Chapter 3 of Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Malvolio._ That the soul of our grandam might haply inhabit a bird. _Clown._ What thinkest thou of his opinion? _Malvolio_. I think nobly of the soul, and in no way approve his opinion. _Twelfth Night_, iv.
Chapter 3 of Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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give sanction to
From this reading “I think nobly of the soul, and in no way approve his opinion.”
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading “_Malvolio._ That the soul of our grandam might haply inhabit a bird.”
a rude or vulgar fool
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “_Malvolio._ That the soul of our grandam might haply inhabit a bird.”
in a noble manner
From this reading “I think nobly of the soul, and in no way approve his opinion.”
a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty
From this reading “_Clown._ What thinkest thou of his opinion?”
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading “_Malvolio._ That the soul of our grandam might haply inhabit a bird.”
coming next after the eleventh and just before the thirteenth in position
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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 _Malvolio._ That the soul of our grandam might haply inhabit a bird.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I think nobly of the soul, and in no way approve his opinion.
give sanction to
From this reading I think nobly of the soul, and in no way approve his opinion.
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading _Malvolio._ That the soul of our grandam might haply inhabit a bird.
a rude or vulgar fool
From this reading _Clown._ What thinkest thou of his opinion?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Malvolio._ That the soul of our grandam might haply inhabit a bird.
by accident
From this reading _Malvolio._ That the soul of our grandam might haply inhabit a bird.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading _Clown._ What thinkest thou of his opinion?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I think nobly of the soul, and in no way approve his opinion.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I think nobly of the soul, and in no way approve his opinion.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading _Malvolio._ That the soul of our grandam might haply inhabit a bird.
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading _Twelfth Night_, iv.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Malvolio._ That the soul of our grandam might haply inhabit a bird.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading _Malvolio._ That the soul of our grandam might haply inhabit a bird.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading _Twelfth Night_, iv.
not any; not one
From this reading I think nobly of the soul, and in no way approve his opinion.
in a noble manner
From this reading I think nobly of the soul, and in no way approve his opinion.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Malvolio._ That the soul of our grandam might haply inhabit a bird.
a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty
From this reading _Clown._ What thinkest thou of his opinion?
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading _Malvolio._ That the soul of our grandam might haply inhabit a bird.
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading _Malvolio._ That the soul of our grandam might haply inhabit a bird.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading _Malvolio._ That the soul of our grandam might haply inhabit a bird.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Malvolio._ That the soul of our grandam might haply inhabit a bird.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading I think nobly of the soul, and in no way approve his opinion.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Clown._ What thinkest thou of his opinion?
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading _Clown._ What thinkest thou of his opinion?
coming next after the eleventh and just before the thirteenth in position
From this reading _Twelfth Night_, iv.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading I think nobly of the soul, and in no way approve his opinion.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading _Clown._ What thinkest thou of his opinion?
Chapter 3 of Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances by Juliana Horatia Ewing holds 399 sentences, grouped into 80 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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