Diacope
Repetition of a word or phrase with one or a few intervening words
- Reading time
- 2 min
- Complete text
- 2152 characters
- Dictionary coverage
- 89%
Knowledge reading in English
Choose a topic and a reading level, then open a complete locally stored article. Each page keeps the original English wording and revision attribution while adding transparent reading measures and exact links to the local dictionary.
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For Loss or Theft of Cattle
Anglo-Saxon metrical charm
- Reading time
- 3 min
- Complete text
- 3257 characters
- Dictionary coverage
- 89%
Riding boot
Boot made to be used for horse riding
- Reading time
- 4 min
- Complete text
- 5766 characters
- Dictionary coverage
- 89%
Curious George Learns the Alphabet
1963 children's book by Margret & H. A. Rey
- Reading time
- 5 min
- Complete text
- 7463 characters
- Dictionary coverage
- 88%
How Long, Not Long
1965 speech by Martin Luther King Jr.
- Reading time
- 3 min
- Complete text
- 3819 characters
- Dictionary coverage
- 88%
Jack and His Golden Snuff-Box
Romani fairy tale
- Reading time
- 3 min
- Complete text
- 3653 characters
- Dictionary coverage
- 87%
Date and time notation in the Netherlands
Date and time notation in the Netherlands records the date using the day–month–year (DMY) format (31 December 1999 or 31-12-1999, 31/12/'99). The time is written in the 24-hour clock format (23:59). In the Netherlands, d
- Reading time
- 2 min
- Complete text
- 2605 characters
- Dictionary coverage
- 87%
Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793
Act of the Parliament of Great Britain
- Reading time
- 3 min
- Complete text
- 4820 characters
- Dictionary coverage
- 86%
The Armless Maiden
Russian fairy tale
- Reading time
- 3 min
- Complete text
- 3375 characters
- Dictionary coverage
- 85%
History of the Lord's Prayer in English
The Lord's Prayer has been translated and updated throughout the history of the English language. Here are examples which show the major developments: The text of the Matthean Lord's Prayer in the King James Version (KJV
- Reading time
- 3 min
- Complete text
- 4240 characters
- Dictionary coverage
- 85%
Misnomer
Word or term that suggests a meaning that is known to be wrong
- Reading time
- 3 min
- Complete text
- 4684 characters
- Dictionary coverage
- 85%
R v Skinner
Supreme Court of Canada case
- Reading time
- 2 min
- Complete text
- 2255 characters
- Dictionary coverage
- 85%
Perfect and imperfect rhymes
Types of rhyme
- Reading time
- 3 min
- Complete text
- 3667 characters
- Dictionary coverage
- 85%
Elision (French)
Suppression of a final unstressed vowel
- Reading time
- 2 min
- Complete text
- 2383 characters
- Dictionary coverage
- 85%
Close front rounded vowel
Vowel sound represented by ⟨y⟩ in IPA
- Reading time
- 2 min
- Complete text
- 3338 characters
- Dictionary coverage
- 85%
Baeckeoffe
Traditional Alsatian casserole dish
- Reading time
- 2 min
- Complete text
- 2124 characters
- Dictionary coverage
- 84%
Qur'anic punctuation
The Qur'an () is meant to be recited. Its verses are divided according to the rhythm of the language. The Qur'anic punctuation is, therefore, not only based on the structure or the syntax of the sentence, but also on the
- Reading time
- 3 min
- Complete text
- 3673 characters
- Dictionary coverage
- 84%
Crambo
Rhyming game
- Reading time
- 2 min
- Complete text
- 2326 characters
- Dictionary coverage
- 84%
IBM 7302
Computer storage unit
- Reading time
- 2 min
- Complete text
- 2266 characters
- Dictionary coverage
- 83%
Easyworld
English band
- Reading time
- 2 min
- Complete text
- 2216 characters
- Dictionary coverage
- 83%
Schoolmaster
Term for a male school teacher
- Reading time
- 2 min
- Complete text
- 3178 characters
- Dictionary coverage
- 83%
13th Boy
12-volume Korean manhwa written by SangEun Lee
- Reading time
- 2 min
- Complete text
- 2801 characters
- Dictionary coverage
- 83%
Bus Life
2003 British TV series or programme
- Reading time
- 3 min
- Complete text
- 4505 characters
- Dictionary coverage
- 83%
Henry Cope
Lieutenant governor of Placentia (1736–1742)
- Reading time
- 3 min
- Complete text
- 4941 characters
- Dictionary coverage
- 83%
Siege money (Newark)
Siege money or money of necessity was minted in Newark-on-Trent in 1646 during the third and final siege (1645–1646) — the last year of the First English Civil War. To meet need for money, the besieged Royalists set up a
- Reading time
- 6 min
- Complete text
- 8739 characters
- Dictionary coverage
- 82%
CAR and CDR
Programming language construct in Lisp
- Reading time
- 3 min
- Complete text
- 4354 characters
- Dictionary coverage
- 82%
Tungag language
Austronesian language of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea
- Reading time
- 3 min
- Complete text
- 4841 characters
- Dictionary coverage
- 82%
Be, and it is
Phrase that occurs eight times in the Quran
- Reading time
- 2 min
- Complete text
- 3038 characters
- Dictionary coverage
- 82%
Gabrielle Bossis
French Catholic laywoman
- Reading time
- 3 min
- Complete text
- 3515 characters
- Dictionary coverage
- 82%
Ms.
English honorific title for women regardless of marital status
- Reading time
- 4 min
- Complete text
- 5491 characters
- Dictionary coverage
- 82%