agreeableadjectiveUS /əˈɡriːəbəl/
conforming to your own liking or feelings or nature
From this reading If you think, Madam, this sally is not very favourable to the country I am going to, recollect, that all I object to them is their quitting their own agreeable style, to take up the worst of ours.
alladjectiveUS /ɔːl/
(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 If you think, Madam, this sally is not very favourable to the country I am going to, recollect, that all I object to them is their quitting their own agreeable style, to take up the worst of ours.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading If you think, Madam, this sally is not very favourable to the country I am going to, recollect, that all I object to them is their quitting their own agreeable style, to take up the worst of ours.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Heaven knows, we are unpleasing enough; but, in the first place, they don't understand us; and in the next, if they did, so much the worse for them.
anotherdeterminerUS /əˈnʌðər/
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading No nation can be another nation.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Heaven knows, we are unpleasing enough; but, in the first place, they don't understand us; and in the next, if they did, so much the worse for them.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading No nation can be another nation.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading We have been clumsily copying them for these hundred years, and are not we grown wonderfully like them?
Boileau
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From this reading What have they gained by leaving Moli`ere, Boileau, Corneille, Racine, La Rochefucault, Crebillon, Marivaux, Voltaire, etc.?
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Heaven knows, we are unpleasing enough; but, in the first place, they don't understand us; and in the next, if they did, so much the worse for them.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading What have they gained by leaving Moli`ere, Boileau, Corneille, Racine, La Rochefucault, Crebillon, Marivaux, Voltaire, etc.?
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading No nation can be another nation.
clumsilyadverbUS /ˈklʌmsəli/
in a clumsy manner
From this reading We have been clumsily copying them for these hundred years, and are not we grown wonderfully like them?
copyingnounUS /ˈkɑːpiɪŋ/
an act of copying
From this reading We have been clumsily copying them for these hundred years, and are not we grown wonderfully like them?
Corneillenoun
French tragic dramatist whose plays treat grand moral themes in elegant verse (1606-1684)
From this reading What have they gained by leaving Moli`ere, Boileau, Corneille, Racine, La Rochefucault, Crebillon, Marivaux, Voltaire, etc.?
countrynounUS /ˈkʌntri/
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading If you think, Madam, this sally is not very favourable to the country I am going to, recollect, that all I object to them is their quitting their own agreeable style, to take up the worst of ours.
Crebillon
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From this reading What have they gained by leaving Moli`ere, Boileau, Corneille, Racine, La Rochefucault, Crebillon, Marivaux, Voltaire, etc.?
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Heaven knows, we are unpleasing enough; but, in the first place, they don't understand us; and in the next, if they did, so much the worse for them.
don't
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From this reading Heaven knows, we are unpleasing enough; but, in the first place, they don't understand us; and in the next, if they did, so much the worse for them.
enoughnounUS /ɪˈnʌf/
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading Heaven knows, we are unpleasing enough; but, in the first place, they don't understand us; and in the next, if they did, so much the worse for them.
ereconjunctionUS /er/
an old word for “before”
From this reading What have they gained by leaving Moli`ere, Boileau, Corneille, Racine, La Rochefucault, Crebillon, Marivaux, Voltaire, etc.?
etc
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From this reading What have they gained by leaving Moli`ere, Boileau, Corneille, Racine, La Rochefucault, Crebillon, Marivaux, Voltaire, etc.?
favourableadjective
encouraging or approving or pleasing
From this reading If you think, Madam, this sally is not very favourable to the country I am going to, recollect, that all I object to them is their quitting their own agreeable style, to take up the worst of ours.
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading Heaven knows, we are unpleasing enough; but, in the first place, they don't understand us; and in the next, if they did, so much the worse for them.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Heaven knows, we are unpleasing enough; but, in the first place, they don't understand us; and in the next, if they did, so much the worse for them.
gainedverbUS /ɡeɪnd/
past form of “gain” — obtain
From this reading What have they gained by leaving Moli`ere, Boileau, Corneille, Racine, La Rochefucault, Crebillon, Marivaux, Voltaire, etc.?
goingnounUS /ˈɡoʊɪŋ/
the act of departing
From this reading If you think, Madam, this sally is not very favourable to the country I am going to, recollect, that all I object to them is their quitting their own agreeable style, to take up the worst of ours.
grownadjectiveUS /ɡroʊn/
(of animals) fully developed
From this reading We have been clumsily copying them for these hundred years, and are not we grown wonderfully like them?
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading What have they gained by leaving Moli`ere, Boileau, Corneille, Racine, La Rochefucault, Crebillon, Marivaux, Voltaire, etc.?
