Chapter 7 of Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions — Volume 1 is here in full — 105 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions — Volume 1 is here in full — 105 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Believe me, child, all the gentleman's misfortunes arose from his being educated at a public school. ."--Fielding.
Chapter 7 of Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions — Volume 1 is here in full — 105 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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inflected form of “arise” — come into existence; take on form or shape
From this reading “"Believe me, child, all the gentleman's misfortunes arose from his being educated at a public school.”
a young person of either sex
From this reading “"Believe me, child, all the gentleman's misfortunes arose from his being educated at a public school.”
possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge)
From this reading “"Believe me, child, all the gentleman's misfortunes arose from his being educated at a public school.”
(baseball) handling the ball while playing in the field
From this reading “."--Fielding.”
possessive form of “gentleman” — a man of refinement
From this reading “"Believe me, child, all the gentleman's misfortunes arose from his being educated at a public school.”
plural of “misfortune” — unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event
From this reading “"Believe me, child, all the gentleman's misfortunes arose from his being educated at a public school.”
people in general considered as a whole
From this reading “"Believe me, child, all the gentleman's misfortunes arose from his being educated at a public school.”
an educational institution
From this reading “"Believe me, child, all the gentleman's misfortunes arose from his being educated at a public school.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 "Believe me, child, all the gentleman's misfortunes arose from his being educated at a public school.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "Believe me, child, all the gentleman's misfortunes arose from his being educated at a public school.
inflected form of “arise” — come into existence; take on form or shape
From this reading "Believe me, child, all the gentleman's misfortunes arose from his being educated at a public school.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Believe me, child, all the gentleman's misfortunes arose from his being educated at a public school.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading "Believe me, child, all the gentleman's misfortunes arose from his being educated at a public school.
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading "Believe me, child, all the gentleman's misfortunes arose from his being educated at a public school.
a young person of either sex
From this reading "Believe me, child, all the gentleman's misfortunes arose from his being educated at a public school.
possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge)
From this reading "Believe me, child, all the gentleman's misfortunes arose from his being educated at a public school.
(baseball) handling the ball while playing in the field
From this reading ."--Fielding.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "Believe me, child, all the gentleman's misfortunes arose from his being educated at a public school.
possessive form of “gentleman” — a man of refinement
From this reading "Believe me, child, all the gentleman's misfortunes arose from his being educated at a public school.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "Believe me, child, all the gentleman's misfortunes arose from his being educated at a public school.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Believe me, child, all the gentleman's misfortunes arose from his being educated at a public school.
plural of “misfortune” — unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event
From this reading "Believe me, child, all the gentleman's misfortunes arose from his being educated at a public school.
people in general considered as a whole
From this reading "Believe me, child, all the gentleman's misfortunes arose from his being educated at a public school.
an educational institution
From this reading "Believe me, child, all the gentleman's misfortunes arose from his being educated at a public school.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Believe me, child, all the gentleman's misfortunes arose from his being educated at a public school.
Chapter 7 of Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions — Volume 1 by Frank Harris holds 105 sentences, grouped into 21 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 7 holds 105 sentences of Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions — Volume 1, unabridged, divided into 21 reading sections.
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