Chapter 6 of The Hand of Ethelberta: A Comedy in Chapters is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Hand of Ethelberta: A Comedy in Chapters is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
'O, you'll get broke in soon enough. I felt just the same when I first entered into society.' 'Do you think Berta will be angry with me? How does she treat you?' 'Well, I can't complain.
Chapter 6 of The Hand of Ethelberta: A Comedy in Chapters is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
feeling or showing anger
From this reading “'Do you think Berta will be angry with me?”
lacking funds
From this reading “'O, you'll get broke in soon enough.”
express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
From this reading “'Well, I can't complain.”
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading “I felt just the same when I first entered into society.'”
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading “I felt just the same when I first entered into society.'”
an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
From this reading “I felt just the same when I first entered into society.'”
in the near future
From this reading “'O, you'll get broke in soon enough.”
interact in a certain way
From this reading “How does she treat you?'”
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.
feeling or showing anger
From this reading 'Do you think Berta will be angry with me?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading 'Do you think Berta will be angry with me?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'Do you think Berta will be angry with me?
lacking funds
From this reading 'O, you'll get broke in soon enough.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'Well, I can't complain.
express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
From this reading 'Well, I can't complain.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading 'Do you think Berta will be angry with me?
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading How does she treat you?'
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading 'O, you'll get broke in soon enough.
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading I felt just the same when I first entered into society.'
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading I felt just the same when I first entered into society.'
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading I felt just the same when I first entered into society.'
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading 'O, you'll get broke in soon enough.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How does she treat you?'
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I felt just the same when I first entered into society.'
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading 'O, you'll get broke in soon enough.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading I felt just the same when I first entered into society.'
and nothing more
From this reading I felt just the same when I first entered into society.'
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading 'Do you think Berta will be angry with me?
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading 'O, you'll get broke in soon enough.
Identical; not different.
From this reading I felt just the same when I first entered into society.'
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading How does she treat you?'
an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
From this reading I felt just the same when I first entered into society.'
in the near future
From this reading 'O, you'll get broke in soon enough.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I felt just the same when I first entered into society.'
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading 'Do you think Berta will be angry with me?
interact in a certain way
From this reading How does she treat you?'
(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 'Well, I can't complain.
at the time that
From this reading I felt just the same when I first entered into society.'
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading 'Do you think Berta will be angry with me?
in the company of; together with
From this reading 'Do you think Berta will be angry with me?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'Do you think Berta will be angry with me?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'O, you'll get broke in soon enough.
Chapter 6 of The Hand of Ethelberta: A Comedy in Chapters by Thomas Hardy holds 399 sentences, grouped into 80 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.
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