Chapter 8 of Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker Sometime Brevet is here in full — 385 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker Sometime Brevet is here in full — 385 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“It is useless. Darthea. I am so made that I must say my say. Thou mayest try to escape, and hate it and me, but I have to say I love thee. No, I am not a boy.
Chapter 8 of Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker Sometime Brevet is here in full — 385 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a youthful male person
From this reading “No, I am not a boy.”
the act of escaping physically
From this reading “Thou mayest try to escape, and hate it and me, but I have to say I love thee.”
the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
From this reading “Thou mayest try to escape, and hate it and me, but I have to say I love thee.”
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading “Thou mayest try to escape, and hate it and me, but I have to say I love thee.”
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading “Thou mayest try to escape, and hate it and me, but I have to say I love thee.”
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading “Thou mayest try to escape, and hate it and me, but I have to say I love thee.”
make an effort or attempt
From this reading “Thou mayest try to escape, and hate it and me, but I have to say I love thee.”
having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully
From this reading ““It is useless.”
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 No, I am not a boy.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am so made that I must say my say.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Thou mayest try to escape, and hate it and me, but I have to say I love thee.
a youthful male person
From this reading No, I am not a boy.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Thou mayest try to escape, and hate it and me, but I have to say I love thee.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Darthea.
the act of escaping physically
From this reading Thou mayest try to escape, and hate it and me, but I have to say I love thee.
the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
From this reading Thou mayest try to escape, and hate it and me, but I have to say I love thee.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Thou mayest try to escape, and hate it and me, but I have to say I love thee.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I am so made that I must say my say.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “It is useless.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “It is useless.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading Thou mayest try to escape, and hate it and me, but I have to say I love thee.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading I am so made that I must say my say.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Thou mayest try to escape, and hate it and me, but I have to say I love thee.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Thou mayest try to escape, and hate it and me, but I have to say I love thee.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading I am so made that I must say my say.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I am so made that I must say my say.
not any; not one
From this reading No, I am not a boy.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading No, I am not a boy.
express in words
From this reading I am so made that I must say my say.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I am so made that I must say my say.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I am so made that I must say my say.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading Thou mayest try to escape, and hate it and me, but I have to say I love thee.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Thou mayest try to escape, and hate it and me, but I have to say I love thee.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Thou mayest try to escape, and hate it and me, but I have to say I love thee.
make an effort or attempt
From this reading Thou mayest try to escape, and hate it and me, but I have to say I love thee.
having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully
From this reading “It is useless.
Chapter 8 of Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker Sometime Brevet by S. Weir (Silas Weir) Mitchell holds 385 sentences, grouped into 77 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 8 holds 385 sentences of Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker Sometime Brevet, unabridged, divided into 77 reading sections.
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