Chapter 4 of A Florentine Tragedy is here in full — 261 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of A Florentine Tragedy is here in full — 261 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
[_To_ SIMONE] And you, have you no shame? A gracious Prince Comes to our house, and you must weary him With most misplaced assurance. Ask his pardon. SIMONE. I ask it humbly.
Chapter 4 of A Florentine Tragedy is here in full — 261 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
From this reading “A gracious Prince Comes to our house, and you must weary him With most misplaced assurance.”
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading “A gracious Prince Comes to our house, and you must weary him With most misplaced assurance.”
characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit
From this reading “A gracious Prince Comes to our house, and you must weary him With most misplaced assurance.”
in a humble manner
From this reading “I ask it humbly.”
put in the wrong place or position
From this reading “A gracious Prince Comes to our house, and you must weary him With most misplaced assurance.”
accept an excuse for
From this reading “Ask his pardon.”
a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
From this reading “[_To_ SIMONE] And you, have you no shame?”
exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
From this reading “A gracious Prince Comes to our house, and you must weary him With most misplaced assurance.”
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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 A gracious Prince Comes to our house, and you must weary him With most misplaced assurance.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading [_To_ SIMONE] And you, have you no shame?
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading Ask his pardon.
freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
From this reading A gracious Prince Comes to our house, and you must weary him With most misplaced assurance.
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading A gracious Prince Comes to our house, and you must weary him With most misplaced assurance.
characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit
From this reading A gracious Prince Comes to our house, and you must weary him With most misplaced assurance.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading [_To_ SIMONE] And you, have you no shame?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A gracious Prince Comes to our house, and you must weary him With most misplaced assurance.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Ask his pardon.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading A gracious Prince Comes to our house, and you must weary him With most misplaced assurance.
in a humble manner
From this reading I ask it humbly.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I ask it humbly.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I ask it humbly.
put in the wrong place or position
From this reading A gracious Prince Comes to our house, and you must weary him With most misplaced assurance.
used to form the superlative
From this reading A gracious Prince Comes to our house, and you must weary him With most misplaced assurance.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading A gracious Prince Comes to our house, and you must weary him With most misplaced assurance.
not any; not one
From this reading [_To_ SIMONE] And you, have you no shame?
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading A gracious Prince Comes to our house, and you must weary him With most misplaced assurance.
accept an excuse for
From this reading Ask his pardon.
a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
From this reading A gracious Prince Comes to our house, and you must weary him With most misplaced assurance.
a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
From this reading [_To_ SIMONE] And you, have you no shame?
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From this reading [_To_ SIMONE] And you, have you no shame?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading [_To_ SIMONE] And you, have you no shame?
exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
From this reading A gracious Prince Comes to our house, and you must weary him With most misplaced assurance.
in the company of; together with
From this reading A gracious Prince Comes to our house, and you must weary him With most misplaced assurance.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading [_To_ SIMONE] And you, have you no shame?
Chapter 4 of A Florentine Tragedy by Oscar Wilde holds 261 sentences, grouped into 53 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 4 holds 261 sentences of A Florentine Tragedy, unabridged, divided into 53 reading sections.
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