Chapter 3 of Pride and Prejudice, a Play Founded on Jane Austen's Novel is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Pride and Prejudice, a Play Founded on Jane Austen's Novel is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
[_Turning to_ ELIZABETH.] Come here, child. [ELIZABETH _goes to her father_.] This is an affair of importance. I understand that Mr. Collins has made you an offer of marriage. Is this true? ELIZABETH.
Chapter 3 of Pride and Prejudice, a Play Founded on Jane Austen's Novel is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a vaguely specified concern
From this reading “[ELIZABETH _goes to her father_.] This is an affair of importance.”
English writer noted for early detective novels (1824-1889)
From this reading “I understand that Mr. Collins has made you an offer of marriage.”
daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-)
From this reading “[_Turning to_ ELIZABETH.] Come here, child.”
plural of “go” — a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
the quality of being important and worthy of note
From this reading “[ELIZABETH _goes to her father_.] This is an affair of importance.”
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
From this reading “I understand that Mr. Collins has made you an offer of marriage.”
make available or accessible, provide or furnish
From this reading “I understand that Mr. Collins has made you an offer of marriage.”
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
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 “[_Turning to_ ELIZABETH.] Come here, child.”
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a vaguely specified concern
From this reading [ELIZABETH _goes to her father_.] This is an affair of importance.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading [ELIZABETH _goes to her father_.] This is an affair of importance.
a young person of either sex
From this reading [_Turning to_ ELIZABETH.] Come here, child.
English writer noted for early detective novels (1824-1889)
From this reading I understand that Mr. Collins has made you an offer of marriage.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading [_Turning to_ ELIZABETH.] Come here, child.
daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-)
From this reading [_Turning to_ ELIZABETH.] Come here, child.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading [ELIZABETH _goes to her father_.] This is an affair of importance.
plural of “go” — a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
From this reading [ELIZABETH _goes to her father_.] This is an affair of importance.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I understand that Mr. Collins has made you an offer of marriage.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading [ELIZABETH _goes to her father_.] This is an affair of importance.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading [_Turning to_ ELIZABETH.] Come here, child.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I understand that Mr. Collins has made you an offer of marriage.
the quality of being important and worthy of note
From this reading [ELIZABETH _goes to her father_.] This is an affair of importance.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading [ELIZABETH _goes to her father_.] This is an affair of importance.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading I understand that Mr. Collins has made you an offer of marriage.
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
From this reading I understand that Mr. Collins has made you an offer of marriage.
a form of address for a man
From this reading I understand that Mr. Collins has made you an offer of marriage.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading [ELIZABETH _goes to her father_.] This is an affair of importance.
make available or accessible, provide or furnish
From this reading I understand that Mr. Collins has made you an offer of marriage.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I understand that Mr. Collins has made you an offer of marriage.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading [ELIZABETH _goes to her father_.] This is an affair of importance.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading [_Turning to_ ELIZABETH.] Come here, child.
consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading Is this true?
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
From this reading [_Turning to_ ELIZABETH.] Come here, child.
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading I understand that Mr. Collins has made you an offer of marriage.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I understand that Mr. Collins has made you an offer of marriage.
Chapter 3 of Pride and Prejudice, a Play Founded on Jane Austen's Novel by Steele, Mrs. MacKaye 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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