Chapter 5 of A Wodehouse Miscellany: Articles & Stories is here in full — 477 sentences across 96 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of A Wodehouse Miscellany: Articles & Stories is here in full — 477 sentences across 96 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Who is she?" "Only a palmist." "Only a palmist!" Her voice absolutely boomed. "Well, my brother Douglas is engaged to be married to her."
Chapter 5 of A Wodehouse Miscellany: Articles & Stories is here in full — 477 sentences across 96 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “Her voice absolutely boomed.”
past form of “boom” — make a resonant sound, like artillery
From this reading “Her voice absolutely boomed.”
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading “"Well, my brother Douglas is engaged to be married to her."”
United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861)
From this reading “"Well, my brother Douglas is engaged to be married to her."”
having ones attention or mind or energy engaged
From this reading “"Well, my brother Douglas is engaged to be married to her."”
joined in matrimony
From this reading “"Well, my brother Douglas is engaged to be married to her."”
fortuneteller who predicts your future by the lines on your palms
From this reading “"Only a palmist."”
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading “Her voice absolutely boomed.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "Only a palmist."
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading Her voice absolutely boomed.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Well, my brother Douglas is engaged to be married to her."
past form of “boom” — make a resonant sound, like artillery
From this reading Her voice absolutely boomed.
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading "Well, my brother Douglas is engaged to be married to her."
United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861)
From this reading "Well, my brother Douglas is engaged to be married to her."
having ones attention or mind or energy engaged
From this reading "Well, my brother Douglas is engaged to be married to her."
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her voice absolutely boomed.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Who is she?"
joined in matrimony
From this reading "Well, my brother Douglas is engaged to be married to her."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Well, my brother Douglas is engaged to be married to her."
and nothing more
From this reading "Only a palmist."
fortuneteller who predicts your future by the lines on your palms
From this reading "Only a palmist."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Who is she?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Well, my brother Douglas is engaged to be married to her."
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading Her voice absolutely boomed.
(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 "Well, my brother Douglas is engaged to be married to her."
which person or people
From this reading "Who is she?"
Chapter 5 of A Wodehouse Miscellany: Articles & Stories by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse holds 477 sentences, grouped into 96 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 5 holds 477 sentences of A Wodehouse Miscellany: Articles & Stories, unabridged, divided into 96 reading sections.
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