Chapter 6 of Men of Marlowe's is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Men of Marlowe's is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
That was all. Except for that, she never gave Kinsman a thought, not even a shudder. She was too happy, too prosperous, too busy. She had her children. She had also her dogs, her bees, her poultry--all the live things that women gather about them in the country, to take the place of shopping.
Chapter 6 of Men of Marlowe's is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 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.
plural of “bee” — any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
From this reading “She had also her dogs, her bees, her poultry--all the live things that women gather about them in the country, to take the place of shopping.”
plural of “dog” — a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
From this reading “She had also her dogs, her bees, her poultry--all the live things that women gather about them in the country, to take the place of shopping.”
assemble or get together
From this reading “She had also her dogs, her bees, her poultry--all the live things that women gather about them in the country, to take the place of shopping.”
a male relative
From this reading “Except for that, she never gave Kinsman a thought, not even a shudder.”
a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl
From this reading “She had also her dogs, her bees, her poultry--all the live things that women gather about them in the country, to take the place of shopping.”
in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich
From this reading “She was too happy, too prosperous, too busy.”
searching for or buying goods or services
From this reading “She had also her dogs, her bees, her poultry--all the live things that women gather about them in the country, to take the place of shopping.”
shake, as from cold
From this reading “Except for that, she never gave Kinsman a thought, not even a shudder.”
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 “She was too happy, too prosperous, too busy.”
In this reading “She had also her dogs, her bees, her poultry--all the live things that women gather about them in the country, to take the place of shopping.”
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 Except for that, she never gave Kinsman a thought, not even a shudder.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading She had also her dogs, her bees, her poultry--all the live things that women gather about them in the country, to take the place of shopping.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading That was all.
in addition
From this reading She had also her dogs, her bees, her poultry--all the live things that women gather about them in the country, to take the place of shopping.
plural of “bee” — any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
From this reading She had also her dogs, her bees, her poultry--all the live things that women gather about them in the country, to take the place of shopping.
actively or fully engaged or occupied
From this reading She was too happy, too prosperous, too busy.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading She had her children.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading She had also her dogs, her bees, her poultry--all the live things that women gather about them in the country, to take the place of shopping.
plural of “dog” — a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
From this reading She had also her dogs, her bees, her poultry--all the live things that women gather about them in the country, to take the place of shopping.
divisible by two
From this reading Except for that, she never gave Kinsman a thought, not even a shudder.
apart from; not including
From this reading Except for that, she never gave Kinsman a thought, not even a shudder.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Except for that, she never gave Kinsman a thought, not even a shudder.
assemble or get together
From this reading She had also her dogs, her bees, her poultry--all the live things that women gather about them in the country, to take the place of shopping.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Except for that, she never gave Kinsman a thought, not even a shudder.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had her children.
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading She was too happy, too prosperous, too busy.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She had her children.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She had also her dogs, her bees, her poultry--all the live things that women gather about them in the country, to take the place of shopping.
a male relative
From this reading Except for that, she never gave Kinsman a thought, not even a shudder.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading She had also her dogs, her bees, her poultry--all the live things that women gather about them in the country, to take the place of shopping.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Except for that, she never gave Kinsman a thought, not even a shudder.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Except for that, she never gave Kinsman a thought, not even a shudder.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She had also her dogs, her bees, her poultry--all the live things that women gather about them in the country, to take the place of shopping.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading She had also her dogs, her bees, her poultry--all the live things that women gather about them in the country, to take the place of shopping.
a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl
From this reading She had also her dogs, her bees, her poultry--all the live things that women gather about them in the country, to take the place of shopping.
in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich
From this reading She was too happy, too prosperous, too busy.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Except for that, she never gave Kinsman a thought, not even a shudder.
searching for or buying goods or services
From this reading She had also her dogs, her bees, her poultry--all the live things that women gather about them in the country, to take the place of shopping.
shake, as from cold
From this reading Except for that, she never gave Kinsman a thought, not even a shudder.
carry out
From this reading She had also her dogs, her bees, her poultry--all the live things that women gather about them in the country, to take the place of shopping.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That was all.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She had also her dogs, her bees, her poultry--all the live things that women gather about them in the country, to take the place of shopping.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading She had also her dogs, her bees, her poultry--all the live things that women gather about them in the country, to take the place of shopping.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading She had also her dogs, her bees, her poultry--all the live things that women gather about them in the country, to take the place of shopping.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Except for that, she never gave Kinsman a thought, not even a shudder.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She had also her dogs, her bees, her poultry--all the live things that women gather about them in the country, to take the place of shopping.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading She was too happy, too prosperous, too busy.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That was all.
plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading She had also her dogs, her bees, her poultry--all the live things that women gather about them in the country, to take the place of shopping.
Chapter 6 of Men of Marlowe's by Henry, Mrs. Dudeney holds 438 sentences, grouped into 88 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 6 holds 438 sentences of Men of Marlowe's, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
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