Chapter 15 of Fiander's Widow: A Novel is here in full — 163 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Fiander's Widow: A Novel is here in full — 163 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Butter? rolls o’t! Cream? why, bowls o’t! WILLIAM BARNES. Come, come away, Or let me go; Must I here stay? * * * Troth, lady, no!
Chapter 15 of Fiander's Widow: A Novel is here in full — 163 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a bowling game played on a level lawn with biased wooden balls that are rolled at a jack
From this reading “Cream? why, bowls o’t!”
an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use
From this reading “Butter? rolls o’t!”
the best people or things in a group
From this reading “Cream? why, bowls o’t!”
a polite name for any woman
From this reading “* * * Troth, lady, no!”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Come, come away, Or let me go; Must I here stay?”
plural of “roll” — rotary motion of an object around its own axis
From this reading “Butter? rolls o’t!”
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading “Come, come away, Or let me go; Must I here stay?”
a mutual promise to marry
From this reading “* * * Troth, lady, no!”
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from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Come, come away, Or let me go; Must I here stay?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WILLIAM BARNES.
a bowling game played on a level lawn with biased wooden balls that are rolled at a jack
From this reading Cream? why, bowls o’t!
an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use
From this reading Butter? rolls o’t!
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Come, come away, Or let me go; Must I here stay?
the best people or things in a group
From this reading Cream? why, bowls o’t!
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Come, come away, Or let me go; Must I here stay?
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Come, come away, Or let me go; Must I here stay?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Come, come away, Or let me go; Must I here stay?
a polite name for any woman
From this reading * * * Troth, lady, no!
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Come, come away, Or let me go; Must I here stay?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Come, come away, Or let me go; Must I here stay?
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Come, come away, Or let me go; Must I here stay?
not any; not one
From this reading * * * Troth, lady, no!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Butter? rolls o’t!
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Come, come away, Or let me go; Must I here stay?
plural of “roll” — rotary motion of an object around its own axis
From this reading Butter? rolls o’t!
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading Come, come away, Or let me go; Must I here stay?
a mutual promise to marry
From this reading * * * Troth, lady, no!
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Cream? why, bowls o’t!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WILLIAM BARNES.
Chapter 15 of Fiander's Widow: A Novel by M. E. Francis holds 163 sentences, grouped into 33 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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