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Chapter 1 of How He Lied to Her Husband is here in full — 740 sentences across 148 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Find a way out of this for me; and I'll bless you as long as you live. Oh, how wretched I am! [She sobs on his breast]. HE. And oh! how happy I am!
Chapter 1 of How He Lied to Her Husband is here in full — 740 sentences across 148 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 33/148 · 5 reading units · Lines 161–165
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
give a benediction to
From this reading “Find a way out of this for me; and I'll bless you as long as you live.”
the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen
From this reading “[She sobs on his breast].”
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading “Find a way out of this for me; and I'll bless you as long as you live.”
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading “And oh! how happy I am!”
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “Find a way out of this for me; and I'll bless you as long as you live.”
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading “Find a way out of this for me; and I'll bless you as long as you live.”
plural of “sob” — a dyspneic condition
From this reading “[She sobs on his breast].”
of very poor quality or condition
From this reading “Oh, how wretched I am!”
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 Find a way out of this for me; and I'll bless you as long as you live.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Oh, how wretched I am!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Find a way out of this for me; and I'll bless you as long as you live.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Find a way out of this for me; and I'll bless you as long as you live.
give a benediction to
From this reading Find a way out of this for me; and I'll bless you as long as you live.
the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen
From this reading [She sobs on his breast].
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading Find a way out of this for me; and I'll bless you as long as you live.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Find a way out of this for me; and I'll bless you as long as you live.
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading And oh! how happy I am!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading HE.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading [She sobs on his breast].
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, how wretched I am!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Oh, how wretched I am!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Find a way out of this for me; and I'll bless you as long as you live.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading Find a way out of this for me; and I'll bless you as long as you live.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading Find a way out of this for me; and I'll bless you as long as you live.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Find a way out of this for me; and I'll bless you as long as you live.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Find a way out of this for me; and I'll bless you as long as you live.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, how wretched I am!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading [She sobs on his breast].
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Find a way out of this for me; and I'll bless you as long as you live.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading [She sobs on his breast].
plural of “sob” — a dyspneic condition
From this reading [She sobs on his breast].
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Find a way out of this for me; and I'll bless you as long as you live.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Find a way out of this for me; and I'll bless you as long as you live.
of very poor quality or condition
From this reading Oh, how wretched I am!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Find a way out of this for me; and I'll bless you as long as you live.
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