Chapter 3 of Wilhelmina in London is here in full — 442 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Wilhelmina in London is here in full — 442 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“I don’t think I have. I’m all alone, you see. Do you often come here? It’s a quaint little place.” “Not very often.
Chapter 3 of Wilhelmina in London is here in full — 442 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/88 · 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.
Having no one else present.
From this reading “I’m all alone, you see.”
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Do you often come here?”
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “Do you often come here?”
many times at short intervals
From this reading “Do you often come here?”
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading “It’s a quaint little place.””
strange in an interesting or pleasing way
From this reading “It’s a quaint little place.””
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “I’m all alone, you see.”
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading ““I don’t think I have.”
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 “Do you often come here?”
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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 It’s a quaint little place.”
(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 alone, you see.
Having no one else present.
From this reading I’m all alone, you see.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Do you often come here?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do you often come here?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I don’t think I have.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I don’t think I have.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Do you often come here?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I don’t think I have.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’m all alone, you see.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It’s a quaint little place.”
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading It’s a quaint little place.”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Not very often.
many times at short intervals
From this reading Do you often come here?
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading It’s a quaint little place.”
strange in an interesting or pleasing way
From this reading It’s a quaint little place.”
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading I’m all alone, you see.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading “I don’t think I have.
precisely as stated
From this reading “Not very often.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I’m all alone, you see.
Chapter 3 of Wilhelmina in London by Barry Pain holds 442 sentences, grouped into 89 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 3 holds 442 sentences of Wilhelmina in London, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of Wilhelmina in London by Barry Pain exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 442 sentences, grouped into 89 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.
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