Chapter 10 of Getting Married is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Getting Married is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HOTCHKISS [admiring her] Are you really game, Polly? Dare you defy me? MRS GEORGE. If you ask me another question I shant be able to keep my hands off you [she dashes distractedly past him to the other end of the table, her fingers crisping]. HOTCHKISS.
Chapter 10 of Getting Married is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 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.
-ing form of “admire” — feel admiration for
From this reading “HOTCHKISS [admiring her] Are you really game, Polly?”
take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
From this reading “Dare you defy me?”
plural of “dash” — distinctive and stylish elegance
From this reading “If you ask me another question I shant be able to keep my hands off you [she dashes distractedly past him to the other end of the table, her fingers crisping].”
resist or confront with resistance
From this reading “Dare you defy me?”
plural of “finger” — any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb)
From this reading “If you ask me another question I shant be able to keep my hands off you [she dashes distractedly past him to the other end of the table, her fingers crisping].”
a contest with rules to determine a winner
From this reading “HOTCHKISS [admiring her] Are you really game, Polly?”
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading “MRS GEORGE.”
the time that has elapsed
From this reading “If you ask me another question I shant be able to keep my hands off you [she dashes distractedly past him to the other end of the table, her fingers crisping].”
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.
(usually followed by “to”) having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
From this reading If you ask me another question I shant be able to keep my hands off you [she dashes distractedly past him to the other end of the table, her fingers crisping].
-ing form of “admire” — feel admiration for
From this reading HOTCHKISS [admiring her] Are you really game, Polly?
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading If you ask me another question I shant be able to keep my hands off you [she dashes distractedly past him to the other end of the table, her fingers crisping].
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading HOTCHKISS [admiring her] Are you really game, Polly?
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading If you ask me another question I shant be able to keep my hands off you [she dashes distractedly past him to the other end of the table, her fingers crisping].
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading If you ask me another question I shant be able to keep my hands off you [she dashes distractedly past him to the other end of the table, her fingers crisping].
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading If you ask me another question I shant be able to keep my hands off you [she dashes distractedly past him to the other end of the table, her fingers crisping].
take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
From this reading Dare you defy me?
plural of “dash” — distinctive and stylish elegance
From this reading If you ask me another question I shant be able to keep my hands off you [she dashes distractedly past him to the other end of the table, her fingers crisping].
resist or confront with resistance
From this reading Dare you defy me?
in a distracted manner
From this reading If you ask me another question I shant be able to keep my hands off you [she dashes distractedly past him to the other end of the table, her fingers crisping].
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading If you ask me another question I shant be able to keep my hands off you [she dashes distractedly past him to the other end of the table, her fingers crisping].
plural of “finger” — any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb)
From this reading If you ask me another question I shant be able to keep my hands off you [she dashes distractedly past him to the other end of the table, her fingers crisping].
a contest with rules to determine a winner
From this reading HOTCHKISS [admiring her] Are you really game, Polly?
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading MRS GEORGE.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading If you ask me another question I shant be able to keep my hands off you [she dashes distractedly past him to the other end of the table, her fingers crisping].
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading HOTCHKISS [admiring her] Are you really game, Polly?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading If you ask me another question I shant be able to keep my hands off you [she dashes distractedly past him to the other end of the table, her fingers crisping].
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HOTCHKISS [admiring her] Are you really game, Polly?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading If you ask me another question I shant be able to keep my hands off you [she dashes distractedly past him to the other end of the table, her fingers crisping].
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If you ask me another question I shant be able to keep my hands off you [she dashes distractedly past him to the other end of the table, her fingers crisping].
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading If you ask me another question I shant be able to keep my hands off you [she dashes distractedly past him to the other end of the table, her fingers crisping].
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Dare you defy me?
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading MRS GEORGE.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading If you ask me another question I shant be able to keep my hands off you [she dashes distractedly past him to the other end of the table, her fingers crisping].
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading If you ask me another question I shant be able to keep my hands off you [she dashes distractedly past him to the other end of the table, her fingers crisping].
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading If you ask me another question I shant be able to keep my hands off you [she dashes distractedly past him to the other end of the table, her fingers crisping].
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading If you ask me another question I shant be able to keep my hands off you [she dashes distractedly past him to the other end of the table, her fingers crisping].
the time that has elapsed
From this reading If you ask me another question I shant be able to keep my hands off you [she dashes distractedly past him to the other end of the table, her fingers crisping].
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HOTCHKISS [admiring her] Are you really game, Polly?
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading If you ask me another question I shant be able to keep my hands off you [she dashes distractedly past him to the other end of the table, her fingers crisping].
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading HOTCHKISS [admiring her] Are you really game, Polly?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading If you ask me another question I shant be able to keep my hands off you [she dashes distractedly past him to the other end of the table, her fingers crisping].
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading If you ask me another question I shant be able to keep my hands off you [she dashes distractedly past him to the other end of the table, her fingers crisping].
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading If you ask me another question I shant be able to keep my hands off you [she dashes distractedly past him to the other end of the table, her fingers crisping].
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading If you ask me another question I shant be able to keep my hands off you [she dashes distractedly past him to the other end of the table, her fingers crisping].
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading If you ask me another question I shant be able to keep my hands off you [she dashes distractedly past him to the other end of the table, her fingers crisping].
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading HOTCHKISS [admiring her] Are you really game, Polly?
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