Chapter 6 of The Brass Bottle — A Farcical Fantastic Play in Four Acts is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Brass Bottle — A Farcical Fantastic Play in Four Acts is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HORACE. That's your modesty, Pringle! You don't realise how dangerous you _are_! PRINGLE. [_Ignoring this._] I was going to say--so long as she continues engaged to _another_.
Chapter 6 of The Brass Bottle — A Farcical Fantastic Play in Four Acts is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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one more of the same kind, or a different one
third-person singular of “continue” — continue a certain state, condition, or activity
From this reading “[_Ignoring this._] I was going to say--so long as she continues engaged to _another_.”
involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm
From this reading “You don't realise how dangerous you _are_!”
having ones attention or mind or energy engaged
From this reading “[_Ignoring this._] I was going to say--so long as she continues engaged to _another_.”
Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC)
From this reading “HORACE.”
-ing form of “ignore” — refuse to acknowledge
freedom from vanity or conceit
From this reading “That's your modesty, Pringle!”
earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
From this reading “You don't realise how dangerous you _are_!”
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one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading [_Ignoring this._] I was going to say--so long as she continues engaged to _another_.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading You don't realise how dangerous you _are_!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading [_Ignoring this._] I was going to say--so long as she continues engaged to _another_.
third-person singular of “continue” — continue a certain state, condition, or activity
From this reading [_Ignoring this._] I was going to say--so long as she continues engaged to _another_.
involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm
From this reading You don't realise how dangerous you _are_!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You don't realise how dangerous you _are_!
having ones attention or mind or energy engaged
From this reading [_Ignoring this._] I was going to say--so long as she continues engaged to _another_.
the act of departing
From this reading [_Ignoring this._] I was going to say--so long as she continues engaged to _another_.
Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC)
From this reading HORACE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You don't realise how dangerous you _are_!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading [_Ignoring this._] I was going to say--so long as she continues engaged to _another_.
-ing form of “ignore” — refuse to acknowledge
From this reading [_Ignoring this._] I was going to say--so long as she continues engaged to _another_.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading [_Ignoring this._] I was going to say--so long as she continues engaged to _another_.
freedom from vanity or conceit
From this reading That's your modesty, Pringle!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That's your modesty, Pringle!
earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
From this reading You don't realise how dangerous you _are_!
express in words
From this reading [_Ignoring this._] I was going to say--so long as she continues engaged to _another_.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading [_Ignoring this._] I was going to say--so long as she continues engaged to _another_.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading [_Ignoring this._] I was going to say--so long as she continues engaged to _another_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That's your modesty, Pringle!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading [_Ignoring this._] I was going to say--so long as she continues engaged to _another_.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading [_Ignoring this._] I was going to say--so long as she continues engaged to _another_.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading [_Ignoring this._] I was going to say--so long as she continues engaged to _another_.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You don't realise how dangerous you _are_!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading That's your modesty, Pringle!
Chapter 6 of The Brass Bottle — A Farcical Fantastic Play in Four Acts by F. Anstey holds 437 sentences, grouped into 88 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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