HeavennounUS /ˈhevən/
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading Heaven knows, we are unpleasing enough; but, in the first place, they don't understand us; and in the next, if they did, so much the worse for them.
hundrednounUS /ˈhʌndrəd/
ten 10s
From this reading We have been clumsily copying them for these hundred years, and are not we grown wonderfully like them?
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading If you think, Madam, this sally is not very favourable to the country I am going to, recollect, that all I object to them is their quitting their own agreeable style, to take up the worst of ours.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If you think, Madam, this sally is not very favourable to the country I am going to, recollect, that all I object to them is their quitting their own agreeable style, to take up the worst of ours.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Heaven knows, we are unpleasing enough; but, in the first place, they don't understand us; and in the next, if they did, so much the worse for them.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading If you think, Madam, this sally is not very favourable to the country I am going to, recollect, that all I object to them is their quitting their own agreeable style, to take up the worst of ours.
knowsnounUS /noʊz/
plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
From this reading Heaven knows, we are unpleasing enough; but, in the first place, they don't understand us; and in the next, if they did, so much the worse for them.
LanounUS /lɑː/
a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth
From this reading What have they gained by leaving Moli`ere, Boileau, Corneille, Racine, La Rochefucault, Crebillon, Marivaux, Voltaire, etc.?
leavingnounUS /ˈliːvɪŋ/
the act of departing
From this reading What have they gained by leaving Moli`ere, Boileau, Corneille, Racine, La Rochefucault, Crebillon, Marivaux, Voltaire, etc.?
likeverbUS /laɪk/
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading We have been clumsily copying them for these hundred years, and are not we grown wonderfully like them?
MadamnounUS /ˈmædəm/
a woman of refinement
From this reading If you think, Madam, this sally is not very favourable to the country I am going to, recollect, that all I object to them is their quitting their own agreeable style, to take up the worst of ours.
Marivaux
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From this reading What have they gained by leaving Moli`ere, Boileau, Corneille, Racine, La Rochefucault, Crebillon, Marivaux, Voltaire, etc.?
Moli
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From this reading What have they gained by leaving Moli`ere, Boileau, Corneille, Racine, La Rochefucault, Crebillon, Marivaux, Voltaire, etc.?
muchadverbUS /mʌtʃ/
to a great degree or extent
From this reading Heaven knows, we are unpleasing enough; but, in the first place, they don't understand us; and in the next, if they did, so much the worse for them.
nationnounUS /ˈneɪʃən/
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading No nation can be another nation.
nextadjectiveUS /nekst/
immediately following in time or order
From this reading Heaven knows, we are unpleasing enough; but, in the first place, they don't understand us; and in the next, if they did, so much the worse for them.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No nation can be another nation.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading If you think, Madam, this sally is not very favourable to the country I am going to, recollect, that all I object to them is their quitting their own agreeable style, to take up the worst of ours.
objectnounUS /ˈɑːbdʒekt/
a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow
From this reading If you think, Madam, this sally is not very favourable to the country I am going to, recollect, that all I object to them is their quitting their own agreeable style, to take up the worst of ours.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading If you think, Madam, this sally is not very favourable to the country I am going to, recollect, that all I object to them is their quitting their own agreeable style, to take up the worst of ours.
ourspronounUS /ˈaʊərz/
the one or ones belonging to us
From this reading If you think, Madam, this sally is not very favourable to the country I am going to, recollect, that all I object to them is their quitting their own agreeable style, to take up the worst of ours.
ownverbUS /oʊn/
have ownership or possession of
From this reading If you think, Madam, this sally is not very favourable to the country I am going to, recollect, that all I object to them is their quitting their own agreeable style, to take up the worst of ours.
placenounUS /pleɪs/
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading Heaven knows, we are unpleasing enough; but, in the first place, they don't understand us; and in the next, if they did, so much the worse for them.
quittingverbUS /ˈkwɪtɪŋ/
inflected form of “quit” — put an end to a state or an activity
From this reading If you think, Madam, this sally is not very favourable to the country I am going to, recollect, that all I object to them is their quitting their own agreeable style, to take up the worst of ours.
RacinenounUS /rəˈsiːn/
French advocate of Jansenism; tragedian who based his works on Greek and Roman themes (1639-1699)
From this reading What have they gained by leaving Moli`ere, Boileau, Corneille, Racine, La Rochefucault, Crebillon, Marivaux, Voltaire, etc.?
recollectverbUS /ˌrekəˈlekt/
recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
From this reading If you think, Madam, this sally is not very favourable to the country I am going to, recollect, that all I object to them is their quitting their own agreeable style, to take up the worst of ours.
