Chapter 1 of Falkland, Complete is here in full — 364 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Falkland, Complete is here in full — 364 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
FROM ERASMUS FALKLAND, ESQ., TO THE HON. FREDERICK MONKTON. L---, May --, 1822. You are mistaken, my dear Monkton! Your description of the gaiety of “the season” gives me no emotion.
Chapter 1 of Falkland, Complete is here in full — 364 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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dearly loved
From this reading “You are mistaken, my dear Monkton!”
a statement that represents something in words
From this reading “Your description of the gaiety of “the season” gives me no emotion.”
any strong feeling
From this reading “Your description of the gaiety of “the season” gives me no emotion.”
Dutch humanist and theologian who was the leading Renaissance scholar of northern Europe; although his criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church led to the Reformation, he opposed violence and condemned Martin Luther (1466-1536)
From this reading “FROM ERASMUS FALKLAND, ESQ., TO THE HON.”
a town in northern Maryland to the west of Baltimore
From this reading “FREDERICK MONKTON.”
plural of “give” — the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
From this reading “Your description of the gaiety of “the season” gives me no emotion.”
wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment
From this reading “You are mistaken, my dear Monkton!”
a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field
From this reading “Your description of the gaiety of “the season” gives me no emotion.”
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From this reading L---, May --, 1822.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading You are mistaken, my dear Monkton!
dearly loved
From this reading You are mistaken, my dear Monkton!
a statement that represents something in words
From this reading Your description of the gaiety of “the season” gives me no emotion.
any strong feeling
From this reading Your description of the gaiety of “the season” gives me no emotion.
Dutch humanist and theologian who was the leading Renaissance scholar of northern Europe; although his criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church led to the Reformation, he opposed violence and condemned Martin Luther (1466-1536)
From this reading FROM ERASMUS FALKLAND, ESQ., TO THE HON.
a title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight; placed after the name
From this reading FROM ERASMUS FALKLAND, ESQ., TO THE HON.
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From this reading FROM ERASMUS FALKLAND, ESQ., TO THE HON.
a town in northern Maryland to the west of Baltimore
From this reading FREDERICK MONKTON.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading FROM ERASMUS FALKLAND, ESQ., TO THE HON.
a gay feeling
From this reading Your description of the gaiety of “the season” gives me no emotion.
plural of “give” — the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
From this reading Your description of the gaiety of “the season” gives me no emotion.
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From this reading FROM ERASMUS FALKLAND, ESQ., TO THE HON.
a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
From this reading L---, May --, 1822.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading L---, May --, 1822.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Your description of the gaiety of “the season” gives me no emotion.
wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment
From this reading You are mistaken, my dear Monkton!
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From this reading FREDERICK MONKTON.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading You are mistaken, my dear Monkton!
not any; not one
From this reading Your description of the gaiety of “the season” gives me no emotion.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Your description of the gaiety of “the season” gives me no emotion.
a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field
From this reading Your description of the gaiety of “the season” gives me no emotion.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading FROM ERASMUS FALKLAND, ESQ., TO THE HON.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading FROM ERASMUS FALKLAND, ESQ., TO THE HON.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You are mistaken, my dear Monkton!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Your description of the gaiety of “the season” gives me no emotion.
Chapter 1 of Falkland, Complete by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton holds 364 sentences, grouped into 73 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.
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