Chapter 8 of Meet Mr Mulliner is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Meet Mr Mulliner is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
'Well, it's nice to be able to get some amusement out of life, isn't it? Do you want to know why she shut me up in here?' 'I haven't the slightest curiosity. Why?' 'I forgot where I was and lighted a cigarette.
Chapter 8 of Meet Mr Mulliner is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a feeling of delight at being entertained
From this reading “'Well, it's nice to be able to get some amusement out of life, isn't it?”
finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
From this reading “'I forgot where I was and lighted a cigarette.”
a state in which you want to learn more about something
From this reading “'I haven't the slightest curiosity.”
inflected form of “forget” — dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading “'I forgot where I was and lighted a cigarette.”
set afire or burning
From this reading “'I forgot where I was and lighted a cigarette.”
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading “'Well, it's nice to be able to get some amusement out of life, isn't it?”
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
From this reading “Do you want to know why she shut me up in here?'”
superlative of “slight” — (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with “a”) at least some
From this reading “'I haven't the slightest curiosity.”
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 “Do you want to know why she shut me up in here?'”
In this reading “'Well, it's nice to be able to get some amusement out of life, isn't it?”
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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 'I forgot where I was and lighted a cigarette.
(usually followed by “to”) having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
From this reading 'Well, it's nice to be able to get some amusement out of life, isn't it?
a feeling of delight at being entertained
From this reading 'Well, it's nice to be able to get some amusement out of life, isn't it?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading 'I forgot where I was and lighted a cigarette.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading 'Well, it's nice to be able to get some amusement out of life, isn't it?
finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
From this reading 'I forgot where I was and lighted a cigarette.
a state in which you want to learn more about something
From this reading 'I haven't the slightest curiosity.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do you want to know why she shut me up in here?'
inflected form of “forget” — dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading 'I forgot where I was and lighted a cigarette.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading 'Well, it's nice to be able to get some amusement out of life, isn't it?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'I haven't the slightest curiosity.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Do you want to know why she shut me up in here?'
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 'I haven't the slightest curiosity.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Do you want to know why she shut me up in here?'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'Well, it's nice to be able to get some amusement out of life, isn't it?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading 'Well, it's nice to be able to get some amusement out of life, isn't it?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'Well, it's nice to be able to get some amusement out of life, isn't it?
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Do you want to know why she shut me up in here?'
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading 'Well, it's nice to be able to get some amusement out of life, isn't it?
set afire or burning
From this reading 'I forgot where I was and lighted a cigarette.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Do you want to know why she shut me up in here?'
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading 'Well, it's nice to be able to get some amusement out of life, isn't it?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading 'Well, it's nice to be able to get some amusement out of life, isn't it?
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading 'Well, it's nice to be able to get some amusement out of life, isn't it?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Do you want to know why she shut me up in here?'
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
From this reading Do you want to know why she shut me up in here?'
superlative of “slight” — (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with “a”) at least some
From this reading 'I haven't the slightest curiosity.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading 'Well, it's nice to be able to get some amusement out of life, isn't it?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 'I haven't the slightest curiosity.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading 'Well, it's nice to be able to get some amusement out of life, isn't it?
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Do you want to know why she shut me up in here?'
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading Do you want to know why she shut me up in here?'
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading 'I forgot where I was and lighted a cigarette.
(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, it's nice to be able to get some amusement out of life, isn't it?
in or at the place that
From this reading 'I forgot where I was and lighted a cigarette.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Do you want to know why she shut me up in here?'
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Do you want to know why she shut me up in here?'
Chapter 8 of Meet Mr Mulliner by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse holds 421 sentences, grouped into 85 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 421 sentences of Meet Mr Mulliner, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
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