Chapter 29 of The House of de Mailly is here in full — 385 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 29 of The House of de Mailly is here in full — 385 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
One More de Mailly? "Henri--Henri--why are you questioning me? I know nothing! Mon Dieu! I know less than nothing!"
Chapter 29 of The House of de Mailly is here in full — 385 sentences across 77 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.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “I know nothing!”
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading “I know less than nothing!"”
the second day of the week; the first working day
From this reading “Mon Dieu!”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “I know nothing!”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “One More de Mailly?”
perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know)
From this reading “"Henri--Henri--why are you questioning me?”
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.
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the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Henri--Henri--why are you questioning me?
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading One More de Mailly?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mon Dieu!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Henri--Henri--why are you questioning me?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I know nothing!
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading I know nothing!
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading I know less than nothing!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading One More de Mailly?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Henri--Henri--why are you questioning me?
the second day of the week; the first working day
From this reading Mon Dieu!
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading One More de Mailly?
not one thing; not anything
From this reading I know nothing!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One More de Mailly?
perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know)
From this reading "Henri--Henri--why are you questioning me?
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading I know less than nothing!"
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Henri--Henri--why are you questioning me?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Henri--Henri--why are you questioning me?
Chapter 29 of The House of de Mailly by Margaret Horton Potter holds 385 sentences, grouped into 77 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 29 holds 385 sentences of The House of de Mailly, unabridged, divided into 77 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 29 of The House of de Mailly by Margaret Horton Potter exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 385 sentences, grouped into 77 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 77 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 77 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 29 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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