Chapter 5 of Comediettas and Farces is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Comediettas and Farces is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ROYS. (_aside_). She's alone! She's decidedly handsome. Yet, as I said before, there's something about the other that--that-- (_Aloud, and bowing to JULIA._) Miss Templeton!
Chapter 5 of Comediettas and Farces is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
Having no one else present.
From this reading “She's alone!”
using the voice; not silently
on or to one side
bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting
From this reading “Yet, as I said before, there's something about the other that--that-- (_Aloud, and bowing to JULIA._) Miss Templeton!”
without question and beyond doubt
From this reading “She's decidedly handsome.”
pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion
From this reading “She's decidedly handsome.”
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading “Yet, as I said before, there's something about the other that--that-- (_Aloud, and bowing to JULIA._) Miss Templeton!”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “Yet, as I said before, there's something about the other that--that-- (_Aloud, and bowing to JULIA._) Miss Templeton!”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Yet, as I said before, there's something about the other that--that-- (_Aloud, and bowing to JULIA._) Miss Templeton!
Having no one else present.
From this reading She's alone!
using the voice; not silently
From this reading Yet, as I said before, there's something about the other that--that-- (_Aloud, and bowing to JULIA._) Miss Templeton!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Yet, as I said before, there's something about the other that--that-- (_Aloud, and bowing to JULIA._) Miss Templeton!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Yet, as I said before, there's something about the other that--that-- (_Aloud, and bowing to JULIA._) Miss Templeton!
on or to one side
From this reading (_aside_).
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Yet, as I said before, there's something about the other that--that-- (_Aloud, and bowing to JULIA._) Miss Templeton!
bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting
From this reading Yet, as I said before, there's something about the other that--that-- (_Aloud, and bowing to JULIA._) Miss Templeton!
without question and beyond doubt
From this reading She's decidedly handsome.
pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion
From this reading She's decidedly handsome.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Yet, as I said before, there's something about the other that--that-- (_Aloud, and bowing to JULIA._) Miss Templeton!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yet, as I said before, there's something about the other that--that-- (_Aloud, and bowing to JULIA._) Miss Templeton!
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading Yet, as I said before, there's something about the other that--that-- (_Aloud, and bowing to JULIA._) Miss Templeton!
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading Yet, as I said before, there's something about the other that--that-- (_Aloud, and bowing to JULIA._) Miss Templeton!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ROYS.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Yet, as I said before, there's something about the other that--that-- (_Aloud, and bowing to JULIA._) Miss Templeton!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She's alone!
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Yet, as I said before, there's something about the other that--that-- (_Aloud, and bowing to JULIA._) Miss Templeton!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yet, as I said before, there's something about the other that--that-- (_Aloud, and bowing to JULIA._) Miss Templeton!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Yet, as I said before, there's something about the other that--that-- (_Aloud, and bowing to JULIA._) Miss Templeton!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Yet, as I said before, there's something about the other that--that-- (_Aloud, and bowing to JULIA._) Miss Templeton!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yet, as I said before, there's something about the other that--that-- (_Aloud, and bowing to JULIA._) Miss Templeton!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Yet, as I said before, there's something about the other that--that-- (_Aloud, and bowing to JULIA._) Miss Templeton!
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet, as I said before, there's something about the other that--that-- (_Aloud, and bowing to JULIA._) Miss Templeton!
Chapter 5 of Comediettas and Farces by John Maddison Morton holds 414 sentences, grouped into 83 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 414 sentences of Comediettas and Farces, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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