Chapter 12 of Rose, Blanche, and Violet, Volume 2 (of 3) is here in full — 78 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 12 of Rose, Blanche, and Violet, Volume 2 (of 3) is here in full — 78 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BOLD STROKE FOR A LOVER. Ah, cruel! tu m'as trop entendue! Je t'en ai dit assez pour te tirer d'erreur. Eh bien! connois donc Phèdre en toute sa fureur Je t'aime! RACINE.--_Phèdre._ "Do you never sing, Mrs. Vyner?" asked Mrs. St. John, as she saw her beating time with her head (and curious time it was!) to Violet's singing.
Chapter 12 of Rose, Blanche, and Violet, Volume 2 (of 3) is here in full — 78 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the act of overcoming or outdoing
From this reading “RACINE.--_Phèdre._ "Do you never sing, Mrs. Vyner?" asked Mrs. St. John, as she saw her beating time with her head (and curious time it was!) to Violet's singing.”
fearless and daring
From this reading “BOLD STROKE FOR A LOVER.”
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
From this reading “Ah, cruel! tu m'as trop entendue!”
a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
From this reading “BOLD STROKE FOR A LOVER.”
cause to run
From this reading “Je t'en ai dit assez pour te tirer d'erreur.”
French advocate of Jansenism; tragedian who based his works on Greek and Roman themes (1639-1699)
From this reading “RACINE.--_Phèdre._ "Do you never sing, Mrs. Vyner?" asked Mrs. St. John, as she saw her beating time with her head (and curious time it was!) to Violet's singing.”
the act of singing vocal music
From this reading “RACINE.--_Phèdre._ "Do you never sing, Mrs. Vyner?" asked Mrs. St. John, as she saw her beating time with her head (and curious time it was!) to Violet's singing.”
(sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
From this reading “BOLD STROKE FOR A LOVER.”
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 “BOLD STROKE FOR A LOVER.”
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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 BOLD STROKE FOR A LOVER.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ah, cruel! tu m'as trop entendue!
an agency of the United States Army responsible for providing timely and relevant and accurate and synchronized intelligence to tactical and operational and strategic level commanders
From this reading Je t'en ai dit assez pour te tirer d'erreur.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading RACINE.--_Phèdre._ "Do you never sing, Mrs. Vyner?" asked Mrs. St. John, as she saw her beating time with her head (and curious time it was!) to Violet's singing.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading RACINE.--_Phèdre._ "Do you never sing, Mrs. Vyner?" asked Mrs. St. John, as she saw her beating time with her head (and curious time it was!) to Violet's singing.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading RACINE.--_Phèdre._ "Do you never sing, Mrs. Vyner?" asked Mrs. St. John, as she saw her beating time with her head (and curious time it was!) to Violet's singing.
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From this reading Je t'en ai dit assez pour te tirer d'erreur.
the act of overcoming or outdoing
From this reading RACINE.--_Phèdre._ "Do you never sing, Mrs. Vyner?" asked Mrs. St. John, as she saw her beating time with her head (and curious time it was!) to Violet's singing.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Eh bien! connois donc Phèdre en toute sa fureur Je t'aime!
fearless and daring
From this reading BOLD STROKE FOR A LOVER.
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From this reading Eh bien! connois donc Phèdre en toute sa fureur Je t'aime!
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
From this reading Ah, cruel! tu m'as trop entendue!
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading RACINE.--_Phèdre._ "Do you never sing, Mrs. Vyner?" asked Mrs. St. John, as she saw her beating time with her head (and curious time it was!) to Violet's singing.
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From this reading Je t'en ai dit assez pour te tirer d'erreur.
the shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
From this reading Je t'en ai dit assez pour te tirer d'erreur.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading RACINE.--_Phèdre._ "Do you never sing, Mrs. Vyner?" asked Mrs. St. John, as she saw her beating time with her head (and curious time it was!) to Violet's singing.
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From this reading Eh bien! connois donc Phèdre en toute sa fureur Je t'aime!
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From this reading Eh bien! connois donc Phèdre en toute sa fureur Je t'aime!
half the width of an em
From this reading Eh bien! connois donc Phèdre en toute sa fureur Je t'aime!
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From this reading Ah, cruel! tu m'as trop entendue!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading BOLD STROKE FOR A LOVER.
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From this reading Eh bien! connois donc Phèdre en toute sa fureur Je t'aime!
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading RACINE.--_Phèdre._ "Do you never sing, Mrs. Vyner?" asked Mrs. St. John, as she saw her beating time with her head (and curious time it was!) to Violet's singing.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading RACINE.--_Phèdre._ "Do you never sing, Mrs. Vyner?" asked Mrs. St. John, as she saw her beating time with her head (and curious time it was!) to Violet's singing.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading RACINE.--_Phèdre._ "Do you never sing, Mrs. Vyner?" asked Mrs. St. John, as she saw her beating time with her head (and curious time it was!) to Violet's singing.
