Chapter 18 of Webster & Tourneur is here in full — 350 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of Webster & Tourneur is here in full — 350 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Hip._ You flow well, brother. _Ven._ Pooh! I'm shallow yet; Too sparing and too modest; shall I tell thee? If every trick were told that's dealt by night, There are few here that would not blush outright. _Hip._ I am of that belief too.
Chapter 18 of Webster & Tourneur is here in full — 350 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
From this reading “If every trick were told that's dealt by night, There are few here that would not blush outright.”
inflected form of “deal” — act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
From this reading “If every trick were told that's dealt by night, There are few here that would not blush outright.”
the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
From this reading “_Hip._ You flow well, brother.”
either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh
marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself
From this reading “I'm shallow yet; Too sparing and too modest; shall I tell thee?”
without restrictions or stipulations or further payments
From this reading “If every trick were told that's dealt by night, There are few here that would not blush outright.”
lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center
From this reading “I'm shallow yet; Too sparing and too modest; shall I tell thee?”
avoiding waste
From this reading “I'm shallow yet; Too sparing and too modest; shall I tell thee?”
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 “I'm shallow yet; Too sparing and too modest; shall I tell thee?”
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the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading _Hip._ I am of that belief too.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I'm shallow yet; Too sparing and too modest; shall I tell thee?
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading If every trick were told that's dealt by night, There are few here that would not blush outright.
any cognitive content held as true
From this reading _Hip._ I am of that belief too.
turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
From this reading If every trick were told that's dealt by night, There are few here that would not blush outright.
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading _Hip._ You flow well, brother.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading If every trick were told that's dealt by night, There are few here that would not blush outright.
inflected form of “deal” — act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
From this reading If every trick were told that's dealt by night, There are few here that would not blush outright.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading If every trick were told that's dealt by night, There are few here that would not blush outright.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading If every trick were told that's dealt by night, There are few here that would not blush outright.
the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
From this reading _Hip._ You flow well, brother.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading If every trick were told that's dealt by night, There are few here that would not blush outright.
either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh
From this reading _Hip._ You flow well, brother.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I'm shallow yet; Too sparing and too modest; shall I tell thee?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm shallow yet; Too sparing and too modest; shall I tell thee?
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If every trick were told that's dealt by night, There are few here that would not blush outright.
marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself
From this reading I'm shallow yet; Too sparing and too modest; shall I tell thee?
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading If every trick were told that's dealt by night, There are few here that would not blush outright.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading If every trick were told that's dealt by night, There are few here that would not blush outright.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Hip._ I am of that belief too.
without restrictions or stipulations or further payments
From this reading If every trick were told that's dealt by night, There are few here that would not blush outright.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Ven._ Pooh!
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading I'm shallow yet; Too sparing and too modest; shall I tell thee?
lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center
From this reading I'm shallow yet; Too sparing and too modest; shall I tell thee?
avoiding waste
From this reading I'm shallow yet; Too sparing and too modest; shall I tell thee?
express in words
From this reading I'm shallow yet; Too sparing and too modest; shall I tell thee?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading If every trick were told that's dealt by night, There are few here that would not blush outright.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading If every trick were told that's dealt by night, There are few here that would not blush outright.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading I'm shallow yet; Too sparing and too modest; shall I tell thee?
in or at that place or location
From this reading If every trick were told that's dealt by night, There are few here that would not blush outright.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading If every trick were told that's dealt by night, There are few here that would not blush outright.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading I'm shallow yet; Too sparing and too modest; shall I tell thee?
a cunning or deceitful action or device
From this reading If every trick were told that's dealt by night, There are few here that would not blush outright.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Ven._ Pooh!
(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 _Hip._ You flow well, brother.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading If every trick were told that's dealt by night, There are few here that would not blush outright.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading If every trick were told that's dealt by night, There are few here that would not blush outright.
but in spite of that
From this reading I'm shallow yet; Too sparing and too modest; shall I tell thee?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _Hip._ You flow well, brother.
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