Chapter 22 of Man and Wife is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of Man and Wife is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“You! You will be as old as Methuselah, if you wait till I am your wife. I dare say Perry has got a sister. Suppose you ask him? She would be just the right person for you.”
Chapter 22 of Man and Wife is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/79 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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.
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “Suppose you ask him?”
take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
From this reading “I dare say Perry has got a sister.”
(Old Testament) a patriarch (grandfather of Noah) who is said to have lived 969 years
From this reading “You will be as old as Methuselah, if you wait till I am your wife.”
United States philosopher (1876-1957)
From this reading “I dare say Perry has got a sister.”
a human being
From this reading “She would be just the right person for you.””
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading “I dare say Perry has got a sister.”
express a supposition
From this reading “Suppose you ask him?”
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading “You will be as old as Methuselah, if you wait till I am your wife.”
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 I dare say Perry has got a sister.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading You will be as old as Methuselah, if you wait till I am your wife.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading You will be as old as Methuselah, if you wait till I am your wife.
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading Suppose you ask him?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading You will be as old as Methuselah, if you wait till I am your wife.
take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
From this reading I dare say Perry has got a sister.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She would be just the right person for you.”
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading I dare say Perry has got a sister.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I dare say Perry has got a sister.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Suppose you ask him?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading You will be as old as Methuselah, if you wait till I am your wife.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading You will be as old as Methuselah, if you wait till I am your wife.
and nothing more
From this reading She would be just the right person for you.”
(Old Testament) a patriarch (grandfather of Noah) who is said to have lived 969 years
From this reading You will be as old as Methuselah, if you wait till I am your wife.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading You will be as old as Methuselah, if you wait till I am your wife.
United States philosopher (1876-1957)
From this reading I dare say Perry has got a sister.
a human being
From this reading She would be just the right person for you.”
precisely, exactly
From this reading She would be just the right person for you.”
express in words
From this reading I dare say Perry has got a sister.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She would be just the right person for you.”
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading I dare say Perry has got a sister.
express a supposition
From this reading Suppose you ask him?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She would be just the right person for you.”
up to a particular time
From this reading You will be as old as Methuselah, if you wait till I am your wife.
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading You will be as old as Methuselah, if you wait till I am your wife.
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading You will be as old as Methuselah, if you wait till I am your wife.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading You will be as old as Methuselah, if you wait till I am your wife.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She would be just the right person for you.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You will be as old as Methuselah, if you wait till I am your wife.
Chapter 22 of Man and Wife by Wilkie Collins holds 398 sentences, grouped into 80 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.
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