Chapter 5 of Lords and Lovers, and Other Dramas is here in full — 433 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Lords and Lovers, and Other Dramas is here in full — 433 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Eld._ 'Tis nice and balsamy. I thought you'd like it, and saved it o' purpose. _Ste._ Dose me wi' tansy and be done! [_Eldra turns her head to wipe away a tear and Stephen gulps the ale_] _Ste._ [_Bites a cake and puts it down_] Poh! _Eld._ Don't you like it?
Chapter 5 of Lords and Lovers, and Other Dramas is here in full — 433 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/86 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
plural of “bite” — a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
From this reading “[_Eldra turns her head to wipe away a tear and Stephen gulps the ale_] _Ste._ [_Bites a cake and puts it down_] Poh!”
a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
From this reading “_Ste._ Dose me wi' tansy and be done!”
plural of “gulp” — a large and hurried swallow
From this reading “[_Eldra turns her head to wipe away a tear and Stephen gulps the ale_] _Ste._ [_Bites a cake and puts it down_] Poh!”
plural of “put” — the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
From this reading “[_Eldra turns her head to wipe away a tear and Stephen gulps the ale_] _Ste._ [_Bites a cake and puts it down_] Poh!”
common perennial aromatic herb native to Eurasia having buttonlike yellow flower heads and bitter-tasting pinnate leaves sometimes used medicinally
From this reading “_Ste._ Dose me wi' tansy and be done!”
rub with a circular motion
From this reading “[_Eldra turns her head to wipe away a tear and Stephen gulps the ale_] _Ste._ [_Bites a cake and puts it down_] Poh!”
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.
remove by wiping
In this reading “[_Eldra turns her head to wipe away a tear and Stephen gulps the ale_] _Ste._ [_Bites a cake and puts it down_] Poh!”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading [_Eldra turns her head to wipe away a tear and Stephen gulps the ale_] _Ste._ [_Bites a cake and puts it down_] Poh!
a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
From this reading [_Eldra turns her head to wipe away a tear and Stephen gulps the ale_] _Ste._ [_Bites a cake and puts it down_] Poh!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Eld._ 'Tis nice and balsamy.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading [_Eldra turns her head to wipe away a tear and Stephen gulps the ale_] _Ste._ [_Bites a cake and puts it down_] Poh!
of or relating to or containing balsam
From this reading _Eld._ 'Tis nice and balsamy.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading _Ste._ Dose me wi' tansy and be done!
plural of “bite” — a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
From this reading [_Eldra turns her head to wipe away a tear and Stephen gulps the ale_] _Ste._ [_Bites a cake and puts it down_] Poh!
a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
From this reading [_Eldra turns her head to wipe away a tear and Stephen gulps the ale_] _Ste._ [_Bites a cake and puts it down_] Poh!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Eld._ Don't you like it?
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading _Ste._ Dose me wi' tansy and be done!
a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
From this reading _Ste._ Dose me wi' tansy and be done!
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading [_Eldra turns her head to wipe away a tear and Stephen gulps the ale_] _Ste._ [_Bites a cake and puts it down_] Poh!
a late time of life
From this reading _Eld._ 'Tis nice and balsamy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [_Eldra turns her head to wipe away a tear and Stephen gulps the ale_] _Ste._ [_Bites a cake and puts it down_] Poh!
plural of “gulp” — a large and hurried swallow
From this reading [_Eldra turns her head to wipe away a tear and Stephen gulps the ale_] _Ste._ [_Bites a cake and puts it down_] Poh!
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading [_Eldra turns her head to wipe away a tear and Stephen gulps the ale_] _Ste._ [_Bites a cake and puts it down_] Poh!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading [_Eldra turns her head to wipe away a tear and Stephen gulps the ale_] _Ste._ [_Bites a cake and puts it down_] Poh!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I thought you'd like it, and saved it o' purpose.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I thought you'd like it, and saved it o' purpose.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading I thought you'd like it, and saved it o' purpose.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _Ste._ Dose me wi' tansy and be done!
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading _Eld._ 'Tis nice and balsamy.
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 I thought you'd like it, and saved it o' purpose.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [_Eldra turns her head to wipe away a tear and Stephen gulps the ale_] _Ste._ [_Bites a cake and puts it down_] Poh!
an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
From this reading I thought you'd like it, and saved it o' purpose.
plural of “put” — the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
From this reading [_Eldra turns her head to wipe away a tear and Stephen gulps the ale_] _Ste._ [_Bites a cake and puts it down_] Poh!
rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin
From this reading I thought you'd like it, and saved it o' purpose.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Ste._ Dose me wi' tansy and be done!
English writer (1832-1904)
From this reading [_Eldra turns her head to wipe away a tear and Stephen gulps the ale_] _Ste._ [_Bites a cake and puts it down_] Poh!
common perennial aromatic herb native to Eurasia having buttonlike yellow flower heads and bitter-tasting pinnate leaves sometimes used medicinally
From this reading _Ste._ Dose me wi' tansy and be done!
separate or cause to separate abruptly
From this reading [_Eldra turns her head to wipe away a tear and Stephen gulps the ale_] _Ste._ [_Bites a cake and puts it down_] Poh!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [_Eldra turns her head to wipe away a tear and Stephen gulps the ale_] _Ste._ [_Bites a cake and puts it down_] Poh!
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading I thought you'd like it, and saved it o' purpose.
plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
From this reading _Eld._ 'Tis nice and balsamy.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading [_Eldra turns her head to wipe away a tear and Stephen gulps the ale_] _Ste._ [_Bites a cake and puts it down_] Poh!
plural of “turn” — a circular segment of a curve
From this reading [_Eldra turns her head to wipe away a tear and Stephen gulps the ale_] _Ste._ [_Bites a cake and puts it down_] Poh!
a midwestern state in north central United States
From this reading _Ste._ Dose me wi' tansy and be done!
rub with a circular motion
From this reading [_Eldra turns her head to wipe away a tear and Stephen gulps the ale_] _Ste._ [_Bites a cake and puts it down_] Poh!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _Eld._ Don't you like it?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I thought you'd like it, and saved it o' purpose.
Chapter 5 of Lords and Lovers, and Other Dramas by Olive Tilford Dargan holds 433 sentences, grouped into 87 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 5 holds 433 sentences of Lords and Lovers, and Other Dramas, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of Lords and Lovers, and Other Dramas by Olive Tilford Dargan exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 433 sentences, grouped into 87 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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