
From this reading "Poor Guy!" said Cosy.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading I hope he won't die of his heart complaint!
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading What would you have done if you had had such a letter?
a boy or man
From this reading "He is a nice fellow.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But Flo, speak out!
an informal term for a youth or man
From this reading "Poor Guy!" said Cosy.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading What would you have done if you had had such a letter?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading What would you have done if you had had such a letter?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "He is a nice fellow.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading I hope he won't die of his heart complaint!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I hope he won't die of his heart complaint!
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading I hope he won't die of his heart complaint!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I hope he won't die of his heart complaint!
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading What would you have done if you had had such a letter?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "He is a nice fellow.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading What would you have done if you had had such a letter?
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading "He is a nice fellow.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I hope he won't die of his heart complaint!
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading But Flo, speak out!
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading "Poor Guy!" said Cosy.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Poor Guy!" said Cosy.
express in speech
From this reading But Flo, speak out!
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading What would you have done if you had had such a letter?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What would you have done if you had had such a letter?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I hope he won't die of his heart complaint!
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading What would you have done if you had had such a letter?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What would you have done if you had had such a letter?
Chapter 9 of Waynflete by Christabel R. (Christabel Rose) Coleridge holds 430 sentences, grouped into 86 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 9 holds 430 sentences of Waynflete, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Waynflete by Christabel R. (Christabel Rose) Coleridge exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 430 sentences, grouped into 86 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 86 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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