Chapter 5 of Plays — Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honour is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Plays — Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honour is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Well, you couldn't--in case you disarranged my complexion. [MERESTON _sighs deeply._] Don't sigh, Charlie. I daresay I was horrid to let you fall in love with me, but I'm only human, and I was desperately flattered. MERESTON. Was that all?
Chapter 5 of Plays — Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honour is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the coloring of a person's face
From this reading “Well, you couldn't--in case you disarranged my complexion.”
to a great depth psychologically or emotionally
From this reading “[MERESTON _sighs deeply._] Don't sigh, Charlie.”
with great urgency
From this reading “I daresay I was horrid to let you fall in love with me, but I'm only human, and I was desperately flattered.”
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
From this reading “I daresay I was horrid to let you fall in love with me, but I'm only human, and I was desperately flattered.”
past form of “flatter” — praise somewhat dishonestly
From this reading “I daresay I was horrid to let you fall in love with me, but I'm only human, and I was desperately flattered.”
exceedingly bad
From this reading “I daresay I was horrid to let you fall in love with me, but I'm only human, and I was desperately flattered.”
heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
From this reading “[MERESTON _sighs deeply._] Don't sigh, Charlie.”
plural of “sigh” — an utterance made by exhaling audibly
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.
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In this reading “[MERESTON _sighs deeply._] Don't sigh, Charlie.”
break down, literally or metaphorically
In this reading “I daresay I was horrid to let you fall in love with me, but I'm only human, and I was desperately flattered.”
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(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 Was that all?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I daresay I was horrid to let you fall in love with me, but I'm only human, and I was desperately flattered.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I daresay I was horrid to let you fall in love with me, but I'm only human, and I was desperately flattered.
an occurrence of something
From this reading Well, you couldn't--in case you disarranged my complexion.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [MERESTON _sighs deeply._] Don't sigh, Charlie.
the coloring of a person's face
From this reading Well, you couldn't--in case you disarranged my complexion.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, you couldn't--in case you disarranged my complexion.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I daresay I was horrid to let you fall in love with me, but I'm only human, and I was desperately flattered.
to a great depth psychologically or emotionally
From this reading [MERESTON _sighs deeply._] Don't sigh, Charlie.
with great urgency
From this reading I daresay I was horrid to let you fall in love with me, but I'm only human, and I was desperately flattered.
having the arrangement disturbed; not in order
From this reading Well, you couldn't--in case you disarranged my complexion.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [MERESTON _sighs deeply._] Don't sigh, Charlie.
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
From this reading I daresay I was horrid to let you fall in love with me, but I'm only human, and I was desperately flattered.
past form of “flatter” — praise somewhat dishonestly
From this reading I daresay I was horrid to let you fall in love with me, but I'm only human, and I was desperately flattered.
exceedingly bad
From this reading I daresay I was horrid to let you fall in love with me, but I'm only human, and I was desperately flattered.
characteristic of humanity
From this reading I daresay I was horrid to let you fall in love with me, but I'm only human, and I was desperately flattered.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I daresay I was horrid to let you fall in love with me, but I'm only human, and I was desperately flattered.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I daresay I was horrid to let you fall in love with me, but I'm only human, and I was desperately flattered.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Well, you couldn't--in case you disarranged my complexion.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading I daresay I was horrid to let you fall in love with me, but I'm only human, and I was desperately flattered.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading I daresay I was horrid to let you fall in love with me, but I'm only human, and I was desperately flattered.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I daresay I was horrid to let you fall in love with me, but I'm only human, and I was desperately flattered.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [MERESTON _sighs deeply._] Don't sigh, Charlie.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Well, you couldn't--in case you disarranged my complexion.
and nothing more
From this reading I daresay I was horrid to let you fall in love with me, but I'm only human, and I was desperately flattered.
heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
From this reading [MERESTON _sighs deeply._] Don't sigh, Charlie.
plural of “sigh” — an utterance made by exhaling audibly
From this reading [MERESTON _sighs deeply._] Don't sigh, Charlie.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Was that all?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I daresay I was horrid to let you fall in love with me, but I'm only human, and I was desperately flattered.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I daresay I was horrid to let you fall in love with me, but I'm only human, and I was desperately flattered.
(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 Well, you couldn't--in case you disarranged my complexion.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I daresay I was horrid to let you fall in love with me, but I'm only human, and I was desperately flattered.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Well, you couldn't--in case you disarranged my complexion.
Chapter 5 of Plays — Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honour by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham holds 414 sentences, grouped into 83 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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