Chapter 17 of Tales and Novels — Volume 08 is here in full — 119 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of Tales and Novels — Volume 08 is here in full — 119 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
OLIVIA TO MADAME DE P----. L---- Castle. I Triumph! dear Gabrielle, give me joy! Never was triumph more complete. L---- loves me!
Chapter 17 of Tales and Novels — Volume 08 is here in full — 119 sentences across 24 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.
a large and stately mansion
From this reading “L---- Castle.”
come or bring to a finish or an end
From this reading “Never was triumph more complete.”
dearly loved
From this reading “I Triumph! dear Gabrielle, give me joy!”
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading “I Triumph! dear Gabrielle, give me joy!”
the emotion of great happiness
From this reading “I Triumph! dear Gabrielle, give me joy!”
plural of “love” — a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading “L---- loves me!”
title used for a married Frenchwoman
From this reading “OLIVIA TO MADAME DE P----.”
a successful ending of a struggle or contest
From this reading “I Triumph! dear Gabrielle, give me joy!”
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.
a large and stately mansion
From this reading L---- Castle.
come or bring to a finish or an end
From this reading Never was triumph more complete.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading OLIVIA TO MADAME DE P----.
dearly loved
From this reading I Triumph! dear Gabrielle, give me joy!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I Triumph! dear Gabrielle, give me joy!
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading I Triumph! dear Gabrielle, give me joy!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I Triumph! dear Gabrielle, give me joy!
the emotion of great happiness
From this reading I Triumph! dear Gabrielle, give me joy!
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---- Castle.
plural of “love” — a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading L---- loves me!
title used for a married Frenchwoman
From this reading OLIVIA TO MADAME DE P----.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I Triumph! dear Gabrielle, give me joy!
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Never was triumph more complete.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Never was triumph more complete.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading OLIVIA TO MADAME DE P----.
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading OLIVIA TO MADAME DE P----.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading OLIVIA TO MADAME DE P----.
a successful ending of a struggle or contest
From this reading I Triumph! dear Gabrielle, give me joy!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Never was triumph more complete.
Chapter 17 of Tales and Novels — Volume 08 by Maria Edgeworth holds 119 sentences, grouped into 24 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.
Chapter 17 holds 119 sentences of Tales and Novels — Volume 08, unabridged, divided into 24 reading sections.
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