Chapter 7 of Lavinia is here in full — 139 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Lavinia is here in full — 139 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“I love nothing so well as you! Is not that strange?” Rupert _is_ “all right.” Of that there can be no question. It turns out now that he has been “all right” for as long as he can remember.
Chapter 7 of Lavinia is here in full — 139 sentences across 28 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 strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading ““I love nothing so well as you!”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading ““I love nothing so well as you!”
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading “Of that there can be no question.”
To recall to mind.
From this reading “It turns out now that he has been “all right” for as long as he can remember.”
precisely, exactly
From this reading “Rupert _is_ “all right.””
English leader (born in Germany) of the Royalist forces during the English Civil War (1619-1682)
From this reading “Rupert _is_ “all right.””
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading “Is not that strange?””
plural of “turn” — a circular segment of a curve
From this reading “It turns out now that he has been “all right” for as long as he can remember.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
be shown or be found to be
In this reading “It turns out now that he has been “all right” for as long as he can remember.”
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.
(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 Rupert _is_ “all right.”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “I love nothing so well as you!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Of that there can be no question.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It turns out now that he has been “all right” for as long as he can remember.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Of that there can be no question.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It turns out now that he has been “all right” for as long as he can remember.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It turns out now that he has been “all right” for as long as he can remember.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It turns out now that he has been “all right” for as long as he can remember.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I love nothing so well as you!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Is not that strange?”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It turns out now that he has been “all right” for as long as he can remember.
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 It turns out now that he has been “all right” for as long as he can remember.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading “I love nothing so well as you!
not any; not one
From this reading Of that there can be no question.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Is not that strange?”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “I love nothing so well as you!
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading It turns out now that he has been “all right” for as long as he can remember.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Of that there can be no question.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading It turns out now that he has been “all right” for as long as he can remember.
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading Of that there can be no question.
To recall to mind.
From this reading It turns out now that he has been “all right” for as long as he can remember.
precisely, exactly
From this reading Rupert _is_ “all right.”
English leader (born in Germany) of the Royalist forces during the English Civil War (1619-1682)
From this reading Rupert _is_ “all right.”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “I love nothing so well as you!
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading Is not that strange?”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Is not that strange?”
in or at that place or location
From this reading Of that there can be no question.
plural of “turn” — a circular segment of a curve
From this reading It turns out now that he has been “all right” for as long as he can remember.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “I love nothing so well as you!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I love nothing so well as you!
Chapter 7 of Lavinia by Rhoda Broughton holds 139 sentences, grouped into 28 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 7 holds 139 sentences of Lavinia, unabridged, divided into 28 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of Lavinia by Rhoda Broughton exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 139 sentences, grouped into 28 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 28 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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