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_Elfie_ (_aside_). Once--but that was long, long ago. And, oh, _how_ disappointed I am in poor dear Grandmama! _Lady B._ Monkshood, you should not have done these things--you should have saved me from myself. You _must_ have known how greatly all this would increase my unpopularity in the neighbourhood.
Chapter 5 of Mr Punch's Model Music Hall Songs and Dramas is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “_Lady B._ Monkshood, you should not have done these things--you should have saved me from myself.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “_Lady B._ Monkshood, you should not have done these things--you should have saved me from myself.”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “_Lady B._ Monkshood, you should not have done these things--you should have saved me from myself.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “You _must_ have known how greatly all this would increase my unpopularity in the neighbourhood.”
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From this reading Once--but that was long, long ago.
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From this reading You _must_ have known how greatly all this would increase my unpopularity in the neighbourhood.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading And, oh, _how_ disappointed I am in poor dear Grandmama!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And, oh, _how_ disappointed I am in poor dear Grandmama!
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From this reading _Elfie_ (_aside_).
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From this reading _Lady B._ Monkshood, you should not have done these things--you should have saved me from myself.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Once--but that was long, long ago.
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From this reading And, oh, _how_ disappointed I am in poor dear Grandmama!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And, oh, _how_ disappointed I am in poor dear Grandmama!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Lady B._ Monkshood, you should not have done these things--you should have saved me from myself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Elfie_ (_aside_).
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading _Lady B._ Monkshood, you should not have done these things--you should have saved me from myself.
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From this reading And, oh, _how_ disappointed I am in poor dear Grandmama!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You _must_ have known how greatly all this would increase my unpopularity in the neighbourhood.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading _Lady B._ Monkshood, you should not have done these things--you should have saved me from myself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And, oh, _how_ disappointed I am in poor dear Grandmama!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading And, oh, _how_ disappointed I am in poor dear Grandmama!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And, oh, _how_ disappointed I am in poor dear Grandmama!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You _must_ have known how greatly all this would increase my unpopularity in the neighbourhood.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You _must_ have known how greatly all this would increase my unpopularity in the neighbourhood.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Lady B._ Monkshood, you should not have done these things--you should have saved me from myself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Once--but that was long, long ago.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _Lady B._ Monkshood, you should not have done these things--you should have saved me from myself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Lady B._ Monkshood, you should not have done these things--you should have saved me from myself.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading You _must_ have known how greatly all this would increase my unpopularity in the neighbourhood.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading You _must_ have known how greatly all this would increase my unpopularity in the neighbourhood.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading _Lady B._ Monkshood, you should not have done these things--you should have saved me from myself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You _must_ have known how greatly all this would increase my unpopularity in the neighbourhood.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading _Lady B._ Monkshood, you should not have done these things--you should have saved me from myself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And, oh, _how_ disappointed I am in poor dear Grandmama!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Once--but that was long, long ago.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And, oh, _how_ disappointed I am in poor dear Grandmama!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Lady B._ Monkshood, you should not have done these things--you should have saved me from myself.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading _Lady B._ Monkshood, you should not have done these things--you should have saved me from myself.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Once--but that was long, long ago.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading You _must_ have known how greatly all this would increase my unpopularity in the neighbourhood.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading _Lady B._ Monkshood, you should not have done these things--you should have saved me from myself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Lady B._ Monkshood, you should not have done these things--you should have saved me from myself.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading You _must_ have known how greatly all this would increase my unpopularity in the neighbourhood.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You _must_ have known how greatly all this would increase my unpopularity in the neighbourhood.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Once--but that was long, long ago.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading You _must_ have known how greatly all this would increase my unpopularity in the neighbourhood.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _Lady B._ Monkshood, you should not have done these things--you should have saved me from myself.
