Chapter 5 of Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Don't tell me about putting the washing out. I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week. What do you say? "A TRUMPERY SHILLING? "Ha!
Chapter 5 of Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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relatively low in price or charging low prices
From this reading “I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
From this reading “I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.”
hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter
From this reading “"Don't tell me about putting the washing out.”
made less in size or amount or degree
From this reading “I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.”
the basic unit of money in Uganda; equal to 100 cents
From this reading “I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.”
clean with some chemical process
From this reading “I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.”
the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
From this reading “"Don't tell me about putting the washing out.”
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading “I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.”
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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 say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "Don't tell me about putting the washing out.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.
relatively low in price or charging low prices
From this reading I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading What do you say?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Don't tell me about putting the washing out.
the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
From this reading I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.
(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
From this reading "Ha!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.
the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
From this reading I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Don't tell me about putting the washing out.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "Don't tell me about putting the washing out.
hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter
From this reading "Don't tell me about putting the washing out.
made less in size or amount or degree
From this reading I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.
except for; apart from
From this reading I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.
express in words
From this reading I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.
the basic unit of money in Uganda; equal to 100 cents
From this reading I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.
express in words
From this reading "Don't tell me about putting the washing out.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Don't tell me about putting the washing out.
nonsensical talk or writing
From this reading "A TRUMPERY SHILLING?
clean with some chemical process
From this reading I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.
the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
From this reading "Don't tell me about putting the washing out.
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What do you say?
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.
Chapter 5 of Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures by Douglas William Jerrold holds 407 sentences, grouped into 82 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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