Chapter 6 of Capitola the madcap is here in full — 117 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Capitola the madcap is here in full — 117 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CAP'S RETURN. Must I give way and room for your rash choler? Shall I be frighted when a madman stares? Go show your slaves how choleric you are! And make your bondsmen tremble!
Chapter 6 of Capitola the madcap is here in full — 117 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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possessive form of “cap” — a tight-fitting headdress
From this reading “CAP'S RETURN.”
easily moved to anger
From this reading “Go show your slaves how choleric you are!”
an insane person
From this reading “Shall I be frighted when a madman stares?”
any red eruption of the skin
From this reading “Must I give way and room for your rash choler?”
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading “Go show your slaves how choleric you are!”
plural of “slave” — a person who is owned by someone
From this reading “Go show your slaves how choleric you are!”
plural of “stare” — a fixed look with eyes open wide
From this reading “Shall I be frighted when a madman stares?”
move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways
From this reading “And make your bondsmen tremble!”
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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 Shall I be frighted when a madman stares?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Must I give way and room for your rash choler?
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Go show your slaves how choleric you are!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Shall I be frighted when a madman stares?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And make your bondsmen tremble!
possessive form of “cap” — a tight-fitting headdress
From this reading CAP'S RETURN.
an irritable petulant feeling
From this reading Must I give way and room for your rash choler?
easily moved to anger
From this reading Go show your slaves how choleric you are!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Must I give way and room for your rash choler?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Shall I be frighted when a madman stares?
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Must I give way and room for your rash choler?
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Go show your slaves how choleric you are!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Go show your slaves how choleric you are!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Must I give way and room for your rash choler?
an insane person
From this reading Shall I be frighted when a madman stares?
engage in
From this reading And make your bondsmen tremble!
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Must I give way and room for your rash choler?
any red eruption of the skin
From this reading Must I give way and room for your rash choler?
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading CAP'S RETURN.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading Must I give way and room for your rash choler?
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Shall I be frighted when a madman stares?
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading Go show your slaves how choleric you are!
plural of “slave” — a person who is owned by someone
From this reading Go show your slaves how choleric you are!
plural of “stare” — a fixed look with eyes open wide
From this reading Shall I be frighted when a madman stares?
move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways
From this reading And make your bondsmen tremble!
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Must I give way and room for your rash choler?
at the time that
From this reading Shall I be frighted when a madman stares?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Go show your slaves how choleric you are!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Must I give way and room for your rash choler?
Chapter 6 of Capitola the madcap by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth holds 117 sentences, grouped into 24 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 6 holds 117 sentences of Capitola the madcap, unabridged, divided into 24 reading sections.
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