Chapter 10 of Mrs. Dot: A Farce is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Mrs. Dot: A Farce is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
It would break his heart. I couldn’t, I couldn’t! Besides, where are we to bolt to? I daren’t. Mamma would never forgive me.
Chapter 10 of Mrs. Dot: A Farce is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in addition to; as well as
From this reading “Besides, where are we to bolt to?”
a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
From this reading “Besides, where are we to bolt to?”
terminate
From this reading “It would break his heart.”
stop blaming or grant forgiveness
From this reading “Mamma would never forgive me.”
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading “It would break his heart.”
informal terms for a mother
From this reading “Mamma would never forgive me.”
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading “Mamma would never forgive me.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “It would break his heart.”
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.
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the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Besides, where are we to bolt to?
in addition to; as well as
From this reading Besides, where are we to bolt to?
a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
From this reading Besides, where are we to bolt to?
terminate
From this reading It would break his heart.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I couldn’t, I couldn’t!
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From this reading I daren’t.
stop blaming or grant forgiveness
From this reading Mamma would never forgive me.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading It would break his heart.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It would break his heart.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I couldn’t, I couldn’t!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It would break his heart.
informal terms for a mother
From this reading Mamma would never forgive me.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Mamma would never forgive me.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Mamma would never forgive me.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Besides, where are we to bolt to?
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Besides, where are we to bolt to?
in or at the place that
From this reading Besides, where are we to bolt to?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It would break his heart.
Chapter 10 of Mrs. Dot: A Farce by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham holds 412 sentences, grouped into 83 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 10 holds 412 sentences of Mrs. Dot: A Farce, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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