Chapter 1 of Windsor Castle is here in full — 1288 sentences across 258 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Windsor Castle is here in full — 1288 sentences across 258 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
--ha!--ha! You bear yourself bravely, it must be confessed. My lords, you heard the voices as well as myself. Where is Sir Thomas Wyat?” “He is not here,” replied Anne firmly.
Chapter 1 of Windsor Castle is here in full — 1288 sentences across 258 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 230/257 · 5 reading units · Lines 1146–1150
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Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
From this reading ““He is not here,” replied Anne firmly.”
have
From this reading “You bear yourself bravely, it must be confessed.”
in a courageous manner
From this reading “You bear yourself bravely, it must be confessed.”
past form of “confess” — confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure
From this reading “You bear yourself bravely, it must be confessed.”
with resolute determination
From this reading ““He is not here,” replied Anne firmly.”
plural of “lord” — terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading “My lords, you heard the voices as well as myself.”
United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859)
From this reading “Where is Sir Thomas Wyat?””
plural of “voice” — the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading “My lords, you heard the voices as well as myself.”
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Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
From this reading “He is not here,” replied Anne firmly.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading My lords, you heard the voices as well as myself.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading You bear yourself bravely, it must be confessed.
have
From this reading You bear yourself bravely, it must be confessed.
in a courageous manner
From this reading You bear yourself bravely, it must be confessed.
past form of “confess” — confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure
From this reading You bear yourself bravely, it must be confessed.
with resolute determination
From this reading “He is not here,” replied Anne firmly.
(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
From this reading --ha!--ha!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “He is not here,” replied Anne firmly.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading My lords, you heard the voices as well as myself.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “He is not here,” replied Anne firmly.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Where is Sir Thomas Wyat?”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading You bear yourself bravely, it must be confessed.
plural of “lord” — terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading My lords, you heard the voices as well as myself.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading You bear yourself bravely, it must be confessed.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My lords, you heard the voices as well as myself.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading My lords, you heard the voices as well as myself.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “He is not here,” replied Anne firmly.
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading “He is not here,” replied Anne firmly.
term of address for a man
From this reading Where is Sir Thomas Wyat?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading My lords, you heard the voices as well as myself.
United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859)
From this reading Where is Sir Thomas Wyat?”
plural of “voice” — the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading My lords, you heard the voices as well as myself.
(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 My lords, you heard the voices as well as myself.
in or at the place that
From this reading Where is Sir Thomas Wyat?”
English poet who introduced the sonnet form to English literature (1503-1542)
From this reading Where is Sir Thomas Wyat?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You bear yourself bravely, it must be confessed.
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading You bear yourself bravely, it must be confessed.
Chapter 1 of Windsor Castle by William Harrison Ainsworth holds 1288 sentences, grouped into 258 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.
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