Rochefucault
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From this reading What have they gained by leaving Moli`ere, Boileau, Corneille, Racine, La Rochefucault, Crebillon, Marivaux, Voltaire, etc.?
sallynounUS /ˈsæli/
witty remark
From this reading If you think, Madam, this sally is not very favourable to the country I am going to, recollect, that all I object to them is their quitting their own agreeable style, to take up the worst of ours.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Heaven knows, we are unpleasing enough; but, in the first place, they don't understand us; and in the next, if they did, so much the worse for them.
stylenounUS /staɪl/
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading If you think, Madam, this sally is not very favourable to the country I am going to, recollect, that all I object to them is their quitting their own agreeable style, to take up the worst of ours.
takeverbUS /teɪk/
carry out
From this reading If you think, Madam, this sally is not very favourable to the country I am going to, recollect, that all I object to them is their quitting their own agreeable style, to take up the worst of ours.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading If you think, Madam, this sally is not very favourable to the country I am going to, recollect, that all I object to them is their quitting their own agreeable style, to take up the worst of ours.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading If you think, Madam, this sally is not very favourable to the country I am going to, recollect, that all I object to them is their quitting their own agreeable style, to take up the worst of ours.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading If you think, Madam, this sally is not very favourable to the country I am going to, recollect, that all I object to them is their quitting their own agreeable style, to take up the worst of ours.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading If you think, Madam, this sally is not very favourable to the country I am going to, recollect, that all I object to them is their quitting their own agreeable style, to take up the worst of ours.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading We have been clumsily copying them for these hundred years, and are not we grown wonderfully like them?
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Heaven knows, we are unpleasing enough; but, in the first place, they don't understand us; and in the next, if they did, so much the worse for them.
thinkverbUS /θɪŋk/
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading If you think, Madam, this sally is not very favourable to the country I am going to, recollect, that all I object to them is their quitting their own agreeable style, to take up the worst of ours.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading If you think, Madam, this sally is not very favourable to the country I am going to, recollect, that all I object to them is their quitting their own agreeable style, to take up the worst of ours.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading If you think, Madam, this sally is not very favourable to the country I am going to, recollect, that all I object to them is their quitting their own agreeable style, to take up the worst of ours.
understandverbUS /ˌʌndərˈstænd/
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading Heaven knows, we are unpleasing enough; but, in the first place, they don't understand us; and in the next, if they did, so much the worse for them.
unpleasingadjective
unpleasant or disagreeable to the senses
From this reading Heaven knows, we are unpleasing enough; but, in the first place, they don't understand us; and in the next, if they did, so much the worse for them.
upadjectiveUS /ʌp/
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading If you think, Madam, this sally is not very favourable to the country I am going to, recollect, that all I object to them is their quitting their own agreeable style, to take up the worst of ours.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Heaven knows, we are unpleasing enough; but, in the first place, they don't understand us; and in the next, if they did, so much the worse for them.
veryadjectiveUS /ˈveri/
precisely as stated
From this reading If you think, Madam, this sally is not very favourable to the country I am going to, recollect, that all I object to them is their quitting their own agreeable style, to take up the worst of ours.
VoltairenounUS /voʊlˈter/
French writer who was the embodiment of 18th century Enlightenment (1694-1778)
From this reading What have they gained by leaving Moli`ere, Boileau, Corneille, Racine, La Rochefucault, Crebillon, Marivaux, Voltaire, etc.?
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Heaven knows, we are unpleasing enough; but, in the first place, they don't understand us; and in the next, if they did, so much the worse for them.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What have they gained by leaving Moli`ere, Boileau, Corneille, Racine, La Rochefucault, Crebillon, Marivaux, Voltaire, etc.?
wonderfullyadverbUS /ˈwʌndərfəli/
(used as an intensifier) extremely well
From this reading We have been clumsily copying them for these hundred years, and are not we grown wonderfully like them?
worseadjectiveUS /wɜːrs/
(comparative of “bad”) inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability
From this reading Heaven knows, we are unpleasing enough; but, in the first place, they don't understand us; and in the next, if they did, so much the worse for them.
worstnounUS /wɜːrst/
the least favorable outcome
From this reading If you think, Madam, this sally is not very favourable to the country I am going to, recollect, that all I object to them is their quitting their own agreeable style, to take up the worst of ours.
yearsnounUS /jɪrz/
a late time of life
From this reading We have been clumsily copying them for these hundred years, and are not we grown wonderfully like them?
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading If you think, Madam, this sally is not very favourable to the country I am going to, recollect, that all I object to them is their quitting their own agreeable style, to take up the worst of ours.
