Chapter 7 of Pelham — Volume 06 is here in full — 77 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Pelham — Volume 06 is here in full — 77 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Good Mr. Knave, give me my due, I like a tart as well as you; But I would starve on good roast beef, Ere I would look so like a thief. --The Queen of Hearts. Nune vino pellite curas; Cras ingens iterabimus aequor. Horace. The next morning I received a note from Guloseton, asking me to dine with him at eight, to meet his chevreuil.
Chapter 7 of Pelham — Volume 06 is here in full — 77 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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cattle that are reared for their meat
From this reading “Good Mr. Knave, give me my due, I like a tart as well as you; But I would starve on good roast beef, Ere I would look so like a thief.”
have supper; eat dinner
From this reading “The next morning I received a note from Guloseton, asking me to dine with him at eight, to meet his chevreuil.”
Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC)
From this reading “Horace.”
a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
From this reading “Good Mr. Knave, give me my due, I like a tart as well as you; But I would starve on good roast beef, Ere I would look so like a thief.”
cook with dry heat, usually in an oven
From this reading “Good Mr. Knave, give me my due, I like a tart as well as you; But I would starve on good roast beef, Ere I would look so like a thief.”
be hungry; go without food
From this reading “Good Mr. Knave, give me my due, I like a tart as well as you; But I would starve on good roast beef, Ere I would look so like a thief.”
tasting sour like a lemon
From this reading “Good Mr. Knave, give me my due, I like a tart as well as you; But I would starve on good roast beef, Ere I would look so like a thief.”
a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
From this reading “Good Mr. Knave, give me my due, I like a tart as well as you; But I would starve on good roast beef, Ere I would look so like a thief.”
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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 Good Mr. Knave, give me my due, I like a tart as well as you; But I would starve on good roast beef, Ere I would look so like a thief.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nune vino pellite curas; Cras ingens iterabimus aequor.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Good Mr. Knave, give me my due, I like a tart as well as you; But I would starve on good roast beef, Ere I would look so like a thief.
the verbal act of requesting
From this reading The next morning I received a note from Guloseton, asking me to dine with him at eight, to meet his chevreuil.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The next morning I received a note from Guloseton, asking me to dine with him at eight, to meet his chevreuil.
cattle that are reared for their meat
From this reading Good Mr. Knave, give me my due, I like a tart as well as you; But I would starve on good roast beef, Ere I would look so like a thief.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Good Mr. Knave, give me my due, I like a tart as well as you; But I would starve on good roast beef, Ere I would look so like a thief.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The next morning I received a note from Guloseton, asking me to dine with him at eight, to meet his chevreuil.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nune vino pellite curas; Cras ingens iterabimus aequor.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nune vino pellite curas; Cras ingens iterabimus aequor.
have supper; eat dinner
From this reading The next morning I received a note from Guloseton, asking me to dine with him at eight, to meet his chevreuil.
owed and payable immediately or on demand
From this reading Good Mr. Knave, give me my due, I like a tart as well as you; But I would starve on good roast beef, Ere I would look so like a thief.
being one more than seven
From this reading The next morning I received a note from Guloseton, asking me to dine with him at eight, to meet his chevreuil.
an old word for “before”
From this reading Good Mr. Knave, give me my due, I like a tart as well as you; But I would starve on good roast beef, Ere I would look so like a thief.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The next morning I received a note from Guloseton, asking me to dine with him at eight, to meet his chevreuil.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Good Mr. Knave, give me my due, I like a tart as well as you; But I would starve on good roast beef, Ere I would look so like a thief.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Good Mr. Knave, give me my due, I like a tart as well as you; But I would starve on good roast beef, Ere I would look so like a thief.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The next morning I received a note from Guloseton, asking me to dine with him at eight, to meet his chevreuil.
a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades
From this reading --The Queen of Hearts.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The next morning I received a note from Guloseton, asking me to dine with him at eight, to meet his chevreuil.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The next morning I received a note from Guloseton, asking me to dine with him at eight, to meet his chevreuil.
Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC)
From this reading Horace.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Good Mr. Knave, give me my due, I like a tart as well as you; But I would starve on good roast beef, Ere I would look so like a thief.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nune vino pellite curas; Cras ingens iterabimus aequor.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nune vino pellite curas; Cras ingens iterabimus aequor.
a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
From this reading Good Mr. Knave, give me my due, I like a tart as well as you; But I would starve on good roast beef, Ere I would look so like a thief.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Good Mr. Knave, give me my due, I like a tart as well as you; But I would starve on good roast beef, Ere I would look so like a thief.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Good Mr. Knave, give me my due, I like a tart as well as you; But I would starve on good roast beef, Ere I would look so like a thief.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Good Mr. Knave, give me my due, I like a tart as well as you; But I would starve on good roast beef, Ere I would look so like a thief.
come together
From this reading The next morning I received a note from Guloseton, asking me to dine with him at eight, to meet his chevreuil.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading The next morning I received a note from Guloseton, asking me to dine with him at eight, to meet his chevreuil.
a form of address for a man
From this reading Good Mr. Knave, give me my due, I like a tart as well as you; But I would starve on good roast beef, Ere I would look so like a thief.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Good Mr. Knave, give me my due, I like a tart as well as you; But I would starve on good roast beef, Ere I would look so like a thief.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading The next morning I received a note from Guloseton, asking me to dine with him at eight, to meet his chevreuil.
a brief written record
From this reading The next morning I received a note from Guloseton, asking me to dine with him at eight, to meet his chevreuil.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nune vino pellite curas; Cras ingens iterabimus aequor.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading --The Queen of Hearts.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Good Mr. Knave, give me my due, I like a tart as well as you; But I would starve on good roast beef, Ere I would look so like a thief.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nune vino pellite curas; Cras ingens iterabimus aequor.
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading --The Queen of Hearts.
conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers
From this reading The next morning I received a note from Guloseton, asking me to dine with him at eight, to meet his chevreuil.
cook with dry heat, usually in an oven
From this reading Good Mr. Knave, give me my due, I like a tart as well as you; But I would starve on good roast beef, Ere I would look so like a thief.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Good Mr. Knave, give me my due, I like a tart as well as you; But I would starve on good roast beef, Ere I would look so like a thief.
be hungry; go without food
From this reading Good Mr. Knave, give me my due, I like a tart as well as you; But I would starve on good roast beef, Ere I would look so like a thief.
tasting sour like a lemon
From this reading Good Mr. Knave, give me my due, I like a tart as well as you; But I would starve on good roast beef, Ere I would look so like a thief.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading --The Queen of Hearts.
a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
From this reading Good Mr. Knave, give me my due, I like a tart as well as you; But I would starve on good roast beef, Ere I would look so like a thief.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The next morning I received a note from Guloseton, asking me to dine with him at eight, to meet his chevreuil.
fermented juice (of grapes especially)
From this reading Nune vino pellite curas; Cras ingens iterabimus aequor.
(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 Good Mr. Knave, give me my due, I like a tart as well as you; But I would starve on good roast beef, Ere I would look so like a thief.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The next morning I received a note from Guloseton, asking me to dine with him at eight, to meet his chevreuil.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Good Mr. Knave, give me my due, I like a tart as well as you; But I would starve on good roast beef, Ere I would look so like a thief.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Good Mr. Knave, give me my due, I like a tart as well as you; But I would starve on good roast beef, Ere I would look so like a thief.
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