Chapter 7 of The Fifth Queen: And How She Came to Court is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of The Fifth Queen: And How She Came to Court is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Ughtred shrugged his shoulders heavily, and the Chancellor hastened to bleat: 'No judge shall gainsay your lordship. Your lordship hath an excellent knowledge of the law.' 'Why hast thou not as good a one?' Cromwell rated him.
Chapter 7 of The Fifth Queen: And How She Came to Court is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the British cabinet minister responsible for finance
From this reading “Ughtred shrugged his shoulders heavily, and the Chancellor hastened to bleat:”
English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658)
From this reading “Cromwell rated him.”
take exception to
From this reading “'No judge shall gainsay your lordship.”
an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading “'Why hast thou not as good a one?'”
past form of “hasten” — act or move at high speed
From this reading “Ughtred shrugged his shoulders heavily, and the Chancellor hastened to bleat:”
a title used to address any British peer except a duke and extended to a bishop or a judge
From this reading “'No judge shall gainsay your lordship.”
past form of “rate” — assign a rank or rating to
From this reading “Cromwell rated him.”
inflected form of “shrug” — raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation
From this reading “Ughtred shrugged his shoulders heavily, and the Chancellor hastened to bleat:”
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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 'Why hast thou not as good a one?'
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Your lordship hath an excellent knowledge of the law.'
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Ughtred shrugged his shoulders heavily, and the Chancellor hastened to bleat:
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading 'Why hast thou not as good a one?'
talk whiningly
From this reading Ughtred shrugged his shoulders heavily, and the Chancellor hastened to bleat:
the British cabinet minister responsible for finance
From this reading Ughtred shrugged his shoulders heavily, and the Chancellor hastened to bleat:
English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658)
From this reading Cromwell rated him.
very good; of the highest quality
From this reading Your lordship hath an excellent knowledge of the law.'
take exception to
From this reading 'No judge shall gainsay your lordship.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading 'Why hast thou not as good a one?'
an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading 'Why hast thou not as good a one?'
past form of “hasten” — act or move at high speed
From this reading Ughtred shrugged his shoulders heavily, and the Chancellor hastened to bleat:
an old form of “has”
From this reading Your lordship hath an excellent knowledge of the law.'
to a considerable degree
From this reading Ughtred shrugged his shoulders heavily, and the Chancellor hastened to bleat:
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Cromwell rated him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Ughtred shrugged his shoulders heavily, and the Chancellor hastened to bleat:
determine the result of (a competition)
From this reading 'No judge shall gainsay your lordship.
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
From this reading Your lordship hath an excellent knowledge of the law.'
the collection of rules imposed by authority
From this reading Your lordship hath an excellent knowledge of the law.'
a title used to address any British peer except a duke and extended to a bishop or a judge
From this reading 'No judge shall gainsay your lordship.
not any; not one
From this reading 'No judge shall gainsay your lordship.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading 'Why hast thou not as good a one?'
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Your lordship hath an excellent knowledge of the law.'
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading 'Why hast thou not as good a one?'
past form of “rate” — assign a rank or rating to
From this reading Cromwell rated him.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading 'No judge shall gainsay your lordship.
plural of “shoulder” — the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm
From this reading Ughtred shrugged his shoulders heavily, and the Chancellor hastened to bleat:
inflected form of “shrug” — raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation
From this reading Ughtred shrugged his shoulders heavily, and the Chancellor hastened to bleat:
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Ughtred shrugged his shoulders heavily, and the Chancellor hastened to bleat:
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading 'Why hast thou not as good a one?'
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Ughtred shrugged his shoulders heavily, and the Chancellor hastened to bleat:
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From this reading Ughtred shrugged his shoulders heavily, and the Chancellor hastened to bleat:
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading 'Why hast thou not as good a one?'
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'No judge shall gainsay your lordship.
Chapter 7 of The Fifth Queen: And How She Came to Court by Ford Madox Ford holds 438 sentences, grouped into 88 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.
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