Chapter 2 of The Harlequinade: An Excursion is here in full — 456 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of The Harlequinade: An Excursion is here in full — 456 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
UNCLE EDWARD. They? They'll like it all the better. ALICE. Well, you see the husband being so dull, she wants somebody to take her out and show her things and be attentive.
Chapter 2 of The Harlequinade: An Excursion is here in full — 456 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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(often followed by “to”) giving care or attention
From this reading “Well, you see the husband being so dull, she wants somebody to take her out and show her things and be attentive.”
lacking in liveliness or animation
From this reading “Well, you see the husband being so dull, she wants somebody to take her out and show her things and be attentive.”
King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)
From this reading “UNCLE EDWARD.”
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading “Well, you see the husband being so dull, she wants somebody to take her out and show her things and be attentive.”
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading “Well, you see the husband being so dull, she wants somebody to take her out and show her things and be attentive.”
a person, without saying who
From this reading “Well, you see the husband being so dull, she wants somebody to take her out and show her things and be attentive.”
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading “UNCLE EDWARD.”
plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty
From this reading “Well, you see the husband being so dull, she wants somebody to take her out and show her things and be attentive.”
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From this reading ALICE.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading They'll like it all the better.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Well, you see the husband being so dull, she wants somebody to take her out and show her things and be attentive.
(often followed by “to”) giving care or attention
From this reading Well, you see the husband being so dull, she wants somebody to take her out and show her things and be attentive.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Well, you see the husband being so dull, she wants somebody to take her out and show her things and be attentive.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Well, you see the husband being so dull, she wants somebody to take her out and show her things and be attentive.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading They'll like it all the better.
lacking in liveliness or animation
From this reading Well, you see the husband being so dull, she wants somebody to take her out and show her things and be attentive.
King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)
From this reading UNCLE EDWARD.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Well, you see the husband being so dull, she wants somebody to take her out and show her things and be attentive.
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading Well, you see the husband being so dull, she wants somebody to take her out and show her things and be attentive.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading They'll like it all the better.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading They'll like it all the better.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Well, you see the husband being so dull, she wants somebody to take her out and show her things and be attentive.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Well, you see the husband being so dull, she wants somebody to take her out and show her things and be attentive.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Well, you see the husband being so dull, she wants somebody to take her out and show her things and be attentive.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading Well, you see the husband being so dull, she wants somebody to take her out and show her things and be attentive.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Well, you see the husband being so dull, she wants somebody to take her out and show her things and be attentive.
a person, without saying who
From this reading Well, you see the husband being so dull, she wants somebody to take her out and show her things and be attentive.
carry out
From this reading Well, you see the husband being so dull, she wants somebody to take her out and show her things and be attentive.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They'll like it all the better.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They?
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From this reading They'll like it all the better.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading Well, you see the husband being so dull, she wants somebody to take her out and show her things and be attentive.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Well, you see the husband being so dull, she wants somebody to take her out and show her things and be attentive.
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading UNCLE EDWARD.
plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty
From this reading Well, you see the husband being so dull, she wants somebody to take her out and show her things and be attentive.
(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, you see the husband being so dull, she wants somebody to take her out and show her things and be attentive.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Well, you see the husband being so dull, she wants somebody to take her out and show her things and be attentive.
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