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From this reading Je t'en ai dit assez pour te tirer d'erreur.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading RACINE.--_Phèdre._ "Do you never sing, Mrs. Vyner?" asked Mrs. St. John, as she saw her beating time with her head (and curious time it was!) to Violet's singing.
a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
From this reading BOLD STROKE FOR A LOVER.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ah, cruel! tu m'as trop entendue!
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading RACINE.--_Phèdre._ "Do you never sing, Mrs. Vyner?" asked Mrs. St. John, as she saw her beating time with her head (and curious time it was!) to Violet's singing.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading RACINE.--_Phèdre._ "Do you never sing, Mrs. Vyner?" asked Mrs. St. John, as she saw her beating time with her head (and curious time it was!) to Violet's singing.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Eh bien! connois donc Phèdre en toute sa fureur Je t'aime!
cause to run
From this reading Je t'en ai dit assez pour te tirer d'erreur.
French advocate of Jansenism; tragedian who based his works on Greek and Roman themes (1639-1699)
From this reading RACINE.--_Phèdre._ "Do you never sing, Mrs. Vyner?" asked Mrs. St. John, as she saw her beating time with her head (and curious time it was!) to Violet's singing.
Nazi militia created by Hitler in 1921 that helped him to power but was eclipsed by the SS after 1943
From this reading Eh bien! connois donc Phèdre en toute sa fureur Je t'aime!
cut with a saw
From this reading RACINE.--_Phèdre._ "Do you never sing, Mrs. Vyner?" asked Mrs. St. John, as she saw her beating time with her head (and curious time it was!) to Violet's singing.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading RACINE.--_Phèdre._ "Do you never sing, Mrs. Vyner?" asked Mrs. St. John, as she saw her beating time with her head (and curious time it was!) to Violet's singing.
deliver by singing
From this reading RACINE.--_Phèdre._ "Do you never sing, Mrs. Vyner?" asked Mrs. St. John, as she saw her beating time with her head (and curious time it was!) to Violet's singing.
the act of singing vocal music
From this reading RACINE.--_Phèdre._ "Do you never sing, Mrs. Vyner?" asked Mrs. St. John, as she saw her beating time with her head (and curious time it was!) to Violet's singing.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading RACINE.--_Phèdre._ "Do you never sing, Mrs. Vyner?" asked Mrs. St. John, as she saw her beating time with her head (and curious time it was!) to Violet's singing.
(sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
From this reading BOLD STROKE FOR A LOVER.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Eh bien! connois donc Phèdre en toute sa fureur Je t'aime!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Je t'en ai dit assez pour te tirer d'erreur.
a brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur; it is used in alloys and as a semiconductor; occurs mainly as tellurides in ores of copper and nickel and silver and gold
From this reading Je t'en ai dit assez pour te tirer d'erreur.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading RACINE.--_Phèdre._ "Do you never sing, Mrs. Vyner?" asked Mrs. St. John, as she saw her beating time with her head (and curious time it was!) to Violet's singing.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Je t'en ai dit assez pour te tirer d'erreur.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading RACINE.--_Phèdre._ "Do you never sing, Mrs. Vyner?" asked Mrs. St. John, as she saw her beating time with her head (and curious time it was!) to Violet's singing.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Eh bien! connois donc Phèdre en toute sa fureur Je t'aime!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ah, cruel! tu m'as trop entendue!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ah, cruel! tu m'as trop entendue!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading RACINE.--_Phèdre._ "Do you never sing, Mrs. Vyner?" asked Mrs. St. John, as she saw her beating time with her head (and curious time it was!) to Violet's singing.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading RACINE.--_Phèdre._ "Do you never sing, Mrs. Vyner?" asked Mrs. St. John, as she saw her beating time with her head (and curious time it was!) to Violet's singing.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading RACINE.--_Phèdre._ "Do you never sing, Mrs. Vyner?" asked Mrs. St. John, as she saw her beating time with her head (and curious time it was!) to Violet's singing.
in the company of; together with
From this reading RACINE.--_Phèdre._ "Do you never sing, Mrs. Vyner?" asked Mrs. St. John, as she saw her beating time with her head (and curious time it was!) to Violet's singing.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading RACINE.--_Phèdre._ "Do you never sing, Mrs. Vyner?" asked Mrs. St. John, as she saw her beating time with her head (and curious time it was!) to Violet's singing.
Chapter 12 of Rose, Blanche, and Violet, Volume 2 (of 3) by George Henry Lewes holds 78 sentences, grouped into 16 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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