Chapter 6 of The Gay Lord Quex: A Comedy in Four Acts is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Gay Lord Quex: A Comedy in Four Acts is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
[_Blandly._] Approve? I am scarcely sufficiently intimate with either party to express approval or disapproval. FRAYNE. [_Eyeing her askance._] Pardon. I thought you had known Quex for--ah--some years.
Chapter 6 of The Gay Lord Quex: A Comedy in Four Acts is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the formal act of approving
From this reading “I am scarcely sufficiently intimate with either party to express approval or disapproval.”
give sanction to
From this reading “[_Blandly._] Approve?”
with suspicion or disapproval
From this reading “[_Eyeing her askance._] Pardon.”
in a bland manner
a feeling of disliking something or what someone is doing
From this reading “I am scarcely sufficiently intimate with either party to express approval or disapproval.”
-ing form of “eye” — look at
marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity
From this reading “I am scarcely sufficiently intimate with either party to express approval or disapproval.”
to a sufficient degree
From this reading “I am scarcely sufficiently intimate with either party to express approval or disapproval.”
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From this reading I thought you had known Quex for--ah--some years.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am scarcely sufficiently intimate with either party to express approval or disapproval.
the formal act of approving
From this reading I am scarcely sufficiently intimate with either party to express approval or disapproval.
give sanction to
From this reading [_Blandly._] Approve?
with suspicion or disapproval
From this reading [_Eyeing her askance._] Pardon.
in a bland manner
From this reading [_Blandly._] Approve?
a feeling of disliking something or what someone is doing
From this reading I am scarcely sufficiently intimate with either party to express approval or disapproval.
one or the other of two
From this reading I am scarcely sufficiently intimate with either party to express approval or disapproval.
give expression to
From this reading I am scarcely sufficiently intimate with either party to express approval or disapproval.
-ing form of “eye” — look at
From this reading [_Eyeing her askance._] Pardon.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I thought you had known Quex for--ah--some years.
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From this reading FRAYNE.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I thought you had known Quex for--ah--some years.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading [_Eyeing her askance._] Pardon.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I am scarcely sufficiently intimate with either party to express approval or disapproval.
marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity
From this reading I am scarcely sufficiently intimate with either party to express approval or disapproval.
apprehended with certainty
From this reading I thought you had known Quex for--ah--some years.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading I am scarcely sufficiently intimate with either party to express approval or disapproval.
accept an excuse for
From this reading [_Eyeing her askance._] Pardon.
an organization to gain political power
From this reading I am scarcely sufficiently intimate with either party to express approval or disapproval.
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From this reading I thought you had known Quex for--ah--some years.
only a very short time before
From this reading I am scarcely sufficiently intimate with either party to express approval or disapproval.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading I thought you had known Quex for--ah--some years.
to a sufficient degree
From this reading I am scarcely sufficiently intimate with either party to express approval or disapproval.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading I thought you had known Quex for--ah--some years.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I am scarcely sufficiently intimate with either party to express approval or disapproval.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I am scarcely sufficiently intimate with either party to express approval or disapproval.
a late time of life
From this reading I thought you had known Quex for--ah--some years.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I thought you had known Quex for--ah--some years.
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