Chapter 4 of The Collected Works of William Hazlitt, Vol. 08 (of 12) is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Collected Works of William Hazlitt, Vol. 08 (of 12) is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
‘_Wildair._ Now, dear madam, I have secur’d my brother, you have dispos’d of the colonel, and we’ll rail at love till we ha’n’t a word more to say. _Lurewell._ Ay, Sir Harry. Please to sit a little, Sir. You must know I’m in a strange humour of asking you some questions. How did you like your lady, pray, Sir?
Chapter 4 of The Collected Works of William Hazlitt, Vol. 08 (of 12) is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 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.
the verbal act of requesting
From this reading “You must know I’m in a strange humour of asking you some questions.”
a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
From this reading “‘_Wildair._ Now, dear madam, I have secur’d my brother, you have dispos’d of the colonel, and we’ll rail at love till we ha’n’t a word more to say.”
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading “_Lurewell._ Ay, Sir Harry.”
a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
From this reading “You must know I’m in a strange humour of asking you some questions.”
a woman of refinement
From this reading “‘_Wildair._ Now, dear madam, I have secur’d my brother, you have dispos’d of the colonel, and we’ll rail at love till we ha’n’t a word more to say.”
address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer
From this reading “How did you like your lady, pray, Sir?”
plural of “question” — an instance of questioning
From this reading “You must know I’m in a strange humour of asking you some questions.”
a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
From this reading “‘_Wildair._ Now, dear madam, I have secur’d my brother, you have dispos’d of the colonel, and we’ll rail at love till we ha’n’t a word more to say.”
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 “‘_Wildair._ Now, dear madam, I have secur’d my brother, you have dispos’d of the colonel, and we’ll rail at love till we ha’n’t a word more to say.”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading ‘_Wildair._ Now, dear madam, I have secur’d my brother, you have dispos’d of the colonel, and we’ll rail at love till we ha’n’t a word more to say.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ‘_Wildair._ Now, dear madam, I have secur’d my brother, you have dispos’d of the colonel, and we’ll rail at love till we ha’n’t a word more to say.
the verbal act of requesting
From this reading You must know I’m in a strange humour of asking you some questions.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading ‘_Wildair._ Now, dear madam, I have secur’d my brother, you have dispos’d of the colonel, and we’ll rail at love till we ha’n’t a word more to say.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Lurewell._ Ay, Sir Harry.
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading ‘_Wildair._ Now, dear madam, I have secur’d my brother, you have dispos’d of the colonel, and we’ll rail at love till we ha’n’t a word more to say.
a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
From this reading ‘_Wildair._ Now, dear madam, I have secur’d my brother, you have dispos’d of the colonel, and we’ll rail at love till we ha’n’t a word more to say.
dearly loved
From this reading ‘_Wildair._ Now, dear madam, I have secur’d my brother, you have dispos’d of the colonel, and we’ll rail at love till we ha’n’t a word more to say.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading How did you like your lady, pray, Sir?
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From this reading ‘_Wildair._ Now, dear madam, I have secur’d my brother, you have dispos’d of the colonel, and we’ll rail at love till we ha’n’t a word more to say.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘_Wildair._ Now, dear madam, I have secur’d my brother, you have dispos’d of the colonel, and we’ll rail at love till we ha’n’t a word more to say.
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading _Lurewell._ Ay, Sir Harry.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ‘_Wildair._ Now, dear madam, I have secur’d my brother, you have dispos’d of the colonel, and we’ll rail at love till we ha’n’t a word more to say.
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From this reading How did you like your lady, pray, Sir?
a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
From this reading You must know I’m in a strange humour of asking you some questions.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘_Wildair._ Now, dear madam, I have secur’d my brother, you have dispos’d of the colonel, and we’ll rail at love till we ha’n’t a word more to say.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You must know I’m in a strange humour of asking you some questions.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading You must know I’m in a strange humour of asking you some questions.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading You must know I’m in a strange humour of asking you some questions.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading How did you like your lady, pray, Sir?
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading How did you like your lady, pray, Sir?
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Please to sit a little, Sir.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading ‘_Wildair._ Now, dear madam, I have secur’d my brother, you have dispos’d of the colonel, and we’ll rail at love till we ha’n’t a word more to say.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Lurewell._ Ay, Sir Harry.
a woman of refinement
From this reading ‘_Wildair._ Now, dear madam, I have secur’d my brother, you have dispos’d of the colonel, and we’ll rail at love till we ha’n’t a word more to say.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading ‘_Wildair._ Now, dear madam, I have secur’d my brother, you have dispos’d of the colonel, and we’ll rail at love till we ha’n’t a word more to say.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading You must know I’m in a strange humour of asking you some questions.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading ‘_Wildair._ Now, dear madam, I have secur’d my brother, you have dispos’d of the colonel, and we’ll rail at love till we ha’n’t a word more to say.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading ‘_Wildair._ Now, dear madam, I have secur’d my brother, you have dispos’d of the colonel, and we’ll rail at love till we ha’n’t a word more to say.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ‘_Wildair._ Now, dear madam, I have secur’d my brother, you have dispos’d of the colonel, and we’ll rail at love till we ha’n’t a word more to say.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading Please to sit a little, Sir.
address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer
From this reading How did you like your lady, pray, Sir?
plural of “question” — an instance of questioning
From this reading You must know I’m in a strange humour of asking you some questions.
a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
From this reading ‘_Wildair._ Now, dear madam, I have secur’d my brother, you have dispos’d of the colonel, and we’ll rail at love till we ha’n’t a word more to say.
express in words
From this reading ‘_Wildair._ Now, dear madam, I have secur’d my brother, you have dispos’d of the colonel, and we’ll rail at love till we ha’n’t a word more to say.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘_Wildair._ Now, dear madam, I have secur’d my brother, you have dispos’d of the colonel, and we’ll rail at love till we ha’n’t a word more to say.
term of address for a man
From this reading _Lurewell._ Ay, Sir Harry.
be seated
From this reading Please to sit a little, Sir.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading You must know I’m in a strange humour of asking you some questions.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading You must know I’m in a strange humour of asking you some questions.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ‘_Wildair._ Now, dear madam, I have secur’d my brother, you have dispos’d of the colonel, and we’ll rail at love till we ha’n’t a word more to say.
up to a particular time
From this reading ‘_Wildair._ Now, dear madam, I have secur’d my brother, you have dispos’d of the colonel, and we’ll rail at love till we ha’n’t a word more to say.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ‘_Wildair._ Now, dear madam, I have secur’d my brother, you have dispos’d of the colonel, and we’ll rail at love till we ha’n’t a word more to say.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading ‘_Wildair._ Now, dear madam, I have secur’d my brother, you have dispos’d of the colonel, and we’ll rail at love till we ha’n’t a word more to say.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘_Wildair._ Now, dear madam, I have secur’d my brother, you have dispos’d of the colonel, and we’ll rail at love till we ha’n’t a word more to say.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘_Wildair._ Now, dear madam, I have secur’d my brother, you have dispos’d of the colonel, and we’ll rail at love till we ha’n’t a word more to say.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading ‘_Wildair._ Now, dear madam, I have secur’d my brother, you have dispos’d of the colonel, and we’ll rail at love till we ha’n’t a word more to say.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘_Wildair._ Now, dear madam, I have secur’d my brother, you have dispos’d of the colonel, and we’ll rail at love till we ha’n’t a word more to say.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading How did you like your lady, pray, Sir?
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