Chapter 3 of Alice, or the Mysteries — Book 06 is here in full — 107 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Alice, or the Mysteries — Book 06 is here in full — 107 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
COELEBS, quid agam?*--HORACE. * "What shall I do, a bachelor?" IN a room at Fenton's Hotel sat Lord Vargrave and Caroline Lady Doltimore,--two months after the marriage of the latter. "Doltimore has positively fixed, then, to go abroad on your return from Cornwall?" "Positively,--to Paris.
Chapter 3 of Alice, or the Mysteries — Book 06 is here in full — 107 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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to or in a foreign country
From this reading “"Doltimore has positively fixed, then, to go abroad on your return from Cornwall?"”
a man who has never been married
From this reading “* "What shall I do, a bachelor?"”
of or relating to the life and times of kings Charles I or Charles II of England
From this reading “IN a room at Fenton's Hotel sat Lord Vargrave and Caroline Lady Doltimore,--two months after the marriage of the latter.”
a hilly county in southwestern England
From this reading “"Doltimore has positively fixed, then, to go abroad on your return from Cornwall?"”
Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC)
From this reading “COELEBS, quid agam?*--HORACE.”
a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
From this reading “IN a room at Fenton's Hotel sat Lord Vargrave and Caroline Lady Doltimore,--two months after the marriage of the latter.”
extremely
From this reading “"Doltimore has positively fixed, then, to go abroad on your return from Cornwall?"”
the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
From this reading “COELEBS, quid agam?*--HORACE.”
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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 * "What shall I do, a bachelor?"
to or in a foreign country
From this reading "Doltimore has positively fixed, then, to go abroad on your return from Cornwall?"
later than; following
From this reading IN a room at Fenton's Hotel sat Lord Vargrave and Caroline Lady Doltimore,--two months after the marriage of the latter.
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From this reading COELEBS, quid agam?*--HORACE.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading IN a room at Fenton's Hotel sat Lord Vargrave and Caroline Lady Doltimore,--two months after the marriage of the latter.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading IN a room at Fenton's Hotel sat Lord Vargrave and Caroline Lady Doltimore,--two months after the marriage of the latter.
a man who has never been married
From this reading * "What shall I do, a bachelor?"
of or relating to the life and times of kings Charles I or Charles II of England
From this reading IN a room at Fenton's Hotel sat Lord Vargrave and Caroline Lady Doltimore,--two months after the marriage of the latter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading COELEBS, quid agam?*--HORACE.
a hilly county in southwestern England
From this reading "Doltimore has positively fixed, then, to go abroad on your return from Cornwall?"
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading * "What shall I do, a bachelor?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading IN a room at Fenton's Hotel sat Lord Vargrave and Caroline Lady Doltimore,--two months after the marriage of the latter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading IN a room at Fenton's Hotel sat Lord Vargrave and Caroline Lady Doltimore,--two months after the marriage of the latter.
(of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value
From this reading "Doltimore has positively fixed, then, to go abroad on your return from Cornwall?"
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "Doltimore has positively fixed, then, to go abroad on your return from Cornwall?"
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "Doltimore has positively fixed, then, to go abroad on your return from Cornwall?"
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Doltimore has positively fixed, then, to go abroad on your return from Cornwall?"
Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC)
From this reading COELEBS, quid agam?*--HORACE.
a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
From this reading IN a room at Fenton's Hotel sat Lord Vargrave and Caroline Lady Doltimore,--two months after the marriage of the latter.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading * "What shall I do, a bachelor?"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN a room at Fenton's Hotel sat Lord Vargrave and Caroline Lady Doltimore,--two months after the marriage of the latter.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading IN a room at Fenton's Hotel sat Lord Vargrave and Caroline Lady Doltimore,--two months after the marriage of the latter.
referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several)
From this reading IN a room at Fenton's Hotel sat Lord Vargrave and Caroline Lady Doltimore,--two months after the marriage of the latter.
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading IN a room at Fenton's Hotel sat Lord Vargrave and Caroline Lady Doltimore,--two months after the marriage of the latter.
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
From this reading IN a room at Fenton's Hotel sat Lord Vargrave and Caroline Lady Doltimore,--two months after the marriage of the latter.
plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading IN a room at Fenton's Hotel sat Lord Vargrave and Caroline Lady Doltimore,--two months after the marriage of the latter.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading IN a room at Fenton's Hotel sat Lord Vargrave and Caroline Lady Doltimore,--two months after the marriage of the latter.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Doltimore has positively fixed, then, to go abroad on your return from Cornwall?"
the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce
From this reading "Positively,--to Paris.
extremely
From this reading "Doltimore has positively fixed, then, to go abroad on your return from Cornwall?"
the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
From this reading COELEBS, quid agam?*--HORACE.
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading "Doltimore has positively fixed, then, to go abroad on your return from Cornwall?"
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading IN a room at Fenton's Hotel sat Lord Vargrave and Caroline Lady Doltimore,--two months after the marriage of the latter.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading IN a room at Fenton's Hotel sat Lord Vargrave and Caroline Lady Doltimore,--two months after the marriage of the latter.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading * "What shall I do, a bachelor?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IN a room at Fenton's Hotel sat Lord Vargrave and Caroline Lady Doltimore,--two months after the marriage of the latter.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Doltimore has positively fixed, then, to go abroad on your return from Cornwall?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Doltimore has positively fixed, then, to go abroad on your return from Cornwall?"
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading IN a room at Fenton's Hotel sat Lord Vargrave and Caroline Lady Doltimore,--two months after the marriage of the latter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading IN a room at Fenton's Hotel sat Lord Vargrave and Caroline Lady Doltimore,--two months after the marriage of the latter.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading * "What shall I do, a bachelor?"
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Doltimore has positively fixed, then, to go abroad on your return from Cornwall?"
Chapter 3 of Alice, or the Mysteries — Book 06 by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton holds 107 sentences, grouped into 22 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 3 holds 107 sentences of Alice, or the Mysteries — Book 06, unabridged, divided into 22 reading sections.
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