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Chapter 1 of In the Wars of the Roses is here in full — 393 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Everett Evelyn-Green. "Mother, will the little prince be there?" "Yes, my son. He never leaves his mother's side. You will see them all today, if fortune favours us--the good King Henry, his noble queen, to whom he owes so much, and the little prince likewise.
Chapter 1 of In the Wars of the Roses is here in full — 393 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “favour” — a feeling of favorable regard
From this reading “You will see them all today, if fortune favours us--the good King Henry, his noble queen, to whom he owes so much, and the little prince likewise.”
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading “You will see them all today, if fortune favours us--the good King Henry, his noble queen, to whom he owes so much, and the little prince likewise.”
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading “You will see them all today, if fortune favours us--the good King Henry, his noble queen, to whom he owes so much, and the little prince likewise.”
plural of “leaf” — the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
From this reading “He never leaves his mother's side.”
in like or similar manner
From this reading “You will see them all today, if fortune favours us--the good King Henry, his noble queen, to whom he owes so much, and the little prince likewise.”
possessive form of “mother” — a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading “He never leaves his mother's side.”
third-person singular of “owe” — be obliged to pay or repay
From this reading “You will see them all today, if fortune favours us--the good King Henry, his noble queen, to whom he owes so much, and the little prince likewise.”
the present time or age
From this reading “You will see them all today, if fortune favours us--the good King Henry, his noble queen, to whom he owes so much, and the little prince likewise.”
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(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 You will see them all today, if fortune favours us--the good King Henry, his noble queen, to whom he owes so much, and the little prince likewise.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading You will see them all today, if fortune favours us--the good King Henry, his noble queen, to whom he owes so much, and the little prince likewise.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Mother, will the little prince be there?"
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From this reading Everett Evelyn-Green.
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From this reading Everett Evelyn-Green.
plural of “favour” — a feeling of favorable regard
From this reading You will see them all today, if fortune favours us--the good King Henry, his noble queen, to whom he owes so much, and the little prince likewise.
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading You will see them all today, if fortune favours us--the good King Henry, his noble queen, to whom he owes so much, and the little prince likewise.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading You will see them all today, if fortune favours us--the good King Henry, his noble queen, to whom he owes so much, and the little prince likewise.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He never leaves his mother's side.
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading You will see them all today, if fortune favours us--the good King Henry, his noble queen, to whom he owes so much, and the little prince likewise.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He never leaves his mother's side.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading You will see them all today, if fortune favours us--the good King Henry, his noble queen, to whom he owes so much, and the little prince likewise.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading You will see them all today, if fortune favours us--the good King Henry, his noble queen, to whom he owes so much, and the little prince likewise.
plural of “leaf” — the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
From this reading He never leaves his mother's side.
in like or similar manner
From this reading You will see them all today, if fortune favours us--the good King Henry, his noble queen, to whom he owes so much, and the little prince likewise.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "Mother, will the little prince be there?"
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading "Mother, will the little prince be there?"
possessive form of “mother” — a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading He never leaves his mother's side.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading You will see them all today, if fortune favours us--the good King Henry, his noble queen, to whom he owes so much, and the little prince likewise.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Yes, my son.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading He never leaves his mother's side.
impressive in appearance
From this reading You will see them all today, if fortune favours us--the good King Henry, his noble queen, to whom he owes so much, and the little prince likewise.
third-person singular of “owe” — be obliged to pay or repay
From this reading You will see them all today, if fortune favours us--the good King Henry, his noble queen, to whom he owes so much, and the little prince likewise.
a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
From this reading "Mother, will the little prince be there?"
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading You will see them all today, if fortune favours us--the good King Henry, his noble queen, to whom he owes so much, and the little prince likewise.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading You will see them all today, if fortune favours us--the good King Henry, his noble queen, to whom he owes so much, and the little prince likewise.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading He never leaves his mother's side.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading You will see them all today, if fortune favours us--the good King Henry, his noble queen, to whom he owes so much, and the little prince likewise.
a male human offspring
From this reading "Yes, my son.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Mother, will the little prince be there?"
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading You will see them all today, if fortune favours us--the good King Henry, his noble queen, to whom he owes so much, and the little prince likewise.
in or at that place or location
From this reading "Mother, will the little prince be there?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You will see them all today, if fortune favours us--the good King Henry, his noble queen, to whom he owes so much, and the little prince likewise.
the present time or age
From this reading You will see them all today, if fortune favours us--the good King Henry, his noble queen, to whom he owes so much, and the little prince likewise.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You will see them all today, if fortune favours us--the good King Henry, his noble queen, to whom he owes so much, and the little prince likewise.
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You will see them all today, if fortune favours us--the good King Henry, his noble queen, to whom he owes so much, and the little prince likewise.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Mother, will the little prince be there?"
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes, my son.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You will see them all today, if fortune favours us--the good King Henry, his noble queen, to whom he owes so much, and the little prince likewise.
Chapter 1 of In the Wars of the Roses by Evelyn Everett-Green holds 393 sentences, grouped into 79 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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