Chapter 6 of Single Life: A Comedy, in Three Acts is here in full — 394 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Single Life: A Comedy, in Three Acts is here in full — 394 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
DAM. (L.) Proposed to her! MISS SKY. And she asked me, if I should meet him, to say that she particularly wishes to see him this evening. Could you have thought it?
Chapter 6 of Single Life: A Comedy, in Three Acts is here in full — 394 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
From this reading “DAM.”
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading “And she asked me, if I should meet him, to say that she particularly wishes to see him this evening.”
come together
From this reading “And she asked me, if I should meet him, to say that she particularly wishes to see him this evening.”
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading “MISS SKY.”
to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
From this reading “And she asked me, if I should meet him, to say that she particularly wishes to see him this evening.”
past form of “propose” — make a proposal, declare a plan for something
From this reading “(L.) Proposed to her!”
the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
From this reading “MISS SKY.”
plural of “wish” — a specific feeling of desire
From this reading “And she asked me, if I should meet him, to say that she particularly wishes to see him this evening.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And she asked me, if I should meet him, to say that she particularly wishes to see him this evening.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading And she asked me, if I should meet him, to say that she particularly wishes to see him this evening.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Could you have thought it?
a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
From this reading DAM.
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading And she asked me, if I should meet him, to say that she particularly wishes to see him this evening.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Could you have thought it?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading (L.) Proposed to her!
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And she asked me, if I should meet him, to say that she particularly wishes to see him this evening.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading And she asked me, if I should meet him, to say that she particularly wishes to see him this evening.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading And she asked me, if I should meet him, to say that she particularly wishes to see him this evening.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Could you have thought it?
a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
From this reading (L.) Proposed to her!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And she asked me, if I should meet him, to say that she particularly wishes to see him this evening.
come together
From this reading And she asked me, if I should meet him, to say that she particularly wishes to see him this evening.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading MISS SKY.
to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
From this reading And she asked me, if I should meet him, to say that she particularly wishes to see him this evening.
past form of “propose” — make a proposal, declare a plan for something
From this reading (L.) Proposed to her!
express in words
From this reading And she asked me, if I should meet him, to say that she particularly wishes to see him this evening.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading And she asked me, if I should meet him, to say that she particularly wishes to see him this evening.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And she asked me, if I should meet him, to say that she particularly wishes to see him this evening.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading And she asked me, if I should meet him, to say that she particularly wishes to see him this evening.
the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
From this reading MISS SKY.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And she asked me, if I should meet him, to say that she particularly wishes to see him this evening.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading And she asked me, if I should meet him, to say that she particularly wishes to see him this evening.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Could you have thought it?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading (L.) Proposed to her!
plural of “wish” — a specific feeling of desire
From this reading And she asked me, if I should meet him, to say that she particularly wishes to see him this evening.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Could you have thought it?
Chapter 6 of Single Life: A Comedy, in Three Acts by John Baldwin Buckstone holds 394 sentences, grouped into 79 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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