Chapter 2 of The Fine Lady's Airs (1709) is here in full — 451 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of The Fine Lady's Airs (1709) is here in full — 451 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Flim_. Here she comes, surrounded with _Beaus_, and I warrant, thinks her self as good as the Queen; if I were the Queen, I'd have her taken up for thinking so. Pray Madam affront her. _Enter Lady_ Rodomont, _and Mrs_. Lovejoy, _follow'd by Sir_ Harry, _Collonel_ Blenheim, _Mr_.
Chapter 2 of The Fine Lady's Airs (1709) is here in full — 451 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect
From this reading “Pray Madam affront her.”
the First Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy defeated the French in 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession
From this reading “Lovejoy, _follow'd by Sir_ Harry, _Collonel_ Blenheim, _Mr_.”
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading “Lovejoy, _follow'd by Sir_ Harry, _Collonel_ Blenheim, _Mr_.”
a woman of refinement
From this reading “Pray Madam affront her.”
your consciousness of your own identity
From this reading “Here she comes, surrounded with _Beaus_, and I warrant, thinks her self as good as the Queen; if I were the Queen, I'd have her taken up for thinking so.”
confined on all sides
From this reading “Here she comes, surrounded with _Beaus_, and I warrant, thinks her self as good as the Queen; if I were the Queen, I'd have her taken up for thinking so.”
plural of “think” — an instance of deliberate thinking
From this reading “Here she comes, surrounded with _Beaus_, and I warrant, thinks her self as good as the Queen; if I were the Queen, I'd have her taken up for thinking so.”
a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts
From this reading “Here she comes, surrounded with _Beaus_, and I warrant, thinks her self as good as the Queen; if I were the Queen, I'd have her taken up for thinking so.”
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a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect
From this reading Pray Madam affront her.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Here she comes, surrounded with _Beaus_, and I warrant, thinks her self as good as the Queen; if I were the Queen, I'd have her taken up for thinking so.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Here she comes, surrounded with _Beaus_, and I warrant, thinks her self as good as the Queen; if I were the Queen, I'd have her taken up for thinking so.
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From this reading Here she comes, surrounded with _Beaus_, and I warrant, thinks her self as good as the Queen; if I were the Queen, I'd have her taken up for thinking so.
the First Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy defeated the French in 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession
From this reading Lovejoy, _follow'd by Sir_ Harry, _Collonel_ Blenheim, _Mr_.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Lovejoy, _follow'd by Sir_ Harry, _Collonel_ Blenheim, _Mr_.
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From this reading Lovejoy, _follow'd by Sir_ Harry, _Collonel_ Blenheim, _Mr_.
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading Here she comes, surrounded with _Beaus_, and I warrant, thinks her self as good as the Queen; if I were the Queen, I'd have her taken up for thinking so.
to come or go into
From this reading _Enter Lady_ Rodomont, _and Mrs_.
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From this reading _Flim_.
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From this reading Lovejoy, _follow'd by Sir_ Harry, _Collonel_ Blenheim, _Mr_.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Here she comes, surrounded with _Beaus_, and I warrant, thinks her self as good as the Queen; if I were the Queen, I'd have her taken up for thinking so.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Here she comes, surrounded with _Beaus_, and I warrant, thinks her self as good as the Queen; if I were the Queen, I'd have her taken up for thinking so.
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading Lovejoy, _follow'd by Sir_ Harry, _Collonel_ Blenheim, _Mr_.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Here she comes, surrounded with _Beaus_, and I warrant, thinks her self as good as the Queen; if I were the Queen, I'd have her taken up for thinking so.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Here she comes, surrounded with _Beaus_, and I warrant, thinks her self as good as the Queen; if I were the Queen, I'd have her taken up for thinking so.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Here she comes, surrounded with _Beaus_, and I warrant, thinks her self as good as the Queen; if I were the Queen, I'd have her taken up for thinking so.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Here she comes, surrounded with _Beaus_, and I warrant, thinks her self as good as the Queen; if I were the Queen, I'd have her taken up for thinking so.
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From this reading Here she comes, surrounded with _Beaus_, and I warrant, thinks her self as good as the Queen; if I were the Queen, I'd have her taken up for thinking so.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Here she comes, surrounded with _Beaus_, and I warrant, thinks her self as good as the Queen; if I were the Queen, I'd have her taken up for thinking so.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading _Enter Lady_ Rodomont, _and Mrs_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lovejoy, _follow'd by Sir_ Harry, _Collonel_ Blenheim, _Mr_.
a woman of refinement
From this reading Pray Madam affront her.
a form of address for a man
From this reading Lovejoy, _follow'd by Sir_ Harry, _Collonel_ Blenheim, _Mr_.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading _Enter Lady_ Rodomont, _and Mrs_.
address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer
From this reading Pray Madam affront her.
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading Here she comes, surrounded with _Beaus_, and I warrant, thinks her self as good as the Queen; if I were the Queen, I'd have her taken up for thinking so.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Enter Lady_ Rodomont, _and Mrs_.
your consciousness of your own identity
From this reading Here she comes, surrounded with _Beaus_, and I warrant, thinks her self as good as the Queen; if I were the Queen, I'd have her taken up for thinking so.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Here she comes, surrounded with _Beaus_, and I warrant, thinks her self as good as the Queen; if I were the Queen, I'd have her taken up for thinking so.
term of address for a man
From this reading Lovejoy, _follow'd by Sir_ Harry, _Collonel_ Blenheim, _Mr_.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Here she comes, surrounded with _Beaus_, and I warrant, thinks her self as good as the Queen; if I were the Queen, I'd have her taken up for thinking so.
confined on all sides
From this reading Here she comes, surrounded with _Beaus_, and I warrant, thinks her self as good as the Queen; if I were the Queen, I'd have her taken up for thinking so.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading Here she comes, surrounded with _Beaus_, and I warrant, thinks her self as good as the Queen; if I were the Queen, I'd have her taken up for thinking so.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Here she comes, surrounded with _Beaus_, and I warrant, thinks her self as good as the Queen; if I were the Queen, I'd have her taken up for thinking so.
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading Here she comes, surrounded with _Beaus_, and I warrant, thinks her self as good as the Queen; if I were the Queen, I'd have her taken up for thinking so.
plural of “think” — an instance of deliberate thinking
From this reading Here she comes, surrounded with _Beaus_, and I warrant, thinks her self as good as the Queen; if I were the Queen, I'd have her taken up for thinking so.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Here she comes, surrounded with _Beaus_, and I warrant, thinks her self as good as the Queen; if I were the Queen, I'd have her taken up for thinking so.
a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts
From this reading Here she comes, surrounded with _Beaus_, and I warrant, thinks her self as good as the Queen; if I were the Queen, I'd have her taken up for thinking so.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Here she comes, surrounded with _Beaus_, and I warrant, thinks her self as good as the Queen; if I were the Queen, I'd have her taken up for thinking so.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Here she comes, surrounded with _Beaus_, and I warrant, thinks her self as good as the Queen; if I were the Queen, I'd have her taken up for thinking so.
Chapter 2 of The Fine Lady's Airs (1709) by Thomas Baker holds 451 sentences, grouped into 91 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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