Chapter 6 of Le Cocu (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XVIII) is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Le Cocu (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XVIII) is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“If that were so, madame, you must admit that other men devote their thoughts to you. One aspirant more or less--you can hardly detect the difference.” “Ah! your remarks are exceedingly polite! But I am not surprised: you have never been anything but agreeable to me! You are the same as ever!”
Chapter 6 of Le Cocu (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XVIII) is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 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.
declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
From this reading ““If that were so, madame, you must admit that other men devote their thoughts to you.”
conforming to your own liking or feelings or nature
From this reading “But I am not surprised: you have never been anything but agreeable to me!”
an ambitious and aspiring young person
From this reading “One aspirant more or less--you can hardly detect the difference.””
discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
From this reading “One aspirant more or less--you can hardly detect the difference.””
give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
From this reading ““If that were so, madame, you must admit that other men devote their thoughts to you.”
to an extreme degree
From this reading ““Ah! your remarks are exceedingly polite!”
showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc.
From this reading ““Ah! your remarks are exceedingly polite!”
plural of “remark” — a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information
From this reading ““Ah! your remarks are exceedingly polite!”
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.
In this reading ““If that were so, madame, you must admit that other men devote their thoughts to you.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
From this reading “If that were so, madame, you must admit that other men devote their thoughts to you.
conforming to your own liking or feelings or nature
From this reading But I am not surprised: you have never been anything but agreeable to me!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Ah! your remarks are exceedingly polite!
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading But I am not surprised: you have never been anything but agreeable to me!
any thing at all
From this reading But I am not surprised: you have never been anything but agreeable to me!
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Ah! your remarks are exceedingly polite!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading You are the same as ever!”
an ambitious and aspiring young person
From this reading One aspirant more or less--you can hardly detect the difference.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading But I am not surprised: you have never been anything but agreeable to me!
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I am not surprised: you have never been anything but agreeable to me!
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading One aspirant more or less--you can hardly detect the difference.”
discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
From this reading One aspirant more or less--you can hardly detect the difference.”
give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
From this reading “If that were so, madame, you must admit that other men devote their thoughts to you.
the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
From this reading One aspirant more or less--you can hardly detect the difference.”
at any time
From this reading You are the same as ever!”
to an extreme degree
From this reading “Ah! your remarks are exceedingly polite!
only a very short time before
From this reading One aspirant more or less--you can hardly detect the difference.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading But I am not surprised: you have never been anything but agreeable to me!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading But I am not surprised: you have never been anything but agreeable to me!
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “If that were so, madame, you must admit that other men devote their thoughts to you.
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading One aspirant more or less--you can hardly detect the difference.”
title used for a married Frenchwoman
From this reading “If that were so, madame, you must admit that other men devote their thoughts to you.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But I am not surprised: you have never been anything but agreeable to me!
the force of workers available
From this reading “If that were so, madame, you must admit that other men devote their thoughts to you.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading One aspirant more or less--you can hardly detect the difference.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “If that were so, madame, you must admit that other men devote their thoughts to you.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading But I am not surprised: you have never been anything but agreeable to me!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But I am not surprised: you have never been anything but agreeable to me!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One aspirant more or less--you can hardly detect the difference.”
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading One aspirant more or less--you can hardly detect the difference.”
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading “If that were so, madame, you must admit that other men devote their thoughts to you.
showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc.
From this reading “Ah! your remarks are exceedingly polite!
plural of “remark” — a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information
From this reading “Ah! your remarks are exceedingly polite!
Identical; not different.
From this reading You are the same as ever!”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “If that were so, madame, you must admit that other men devote their thoughts to you.
taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment
From this reading But I am not surprised: you have never been anything but agreeable to me!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “If that were so, madame, you must admit that other men devote their thoughts to you.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading One aspirant more or less--you can hardly detect the difference.”
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading “If that were so, madame, you must admit that other men devote their thoughts to you.
plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “If that were so, madame, you must admit that other men devote their thoughts to you.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “If that were so, madame, you must admit that other men devote their thoughts to you.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “If that were so, madame, you must admit that other men devote their thoughts to you.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “If that were so, madame, you must admit that other men devote their thoughts to you.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Ah! your remarks are exceedingly polite!
Chapter 6 of Le Cocu (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XVIII) by Paul de Kock holds 404 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 6 holds 404 sentences of Le Cocu (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XVIII), unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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