Chapter 36 of The great Roxhythe is here in full — 259 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 36 of The great Roxhythe is here in full — 259 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE LOSING GAME “MADAM, my lord sees no one.” Lady Frances stamped. “I tell you I am his cousin! I will enter!” The footman held his ground.
Chapter 36 of The great Roxhythe is here in full — 259 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/51 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
the child of your aunt or uncle
From this reading ““I tell you I am his cousin!”
to come or go into
From this reading “I will enter!””
a man employed as a servant in a large establishment (as a palace) to run errands and do chores
From this reading “The footman held his ground.”
plural of “france” — a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
From this reading “Lady Frances stamped.”
-ing form of “lose” — fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading “THE LOSING GAME “MADAM, my lord sees no one.””
a woman of refinement
From this reading “THE LOSING GAME “MADAM, my lord sees no one.””
plural of “see” — the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
From this reading “THE LOSING GAME “MADAM, my lord sees no one.””
past form of “stamp” — walk heavily
From this reading “Lady Frances stamped.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “I tell you I am his cousin!
the child of your aunt or uncle
From this reading “I tell you I am his cousin!
to come or go into
From this reading I will enter!”
a man employed as a servant in a large establishment (as a palace) to run errands and do chores
From this reading The footman held his ground.
plural of “france” — a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
From this reading Lady Frances stamped.
a contest with rules to determine a winner
From this reading THE LOSING GAME “MADAM, my lord sees no one.”
the solid part of the earth's surface
From this reading The footman held his ground.
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading The footman held his ground.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “I tell you I am his cousin!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I tell you I am his cousin!
a polite name for any woman
From this reading Lady Frances stamped.
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading THE LOSING GAME “MADAM, my lord sees no one.”
-ing form of “lose” — fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading THE LOSING GAME “MADAM, my lord sees no one.”
a woman of refinement
From this reading THE LOSING GAME “MADAM, my lord sees no one.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading THE LOSING GAME “MADAM, my lord sees no one.”
not any; not one
From this reading THE LOSING GAME “MADAM, my lord sees no one.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading THE LOSING GAME “MADAM, my lord sees no one.”
plural of “see” — the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
From this reading THE LOSING GAME “MADAM, my lord sees no one.”
past form of “stamp” — walk heavily
From this reading Lady Frances stamped.
express in words
From this reading “I tell you I am his cousin!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LOSING GAME “MADAM, my lord sees no one.”
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading I will enter!”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I tell you I am his cousin!
Chapter 36 of The great Roxhythe by Georgette Heyer holds 259 sentences, grouped into 52 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.
Chapter 36 holds 259 sentences of The great Roxhythe, unabridged, divided into 52 reading sections.
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