Chapter 11 of When Ghost Meets Ghost is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XI
Chapter 11 of When Ghost Meets Ghost is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
OF LONDON BUILDERS, AND THEIR GREAT SKILL. OF THE HUMILIATING POSITION OF A SHAMEFACED BAT. HOW MR. BARTLETT MADE ALL GOOD. A PEEP INTO MRS.
Chapter 11 of When Ghost Meets Ghost is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
United States explorer who accompanied Peary's expedition to the North Pole and who led many other Arctic trips (1875-1946)
From this reading “BARTLETT MADE ALL GOOD.”
nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
From this reading “OF THE HUMILIATING POSITION OF A SHAMEFACED BAT.”
plural of “builder” — a substance added to soaps or detergents to increase their cleansing action
From this reading “OF LONDON BUILDERS, AND THEIR GREAT SKILL.”
causing awareness of your shortcomings
From this reading “OF THE HUMILIATING POSITION OF A SHAMEFACED BAT.”
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading “OF LONDON BUILDERS, AND THEIR GREAT SKILL.”
look furtively
From this reading “A PEEP INTO MRS.”
the particular portion of space occupied by something
From this reading “OF THE HUMILIATING POSITION OF A SHAMEFACED BAT.”
an ability that has been acquired by training
From this reading “OF LONDON BUILDERS, AND THEIR GREAT SKILL.”
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 “A PEEP INTO MRS.”
In this reading “OF LONDON BUILDERS, AND THEIR GREAT SKILL.”
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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 OF THE HUMILIATING POSITION OF A SHAMEFACED BAT.
(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 BARTLETT MADE ALL GOOD.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading OF LONDON BUILDERS, AND THEIR GREAT SKILL.
United States explorer who accompanied Peary's expedition to the North Pole and who led many other Arctic trips (1875-1946)
From this reading BARTLETT MADE ALL GOOD.
nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
From this reading OF THE HUMILIATING POSITION OF A SHAMEFACED BAT.
plural of “builder” — a substance added to soaps or detergents to increase their cleansing action
From this reading OF LONDON BUILDERS, AND THEIR GREAT SKILL.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading BARTLETT MADE ALL GOOD.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading OF LONDON BUILDERS, AND THEIR GREAT SKILL.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HOW MR.
causing awareness of your shortcomings
From this reading OF THE HUMILIATING POSITION OF A SHAMEFACED BAT.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading A PEEP INTO MRS.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading OF LONDON BUILDERS, AND THEIR GREAT SKILL.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading BARTLETT MADE ALL GOOD.
a form of address for a man
From this reading HOW MR.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading A PEEP INTO MRS.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading OF LONDON BUILDERS, AND THEIR GREAT SKILL.
look furtively
From this reading A PEEP INTO MRS.
the particular portion of space occupied by something
From this reading OF THE HUMILIATING POSITION OF A SHAMEFACED BAT.
extremely modest or shy
From this reading OF THE HUMILIATING POSITION OF A SHAMEFACED BAT.
an ability that has been acquired by training
From this reading OF LONDON BUILDERS, AND THEIR GREAT SKILL.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading OF THE HUMILIATING POSITION OF A SHAMEFACED BAT.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading OF LONDON BUILDERS, AND THEIR GREAT SKILL.
Chapter 11 of When Ghost Meets Ghost by William De Morgan holds 398 sentences, grouped into 80 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 11 holds 398 sentences of When Ghost Meets Ghost, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
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