Chapter 28 of Frank Mildmay is here in full — 179 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 28 of Frank Mildmay is here in full — 179 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Pal_. Thou art a traitor, Arcite, and a fellow False as thy title to her. Friendship, blood, And all the ties between us, I disclaim. _Arc_. You are mad.
Chapter 28 of Frank Mildmay is here in full — 179 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/35 · 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.
electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
renounce a legal claim or title to
From this reading “Friendship, blood, And all the ties between us, I disclaim.”
not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
From this reading “Thou art a traitor, Arcite, and a fellow False as thy title to her.”
the state of being friends (or friendly)
From this reading “Friendship, blood, And all the ties between us, I disclaim.”
a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
plural of “tie” — neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
From this reading “Friendship, blood, And all the ties between us, I disclaim.”
a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with
From this reading “Thou art a traitor, Arcite, and a fellow False as thy title to her.”
someone who betrays his country by committing treason
From this reading “Thou art a traitor, Arcite, and a fellow False as thy title to her.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Thou art a traitor, Arcite, and a fellow False as thy title to her.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Friendship, blood, And all the ties between us, I disclaim.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Thou art a traitor, Arcite, and a fellow False as thy title to her.
electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
From this reading _Arc_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Thou art a traitor, Arcite, and a fellow False as thy title to her.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading You are mad.
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading Thou art a traitor, Arcite, and a fellow False as thy title to her.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Thou art a traitor, Arcite, and a fellow False as thy title to her.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Friendship, blood, And all the ties between us, I disclaim.
The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.
From this reading Friendship, blood, And all the ties between us, I disclaim.
renounce a legal claim or title to
From this reading Friendship, blood, And all the ties between us, I disclaim.
not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
From this reading Thou art a traitor, Arcite, and a fellow False as thy title to her.
a boy or man
From this reading Thou art a traitor, Arcite, and a fellow False as thy title to her.
the state of being friends (or friendly)
From this reading Friendship, blood, And all the ties between us, I disclaim.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Thou art a traitor, Arcite, and a fellow False as thy title to her.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Friendship, blood, And all the ties between us, I disclaim.
roused to anger
From this reading You are mad.
a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
From this reading _Pal_.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Friendship, blood, And all the ties between us, I disclaim.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Thou art a traitor, Arcite, and a fellow False as thy title to her.
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading Thou art a traitor, Arcite, and a fellow False as thy title to her.
plural of “tie” — neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
From this reading Friendship, blood, And all the ties between us, I disclaim.
a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with
From this reading Thou art a traitor, Arcite, and a fellow False as thy title to her.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Thou art a traitor, Arcite, and a fellow False as thy title to her.
someone who betrays his country by committing treason
From this reading Thou art a traitor, Arcite, and a fellow False as thy title to her.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Friendship, blood, And all the ties between us, I disclaim.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You are mad.
Chapter 28 of Frank Mildmay by Frederick Marryat holds 179 sentences, grouped into 36 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 28 holds 179 sentences of Frank Mildmay, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 28 of Frank Mildmay by Frederick Marryat exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 179 sentences, grouped into 36 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.
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