Chapter 5 of Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 5 (1901-1906) is here in full — 183 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 5 (1901-1906) is here in full — 183 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
You see I have gotten an idea that you are a great, bright spirit of kindness and tenderness. One who can twist everybody's-even your own-faults and absurdities into hearty laughs. Even the person mocked must laugh! Oh, Dear! How often you have made me laugh!
Chapter 5 of Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 5 (1901-1906) is here in full — 183 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “absurdity” — a message whose content is at variance with reason
From this reading “One who can twist everybody's-even your own-faults and absurdities into hearty laughs.”
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “You see I have gotten an idea that you are a great, bright spirit of kindness and tenderness.”
showing warm and heartfelt friendliness
From this reading “One who can twist everybody's-even your own-faults and absurdities into hearty laughs.”
the quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic
From this reading “You see I have gotten an idea that you are a great, bright spirit of kindness and tenderness.”
plural of “laugh” — the sound of laughing
From this reading “One who can twist everybody's-even your own-faults and absurdities into hearty laughs.”
past form of “mock” — treat with contempt
From this reading “Even the person mocked must laugh!”
a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling
From this reading “You see I have gotten an idea that you are a great, bright spirit of kindness and tenderness.”
to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
From this reading “One who can twist everybody's-even your own-faults and absurdities into hearty laughs.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading You see I have gotten an idea that you are a great, bright spirit of kindness and tenderness.
plural of “absurdity” — a message whose content is at variance with reason
From this reading One who can twist everybody's-even your own-faults and absurdities into hearty laughs.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading You see I have gotten an idea that you are a great, bright spirit of kindness and tenderness.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading You see I have gotten an idea that you are a great, bright spirit of kindness and tenderness.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading You see I have gotten an idea that you are a great, bright spirit of kindness and tenderness.
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading You see I have gotten an idea that you are a great, bright spirit of kindness and tenderness.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading One who can twist everybody's-even your own-faults and absurdities into hearty laughs.
dearly loved
From this reading Oh, Dear!
divisible by two
From this reading Even the person mocked must laugh!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading One who can twist everybody's-even your own-faults and absurdities into hearty laughs.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading You see I have gotten an idea that you are a great, bright spirit of kindness and tenderness.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading You see I have gotten an idea that you are a great, bright spirit of kindness and tenderness.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You see I have gotten an idea that you are a great, bright spirit of kindness and tenderness.
showing warm and heartfelt friendliness
From this reading One who can twist everybody's-even your own-faults and absurdities into hearty laughs.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How often you have made me laugh!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading You see I have gotten an idea that you are a great, bright spirit of kindness and tenderness.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading You see I have gotten an idea that you are a great, bright spirit of kindness and tenderness.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading One who can twist everybody's-even your own-faults and absurdities into hearty laughs.
the quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic
From this reading You see I have gotten an idea that you are a great, bright spirit of kindness and tenderness.
the sound of laughing
From this reading Even the person mocked must laugh!
plural of “laugh” — the sound of laughing
From this reading One who can twist everybody's-even your own-faults and absurdities into hearty laughs.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading How often you have made me laugh!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading How often you have made me laugh!
past form of “mock” — treat with contempt
From this reading Even the person mocked must laugh!
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Even the person mocked must laugh!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading You see I have gotten an idea that you are a great, bright spirit of kindness and tenderness.
many times at short intervals
From this reading How often you have made me laugh!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, Dear!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One who can twist everybody's-even your own-faults and absurdities into hearty laughs.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading One who can twist everybody's-even your own-faults and absurdities into hearty laughs.
a human being
From this reading Even the person mocked must laugh!
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading You see I have gotten an idea that you are a great, bright spirit of kindness and tenderness.
the vital principle or animating force within living things
From this reading You see I have gotten an idea that you are a great, bright spirit of kindness and tenderness.
a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling
From this reading You see I have gotten an idea that you are a great, bright spirit of kindness and tenderness.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading You see I have gotten an idea that you are a great, bright spirit of kindness and tenderness.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Even the person mocked must laugh!
to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
From this reading One who can twist everybody's-even your own-faults and absurdities into hearty laughs.
which person or people
From this reading One who can twist everybody's-even your own-faults and absurdities into hearty laughs.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You see I have gotten an idea that you are a great, bright spirit of kindness and tenderness.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading One who can twist everybody's-even your own-faults and absurdities into hearty laughs.
Chapter 5 of Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 5 (1901-1906) by Mark Twain holds 183 sentences, grouped into 37 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 5 holds 183 sentences of Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 5 (1901-1906), unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
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