Chapter 23 of The Coquette is here in full — 70 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 23 of The Coquette is here in full — 70 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TO MR. CHARLES DEIGHTON. HARTFORD. Well, Charles, the show is over, as we Yankees say, and the girl is my own; that is, if I will have her. I shall take my own time for that, however.
Chapter 23 of The Coquette is here in full — 70 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)
From this reading “CHARLES DEIGHTON.”
a young female
From this reading “Well, Charles, the show is over, as we Yankees say, and the girl is my own; that is, if I will have her.”
the state capital of Connecticut; located in central Connecticut on the Connecticut river; a center of the insurance business
From this reading “HARTFORD.”
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading “I shall take my own time for that, however.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “I shall take my own time for that, however.”
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading “Well, Charles, the show is over, as we Yankees say, and the girl is my own; that is, if I will have her.”
carry out
From this reading “I shall take my own time for that, however.”
plural of “yankee” — an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)
From this reading “Well, Charles, the show is over, as we Yankees say, and the girl is my own; that is, if I will have her.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Well, Charles, the show is over, as we Yankees say, and the girl is my own; that is, if I will have her.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Well, Charles, the show is over, as we Yankees say, and the girl is my own; that is, if I will have her.
King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)
From this reading CHARLES DEIGHTON.
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From this reading CHARLES DEIGHTON.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I shall take my own time for that, however.
a young female
From this reading Well, Charles, the show is over, as we Yankees say, and the girl is my own; that is, if I will have her.
the state capital of Connecticut; located in central Connecticut on the Connecticut river; a center of the insurance business
From this reading HARTFORD.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Well, Charles, the show is over, as we Yankees say, and the girl is my own; that is, if I will have her.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Well, Charles, the show is over, as we Yankees say, and the girl is my own; that is, if I will have her.
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading I shall take my own time for that, however.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Well, Charles, the show is over, as we Yankees say, and the girl is my own; that is, if I will have her.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Well, Charles, the show is over, as we Yankees say, and the girl is my own; that is, if I will have her.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Well, Charles, the show is over, as we Yankees say, and the girl is my own; that is, if I will have her.
a form of address for a man
From this reading TO MR.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Well, Charles, the show is over, as we Yankees say, and the girl is my own; that is, if I will have her.
above and across; more than
From this reading Well, Charles, the show is over, as we Yankees say, and the girl is my own; that is, if I will have her.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading Well, Charles, the show is over, as we Yankees say, and the girl is my own; that is, if I will have her.
express in words
From this reading Well, Charles, the show is over, as we Yankees say, and the girl is my own; that is, if I will have her.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading I shall take my own time for that, however.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading Well, Charles, the show is over, as we Yankees say, and the girl is my own; that is, if I will have her.
carry out
From this reading I shall take my own time for that, however.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Well, Charles, the show is over, as we Yankees say, and the girl is my own; that is, if I will have her.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Well, Charles, the show is over, as we Yankees say, and the girl is my own; that is, if I will have her.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading I shall take my own time for that, however.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading TO MR.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Well, Charles, the show is over, as we Yankees say, and the girl is my own; that is, if I will have her.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Well, Charles, the show is over, as we Yankees say, and the girl is my own; that is, if I will have her.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Well, Charles, the show is over, as we Yankees say, and the girl is my own; that is, if I will have her.
plural of “yankee” — an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)
From this reading Well, Charles, the show is over, as we Yankees say, and the girl is my own; that is, if I will have her.
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