Chapter 6 of The Honeymoon: A Comedy in Three Acts is here in full — 447 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 6 of The Honeymoon: A Comedy in Three Acts is here in full — 447 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
FLORA. Yes, but I hope we shall all still be alive to-morrow. Now--there's a dear, before Cedric comes. CHARLES. But--is it really serious?
Chapter 6 of The Honeymoon: A Comedy in Three Acts is here in full — 447 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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possessing life
From this reading “Yes, but I hope we shall all still be alive to-morrow.”
King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)
From this reading “CHARLES.”
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading “Now--there's a dear, before Cedric comes.”
dearly loved
From this reading “Now--there's a dear, before Cedric comes.”
all the plant life in a particular region or period
From this reading “FLORA.”
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading “Yes, but I hope we shall all still be alive to-morrow.”
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading “But--is it really serious?”
concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
From this reading “But--is it really serious?”
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.
In this reading “But--is it really serious?”
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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 Now--there's a dear, before Cedric comes.
possessing life
From this reading Yes, but I hope we shall all still be alive to-morrow.
(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 Yes, but I hope we shall all still be alive to-morrow.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Yes, but I hope we shall all still be alive to-morrow.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Now--there's a dear, before Cedric comes.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Yes, but I hope we shall all still be alive to-morrow.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now--there's a dear, before Cedric comes.
King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)
From this reading CHARLES.
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading Now--there's a dear, before Cedric comes.
dearly loved
From this reading Now--there's a dear, before Cedric comes.
all the plant life in a particular region or period
From this reading FLORA.
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading Yes, but I hope we shall all still be alive to-morrow.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Yes, but I hope we shall all still be alive to-morrow.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But--is it really serious?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But--is it really serious?
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now--there's a dear, before Cedric comes.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading But--is it really serious?
concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
From this reading But--is it really serious?
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Yes, but I hope we shall all still be alive to-morrow.
not in physical motion
From this reading Yes, but I hope we shall all still be alive to-morrow.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now--there's a dear, before Cedric comes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yes, but I hope we shall all still be alive to-morrow.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Yes, but I hope we shall all still be alive to-morrow.
an affirmative
From this reading Yes, but I hope we shall all still be alive to-morrow.
Chapter 6 of The Honeymoon: A Comedy in Three Acts by Arnold Bennett holds 447 sentences, grouped into 90 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.
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