Chapter 2 of Plays — Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honour is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Plays — Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honour is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MADAME CLAUDE. Believe me, Mr. Fouldes, it's not the ladies that are married to saints who take the trouble to dress well. LADY FREDERICK. Now we want a third man. Shall we ask my brother--you know Sir Gerald O'Mara, don't you?
Chapter 2 of Plays — Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honour is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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put on clothes
From this reading “Believe me, Mr. Fouldes, it's not the ladies that are married to saints who take the trouble to dress well.”
a town in northern Maryland to the west of Baltimore
From this reading “LADY FREDERICK.”
plural of “lady” — a polite name for any woman
From this reading “Believe me, Mr. Fouldes, it's not the ladies that are married to saints who take the trouble to dress well.”
title used for a married Frenchwoman
From this reading “MADAME CLAUDE.”
joined in matrimony
From this reading “Believe me, Mr. Fouldes, it's not the ladies that are married to saints who take the trouble to dress well.”
plural of “saint” — a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization
From this reading “Believe me, Mr. Fouldes, it's not the ladies that are married to saints who take the trouble to dress well.”
one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
From this reading “Now we want a third man.”
a source of difficulty
From this reading “Believe me, Mr. Fouldes, it's not the ladies that are married to saints who take the trouble to dress well.”
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 “Believe me, Mr. Fouldes, it's not the ladies that are married to saints who take the trouble to dress well.”
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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 Now we want a third man.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Believe me, Mr. Fouldes, it's not the ladies that are married to saints who take the trouble to dress well.
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading Shall we ask my brother--you know Sir Gerald O'Mara, don't you?
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading Believe me, Mr. Fouldes, it's not the ladies that are married to saints who take the trouble to dress well.
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading Shall we ask my brother--you know Sir Gerald O'Mara, don't you?
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From this reading MADAME CLAUDE.
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From this reading Shall we ask my brother--you know Sir Gerald O'Mara, don't you?
put on clothes
From this reading Believe me, Mr. Fouldes, it's not the ladies that are married to saints who take the trouble to dress well.
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From this reading Believe me, Mr. Fouldes, it's not the ladies that are married to saints who take the trouble to dress well.
a town in northern Maryland to the west of Baltimore
From this reading LADY FREDERICK.
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From this reading Shall we ask my brother--you know Sir Gerald O'Mara, don't you?
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From this reading Believe me, Mr. Fouldes, it's not the ladies that are married to saints who take the trouble to dress well.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Shall we ask my brother--you know Sir Gerald O'Mara, don't you?
plural of “lady” — a polite name for any woman
From this reading Believe me, Mr. Fouldes, it's not the ladies that are married to saints who take the trouble to dress well.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading LADY FREDERICK.
title used for a married Frenchwoman
From this reading MADAME CLAUDE.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Now we want a third man.
joined in matrimony
From this reading Believe me, Mr. Fouldes, it's not the ladies that are married to saints who take the trouble to dress well.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Believe me, Mr. Fouldes, it's not the ladies that are married to saints who take the trouble to dress well.
a form of address for a man
From this reading Believe me, Mr. Fouldes, it's not the ladies that are married to saints who take the trouble to dress well.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Shall we ask my brother--you know Sir Gerald O'Mara, don't you?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Believe me, Mr. Fouldes, it's not the ladies that are married to saints who take the trouble to dress well.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now we want a third man.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Shall we ask my brother--you know Sir Gerald O'Mara, don't you?
plural of “saint” — a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization
From this reading Believe me, Mr. Fouldes, it's not the ladies that are married to saints who take the trouble to dress well.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Shall we ask my brother--you know Sir Gerald O'Mara, don't you?
term of address for a man
From this reading Shall we ask my brother--you know Sir Gerald O'Mara, don't you?
carry out
From this reading Believe me, Mr. Fouldes, it's not the ladies that are married to saints who take the trouble to dress well.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Believe me, Mr. Fouldes, it's not the ladies that are married to saints who take the trouble to dress well.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Believe me, Mr. Fouldes, it's not the ladies that are married to saints who take the trouble to dress well.
one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
From this reading Now we want a third man.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Believe me, Mr. Fouldes, it's not the ladies that are married to saints who take the trouble to dress well.
a source of difficulty
From this reading Believe me, Mr. Fouldes, it's not the ladies that are married to saints who take the trouble to dress well.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading Now we want a third man.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Now we want a third man.
(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 Believe me, Mr. Fouldes, it's not the ladies that are married to saints who take the trouble to dress well.
which person or people
From this reading Believe me, Mr. Fouldes, it's not the ladies that are married to saints who take the trouble to dress well.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Shall we ask my brother--you know Sir Gerald O'Mara, don't you?
Chapter 2 of Plays — Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honour by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham holds 419 sentences, grouped into 84 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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