Chapter 5 of The Duenna: A Comic Opera is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Duenna: A Comic Opera is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Paul_. Brother Francis, toss the bottle about, and give me your toast. _Fran_. Have we drunk the Abbess of St. Ursuline? _Paul_.
Chapter 5 of The Duenna: A Comic Opera is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “Brother Francis, toss the bottle about, and give me your toast.”
a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
From this reading “Brother Francis, toss the bottle about, and give me your toast.”
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading “Brother Francis, toss the bottle about, and give me your toast.”
stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
From this reading “Have we drunk the Abbess of St. Ursuline?”
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading “Brother Francis, toss the bottle about, and give me your toast.”
United States feminist (1885-1977)
make brown and crisp by heating
From this reading “Brother Francis, toss the bottle about, and give me your toast.”
throw or toss with a light motion
From this reading “Brother Francis, toss the bottle about, and give me your toast.”
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the superior of a group of nuns
From this reading Have we drunk the Abbess of St. Ursuline?
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Brother Francis, toss the bottle about, and give me your toast.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Brother Francis, toss the bottle about, and give me your toast.
a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
From this reading Brother Francis, toss the bottle about, and give me your toast.
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading Brother Francis, toss the bottle about, and give me your toast.
stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
From this reading Have we drunk the Abbess of St. Ursuline?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Fran_.
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From this reading Brother Francis, toss the bottle about, and give me your toast.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Brother Francis, toss the bottle about, and give me your toast.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Have we drunk the Abbess of St. Ursuline?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Brother Francis, toss the bottle about, and give me your toast.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Have we drunk the Abbess of St. Ursuline?
United States feminist (1885-1977)
From this reading _Paul_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Have we drunk the Abbess of St. Ursuline?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Brother Francis, toss the bottle about, and give me your toast.
make brown and crisp by heating
From this reading Brother Francis, toss the bottle about, and give me your toast.
throw or toss with a light motion
From this reading Brother Francis, toss the bottle about, and give me your toast.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Have we drunk the Abbess of St. Ursuline?
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Have we drunk the Abbess of St. Ursuline?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Brother Francis, toss the bottle about, and give me your toast.
Chapter 5 of The Duenna: A Comic Opera by Richard Brinsley Sheridan holds 397 sentences, grouped into 80 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 5 holds 397 sentences of The Duenna: A Comic Opera, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
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