Chapter 8 of Alice, or the Mysteries — Book 05 is here in full — 55 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Alice, or the Mysteries — Book 05 is here in full — 55 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THERE was never Poor gentleman had such a sudden fortune. BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER: _The Captain_, Act v. sc.
Chapter 8 of Alice, or the Mysteries — Book 05 is here in full — 55 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading “BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER: _The Captain_, Act v. sc.”
United States surgeon remembered for his studies of digestion (1785-1853)
From this reading “BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER: _The Captain_, Act v. sc.”
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
prolific English dramatist who collaborated with Francis Beaumont and many other dramatists (1579-1625)
From this reading “BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER: _The Captain_, Act v. sc.”
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading “THERE was never Poor gentleman had such a sudden fortune.”
a man of refinement
From this reading “THERE was never Poor gentleman had such a sudden fortune.”
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading “THERE was never Poor gentleman had such a sudden fortune.”
happening without warning or in a short space of time
From this reading “THERE was never Poor gentleman had such a sudden fortune.”
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 THERE was never Poor gentleman had such a sudden fortune.
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER: _The Captain_, Act v. sc.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER: _The Captain_, Act v. sc.
United States surgeon remembered for his studies of digestion (1785-1853)
From this reading BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER: _The Captain_, Act v. sc.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER: _The Captain_, Act v. sc.
prolific English dramatist who collaborated with Francis Beaumont and many other dramatists (1579-1625)
From this reading BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER: _The Captain_, Act v. sc.
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading THERE was never Poor gentleman had such a sudden fortune.
a man of refinement
From this reading THERE was never Poor gentleman had such a sudden fortune.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THERE was never Poor gentleman had such a sudden fortune.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading THERE was never Poor gentleman had such a sudden fortune.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading THERE was never Poor gentleman had such a sudden fortune.
a white trivalent metallic element; sometimes classified in the rare earth group; occurs in the Scandinavian mineral thortveitite
From this reading BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER: _The Captain_, Act v. sc.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading THERE was never Poor gentleman had such a sudden fortune.
happening without warning or in a short space of time
From this reading THERE was never Poor gentleman had such a sudden fortune.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER: _The Captain_, Act v. sc.
in or at that place or location
From this reading THERE was never Poor gentleman had such a sudden fortune.
a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt
From this reading BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER: _The Captain_, Act v. sc.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THERE was never Poor gentleman had such a sudden fortune.
Chapter 8 of Alice, or the Mysteries — Book 05 by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton holds 55 sentences, grouped into 11 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 8 holds 55 sentences of Alice, or the Mysteries — Book 05, unabridged, divided into 11 reading sections.
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