Chapter 9 of Ruggles of Red Gap is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Ruggles of Red Gap is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“I shall be pleased,” I said, “to reserve this table for you--eight places, I believe you said?” She left me as a duchess might have. She was that sort. I felt almost quite unequal to her. And the die was cast.
Chapter 9 of Ruggles of Red Gap is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
put or send forth
From this reading “And the die was cast.”
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading “And the die was cast.”
the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right
From this reading “She left me as a duchess might have.”
being one more than seven
From this reading ““I shall be pleased,” I said, “to reserve this table for you--eight places, I believe you said?””
plural of “place” — a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading ““I shall be pleased,” I said, “to reserve this table for you--eight places, I believe you said?””
experiencing or manifesting pleasure
From this reading ““I shall be pleased,” I said, “to reserve this table for you--eight places, I believe you said?””
formality and propriety of manner
From this reading ““I shall be pleased,” I said, “to reserve this table for you--eight places, I believe you said?””
poorly balanced or matched in quantity or value or measure
From this reading “I felt almost quite unequal to her.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading She left me as a duchess might have.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading I felt almost quite unequal to her.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And the die was cast.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She left me as a duchess might have.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “I shall be pleased,” I said, “to reserve this table for you--eight places, I believe you said?”
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading “I shall be pleased,” I said, “to reserve this table for you--eight places, I believe you said?”
put or send forth
From this reading And the die was cast.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading And the die was cast.
the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right
From this reading She left me as a duchess might have.
being one more than seven
From this reading “I shall be pleased,” I said, “to reserve this table for you--eight places, I believe you said?”
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading I felt almost quite unequal to her.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “I shall be pleased,” I said, “to reserve this table for you--eight places, I believe you said?”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She left me as a duchess might have.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I felt almost quite unequal to her.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I shall be pleased,” I said, “to reserve this table for you--eight places, I believe you said?”
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading She left me as a duchess might have.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She left me as a duchess might have.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading She left me as a duchess might have.
plural of “place” — a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading “I shall be pleased,” I said, “to reserve this table for you--eight places, I believe you said?”
experiencing or manifesting pleasure
From this reading “I shall be pleased,” I said, “to reserve this table for you--eight places, I believe you said?”
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading I felt almost quite unequal to her.
formality and propriety of manner
From this reading “I shall be pleased,” I said, “to reserve this table for you--eight places, I believe you said?”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “I shall be pleased,” I said, “to reserve this table for you--eight places, I believe you said?”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “I shall be pleased,” I said, “to reserve this table for you--eight places, I believe you said?”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She left me as a duchess might have.
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading She was that sort.
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading “I shall be pleased,” I said, “to reserve this table for you--eight places, I believe you said?”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She was that sort.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And the die was cast.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “I shall be pleased,” I said, “to reserve this table for you--eight places, I believe you said?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I shall be pleased,” I said, “to reserve this table for you--eight places, I believe you said?”
poorly balanced or matched in quantity or value or measure
From this reading I felt almost quite unequal to her.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was that sort.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I shall be pleased,” I said, “to reserve this table for you--eight places, I believe you said?”
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