Chapter 4 of Lords and Lovers, and Other Dramas is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Lords and Lovers, and Other Dramas is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Mar._ He will not come. O, never, never, never! _La. Alb._ Foolish lass! He can not stay away from you--his wife.
Chapter 4 of Lords and Lovers, and Other Dramas is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 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.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “He can not stay away from you--his wife.”
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “_Mar._ He will not come.”
devoid of good sense or judgment
From this reading “Alb._ Foolish lass!”
a girl or young woman who is unmarried
From this reading “Alb._ Foolish lass!”
make imperfect
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading “O, never, never, never!”
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading “He can not stay away from you--his wife.”
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading “He can not stay away from you--his wife.”
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.
stay clear of, avoid
In this reading “He can not stay away from you--his wife.”
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.
a white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves; worn by priests
From this reading Alb._ Foolish lass!
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading He can not stay away from you--his wife.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading He can not stay away from you--his wife.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading _Mar._ He will not come.
devoid of good sense or judgment
From this reading Alb._ Foolish lass!
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He can not stay away from you--his wife.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _Mar._ He will not come.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He can not stay away from you--his wife.
a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth
From this reading _La.
a girl or young woman who is unmarried
From this reading Alb._ Foolish lass!
make imperfect
From this reading _Mar._ He will not come.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading O, never, never, never!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading _Mar._ He will not come.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading O, never, never, never!
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading He can not stay away from you--his wife.
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading He can not stay away from you--his wife.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading _Mar._ He will not come.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading He can not stay away from you--his wife.
Chapter 4 of Lords and Lovers, and Other Dramas by Olive Tilford Dargan holds 413 sentences, grouped into 83 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 4 holds 413 sentences of Lords and Lovers, and Other Dramas, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of Lords and Lovers, and Other Dramas by Olive Tilford Dargan exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 413 sentences, grouped into 83 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.
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