Chapter 8 of The Cabinet Minister: A farce in four acts is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of The Cabinet Minister: A farce in four acts is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
[LADY MACPHAIL joins SIR JULIAN, the DOWAGER, and LADY EUPHEMIA, while they all watch MACPHAIL as he approaches IMOGEN.] LADY MACPHAIL. Listen! MACPHAIL. [To IMOGEN.] Er--I'm very much obliged to ye.
Chapter 8 of The Cabinet Minister: A farce in four acts is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “approach” — ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
From this reading “[LADY MACPHAIL joins SIR JULIAN, the DOWAGER, and LADY EUPHEMIA, while they all watch MACPHAIL as he approaches IMOGEN.]”
a widow holding property received from her deceased husband
From this reading “[LADY MACPHAIL joins SIR JULIAN, the DOWAGER, and LADY EUPHEMIA, while they all watch MACPHAIL as he approaches IMOGEN.]”
plural of “join” — the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
From this reading “[LADY MACPHAIL joins SIR JULIAN, the DOWAGER, and LADY EUPHEMIA, while they all watch MACPHAIL as he approaches IMOGEN.]”
Roman Emperor and nephew of Constantine; he restored paganism as the official religion of the Roman Empire and destroyed Christian temples but his decision was reversed after his death (331?-363)
From this reading “[LADY MACPHAIL joins SIR JULIAN, the DOWAGER, and LADY EUPHEMIA, while they all watch MACPHAIL as he approaches IMOGEN.]”
a polite name for any woman
From this reading “[LADY MACPHAIL joins SIR JULIAN, the DOWAGER, and LADY EUPHEMIA, while they all watch MACPHAIL as he approaches IMOGEN.]”
hear with intention
From this reading “Listen!”
under a moral obligation to do something
From this reading “[To IMOGEN.] Er--I'm very much obliged to ye.”
look attentively
From this reading “[LADY MACPHAIL joins SIR JULIAN, the DOWAGER, and LADY EUPHEMIA, while they all watch MACPHAIL as he approaches IMOGEN.]”
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 “[To IMOGEN.] Er--I'm very much obliged to ye.”
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(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading [LADY MACPHAIL joins SIR JULIAN, the DOWAGER, and LADY EUPHEMIA, while they all watch MACPHAIL as he approaches IMOGEN.]
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading [LADY MACPHAIL joins SIR JULIAN, the DOWAGER, and LADY EUPHEMIA, while they all watch MACPHAIL as he approaches IMOGEN.]
plural of “approach” — ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
From this reading [LADY MACPHAIL joins SIR JULIAN, the DOWAGER, and LADY EUPHEMIA, while they all watch MACPHAIL as he approaches IMOGEN.]
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading [LADY MACPHAIL joins SIR JULIAN, the DOWAGER, and LADY EUPHEMIA, while they all watch MACPHAIL as he approaches IMOGEN.]
a widow holding property received from her deceased husband
From this reading [LADY MACPHAIL joins SIR JULIAN, the DOWAGER, and LADY EUPHEMIA, while they all watch MACPHAIL as he approaches IMOGEN.]
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
From this reading [To IMOGEN.] Er--I'm very much obliged to ye.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [LADY MACPHAIL joins SIR JULIAN, the DOWAGER, and LADY EUPHEMIA, while they all watch MACPHAIL as he approaches IMOGEN.]
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading [LADY MACPHAIL joins SIR JULIAN, the DOWAGER, and LADY EUPHEMIA, while they all watch MACPHAIL as he approaches IMOGEN.]
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [To IMOGEN.] Er--I'm very much obliged to ye.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [LADY MACPHAIL joins SIR JULIAN, the DOWAGER, and LADY EUPHEMIA, while they all watch MACPHAIL as he approaches IMOGEN.]
plural of “join” — the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
From this reading [LADY MACPHAIL joins SIR JULIAN, the DOWAGER, and LADY EUPHEMIA, while they all watch MACPHAIL as he approaches IMOGEN.]
Roman Emperor and nephew of Constantine; he restored paganism as the official religion of the Roman Empire and destroyed Christian temples but his decision was reversed after his death (331?-363)
From this reading [LADY MACPHAIL joins SIR JULIAN, the DOWAGER, and LADY EUPHEMIA, while they all watch MACPHAIL as he approaches IMOGEN.]
a polite name for any woman
From this reading [LADY MACPHAIL joins SIR JULIAN, the DOWAGER, and LADY EUPHEMIA, while they all watch MACPHAIL as he approaches IMOGEN.]
hear with intention
From this reading Listen!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [LADY MACPHAIL joins SIR JULIAN, the DOWAGER, and LADY EUPHEMIA, while they all watch MACPHAIL as he approaches IMOGEN.]
to a great degree or extent
From this reading [To IMOGEN.] Er--I'm very much obliged to ye.
under a moral obligation to do something
From this reading [To IMOGEN.] Er--I'm very much obliged to ye.
term of address for a man
From this reading [LADY MACPHAIL joins SIR JULIAN, the DOWAGER, and LADY EUPHEMIA, while they all watch MACPHAIL as he approaches IMOGEN.]
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [LADY MACPHAIL joins SIR JULIAN, the DOWAGER, and LADY EUPHEMIA, while they all watch MACPHAIL as he approaches IMOGEN.]
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading [LADY MACPHAIL joins SIR JULIAN, the DOWAGER, and LADY EUPHEMIA, while they all watch MACPHAIL as he approaches IMOGEN.]
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading [To IMOGEN.] Er--I'm very much obliged to ye.
precisely as stated
From this reading [To IMOGEN.] Er--I'm very much obliged to ye.
look attentively
From this reading [LADY MACPHAIL joins SIR JULIAN, the DOWAGER, and LADY EUPHEMIA, while they all watch MACPHAIL as he approaches IMOGEN.]
during the time that
From this reading [LADY MACPHAIL joins SIR JULIAN, the DOWAGER, and LADY EUPHEMIA, while they all watch MACPHAIL as he approaches IMOGEN.]
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading [To IMOGEN.] Er--I'm very much obliged to ye.
Chapter 8 of The Cabinet Minister: A farce in four acts by Arthur Wing Pinero holds 420 sentences, grouped into 84 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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