Chapter 4 of Selected Prose of Oscar Wilde is here in full — 139 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 4 of Selected Prose of Oscar Wilde is here in full — 139 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE TETRARCH'S REMORSE Salome, pensez a ce que vous faites. Cet homme vient peut-etre de Dieu. Je suis sur qu'il vient de Dieu. C'est un saint homme. Le doigt de Dieu l'a touche.
Chapter 4 of Selected Prose of Oscar Wilde is here in full — 139 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)
From this reading “THE TETRARCH'S REMORSE Salome, pensez a ce que vous faites.”
a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization
From this reading “C'est un saint homme.”
woman whose dancing beguiled Herod into giving her the head of John the Baptist
From this reading “THE TETRARCH'S REMORSE Salome, pensez a ce que vous faites.”
a port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea; formerly a major Phoenician seaport famous for silks
From this reading “Je suis sur qu'il vient de Dieu.”
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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 THE TETRARCH'S REMORSE Salome, pensez a ce que vous faites.
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From this reading C'est un saint homme.
a ductile grey metallic element of the lanthanide series; used in lighter flints; the most abundant of the rare-earth group
From this reading THE TETRARCH'S REMORSE Salome, pensez a ce que vous faites.
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From this reading Cet homme vient peut-etre de Dieu.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading Cet homme vient peut-etre de Dieu.
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From this reading Cet homme vient peut-etre de Dieu.
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From this reading Le doigt de Dieu l'a touche.
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From this reading THE TETRARCH'S REMORSE Salome, pensez a ce que vous faites.
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From this reading Cet homme vient peut-etre de Dieu.
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From this reading Je suis sur qu'il vient de Dieu.
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From this reading Le doigt de Dieu l'a touche.
a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)
From this reading Le doigt de Dieu l'a touche.
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From this reading THE TETRARCH'S REMORSE Salome, pensez a ce que vous faites.
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From this reading Cet homme vient peut-etre de Dieu.
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From this reading Je suis sur qu'il vient de Dieu.
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From this reading THE TETRARCH'S REMORSE Salome, pensez a ce que vous faites.
a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)
From this reading THE TETRARCH'S REMORSE Salome, pensez a ce que vous faites.
a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization
From this reading C'est un saint homme.
woman whose dancing beguiled Herod into giving her the head of John the Baptist
From this reading THE TETRARCH'S REMORSE Salome, pensez a ce que vous faites.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Je suis sur qu'il vient de Dieu.
a port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea; formerly a major Phoenician seaport famous for silks
From this reading Je suis sur qu'il vient de Dieu.
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From this reading THE TETRARCH'S REMORSE Salome, pensez a ce que vous faites.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE TETRARCH'S REMORSE Salome, pensez a ce que vous faites.
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From this reading Le doigt de Dieu l'a touche.
an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security
From this reading C'est un saint homme.
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From this reading Cet homme vient peut-etre de Dieu.
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From this reading THE TETRARCH'S REMORSE Salome, pensez a ce que vous faites.
Chapter 4 of Selected Prose of Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde holds 139 sentences, grouped into 28 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.
Chapter 4 holds 139 sentences of Selected Prose of Oscar Wilde, unabridged, divided into 28 reading sections.
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