Chapter 10 of The Gay Cockade is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The Gay Cockade is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Red-haired women"--O-liver had his eye on Vanity Fair--"red-haired women always flaunt themselves." Tommy, softening O-liver's words a bit, gave them in the form of advice to Jane: "He thinks you'd better live on leeks and lettuce than go down-town like that." Jane gasped. "Leeks and lettuce? Me?
Chapter 10 of The Gay Cockade is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a proposal for an appropriate course of action
From this reading “Tommy, softening O-liver's words a bit, gave them in the form of advice to Jane: "He thinks you'd better live on leeks and lettuce than go down-town like that."”
display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
From this reading “"Red-haired women"--O-liver had his eye on Vanity Fair--"red-haired women always flaunt themselves."”
past form of “gasp” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
From this reading “Jane gasped.”
plural of “leek” — plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum
From this reading “Tommy, softening O-liver's words a bit, gave them in the form of advice to Jane: "He thinks you'd better live on leeks and lettuce than go down-town like that."”
informal terms for money
From this reading “Tommy, softening O-liver's words a bit, gave them in the form of advice to Jane: "He thinks you'd better live on leeks and lettuce than go down-town like that."”
the process of becoming softer
From this reading “Tommy, softening O-liver's words a bit, gave them in the form of advice to Jane: "He thinks you'd better live on leeks and lettuce than go down-town like that."”
plural of “think” — an instance of deliberate thinking
From this reading “Tommy, softening O-liver's words a bit, gave them in the form of advice to Jane: "He thinks you'd better live on leeks and lettuce than go down-town like that."”
feelings of excessive pride
From this reading “"Red-haired women"--O-liver had his eye on Vanity Fair--"red-haired women always flaunt themselves."”
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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 Tommy, softening O-liver's words a bit, gave them in the form of advice to Jane: "He thinks you'd better live on leeks and lettuce than go down-town like that."
a proposal for an appropriate course of action
From this reading Tommy, softening O-liver's words a bit, gave them in the form of advice to Jane: "He thinks you'd better live on leeks and lettuce than go down-town like that."
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading "Red-haired women"--O-liver had his eye on Vanity Fair--"red-haired women always flaunt themselves."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Tommy, softening O-liver's words a bit, gave them in the form of advice to Jane: "He thinks you'd better live on leeks and lettuce than go down-town like that."
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading Tommy, softening O-liver's words a bit, gave them in the form of advice to Jane: "He thinks you'd better live on leeks and lettuce than go down-town like that."
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading Tommy, softening O-liver's words a bit, gave them in the form of advice to Jane: "He thinks you'd better live on leeks and lettuce than go down-town like that."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Tommy, softening O-liver's words a bit, gave them in the form of advice to Jane: "He thinks you'd better live on leeks and lettuce than go down-town like that."
the organ of sight
From this reading "Red-haired women"--O-liver had his eye on Vanity Fair--"red-haired women always flaunt themselves."
free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
From this reading "Red-haired women"--O-liver had his eye on Vanity Fair--"red-haired women always flaunt themselves."
display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
From this reading "Red-haired women"--O-liver had his eye on Vanity Fair--"red-haired women always flaunt themselves."
the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
From this reading Tommy, softening O-liver's words a bit, gave them in the form of advice to Jane: "He thinks you'd better live on leeks and lettuce than go down-town like that."
past form of “gasp” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
From this reading Jane gasped.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Tommy, softening O-liver's words a bit, gave them in the form of advice to Jane: "He thinks you'd better live on leeks and lettuce than go down-town like that."
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Tommy, softening O-liver's words a bit, gave them in the form of advice to Jane: "He thinks you'd better live on leeks and lettuce than go down-town like that."
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "Red-haired women"--O-liver had his eye on Vanity Fair--"red-haired women always flaunt themselves."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Tommy, softening O-liver's words a bit, gave them in the form of advice to Jane: "He thinks you'd better live on leeks and lettuce than go down-town like that."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "Red-haired women"--O-liver had his eye on Vanity Fair--"red-haired women always flaunt themselves."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Tommy, softening O-liver's words a bit, gave them in the form of advice to Jane: "He thinks you'd better live on leeks and lettuce than go down-town like that."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Tommy, softening O-liver's words a bit, gave them in the form of advice to Jane: "He thinks you'd better live on leeks and lettuce than go down-town like that."
plural of “leek” — plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum
From this reading Tommy, softening O-liver's words a bit, gave them in the form of advice to Jane: "He thinks you'd better live on leeks and lettuce than go down-town like that."
informal terms for money
From this reading Tommy, softening O-liver's words a bit, gave them in the form of advice to Jane: "He thinks you'd better live on leeks and lettuce than go down-town like that."
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Tommy, softening O-liver's words a bit, gave them in the form of advice to Jane: "He thinks you'd better live on leeks and lettuce than go down-town like that."
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading Tommy, softening O-liver's words a bit, gave them in the form of advice to Jane: "He thinks you'd better live on leeks and lettuce than go down-town like that."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Me?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Red-haired women"--O-liver had his eye on Vanity Fair--"red-haired women always flaunt themselves."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Tommy, softening O-liver's words a bit, gave them in the form of advice to Jane: "He thinks you'd better live on leeks and lettuce than go down-town like that."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Tommy, softening O-liver's words a bit, gave them in the form of advice to Jane: "He thinks you'd better live on leeks and lettuce than go down-town like that."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Red-haired women"--O-liver had his eye on Vanity Fair--"red-haired women always flaunt themselves."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Red-haired women"--O-liver had his eye on Vanity Fair--"red-haired women always flaunt themselves."
the process of becoming softer
From this reading Tommy, softening O-liver's words a bit, gave them in the form of advice to Jane: "He thinks you'd better live on leeks and lettuce than go down-town like that."
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Tommy, softening O-liver's words a bit, gave them in the form of advice to Jane: "He thinks you'd better live on leeks and lettuce than go down-town like that."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Tommy, softening O-liver's words a bit, gave them in the form of advice to Jane: "He thinks you'd better live on leeks and lettuce than go down-town like that."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Tommy, softening O-liver's words a bit, gave them in the form of advice to Jane: "He thinks you'd better live on leeks and lettuce than go down-town like that."
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Tommy, softening O-liver's words a bit, gave them in the form of advice to Jane: "He thinks you'd better live on leeks and lettuce than go down-town like that."
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading "Red-haired women"--O-liver had his eye on Vanity Fair--"red-haired women always flaunt themselves."
plural of “think” — an instance of deliberate thinking
From this reading Tommy, softening O-liver's words a bit, gave them in the form of advice to Jane: "He thinks you'd better live on leeks and lettuce than go down-town like that."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Tommy, softening O-liver's words a bit, gave them in the form of advice to Jane: "He thinks you'd better live on leeks and lettuce than go down-town like that."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Tommy, softening O-liver's words a bit, gave them in the form of advice to Jane: "He thinks you'd better live on leeks and lettuce than go down-town like that."
feelings of excessive pride
From this reading "Red-haired women"--O-liver had his eye on Vanity Fair--"red-haired women always flaunt themselves."
plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading "Red-haired women"--O-liver had his eye on Vanity Fair--"red-haired women always flaunt themselves."
the words that are spoken
From this reading Tommy, softening O-liver's words a bit, gave them in the form of advice to Jane: "He thinks you'd better live on leeks and lettuce than go down-town like that."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Tommy, softening O-liver's words a bit, gave them in the form of advice to Jane: "He thinks you'd better live on leeks and lettuce than go down-town like that."
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