Chapter 5 of "All's Well" is here in full — 388 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of "All's Well" is here in full — 388 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CHAPTER FIFTEEN. MR. BENDEN'S DESSERT. "Taken her away from the gaol! and you wot not whither? Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"
Chapter 5 of "All's Well" is here in full — 388 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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see with attention
From this reading “Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"”
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading “CHAPTER FIFTEEN.”
a dish served as the last course of a meal
From this reading “BENDEN'S DESSERT.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one
From this reading “CHAPTER FIFTEEN.”
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading “Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"”
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading “Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"”
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading “"Taken her away from the gaol! and you wot not whither?”
an old word meaning “to where”
From this reading “"Taken her away from the gaol! and you wot not whither?”
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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 Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Taken her away from the gaol! and you wot not whither?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "Taken her away from the gaol! and you wot not whither?
see with attention
From this reading Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BENDEN'S DESSERT.
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading CHAPTER FIFTEEN.
a dish served as the last course of a meal
From this reading BENDEN'S DESSERT.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"
at any time
From this reading Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"
the cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one
From this reading CHAPTER FIFTEEN.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "Taken her away from the gaol! and you wot not whither?
a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
From this reading "Taken her away from the gaol! and you wot not whither?
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Taken her away from the gaol! and you wot not whither?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"
a form of address for a man
From this reading MR.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Taken her away from the gaol! and you wot not whither?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading "Taken her away from the gaol! and you wot not whither?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Taken her away from the gaol! and you wot not whither?
(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, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"
an old word meaning “to where”
From this reading "Taken her away from the gaol! and you wot not whither?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Taken her away from the gaol! and you wot not whither?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Taken her away from the gaol! and you wot not whither?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Well, Roger Hall, you're as pretty a man of your hands as ever I did behold!"
Chapter 5 of "All's Well" by Emily Sarah Holt holds 388 sentences, grouped into 78 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 388 sentences of "All's Well", unabridged, divided into 78 reading sections.
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