Chapter 3 of The Duke of Stockbridge is here in full — 428 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The Duke of Stockbridge is here in full — 428 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Are you then in trade, Miss Desire?” “A little. Papa said if I would not tease him to let me go to New York this winter, he would have me a piano. I know not what came over me that I consented. I shall go into a decline ere spring.
Chapter 3 of The Duke of Stockbridge is here in full — 428 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “consent” — give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
From this reading “I know not what came over me that I consented.”
grow worse
From this reading “I shall go into a decline ere spring.”
an old word for “before”
From this reading “I shall go into a decline ere spring.”
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading “Papa said if I would not tease him to let me go to New York this winter, he would have me a piano.”
a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
From this reading “Papa said if I would not tease him to let me go to New York this winter, he would have me a piano.”
annoy persistently
From this reading “Papa said if I would not tease him to let me go to New York this winter, he would have me a piano.”
the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services
From this reading ““Are you then in trade, Miss Desire?””
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading “Papa said if I would not tease him to let me go to New York this winter, he would have me a piano.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “A little.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Are you then in trade, Miss Desire?”
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading I know not what came over me that I consented.
past form of “consent” — give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
From this reading I know not what came over me that I consented.
grow worse
From this reading I shall go into a decline ere spring.
the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
From this reading “Are you then in trade, Miss Desire?”
an old word for “before”
From this reading I shall go into a decline ere spring.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Papa said if I would not tease him to let me go to New York this winter, he would have me a piano.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Papa said if I would not tease him to let me go to New York this winter, he would have me a piano.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Papa said if I would not tease him to let me go to New York this winter, he would have me a piano.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Papa said if I would not tease him to let me go to New York this winter, he would have me a piano.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Papa said if I would not tease him to let me go to New York this winter, he would have me a piano.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Papa said if I would not tease him to let me go to New York this winter, he would have me a piano.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Are you then in trade, Miss Desire?”
moving to the inside of something
From this reading I shall go into a decline ere spring.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading I know not what came over me that I consented.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Papa said if I would not tease him to let me go to New York this winter, he would have me a piano.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “A little.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Papa said if I would not tease him to let me go to New York this winter, he would have me a piano.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading “Are you then in trade, Miss Desire?”
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Papa said if I would not tease him to let me go to New York this winter, he would have me a piano.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Papa said if I would not tease him to let me go to New York this winter, he would have me a piano.
above and across; more than
From this reading I know not what came over me that I consented.
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading Papa said if I would not tease him to let me go to New York this winter, he would have me a piano.
a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
From this reading Papa said if I would not tease him to let me go to New York this winter, he would have me a piano.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Papa said if I would not tease him to let me go to New York this winter, he would have me a piano.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading I shall go into a decline ere spring.
the season of growth
From this reading I shall go into a decline ere spring.
annoy persistently
From this reading Papa said if I would not tease him to let me go to New York this winter, he would have me a piano.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I know not what came over me that I consented.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading “Are you then in trade, Miss Desire?”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Papa said if I would not tease him to let me go to New York this winter, he would have me a piano.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Papa said if I would not tease him to let me go to New York this winter, he would have me a piano.
the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services
From this reading “Are you then in trade, Miss Desire?”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I know not what came over me that I consented.
the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
From this reading Papa said if I would not tease him to let me go to New York this winter, he would have me a piano.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Papa said if I would not tease him to let me go to New York this winter, he would have me a piano.
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading Papa said if I would not tease him to let me go to New York this winter, he would have me a piano.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Are you then in trade, Miss Desire?”
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