Chapter 20 of The Daughter Pays is here in full — 334 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of The Daughter Pays is here in full — 334 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A CASE FOR INTERPOSITION? "_Why, here you have the awfulest of crimes For nothing! Hell broke loose on a butterfly! Yet here is the monster! Why, he's a mere man-- Born, bred and brought up in the usual way._" --R. Browning.
Chapter 20 of The Daughter Pays is here in full — 334 sentences across 67 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.
brought into existence
From this reading “Why, he's a mere man-- Born, bred and brought up in the usual way._" --R. Browning.”
inflected form of “breed” — call forth
From this reading “Why, he's a mere man-- Born, bred and brought up in the usual way._" --R. Browning.”
United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926)
From this reading “Why, he's a mere man-- Born, bred and brought up in the usual way._" --R. Browning.”
flutter like a butterfly
From this reading “Hell broke loose on a butterfly!”
plural of “crime” — (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
From this reading “"_Why, here you have the awfulest of crimes For nothing!”
any place of pain and turmoil
From this reading “Hell broke loose on a butterfly!”
not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
From this reading “Hell broke loose on a butterfly!”
an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts
From this reading “Yet here is the monster!”
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.
summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
In this reading “Why, he's a mere man-- Born, bred and brought up in the usual way._" --R. Browning.”
In this reading “Why, he's a mere man-- Born, bred and brought up in the usual way._" --R. Browning.”
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 A CASE FOR INTERPOSITION?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Why, he's a mere man-- Born, bred and brought up in the usual way._" --R. Browning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "_Why, here you have the awfulest of crimes For nothing!
brought into existence
From this reading Why, he's a mere man-- Born, bred and brought up in the usual way._" --R. Browning.
inflected form of “breed” — call forth
From this reading Why, he's a mere man-- Born, bred and brought up in the usual way._" --R. Browning.
lacking funds
From this reading Hell broke loose on a butterfly!
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Why, he's a mere man-- Born, bred and brought up in the usual way._" --R. Browning.
United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926)
From this reading Why, he's a mere man-- Born, bred and brought up in the usual way._" --R. Browning.
flutter like a butterfly
From this reading Hell broke loose on a butterfly!
an occurrence of something
From this reading A CASE FOR INTERPOSITION?
plural of “crime” — (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
From this reading "_Why, here you have the awfulest of crimes For nothing!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A CASE FOR INTERPOSITION?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "_Why, here you have the awfulest of crimes For nothing!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Why, he's a mere man-- Born, bred and brought up in the usual way._" --R. Browning.
any place of pain and turmoil
From this reading Hell broke loose on a butterfly!
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "_Why, here you have the awfulest of crimes For nothing!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Why, he's a mere man-- Born, bred and brought up in the usual way._" --R. Browning.
the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts
From this reading A CASE FOR INTERPOSITION?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Yet here is the monster!
not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
From this reading Hell broke loose on a butterfly!
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Why, he's a mere man-- Born, bred and brought up in the usual way._" --R. Browning.
being nothing more than specified
From this reading Why, he's a mere man-- Born, bred and brought up in the usual way._" --R. Browning.
an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts
From this reading Yet here is the monster!
not one thing; not anything
From this reading "_Why, here you have the awfulest of crimes For nothing!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "_Why, here you have the awfulest of crimes For nothing!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Hell broke loose on a butterfly!
a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air
From this reading Why, he's a mere man-- Born, bred and brought up in the usual way._" --R. Browning.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "_Why, here you have the awfulest of crimes For nothing!
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Why, he's a mere man-- Born, bred and brought up in the usual way._" --R. Browning.
occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure
From this reading Why, he's a mere man-- Born, bred and brought up in the usual way._" --R. Browning.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Why, he's a mere man-- Born, bred and brought up in the usual way._" --R. Browning.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "_Why, here you have the awfulest of crimes For nothing!
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet here is the monster!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "_Why, here you have the awfulest of crimes For nothing!
Chapter 20 of The Daughter Pays by Baillie, Mrs. Reynolds holds 334 sentences, grouped into 67 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.
Chapter 20 holds 334 sentences of The Daughter Pays, unabridged, divided into 67 reading sections.
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