Chapter 2 of A Mummer's Wife is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of A Mummer's Wife is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
'Indeed, I can't tell you; I've the dinner to attend to.' 'But,' said Kate, getting frightened, 'you promised me not to say any more on this matter.' 'Oh, I say nothing. I'm not mistress here. I told you that I would not interfere with Mr. Lennox; no more will I. Why should I?
Chapter 2 of A Mummer's Wife is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.
From this reading “'Indeed, I can't tell you; I've the dinner to attend to.'”
the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
From this reading “'Indeed, I can't tell you; I've the dinner to attend to.'”
made afraid
From this reading “'But,' said Kate, getting frightened, 'you promised me not to say any more on this matter.'”
the act of acquiring something
From this reading “'But,' said Kate, getting frightened, 'you promised me not to say any more on this matter.'”
come between so as to be hindrance or obstacle
From this reading “I told you that I would not interfere with Mr. Lennox; no more will I. Why should I?”
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading “'But,' said Kate, getting frightened, 'you promised me not to say any more on this matter.'”
an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man
From this reading “I'm not mistress here.”
past form of “promise” — make a promise or commitment
From this reading “'But,' said Kate, getting frightened, 'you promised me not to say any more on this matter.'”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading 'But,' said Kate, getting frightened, 'you promised me not to say any more on this matter.'
be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.
From this reading 'Indeed, I can't tell you; I've the dinner to attend to.'
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading 'But,' said Kate, getting frightened, 'you promised me not to say any more on this matter.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'Indeed, I can't tell you; I've the dinner to attend to.'
the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
From this reading 'Indeed, I can't tell you; I've the dinner to attend to.'
made afraid
From this reading 'But,' said Kate, getting frightened, 'you promised me not to say any more on this matter.'
the act of acquiring something
From this reading 'But,' said Kate, getting frightened, 'you promised me not to say any more on this matter.'
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading I'm not mistress here.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 'Indeed, I can't tell you; I've the dinner to attend to.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm not mistress here.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'Indeed, I can't tell you; I've the dinner to attend to.'
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading 'Indeed, I can't tell you; I've the dinner to attend to.'
come between so as to be hindrance or obstacle
From this reading I told you that I would not interfere with Mr. Lennox; no more will I. Why should I?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'But,' said Kate, getting frightened, 'you promised me not to say any more on this matter.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I told you that I would not interfere with Mr. Lennox; no more will I. Why should I?
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading 'But,' said Kate, getting frightened, 'you promised me not to say any more on this matter.'
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading 'But,' said Kate, getting frightened, 'you promised me not to say any more on this matter.'
an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man
From this reading I'm not mistress here.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading 'But,' said Kate, getting frightened, 'you promised me not to say any more on this matter.'
a form of address for a man
From this reading I told you that I would not interfere with Mr. Lennox; no more will I. Why should I?
not any; not one
From this reading I told you that I would not interfere with Mr. Lennox; no more will I. Why should I?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading 'But,' said Kate, getting frightened, 'you promised me not to say any more on this matter.'
not one thing; not anything
From this reading 'Oh, I say nothing.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading 'Oh, I say nothing.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading 'But,' said Kate, getting frightened, 'you promised me not to say any more on this matter.'
past form of “promise” — make a promise or commitment
From this reading 'But,' said Kate, getting frightened, 'you promised me not to say any more on this matter.'
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading 'But,' said Kate, getting frightened, 'you promised me not to say any more on this matter.'
express in words
From this reading 'But,' said Kate, getting frightened, 'you promised me not to say any more on this matter.'
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading I told you that I would not interfere with Mr. Lennox; no more will I. Why should I?
express in words
From this reading 'Indeed, I can't tell you; I've the dinner to attend to.'
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I told you that I would not interfere with Mr. Lennox; no more will I. Why should I?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 'Indeed, I can't tell you; I've the dinner to attend to.'
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading 'But,' said Kate, getting frightened, 'you promised me not to say any more on this matter.'
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading 'Indeed, I can't tell you; I've the dinner to attend to.'
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading I told you that I would not interfere with Mr. Lennox; no more will I. Why should I?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading I told you that I would not interfere with Mr. Lennox; no more will I. Why should I?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading I told you that I would not interfere with Mr. Lennox; no more will I. Why should I?
in the company of; together with
From this reading I told you that I would not interfere with Mr. Lennox; no more will I. Why should I?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I told you that I would not interfere with Mr. Lennox; no more will I. Why should I?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'Indeed, I can't tell you; I've the dinner to attend to.'
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