Chapter 11 of Comediettas and Farces is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Comediettas and Farces is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
FANNY. Let me ask you, mamma, would it have been dutiful in a daughter to deprive her mother of the object of her early affection? MAJOR. What's that? "Early affection!"--"object!"
Chapter 11 of Comediettas and Farces is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a positive feeling of liking
From this reading “Let me ask you, mamma, would it have been dutiful in a daughter to deprive her mother of the object of her early affection?”
take away possessions from someone
From this reading “Let me ask you, mamma, would it have been dutiful in a daughter to deprive her mother of the object of her early affection?”
willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect
From this reading “Let me ask you, mamma, would it have been dutiful in a daughter to deprive her mother of the object of her early affection?”
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading “Let me ask you, mamma, would it have been dutiful in a daughter to deprive her mother of the object of her early affection?”
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
From this reading “FANNY.”
of greater importance or stature or rank
From this reading “MAJOR.”
informal terms for a mother
From this reading “Let me ask you, mamma, would it have been dutiful in a daughter to deprive her mother of the object of her early affection?”
a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow
From this reading “Let me ask you, mamma, would it have been dutiful in a daughter to deprive her mother of the object of her early affection?”
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.
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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 Let me ask you, mamma, would it have been dutiful in a daughter to deprive her mother of the object of her early affection?
a positive feeling of liking
From this reading Let me ask you, mamma, would it have been dutiful in a daughter to deprive her mother of the object of her early affection?
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading Let me ask you, mamma, would it have been dutiful in a daughter to deprive her mother of the object of her early affection?
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Let me ask you, mamma, would it have been dutiful in a daughter to deprive her mother of the object of her early affection?
a female human offspring
From this reading Let me ask you, mamma, would it have been dutiful in a daughter to deprive her mother of the object of her early affection?
take away possessions from someone
From this reading Let me ask you, mamma, would it have been dutiful in a daughter to deprive her mother of the object of her early affection?
willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect
From this reading Let me ask you, mamma, would it have been dutiful in a daughter to deprive her mother of the object of her early affection?
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading Let me ask you, mamma, would it have been dutiful in a daughter to deprive her mother of the object of her early affection?
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
From this reading FANNY.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Let me ask you, mamma, would it have been dutiful in a daughter to deprive her mother of the object of her early affection?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Let me ask you, mamma, would it have been dutiful in a daughter to deprive her mother of the object of her early affection?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Let me ask you, mamma, would it have been dutiful in a daughter to deprive her mother of the object of her early affection?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Let me ask you, mamma, would it have been dutiful in a daughter to deprive her mother of the object of her early affection?
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let me ask you, mamma, would it have been dutiful in a daughter to deprive her mother of the object of her early affection?
of greater importance or stature or rank
From this reading MAJOR.
informal terms for a mother
From this reading Let me ask you, mamma, would it have been dutiful in a daughter to deprive her mother of the object of her early affection?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Let me ask you, mamma, would it have been dutiful in a daughter to deprive her mother of the object of her early affection?
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Let me ask you, mamma, would it have been dutiful in a daughter to deprive her mother of the object of her early affection?
a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow
From this reading Let me ask you, mamma, would it have been dutiful in a daughter to deprive her mother of the object of her early affection?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Let me ask you, mamma, would it have been dutiful in a daughter to deprive her mother of the object of her early affection?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading What's that?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Let me ask you, mamma, would it have been dutiful in a daughter to deprive her mother of the object of her early affection?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Let me ask you, mamma, would it have been dutiful in a daughter to deprive her mother of the object of her early affection?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What's that?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Let me ask you, mamma, would it have been dutiful in a daughter to deprive her mother of the object of her early affection?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Let me ask you, mamma, would it have been dutiful in a daughter to deprive her mother of the object of her early affection?
Chapter 11 of Comediettas and Farces by John Maddison Morton holds 408 sentences, grouped into 82 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 11 holds 408 sentences of Comediettas and Farces, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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