Chapter 8 of Lyre and Lancet: A Story in Scenes is here in full — 183 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Lyre and Lancet: A Story in Scenes is here in full — 183 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SURPRISES--AGREEABLE AND OTHERWISE _In the Amber Boudoir._ Sir RUPERT _has just entered_. _Sir Rupert._ Ha, Maisie, my dear, glad to see you! Well, Rohesia, how are you, eh? You're _looking_ uncommonly well! No idea you were here!
Chapter 8 of Lyre and Lancet: A Story in Scenes is here in full — 183 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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conforming to your own liking or feelings or nature
From this reading “SURPRISES--AGREEABLE AND OTHERWISE _In the Amber Boudoir._ Sir RUPERT _has just entered_.”
a deep yellow color
From this reading “SURPRISES--AGREEABLE AND OTHERWISE _In the Amber Boudoir._ Sir RUPERT _has just entered_.”
a lady's bedroom or private sitting room
From this reading “SURPRISES--AGREEABLE AND OTHERWISE _In the Amber Boudoir._ Sir RUPERT _has just entered_.”
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
in other respects or ways
From this reading “SURPRISES--AGREEABLE AND OTHERWISE _In the Amber Boudoir._ Sir RUPERT _has just entered_.”
English leader (born in Germany) of the Royalist forces during the English Civil War (1619-1682)
From this reading “SURPRISES--AGREEABLE AND OTHERWISE _In the Amber Boudoir._ Sir RUPERT _has just entered_.”
plural of “surprise” — the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading “SURPRISES--AGREEABLE AND OTHERWISE _In the Amber Boudoir._ Sir RUPERT _has just entered_.”
exceptionally
From this reading “You're _looking_ uncommonly well!”
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conforming to your own liking or feelings or nature
From this reading SURPRISES--AGREEABLE AND OTHERWISE _In the Amber Boudoir._ Sir RUPERT _has just entered_.
a deep yellow color
From this reading SURPRISES--AGREEABLE AND OTHERWISE _In the Amber Boudoir._ Sir RUPERT _has just entered_.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading SURPRISES--AGREEABLE AND OTHERWISE _In the Amber Boudoir._ Sir RUPERT _has just entered_.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Well, Rohesia, how are you, eh?
a lady's bedroom or private sitting room
From this reading SURPRISES--AGREEABLE AND OTHERWISE _In the Amber Boudoir._ Sir RUPERT _has just entered_.
dearly loved
From this reading _Sir Rupert._ Ha, Maisie, my dear, glad to see you!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, Rohesia, how are you, eh?
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading SURPRISES--AGREEABLE AND OTHERWISE _In the Amber Boudoir._ Sir RUPERT _has just entered_.
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading _Sir Rupert._ Ha, Maisie, my dear, glad to see you!
(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
From this reading _Sir Rupert._ Ha, Maisie, my dear, glad to see you!
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading SURPRISES--AGREEABLE AND OTHERWISE _In the Amber Boudoir._ Sir RUPERT _has just entered_.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading No idea you were here!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, Rohesia, how are you, eh?
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading No idea you were here!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading SURPRISES--AGREEABLE AND OTHERWISE _In the Amber Boudoir._ Sir RUPERT _has just entered_.
and nothing more
From this reading SURPRISES--AGREEABLE AND OTHERWISE _In the Amber Boudoir._ Sir RUPERT _has just entered_.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading You're _looking_ uncommonly well!
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From this reading _Sir Rupert._ Ha, Maisie, my dear, glad to see you!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _Sir Rupert._ Ha, Maisie, my dear, glad to see you!
not any; not one
From this reading No idea you were here!
in other respects or ways
From this reading SURPRISES--AGREEABLE AND OTHERWISE _In the Amber Boudoir._ Sir RUPERT _has just entered_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, Rohesia, how are you, eh?
English leader (born in Germany) of the Royalist forces during the English Civil War (1619-1682)
From this reading SURPRISES--AGREEABLE AND OTHERWISE _In the Amber Boudoir._ Sir RUPERT _has just entered_.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading _Sir Rupert._ Ha, Maisie, my dear, glad to see you!
term of address for a man
From this reading SURPRISES--AGREEABLE AND OTHERWISE _In the Amber Boudoir._ Sir RUPERT _has just entered_.
plural of “surprise” — the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading SURPRISES--AGREEABLE AND OTHERWISE _In the Amber Boudoir._ Sir RUPERT _has just entered_.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SURPRISES--AGREEABLE AND OTHERWISE _In the Amber Boudoir._ Sir RUPERT _has just entered_.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Sir Rupert._ Ha, Maisie, my dear, glad to see you!
exceptionally
From this reading You're _looking_ uncommonly well!
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Well, Rohesia, how are you, eh?
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading No idea you were here!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _Sir Rupert._ Ha, Maisie, my dear, glad to see you!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You're _looking_ uncommonly well!
Chapter 8 of Lyre and Lancet: A Story in Scenes by F. Anstey holds 183 sentences, grouped into 37 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 8 holds 183 sentences of Lyre and Lancet: A Story in Scenes, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
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