Chapter 24 of Nigel Browning is here in full — 201 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 24 of Nigel Browning is here in full — 201 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WOULD SHE? COULD SHE? "It may be hard to gain, and still To keep a lowly steadfast heart; Yet he who loses has to fill A harder and a truer part."—A. A. PROCTER. "FULVIA!" "Yes."
Chapter 24 of Nigel Browning is here in full — 201 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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make full, also in a metaphorical sense
From this reading “"It may be hard to gain, and still To keep a lowly steadfast heart; Yet he who loses has to fill A harder and a truer part."—A. A. PROCTER.”
obtain
From this reading “"It may be hard to gain, and still To keep a lowly steadfast heart; Yet he who loses has to fill A harder and a truer part."—A. A. PROCTER.”
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading “"It may be hard to gain, and still To keep a lowly steadfast heart; Yet he who loses has to fill A harder and a truer part."—A. A. PROCTER.”
comparative of “hard” — with effort or force or vigor
From this reading “"It may be hard to gain, and still To keep a lowly steadfast heart; Yet he who loses has to fill A harder and a truer part."—A. A. PROCTER.”
third-person singular of “lose” — fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading “"It may be hard to gain, and still To keep a lowly steadfast heart; Yet he who loses has to fill A harder and a truer part."—A. A. PROCTER.”
low or inferior in station or quality
From this reading “"It may be hard to gain, and still To keep a lowly steadfast heart; Yet he who loses has to fill A harder and a truer part."—A. A. PROCTER.”
marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
From this reading “"It may be hard to gain, and still To keep a lowly steadfast heart; Yet he who loses has to fill A harder and a truer part."—A. A. PROCTER.”
comparative of “true” — consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading “"It may be hard to gain, and still To keep a lowly steadfast heart; Yet he who loses has to fill A harder and a truer part."—A. A. PROCTER.”
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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 "It may be hard to gain, and still To keep a lowly steadfast heart; Yet he who loses has to fill A harder and a truer part."—A. A. PROCTER.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "It may be hard to gain, and still To keep a lowly steadfast heart; Yet he who loses has to fill A harder and a truer part."—A. A. PROCTER.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "It may be hard to gain, and still To keep a lowly steadfast heart; Yet he who loses has to fill A harder and a truer part."—A. A. PROCTER.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading COULD SHE?
make full, also in a metaphorical sense
From this reading "It may be hard to gain, and still To keep a lowly steadfast heart; Yet he who loses has to fill A harder and a truer part."—A. A. PROCTER.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "FULVIA!"
obtain
From this reading "It may be hard to gain, and still To keep a lowly steadfast heart; Yet he who loses has to fill A harder and a truer part."—A. A. PROCTER.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading "It may be hard to gain, and still To keep a lowly steadfast heart; Yet he who loses has to fill A harder and a truer part."—A. A. PROCTER.
comparative of “hard” — with effort or force or vigor
From this reading "It may be hard to gain, and still To keep a lowly steadfast heart; Yet he who loses has to fill A harder and a truer part."—A. A. PROCTER.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "It may be hard to gain, and still To keep a lowly steadfast heart; Yet he who loses has to fill A harder and a truer part."—A. A. PROCTER.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "It may be hard to gain, and still To keep a lowly steadfast heart; Yet he who loses has to fill A harder and a truer part."—A. A. PROCTER.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading "It may be hard to gain, and still To keep a lowly steadfast heart; Yet he who loses has to fill A harder and a truer part."—A. A. PROCTER.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It may be hard to gain, and still To keep a lowly steadfast heart; Yet he who loses has to fill A harder and a truer part."—A. A. PROCTER.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading "It may be hard to gain, and still To keep a lowly steadfast heart; Yet he who loses has to fill A harder and a truer part."—A. A. PROCTER.
third-person singular of “lose” — fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading "It may be hard to gain, and still To keep a lowly steadfast heart; Yet he who loses has to fill A harder and a truer part."—A. A. PROCTER.
low or inferior in station or quality
From this reading "It may be hard to gain, and still To keep a lowly steadfast heart; Yet he who loses has to fill A harder and a truer part."—A. A. PROCTER.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading "It may be hard to gain, and still To keep a lowly steadfast heart; Yet he who loses has to fill A harder and a truer part."—A. A. PROCTER.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading "It may be hard to gain, and still To keep a lowly steadfast heart; Yet he who loses has to fill A harder and a truer part."—A. A. PROCTER.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It may be hard to gain, and still To keep a lowly steadfast heart; Yet he who loses has to fill A harder and a truer part."—A. A. PROCTER.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading WOULD SHE?
marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
From this reading "It may be hard to gain, and still To keep a lowly steadfast heart; Yet he who loses has to fill A harder and a truer part."—A. A. PROCTER.
not in physical motion
From this reading "It may be hard to gain, and still To keep a lowly steadfast heart; Yet he who loses has to fill A harder and a truer part."—A. A. PROCTER.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "It may be hard to gain, and still To keep a lowly steadfast heart; Yet he who loses has to fill A harder and a truer part."—A. A. PROCTER.
comparative of “true” — consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading "It may be hard to gain, and still To keep a lowly steadfast heart; Yet he who loses has to fill A harder and a truer part."—A. A. PROCTER.
which person or people
From this reading "It may be hard to gain, and still To keep a lowly steadfast heart; Yet he who loses has to fill A harder and a truer part."—A. A. PROCTER.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading WOULD SHE?
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes."
but in spite of that
From this reading "It may be hard to gain, and still To keep a lowly steadfast heart; Yet he who loses has to fill A harder and a truer part."—A. A. PROCTER.
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