Chapter 10 of The Lady Paramount is here in full — 388 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The Lady Paramount is here in full — 388 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Never," said the Commendatore. "I would sell myself to be chopped into sausage-meat, before I would become a party to any such carnival tricks." "Carnival tricks? Do you call marriage a carnival trick?" Susanna wondered.
Chapter 10 of The Lady Paramount is here in full — 388 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a festival marked by merrymaking and processions
From this reading “"I would sell myself to be chopped into sausage-meat, before I would become a party to any such carnival tricks."”
prepared by cutting
From this reading “"I would sell myself to be chopped into sausage-meat, before I would become a party to any such carnival tricks."”
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
From this reading “Do you call marriage a carnival trick?"”
exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
From this reading “"I would sell myself to be chopped into sausage-meat, before I would become a party to any such carnival tricks."”
an Apocryphal book consisting of text added to the Book of Daniel
From this reading “Susanna wondered.”
a cunning or deceitful action or device
From this reading “Do you call marriage a carnival trick?"”
plural of “trick” — a cunning or deceitful action or device
From this reading “"I would sell myself to be chopped into sausage-meat, before I would become a party to any such carnival tricks."”
past form of “wonder” — have a wish or desire to know something
From this reading “Susanna wondered.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 "I would sell myself to be chopped into sausage-meat, before I would become a party to any such carnival tricks."
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading "I would sell myself to be chopped into sausage-meat, before I would become a party to any such carnival tricks."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "I would sell myself to be chopped into sausage-meat, before I would become a party to any such carnival tricks."
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading "I would sell myself to be chopped into sausage-meat, before I would become a party to any such carnival tricks."
earlier than; in front of
From this reading "I would sell myself to be chopped into sausage-meat, before I would become a party to any such carnival tricks."
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Do you call marriage a carnival trick?"
a festival marked by merrymaking and processions
From this reading "I would sell myself to be chopped into sausage-meat, before I would become a party to any such carnival tricks."
prepared by cutting
From this reading "I would sell myself to be chopped into sausage-meat, before I would become a party to any such carnival tricks."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Never," said the Commendatore.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do you call marriage a carnival trick?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I would sell myself to be chopped into sausage-meat, before I would become a party to any such carnival tricks."
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "I would sell myself to be chopped into sausage-meat, before I would become a party to any such carnival tricks."
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
From this reading Do you call marriage a carnival trick?"
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading "I would sell myself to be chopped into sausage-meat, before I would become a party to any such carnival tricks."
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "Never," said the Commendatore.
an organization to gain political power
From this reading "I would sell myself to be chopped into sausage-meat, before I would become a party to any such carnival tricks."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Never," said the Commendatore.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I would sell myself to be chopped into sausage-meat, before I would become a party to any such carnival tricks."
exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
From this reading "I would sell myself to be chopped into sausage-meat, before I would become a party to any such carnival tricks."
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading "I would sell myself to be chopped into sausage-meat, before I would become a party to any such carnival tricks."
an Apocryphal book consisting of text added to the Book of Daniel
From this reading Susanna wondered.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Never," said the Commendatore.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I would sell myself to be chopped into sausage-meat, before I would become a party to any such carnival tricks."
a cunning or deceitful action or device
From this reading Do you call marriage a carnival trick?"
plural of “trick” — a cunning or deceitful action or device
From this reading "I would sell myself to be chopped into sausage-meat, before I would become a party to any such carnival tricks."
past form of “wonder” — have a wish or desire to know something
From this reading Susanna wondered.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "I would sell myself to be chopped into sausage-meat, before I would become a party to any such carnival tricks."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Do you call marriage a carnival trick?"
Chapter 10 of The Lady Paramount by Henry Harland holds 388 sentences, grouped into 78 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 10 holds 388 sentences of The Lady Paramount, unabridged, divided into 78 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of The Lady Paramount by Henry Harland exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 388 sentences, grouped into 78 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.
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