Chapter 15 of Lady Penelope is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Lady Penelope is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"All as was ’ere. There ain’t one left." "Was a boy with her?" "To be sure, a young gentleman as fetched me ’ere, and give me a shillin’." "What was his name?"
Chapter 15 of Lady Penelope 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.
a youthful male person
From this reading “"Was a boy with her?"”
an old word for “before”
From this reading “"All as was ’ere.”
past form of “fetch” — go or come after and bring or take back
From this reading “"To be sure, a young gentleman as fetched me ’ere, and give me a shillin’."”
a man of refinement
From this reading “"To be sure, a young gentleman as fetched me ’ere, and give me a shillin’."”
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading “"To be sure, a young gentleman as fetched me ’ere, and give me a shillin’."”
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading “There ain’t one left."”
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “"What was his name?"”
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading “"To be sure, a young gentleman as fetched me ’ere, and give me a shillin’."”
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In this reading “"To be sure, a young gentleman as fetched me ’ere, and give me a shillin’."”
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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 "Was a boy with her?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There ain’t one left."
(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 "All as was ’ere.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "To be sure, a young gentleman as fetched me ’ere, and give me a shillin’."
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "All as was ’ere.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "To be sure, a young gentleman as fetched me ’ere, and give me a shillin’."
a youthful male person
From this reading "Was a boy with her?"
an old word for “before”
From this reading "All as was ’ere.
past form of “fetch” — go or come after and bring or take back
From this reading "To be sure, a young gentleman as fetched me ’ere, and give me a shillin’."
a man of refinement
From this reading "To be sure, a young gentleman as fetched me ’ere, and give me a shillin’."
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading "To be sure, a young gentleman as fetched me ’ere, and give me a shillin’."
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Was a boy with her?"
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "What was his name?"
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading There ain’t one left."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "To be sure, a young gentleman as fetched me ’ere, and give me a shillin’."
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading "What was his name?"
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There ain’t one left."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "To be sure, a young gentleman as fetched me ’ere, and give me a shillin’."
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading "To be sure, a young gentleman as fetched me ’ere, and give me a shillin’."
in or at that place or location
From this reading There ain’t one left."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "To be sure, a young gentleman as fetched me ’ere, and give me a shillin’."
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "All as was ’ere.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What was his name?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Was a boy with her?"
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading "To be sure, a young gentleman as fetched me ’ere, and give me a shillin’."
Chapter 15 of Lady Penelope by Morley Roberts holds 405 sentences, grouped into 81 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 15 holds 405 sentences of Lady Penelope, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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