Chapter 12 of Lords and Lovers, and Other Dramas is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 12 of Lords and Lovers, and Other Dramas is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Adr._ Humanity has dropped the club. It will drop the gun. Even the soldiers are throwing it down. And shall I pick it up---- _Kore._ Only for a day! Petrizoff alone stands between us and the army.
Chapter 12 of Lords and Lovers, and Other Dramas is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading “_Adr._ Humanity has dropped the club.”
let fall to the ground
From this reading “It will drop the gun.”
a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
From this reading “It will drop the gun.”
the quality of being humane
From this reading “_Adr._ Humanity has dropped the club.”
select carefully from a group
From this reading “And shall I pick it up---- _Kore._ Only for a day!”
plural of “soldier” — an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
From this reading “Even the soldiers are throwing it down.”
plural of “stand” — a support or foundation
From this reading “Petrizoff alone stands between us and the army.”
-ing form of “throw” — propel through the air
From this reading “Even the soldiers are throwing it down.”
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 “Petrizoff alone stands between us and the army.”
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 And shall I pick it up---- _Kore._ Only for a day!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Adr._ Humanity has dropped the club.
Having no one else present.
From this reading Petrizoff alone stands between us and the army.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And shall I pick it up---- _Kore._ Only for a day!
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Even the soldiers are throwing it down.
a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state
From this reading Petrizoff alone stands between us and the army.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Petrizoff alone stands between us and the army.
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading _Adr._ Humanity has dropped the club.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading And shall I pick it up---- _Kore._ Only for a day!
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Even the soldiers are throwing it down.
let fall to the ground
From this reading It will drop the gun.
inflected form of “drop” — let fall to the ground
From this reading _Adr._ Humanity has dropped the club.
divisible by two
From this reading Even the soldiers are throwing it down.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading And shall I pick it up---- _Kore._ Only for a day!
a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
From this reading It will drop the gun.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Adr._ Humanity has dropped the club.
the quality of being humane
From this reading _Adr._ Humanity has dropped the club.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading And shall I pick it up---- _Kore._ Only for a day!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It will drop the gun.
(Greek mythology) daughter of Zeus and Demeter; made queen of the underworld by Pluto in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Proserpina
From this reading And shall I pick it up---- _Kore._ Only for a day!
and nothing more
From this reading And shall I pick it up---- _Kore._ Only for a day!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Petrizoff alone stands between us and the army.
select carefully from a group
From this reading And shall I pick it up---- _Kore._ Only for a day!
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading And shall I pick it up---- _Kore._ Only for a day!
plural of “soldier” — an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
From this reading Even the soldiers are throwing it down.
plural of “stand” — a support or foundation
From this reading Petrizoff alone stands between us and the army.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Adr._ Humanity has dropped the club.
-ing form of “throw” — propel through the air
From this reading Even the soldiers are throwing it down.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading And shall I pick it up---- _Kore._ Only for a day!
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Petrizoff alone stands between us and the army.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading It will drop the gun.
Chapter 12 of Lords and Lovers, and Other Dramas by Olive Tilford Dargan holds 418 sentences, grouped into 84 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 12 holds 418 sentences of Lords and Lovers, and Other Dramas, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of Lords and Lovers, and Other Dramas by Olive Tilford Dargan exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 418 sentences, grouped into 84 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 84 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 84 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 12 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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