Chapter 7 of The Complete Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning is here in full — 868 sentences across 174 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of The Complete Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning is here in full — 868 sentences across 174 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Clug._ [_Apart to_ VALENCE, _as_ GUIBERT _turns from him_.] You, sir, have insulted me Grossly,--will grant me, too, the selfsame favor You 've granted him, just now, I make no question? _Val._ I promise you, as him, sir. _Clug._ Do you so? Handsomely said! I hold you to it, sir.
Chapter 7 of The Complete Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning is here in full — 868 sentences across 174 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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promote over another
From this reading “_Clug._ [_Apart to_ VALENCE, _as_ GUIBERT _turns from him_.] You, sir, have insulted me Grossly,--will grant me, too, the selfsame favor You 've granted him, just now, I make no question?”
let have
From this reading “_Clug._ [_Apart to_ VALENCE, _as_ GUIBERT _turns from him_.] You, sir, have insulted me Grossly,--will grant me, too, the selfsame favor You 've granted him, just now, I make no question?”
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading “_Clug._ [_Apart to_ VALENCE, _as_ GUIBERT _turns from him_.] You, sir, have insulted me Grossly,--will grant me, too, the selfsame favor You 've granted him, just now, I make no question?”
in a gross manner
From this reading “_Clug._ [_Apart to_ VALENCE, _as_ GUIBERT _turns from him_.] You, sir, have insulted me Grossly,--will grant me, too, the selfsame favor You 've granted him, just now, I make no question?”
in an attractively handsome manner
From this reading “Handsomely said!”
past form of “insult” — treat, mention, or speak to rudely
From this reading “_Clug._ [_Apart to_ VALENCE, _as_ GUIBERT _turns from him_.] You, sir, have insulted me Grossly,--will grant me, too, the selfsame favor You 've granted him, just now, I make no question?”
plural of “turn” — a circular segment of a curve
(biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate
From this reading “_Clug._ [_Apart to_ VALENCE, _as_ GUIBERT _turns from him_.] You, sir, have insulted me Grossly,--will grant me, too, the selfsame favor You 've granted him, just now, I make no question?”
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separated or at a distance in place or position or time
From this reading _Clug._ [_Apart to_ VALENCE, _as_ GUIBERT _turns from him_.] You, sir, have insulted me Grossly,--will grant me, too, the selfsame favor You 've granted him, just now, I make no question?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading _Clug._ [_Apart to_ VALENCE, _as_ GUIBERT _turns from him_.] You, sir, have insulted me Grossly,--will grant me, too, the selfsame favor You 've granted him, just now, I make no question?
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From this reading _Clug._ [_Apart to_ VALENCE, _as_ GUIBERT _turns from him_.] You, sir, have insulted me Grossly,--will grant me, too, the selfsame favor You 've granted him, just now, I make no question?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading _Clug._ Do you so?
promote over another
From this reading _Clug._ [_Apart to_ VALENCE, _as_ GUIBERT _turns from him_.] You, sir, have insulted me Grossly,--will grant me, too, the selfsame favor You 've granted him, just now, I make no question?
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading _Clug._ [_Apart to_ VALENCE, _as_ GUIBERT _turns from him_.] You, sir, have insulted me Grossly,--will grant me, too, the selfsame favor You 've granted him, just now, I make no question?
let have
From this reading _Clug._ [_Apart to_ VALENCE, _as_ GUIBERT _turns from him_.] You, sir, have insulted me Grossly,--will grant me, too, the selfsame favor You 've granted him, just now, I make no question?
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading _Clug._ [_Apart to_ VALENCE, _as_ GUIBERT _turns from him_.] You, sir, have insulted me Grossly,--will grant me, too, the selfsame favor You 've granted him, just now, I make no question?
in a gross manner
From this reading _Clug._ [_Apart to_ VALENCE, _as_ GUIBERT _turns from him_.] You, sir, have insulted me Grossly,--will grant me, too, the selfsame favor You 've granted him, just now, I make no question?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Clug._ [_Apart to_ VALENCE, _as_ GUIBERT _turns from him_.] You, sir, have insulted me Grossly,--will grant me, too, the selfsame favor You 've granted him, just now, I make no question?
in an attractively handsome manner
From this reading Handsomely said!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading _Clug._ [_Apart to_ VALENCE, _as_ GUIBERT _turns from him_.] You, sir, have insulted me Grossly,--will grant me, too, the selfsame favor You 've granted him, just now, I make no question?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _Clug._ [_Apart to_ VALENCE, _as_ GUIBERT _turns from him_.] You, sir, have insulted me Grossly,--will grant me, too, the selfsame favor You 've granted him, just now, I make no question?
