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Chapter 5 of The Gay Lord Quex: A Comedy in Four Acts is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Yes, my lord. [_Hotly._] And I very much object to her manicuring gentlemen. QUEX. [_Dryly._] Well, there you have a little something to discuss at home--before, and, perhaps, after marriage. POLLITT.
Chapter 5 of The Gay Lord Quex: A Comedy in Four Acts is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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to consider or examine in speech or writing
From this reading “[_Dryly._] Well, there you have a little something to discuss at home--before, and, perhaps, after marriage.”
in a dry laconic manner
plural of “gentleman” — a man of refinement
From this reading “[_Hotly._] And I very much object to her manicuring gentlemen.”
in a heated manner
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading “Yes, my lord.”
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
From this reading “[_Dryly._] Well, there you have a little something to discuss at home--before, and, perhaps, after marriage.”
a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow
From this reading “[_Hotly._] And I very much object to her manicuring gentlemen.”
by chance
From this reading “[_Dryly._] Well, there you have a little something to discuss at home--before, and, perhaps, after marriage.”
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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 [_Dryly._] Well, there you have a little something to discuss at home--before, and, perhaps, after marriage.
later than; following
From this reading [_Dryly._] Well, there you have a little something to discuss at home--before, and, perhaps, after marriage.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading [_Hotly._] And I very much object to her manicuring gentlemen.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading [_Dryly._] Well, there you have a little something to discuss at home--before, and, perhaps, after marriage.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading [_Dryly._] Well, there you have a little something to discuss at home--before, and, perhaps, after marriage.
to consider or examine in speech or writing
From this reading [_Dryly._] Well, there you have a little something to discuss at home--before, and, perhaps, after marriage.
in a dry laconic manner
From this reading [_Dryly._] Well, there you have a little something to discuss at home--before, and, perhaps, after marriage.
plural of “gentleman” — a man of refinement
From this reading [_Hotly._] And I very much object to her manicuring gentlemen.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading [_Dryly._] Well, there you have a little something to discuss at home--before, and, perhaps, after marriage.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading [_Hotly._] And I very much object to her manicuring gentlemen.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading [_Dryly._] Well, there you have a little something to discuss at home--before, and, perhaps, after marriage.
in a heated manner
From this reading [_Hotly._] And I very much object to her manicuring gentlemen.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading [_Hotly._] And I very much object to her manicuring gentlemen.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading [_Dryly._] Well, there you have a little something to discuss at home--before, and, perhaps, after marriage.
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading Yes, my lord.
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From this reading [_Hotly._] And I very much object to her manicuring gentlemen.
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
From this reading [_Dryly._] Well, there you have a little something to discuss at home--before, and, perhaps, after marriage.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading [_Hotly._] And I very much object to her manicuring gentlemen.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Yes, my lord.
a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow
From this reading [_Hotly._] And I very much object to her manicuring gentlemen.
by chance
From this reading [_Dryly._] Well, there you have a little something to discuss at home--before, and, perhaps, after marriage.
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From this reading POLLITT.
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From this reading QUEX.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading [_Dryly._] Well, there you have a little something to discuss at home--before, and, perhaps, after marriage.
in or at that place or location
From this reading [_Dryly._] Well, there you have a little something to discuss at home--before, and, perhaps, after marriage.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading [_Hotly._] And I very much object to her manicuring gentlemen.
precisely as stated
From this reading [_Hotly._] And I very much object to her manicuring gentlemen.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading [_Dryly._] Well, there you have a little something to discuss at home--before, and, perhaps, after marriage.
an affirmative
From this reading Yes, my lord.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading [_Dryly._] Well, there you have a little something to discuss at home--before, and, perhaps, after marriage.
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