Chapter 36 of Cousin Betty is here in full — 187 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 36 of Cousin Betty is here in full — 187 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Well--Madame Combabus!” “And what are you to get for such a job?” “Guess.” “A service of plate?” “I have three.”
Chapter 36 of Cousin Betty is here in full — 187 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/37 · 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.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading ““And what are you to get for such a job?””
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading ““Guess.””
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading ““And what are you to get for such a job?””
title used for a married Frenchwoman
From this reading ““Well--Madame Combabus!””
(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
From this reading ““A service of plate?””
work done by one person or group that benefits another
From this reading ““A service of plate?””
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading ““I have three.””
(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--Madame Combabus!””
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 “And what are you to get for such a job?”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “And what are you to get for such a job?”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “And what are you to get for such a job?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Well--Madame Combabus!”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “And what are you to get for such a job?”
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “And what are you to get for such a job?”
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading “Guess.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I have three.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I have three.”
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading “And what are you to get for such a job?”
title used for a married Frenchwoman
From this reading “Well--Madame Combabus!”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “A service of plate?”
(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
From this reading “A service of plate?”
work done by one person or group that benefits another
From this reading “A service of plate?”
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading “And what are you to get for such a job?”
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading “I have three.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “And what are you to get for such a job?”
(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--Madame Combabus!”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “And what are you to get for such a job?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “And what are you to get for such a job?”
Chapter 36 of Cousin Betty by Honoré de Balzac holds 187 sentences, grouped into 38 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 36 holds 187 sentences of Cousin Betty, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 36 of Cousin Betty by Honoré de Balzac exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 187 sentences, grouped into 38 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 38 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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