Chapter 10 of Night and Morning, Volume 5 is here in full — 81 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Night and Morning, Volume 5 is here in full — 81 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Here's something got amongst us!"--_Knight of Malta_. Two or three nights after his memorable conversation with Robert Beaufort, as Lord Lilburne was undressing, he said to his valet: "Dykeman, I am getting well." "Indeed, my lord, I never saw your lordship look better." "There you lie.
Chapter 10 of Night and Morning, Volume 5 is here in full — 81 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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surrounded by; in the company of
From this reading “"Here's something got amongst us!"--_Knight of Malta_.”
originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
a title used to address any British peer except a duke and extended to a bishop or a judge
From this reading “"Indeed, my lord, I never saw your lordship look better."”
a republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1964
worth remembering
From this reading “Two or three nights after his memorable conversation with Robert Beaufort, as Lord Lilburne was undressing, he said to his valet:”
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading “Two or three nights after his memorable conversation with Robert Beaufort, as Lord Lilburne was undressing, he said to his valet:”
United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)
From this reading “Two or three nights after his memorable conversation with Robert Beaufort, as Lord Lilburne was undressing, he said to his valet:”
a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer
From this reading “Two or three nights after his memorable conversation with Robert Beaufort, as Lord Lilburne was undressing, he said to his valet:”
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later than; following
From this reading Two or three nights after his memorable conversation with Robert Beaufort, as Lord Lilburne was undressing, he said to his valet:
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "Dykeman, I am getting well."
surrounded by; in the company of
From this reading "Here's something got amongst us!"--_Knight of Malta_.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Two or three nights after his memorable conversation with Robert Beaufort, as Lord Lilburne was undressing, he said to his valet:
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From this reading Two or three nights after his memorable conversation with Robert Beaufort, as Lord Lilburne was undressing, he said to his valet:
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading "Indeed, my lord, I never saw your lordship look better."
the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.
From this reading Two or three nights after his memorable conversation with Robert Beaufort, as Lord Lilburne was undressing, he said to his valet:
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From this reading "Dykeman, I am getting well."
the act of acquiring something
From this reading "Dykeman, I am getting well."
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "Here's something got amongst us!"--_Knight of Malta_.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Two or three nights after his memorable conversation with Robert Beaufort, as Lord Lilburne was undressing, he said to his valet:
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From this reading "Here's something got amongst us!"--_Knight of Malta_.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Two or three nights after his memorable conversation with Robert Beaufort, as Lord Lilburne was undressing, he said to his valet:
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Dykeman, I am getting well."
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading "Indeed, my lord, I never saw your lordship look better."
originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
From this reading "Here's something got amongst us!"--_Knight of Malta_.
be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
From this reading "There you lie.
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From this reading Two or three nights after his memorable conversation with Robert Beaufort, as Lord Lilburne was undressing, he said to his valet:
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading "Indeed, my lord, I never saw your lordship look better."
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading Two or three nights after his memorable conversation with Robert Beaufort, as Lord Lilburne was undressing, he said to his valet:
a title used to address any British peer except a duke and extended to a bishop or a judge
From this reading "Indeed, my lord, I never saw your lordship look better."
a republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1964
From this reading "Here's something got amongst us!"--_Knight of Malta_.
worth remembering
From this reading Two or three nights after his memorable conversation with Robert Beaufort, as Lord Lilburne was undressing, he said to his valet:
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Indeed, my lord, I never saw your lordship look better."
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "Indeed, my lord, I never saw your lordship look better."
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading Two or three nights after his memorable conversation with Robert Beaufort, as Lord Lilburne was undressing, he said to his valet:
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Here's something got amongst us!"--_Knight of Malta_.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Two or three nights after his memorable conversation with Robert Beaufort, as Lord Lilburne was undressing, he said to his valet:
United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)
From this reading Two or three nights after his memorable conversation with Robert Beaufort, as Lord Lilburne was undressing, he said to his valet:
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Two or three nights after his memorable conversation with Robert Beaufort, as Lord Lilburne was undressing, he said to his valet:
cut with a saw
From this reading "Indeed, my lord, I never saw your lordship look better."
a thing, without saying which
From this reading "Here's something got amongst us!"--_Knight of Malta_.
in or at that place or location
From this reading "There you lie.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading Two or three nights after his memorable conversation with Robert Beaufort, as Lord Lilburne was undressing, he said to his valet:
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Two or three nights after his memorable conversation with Robert Beaufort, as Lord Lilburne was undressing, he said to his valet:
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Two or three nights after his memorable conversation with Robert Beaufort, as Lord Lilburne was undressing, he said to his valet:
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From this reading Two or three nights after his memorable conversation with Robert Beaufort, as Lord Lilburne was undressing, he said to his valet:
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Here's something got amongst us!"--_Knight of Malta_.
a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer
From this reading Two or three nights after his memorable conversation with Robert Beaufort, as Lord Lilburne was undressing, he said to his valet:
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Two or three nights after his memorable conversation with Robert Beaufort, as Lord Lilburne was undressing, he said to his valet:
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Dykeman, I am getting well."
in the company of; together with
From this reading Two or three nights after his memorable conversation with Robert Beaufort, as Lord Lilburne was undressing, he said to his valet:
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "There you lie.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Indeed, my lord, I never saw your lordship look better."
Chapter 10 of Night and Morning, Volume 5 by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton holds 81 sentences, grouped into 17 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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