Chapter 4 of The Gay Lord Quex: A Comedy in Four Acts is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Gay Lord Quex: A Comedy in Four Acts is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I would not have left her, but the young man she is engaged to brought her down, and I took it upon myself to give him permission to remain. LADY OWBRIDGE. Oh, is Miss Fullgarney engaged? MURIEL. To Mr. Valma, the palmist.
Chapter 4 of The Gay Lord Quex: A Comedy in Four Acts is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading “I would not have left her, but the young man she is engaged to brought her down, and I took it upon myself to give him permission to remain.”
having ones attention or mind or energy engaged
From this reading “I would not have left her, but the young man she is engaged to brought her down, and I took it upon myself to give him permission to remain.”
a polite name for any woman
From this reading “LADY OWBRIDGE.”
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading “Oh, is Miss Fullgarney engaged?”
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “I would not have left her, but the young man she is engaged to brought her down, and I took it upon myself to give him permission to remain.”
fortuneteller who predicts your future by the lines on your palms
From this reading “To Mr. Valma, the palmist.”
approval to do something
From this reading “I would not have left her, but the young man she is engaged to brought her down, and I took it upon myself to give him permission to remain.”
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading “I would not have left her, but the young man she is engaged to brought her down, and I took it upon myself to give him permission to remain.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I would not have left her, but the young man she is engaged to brought her down, and I took it upon myself to give him permission to remain.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading I would not have left her, but the young man she is engaged to brought her down, and I took it upon myself to give him permission to remain.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I would not have left her, but the young man she is engaged to brought her down, and I took it upon myself to give him permission to remain.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading I would not have left her, but the young man she is engaged to brought her down, and I took it upon myself to give him permission to remain.
having ones attention or mind or energy engaged
From this reading I would not have left her, but the young man she is engaged to brought her down, and I took it upon myself to give him permission to remain.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, is Miss Fullgarney engaged?
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading I would not have left her, but the young man she is engaged to brought her down, and I took it upon myself to give him permission to remain.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I would not have left her, but the young man she is engaged to brought her down, and I took it upon myself to give him permission to remain.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I would not have left her, but the young man she is engaged to brought her down, and I took it upon myself to give him permission to remain.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I would not have left her, but the young man she is engaged to brought her down, and I took it upon myself to give him permission to remain.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I would not have left her, but the young man she is engaged to brought her down, and I took it upon myself to give him permission to remain.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I would not have left her, but the young man she is engaged to brought her down, and I took it upon myself to give him permission to remain.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I would not have left her, but the young man she is engaged to brought her down, and I took it upon myself to give him permission to remain.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading LADY OWBRIDGE.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading I would not have left her, but the young man she is engaged to brought her down, and I took it upon myself to give him permission to remain.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading I would not have left her, but the young man she is engaged to brought her down, and I took it upon myself to give him permission to remain.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading Oh, is Miss Fullgarney engaged?
a form of address for a man
From this reading To Mr. Valma, the palmist.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MURIEL.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I would not have left her, but the young man she is engaged to brought her down, and I took it upon myself to give him permission to remain.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I would not have left her, but the young man she is engaged to brought her down, and I took it upon myself to give him permission to remain.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, is Miss Fullgarney engaged?
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From this reading LADY OWBRIDGE.
fortuneteller who predicts your future by the lines on your palms
From this reading To Mr. Valma, the palmist.
approval to do something
From this reading I would not have left her, but the young man she is engaged to brought her down, and I took it upon myself to give him permission to remain.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading I would not have left her, but the young man she is engaged to brought her down, and I took it upon myself to give him permission to remain.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I would not have left her, but the young man she is engaged to brought her down, and I took it upon myself to give him permission to remain.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I would not have left her, but the young man she is engaged to brought her down, and I took it upon myself to give him permission to remain.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I would not have left her, but the young man she is engaged to brought her down, and I took it upon myself to give him permission to remain.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading I would not have left her, but the young man she is engaged to brought her down, and I took it upon myself to give him permission to remain.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading I would not have left her, but the young man she is engaged to brought her down, and I took it upon myself to give him permission to remain.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To Mr. Valma, the palmist.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I would not have left her, but the young man she is engaged to brought her down, and I took it upon myself to give him permission to remain.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading I would not have left her, but the young man she is engaged to brought her down, and I took it upon myself to give him permission to remain.
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