Chapter 11 of Lords and Lovers, and Other Dramas is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Lords and Lovers, and Other Dramas is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Adr._ [_After a cold silence_] You are a fool to say this to me, Gregorief. _Greg._ Reserve your judgment till you know yourself better. Your heart is with us, Lavrov, in spite of your preaching. _Adr._ Do you suppose I would quietly permit this murder? _Greg._ Will you quietly permit Petrizoff's ten-thousand murders?
Chapter 11 of Lords and Lovers, and Other Dramas is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/84 · 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 person who lacks good judgment
From this reading “_Adr._ [_After a cold silence_] You are a fool to say this to me, Gregorief.”
an opinion formed by judging something
From this reading “_Greg._ Reserve your judgment till you know yourself better.”
kill intentionally and with premeditation
From this reading “_Adr._ Do you suppose I would quietly permit this murder?”
plural of “murder” — unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
From this reading “_Greg._ Will you quietly permit Petrizoff's ten-thousand murders?”
a legal document giving official permission to do something
From this reading “_Adr._ Do you suppose I would quietly permit this murder?”
an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)
From this reading “Your heart is with us, Lavrov, in spite of your preaching.”
formality and propriety of manner
From this reading “_Greg._ Reserve your judgment till you know yourself better.”
feeling a need to see others suffer
From this reading “Your heart is with us, Lavrov, in spite of your preaching.”
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 “Your heart is with us, Lavrov, in spite of your preaching.”
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 _Adr._ [_After a cold silence_] You are a fool to say this to me, Gregorief.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Adr._ [_After a cold silence_] You are a fool to say this to me, Gregorief.
later than; following
From this reading _Adr._ [_After a cold silence_] You are a fool to say this to me, Gregorief.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading _Adr._ [_After a cold silence_] You are a fool to say this to me, Gregorief.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading _Greg._ Reserve your judgment till you know yourself better.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading _Adr._ [_After a cold silence_] You are a fool to say this to me, Gregorief.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading _Adr._ Do you suppose I would quietly permit this murder?
a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading _Adr._ [_After a cold silence_] You are a fool to say this to me, Gregorief.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Greg._ Reserve your judgment till you know yourself better.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Adr._ [_After a cold silence_] You are a fool to say this to me, Gregorief.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading Your heart is with us, Lavrov, in spite of your preaching.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _Adr._ Do you suppose I would quietly permit this murder?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Your heart is with us, Lavrov, in spite of your preaching.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Your heart is with us, Lavrov, in spite of your preaching.
an opinion formed by judging something
From this reading _Greg._ Reserve your judgment till you know yourself better.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading _Greg._ Reserve your judgment till you know yourself better.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Your heart is with us, Lavrov, in spite of your preaching.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _Adr._ [_After a cold silence_] You are a fool to say this to me, Gregorief.
kill intentionally and with premeditation
From this reading _Adr._ Do you suppose I would quietly permit this murder?
plural of “murder” — unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
From this reading _Greg._ Will you quietly permit Petrizoff's ten-thousand murders?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Your heart is with us, Lavrov, in spite of your preaching.
a legal document giving official permission to do something
From this reading _Adr._ Do you suppose I would quietly permit this murder?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Greg._ Will you quietly permit Petrizoff's ten-thousand murders?
an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)
From this reading Your heart is with us, Lavrov, in spite of your preaching.
with low volume
From this reading _Adr._ Do you suppose I would quietly permit this murder?
formality and propriety of manner
From this reading _Greg._ Reserve your judgment till you know yourself better.
express in words
From this reading _Adr._ [_After a cold silence_] You are a fool to say this to me, Gregorief.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading _Adr._ [_After a cold silence_] You are a fool to say this to me, Gregorief.
feeling a need to see others suffer
From this reading Your heart is with us, Lavrov, in spite of your preaching.
express a supposition
From this reading _Adr._ Do you suppose I would quietly permit this murder?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Greg._ Will you quietly permit Petrizoff's ten-thousand murders?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading _Adr._ [_After a cold silence_] You are a fool to say this to me, Gregorief.
up to a particular time
From this reading _Greg._ Reserve your judgment till you know yourself better.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Adr._ [_After a cold silence_] You are a fool to say this to me, Gregorief.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Your heart is with us, Lavrov, in spite of your preaching.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading _Greg._ Will you quietly permit Petrizoff's ten-thousand murders?
in the company of; together with
From this reading Your heart is with us, Lavrov, in spite of your preaching.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading _Adr._ Do you suppose I would quietly permit this murder?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _Adr._ [_After a cold silence_] You are a fool to say this to me, Gregorief.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _Greg._ Reserve your judgment till you know yourself better.
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading _Greg._ Reserve your judgment till you know yourself better.
Chapter 11 of Lords and Lovers, and Other Dramas by Olive Tilford Dargan holds 422 sentences, grouped into 85 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 11 holds 422 sentences of Lords and Lovers, and Other Dramas, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
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