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading I hold you to it, sir.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _Clug._ [_Apart to_ VALENCE, _as_ GUIBERT _turns from him_.] You, sir, have insulted me Grossly,--will grant me, too, the selfsame favor You 've granted him, just now, I make no question?
past form of “insult” — treat, mention, or speak to rudely
From this reading _Clug._ [_Apart to_ VALENCE, _as_ GUIBERT _turns from him_.] You, sir, have insulted me Grossly,--will grant me, too, the selfsame favor You 've granted him, just now, I make no question?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I hold you to it, sir.
and nothing more
From this reading _Clug._ [_Apart to_ VALENCE, _as_ GUIBERT _turns from him_.] You, sir, have insulted me Grossly,--will grant me, too, the selfsame favor You 've granted him, just now, I make no question?
engage in
From this reading _Clug._ [_Apart to_ VALENCE, _as_ GUIBERT _turns from him_.] You, sir, have insulted me Grossly,--will grant me, too, the selfsame favor You 've granted him, just now, I make no question?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _Clug._ [_Apart to_ VALENCE, _as_ GUIBERT _turns from him_.] You, sir, have insulted me Grossly,--will grant me, too, the selfsame favor You 've granted him, just now, I make no question?
not any; not one
From this reading _Clug._ [_Apart to_ VALENCE, _as_ GUIBERT _turns from him_.] You, sir, have insulted me Grossly,--will grant me, too, the selfsame favor You 've granted him, just now, I make no question?
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading _Clug._ [_Apart to_ VALENCE, _as_ GUIBERT _turns from him_.] You, sir, have insulted me Grossly,--will grant me, too, the selfsame favor You 've granted him, just now, I make no question?
make a promise or commitment
From this reading _Val._ I promise you, as him, sir.
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading _Clug._ [_Apart to_ VALENCE, _as_ GUIBERT _turns from him_.] You, sir, have insulted me Grossly,--will grant me, too, the selfsame favor You 've granted him, just now, I make no question?
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Handsomely said!
being the exact same one; not any other:
From this reading _Clug._ [_Apart to_ VALENCE, _as_ GUIBERT _turns from him_.] You, sir, have insulted me Grossly,--will grant me, too, the selfsame favor You 've granted him, just now, I make no question?
term of address for a man
From this reading _Clug._ [_Apart to_ VALENCE, _as_ GUIBERT _turns from him_.] You, sir, have insulted me Grossly,--will grant me, too, the selfsame favor You 've granted him, just now, I make no question?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading _Clug._ Do you so?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Clug._ [_Apart to_ VALENCE, _as_ GUIBERT _turns from him_.] You, sir, have insulted me Grossly,--will grant me, too, the selfsame favor You 've granted him, just now, I make no question?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Clug._ [_Apart to_ VALENCE, _as_ GUIBERT _turns from him_.] You, sir, have insulted me Grossly,--will grant me, too, the selfsame favor You 've granted him, just now, I make no question?
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading _Clug._ [_Apart to_ VALENCE, _as_ GUIBERT _turns from him_.] You, sir, have insulted me Grossly,--will grant me, too, the selfsame favor You 've granted him, just now, I make no question?
plural of “turn” — a circular segment of a curve
From this reading _Clug._ [_Apart to_ VALENCE, _as_ GUIBERT _turns from him_.] You, sir, have insulted me Grossly,--will grant me, too, the selfsame favor You 've granted him, just now, I make no question?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Val._ I promise you, as him, sir.
(biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate
From this reading _Clug._ [_Apart to_ VALENCE, _as_ GUIBERT _turns from him_.] You, sir, have insulted me Grossly,--will grant me, too, the selfsame favor You 've granted him, just now, I make no question?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Clug._ [_Apart to_ VALENCE, _as_ GUIBERT _turns from him_.] You, sir, have insulted me Grossly,--will grant me, too, the selfsame favor You 've granted him, just now, I make no question?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading _Clug._ [_Apart to_ VALENCE, _as_ GUIBERT _turns from him_.] You, sir, have insulted me Grossly,--will grant me, too, the selfsame favor You 've granted him, just now, I make no question?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _Clug._ [_Apart to_ VALENCE, _as_ GUIBERT _turns from him_.] You, sir, have insulted me Grossly,--will grant me, too, the selfsame favor You 've granted him, just now, I make no question?
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