Chapter 4 of The Choice Humorous Works, Ludicrous Adventures, Bons Mots, Puns is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Choice Humorous Works, Ludicrous Adventures, Bons Mots, Puns is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
XXVIII. MRS. RAMSBOTTOM DECLARES HERSELF A CONVERT TO "REFORM." TO JOHN BULL. Turnham Green, April 4, 1831.
Chapter 4 of The Choice Humorous Works, Ludicrous Adventures, Bons Mots, Puns is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the month following March and preceding May
From this reading “Turnham Green, April 4, 1831.”
uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
From this reading “TO JOHN BULL.”
change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy
From this reading “RAMSBOTTOM DECLARES HERSELF A CONVERT TO "REFORM."”
third-person singular of “declare” — state emphatically and authoritatively
From this reading “RAMSBOTTOM DECLARES HERSELF A CONVERT TO "REFORM."”
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading “Turnham Green, April 4, 1831.”
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “RAMSBOTTOM DECLARES HERSELF A CONVERT TO "REFORM."”
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading “TO JOHN BULL.”
a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses
From this reading “RAMSBOTTOM DECLARES HERSELF A CONVERT TO "REFORM."”
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From this reading Turnham Green, April 4, 1831.
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From this reading Turnham Green, April 4, 1831.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading RAMSBOTTOM DECLARES HERSELF A CONVERT TO "REFORM."
the month following March and preceding May
From this reading Turnham Green, April 4, 1831.
uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
From this reading TO JOHN BULL.
change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy
From this reading RAMSBOTTOM DECLARES HERSELF A CONVERT TO "REFORM."
third-person singular of “declare” — state emphatically and authoritatively
From this reading RAMSBOTTOM DECLARES HERSELF A CONVERT TO "REFORM."
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading Turnham Green, April 4, 1831.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading RAMSBOTTOM DECLARES HERSELF A CONVERT TO "REFORM."
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading TO JOHN BULL.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading MRS.
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From this reading RAMSBOTTOM DECLARES HERSELF A CONVERT TO "REFORM."
a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses
From this reading RAMSBOTTOM DECLARES HERSELF A CONVERT TO "REFORM."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading RAMSBOTTOM DECLARES HERSELF A CONVERT TO "REFORM."
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From this reading Turnham Green, April 4, 1831.
the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-seven and one
From this reading XXVIII.
Chapter 4 of The Choice Humorous Works, Ludicrous Adventures, Bons Mots, Puns by Theodore Edward Hook holds 407 sentences, grouped into 82 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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