Chapter 17 of Love Me Little, Love Me Long is here in full — 249 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of Love Me Little, Love Me Long is here in full — 249 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MR. FOUNTAIN, Miss Fountain, and Mr. Talboys started to go on the boating expedition. As they were getting into the boat, Mr. Fountain felt a little ill, and begged to be excused. Mr. Talboys offered to return with him. He declined: “Have your little sail.
Chapter 17 of Love Me Little, Love Me Long is here in full — 249 sentences across 50 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.
inflected form of “beg” — call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading “As they were getting into the boat, Mr. Fountain felt a little ill, and begged to be excused.”
water travel for pleasure
From this reading “FOUNTAIN, Miss Fountain, and Mr. Talboys started to go on the boating expedition.”
past form of “decline” — grow worse
From this reading “He declined: “Have your little sail.”
granted exemption
From this reading “As they were getting into the boat, Mr. Fountain felt a little ill, and begged to be excused.”
a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country
From this reading “FOUNTAIN, Miss Fountain, and Mr. Talboys started to go on the boating expedition.”
a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises
From this reading “FOUNTAIN, Miss Fountain, and Mr. Talboys started to go on the boating expedition.”
past form of “offer” — make available or accessible, provide or furnish
From this reading “Mr. Talboys offered to return with him.”
traverse or travel on (a body of water)
From this reading “He declined: “Have your little sail.”
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 As they were getting into the boat, Mr. Fountain felt a little ill, and begged to be excused.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading FOUNTAIN, Miss Fountain, and Mr. Talboys started to go on the boating expedition.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As they were getting into the boat, Mr. Fountain felt a little ill, and begged to be excused.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading As they were getting into the boat, Mr. Fountain felt a little ill, and begged to be excused.
inflected form of “beg” — call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading As they were getting into the boat, Mr. Fountain felt a little ill, and begged to be excused.
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading As they were getting into the boat, Mr. Fountain felt a little ill, and begged to be excused.
water travel for pleasure
From this reading FOUNTAIN, Miss Fountain, and Mr. Talboys started to go on the boating expedition.
past form of “decline” — grow worse
From this reading He declined: “Have your little sail.
granted exemption
From this reading As they were getting into the boat, Mr. Fountain felt a little ill, and begged to be excused.
a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country
From this reading FOUNTAIN, Miss Fountain, and Mr. Talboys started to go on the boating expedition.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading As they were getting into the boat, Mr. Fountain felt a little ill, and begged to be excused.
a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises
From this reading FOUNTAIN, Miss Fountain, and Mr. Talboys started to go on the boating expedition.
the act of acquiring something
From this reading As they were getting into the boat, Mr. Fountain felt a little ill, and begged to be excused.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading FOUNTAIN, Miss Fountain, and Mr. Talboys started to go on the boating expedition.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He declined: “Have your little sail.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He declined: “Have your little sail.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Mr. Talboys offered to return with him.
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading As they were getting into the boat, Mr. Fountain felt a little ill, and begged to be excused.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading As they were getting into the boat, Mr. Fountain felt a little ill, and begged to be excused.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading As they were getting into the boat, Mr. Fountain felt a little ill, and begged to be excused.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading FOUNTAIN, Miss Fountain, and Mr. Talboys started to go on the boating expedition.
a form of address for a man
From this reading MR.
past form of “offer” — make available or accessible, provide or furnish
From this reading Mr. Talboys offered to return with him.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading FOUNTAIN, Miss Fountain, and Mr. Talboys started to go on the boating expedition.
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading Mr. Talboys offered to return with him.
traverse or travel on (a body of water)
From this reading He declined: “Have your little sail.
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading FOUNTAIN, Miss Fountain, and Mr. Talboys started to go on the boating expedition.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FOUNTAIN, Miss Fountain, and Mr. Talboys started to go on the boating expedition.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading FOUNTAIN, Miss Fountain, and Mr. Talboys started to go on the boating expedition.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As they were getting into the boat, Mr. Fountain felt a little ill, and begged to be excused.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading FOUNTAIN, Miss Fountain, and Mr. Talboys started to go on the boating expedition.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading As they were getting into the boat, Mr. Fountain felt a little ill, and begged to be excused.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mr. Talboys offered to return with him.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading He declined: “Have your little sail.
Chapter 17 of Love Me Little, Love Me Long by Charles Reade holds 249 sentences, grouped into 50 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 17 holds 249 sentences of Love Me Little, Love Me Long, unabridged, divided into 50 reading sections.
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