Chapter 3 of None so Deaf as Those Who Won't Hear is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of None so Deaf as Those Who Won't Hear is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
EGLANTINE. O papa, you are cured: perhaps he can be cured in the same way. CODDLE. Impossible! He's too deaf.
Chapter 3 of None so Deaf as Those Who Won't Hear is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/86 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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treat with excessive indulgence
From this reading “CODDLE.”
freed from illness or injury
From this reading “O papa, you are cured: perhaps he can be cured in the same way.”
lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing wholly or in part
From this reading “He's too deaf.”
Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips
From this reading “EGLANTINE.”
not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with
From this reading “Impossible!”
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading “O papa, you are cured: perhaps he can be cured in the same way.”
by chance
From this reading “O papa, you are cured: perhaps he can be cured in the same way.”
Identical; not different.
From this reading “O papa, you are cured: perhaps he can be cured in the same way.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “O papa, you are cured: perhaps he can be cured in the same way.”
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Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading O papa, you are cured: perhaps he can be cured in the same way.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading O papa, you are cured: perhaps he can be cured in the same way.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading O papa, you are cured: perhaps he can be cured in the same way.
treat with excessive indulgence
From this reading CODDLE.
freed from illness or injury
From this reading O papa, you are cured: perhaps he can be cured in the same way.
lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing wholly or in part
From this reading He's too deaf.
Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips
From this reading EGLANTINE.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading O papa, you are cured: perhaps he can be cured in the same way.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He's too deaf.
not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with
From this reading Impossible!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading O papa, you are cured: perhaps he can be cured in the same way.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading O papa, you are cured: perhaps he can be cured in the same way.
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading O papa, you are cured: perhaps he can be cured in the same way.
by chance
From this reading O papa, you are cured: perhaps he can be cured in the same way.
Identical; not different.
From this reading O papa, you are cured: perhaps he can be cured in the same way.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading O papa, you are cured: perhaps he can be cured in the same way.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading He's too deaf.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading O papa, you are cured: perhaps he can be cured in the same way.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading O papa, you are cured: perhaps he can be cured in the same way.
Chapter 3 of None so Deaf as Those Who Won't Hear by Herbert Pelham Curtis holds 434 sentences, grouped into 87 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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