Chapter 3 of The aristocrats is here in full — 459 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The aristocrats is here in full — 459 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Will you kindly tell me whom you consider the weaker?” “Well--the woman--naturally.” “I should sleep much easier if I thought you did not know your power.” “Oh, sometimes my sex----” “I am not talking of your sex but yourself.” The lightning flashed just then and I saw more than his eyes.
Chapter 3 of The aristocrats is here in full — 459 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
deem to be
From this reading ““Will you kindly tell me whom you consider the weaker?””
comparative of “easy” — posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
From this reading ““I should sleep much easier if I thought you did not know your power.””
past form of “flash” — gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading “The lightning flashed just then and I saw more than his eyes.”
showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
From this reading ““Will you kindly tell me whom you consider the weaker?””
abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light
From this reading “The lightning flashed just then and I saw more than his eyes.”
as might be expected
From this reading ““Well--the woman--naturally.””
activities associated with sexual intercourse
From this reading ““Oh, sometimes my sex----” “I am not talking of your sex but yourself.””
comparative of “weak” — wanting in physical strength
From this reading ““Will you kindly tell me whom you consider the weaker?””
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 ““I should sleep much easier if I thought you did not know your power.””
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.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “Oh, sometimes my sex----” “I am not talking of your sex but yourself.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The lightning flashed just then and I saw more than his eyes.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “Oh, sometimes my sex----” “I am not talking of your sex but yourself.”
deem to be
From this reading “Will you kindly tell me whom you consider the weaker?”
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “I should sleep much easier if I thought you did not know your power.”
comparative of “easy” — posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
From this reading “I should sleep much easier if I thought you did not know your power.”
opinion or judgment
From this reading The lightning flashed just then and I saw more than his eyes.
past form of “flash” — gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading The lightning flashed just then and I saw more than his eyes.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The lightning flashed just then and I saw more than his eyes.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I should sleep much easier if I thought you did not know your power.”
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “I should sleep much easier if I thought you did not know your power.”
and nothing more
From this reading The lightning flashed just then and I saw more than his eyes.
showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
From this reading “Will you kindly tell me whom you consider the weaker?”
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “I should sleep much easier if I thought you did not know your power.”
abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light
From this reading The lightning flashed just then and I saw more than his eyes.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Will you kindly tell me whom you consider the weaker?”
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading The lightning flashed just then and I saw more than his eyes.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading “I should sleep much easier if I thought you did not know your power.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Oh, sometimes my sex----” “I am not talking of your sex but yourself.”
as might be expected
From this reading “Well--the woman--naturally.”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “I should sleep much easier if I thought you did not know your power.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Oh, sometimes my sex----” “I am not talking of your sex but yourself.”
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, sometimes my sex----” “I am not talking of your sex but yourself.”
possession of controlling influence
From this reading “I should sleep much easier if I thought you did not know your power.”
cut with a saw
From this reading The lightning flashed just then and I saw more than his eyes.
activities associated with sexual intercourse
From this reading “Oh, sometimes my sex----” “I am not talking of your sex but yourself.”
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading “I should sleep much easier if I thought you did not know your power.”
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading “I should sleep much easier if I thought you did not know your power.”
on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always
From this reading “Oh, sometimes my sex----” “I am not talking of your sex but yourself.”
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading “Oh, sometimes my sex----” “I am not talking of your sex but yourself.”
express in words
From this reading “Will you kindly tell me whom you consider the weaker?”
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The lightning flashed just then and I saw more than his eyes.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Will you kindly tell me whom you consider the weaker?”
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading The lightning flashed just then and I saw more than his eyes.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “I should sleep much easier if I thought you did not know your power.”
comparative of “weak” — wanting in physical strength
From this reading “Will you kindly tell me whom you consider the weaker?”
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “Well--the woman--naturally.”
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Will you kindly tell me whom you consider the weaker?”
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “Will you kindly tell me whom you consider the weaker?”
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading “Well--the woman--naturally.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Will you kindly tell me whom you consider the weaker?”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I should sleep much easier if I thought you did not know your power.”
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading “Oh, sometimes my sex----” “I am not talking of your sex but yourself.”
Chapter 3 of The aristocrats by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton holds 459 sentences, grouped into 92 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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