Chapter 4 of The Lion's Whelp: A Story of Cromwell's Time is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Lion's Whelp: A Story of Cromwell's Time is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Is Lord Neville still angry at me? I suppose if I had remained with him, he would have eaten me by this time." "He was very sorry for his show of temper, and would fain have made some apologies to you." "Then he has gone? Well, it is not worth my while saying I am sorry for it."
Chapter 4 of The Lion's Whelp: A Story of Cromwell's Time is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 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.
feeling or showing anger
From this reading “"Is Lord Neville still angry at me?”
plural of “apology” — an expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone
From this reading “"He was very sorry for his show of temper, and would fain have made some apologies to you."”
inflected form of “eat” — take in solid food
From this reading “I suppose if I had remained with him, he would have eaten me by this time."”
having made preparations
From this reading “"He was very sorry for his show of temper, and would fain have made some apologies to you."”
past form of “remain” — stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading “I suppose if I had remained with him, he would have eaten me by this time."”
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading “"He was very sorry for his show of temper, and would fain have made some apologies to you."”
a sudden outburst of anger
From this reading “"He was very sorry for his show of temper, and would fain have made some apologies to you."”
an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
From this reading “Well, it is not worth my while saying I am sorry for it."”
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.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Well, it is not worth my while saying I am sorry for it."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "He was very sorry for his show of temper, and would fain have made some apologies to you."
feeling or showing anger
From this reading "Is Lord Neville still angry at me?
plural of “apology” — an expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone
From this reading "He was very sorry for his show of temper, and would fain have made some apologies to you."
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Is Lord Neville still angry at me?
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I suppose if I had remained with him, he would have eaten me by this time."
inflected form of “eat” — take in solid food
From this reading I suppose if I had remained with him, he would have eaten me by this time."
having made preparations
From this reading "He was very sorry for his show of temper, and would fain have made some apologies to you."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "He was very sorry for his show of temper, and would fain have made some apologies to you."
destroyed or killed
From this reading "Then he has gone?
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I suppose if I had remained with him, he would have eaten me by this time."
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Then he has gone?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I suppose if I had remained with him, he would have eaten me by this time."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I suppose if I had remained with him, he would have eaten me by this time."
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I suppose if I had remained with him, he would have eaten me by this time."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "He was very sorry for his show of temper, and would fain have made some apologies to you."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I suppose if I had remained with him, he would have eaten me by this time."
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading I suppose if I had remained with him, he would have eaten me by this time."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Is Lord Neville still angry at me?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Well, it is not worth my while saying I am sorry for it."
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading "Is Lord Neville still angry at me?
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading "He was very sorry for his show of temper, and would fain have made some apologies to you."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Is Lord Neville still angry at me?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Well, it is not worth my while saying I am sorry for it."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Is Lord Neville still angry at me?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Well, it is not worth my while saying I am sorry for it."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "He was very sorry for his show of temper, and would fain have made some apologies to you."
past form of “remain” — stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading I suppose if I had remained with him, he would have eaten me by this time."
a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
From this reading Well, it is not worth my while saying I am sorry for it."
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading "He was very sorry for his show of temper, and would fain have made some apologies to you."
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "He was very sorry for his show of temper, and would fain have made some apologies to you."
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading "He was very sorry for his show of temper, and would fain have made some apologies to you."
not in physical motion
From this reading "Is Lord Neville still angry at me?
express a supposition
From this reading I suppose if I had remained with him, he would have eaten me by this time."
a sudden outburst of anger
From this reading "He was very sorry for his show of temper, and would fain have made some apologies to you."
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Then he has gone?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I suppose if I had remained with him, he would have eaten me by this time."
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading I suppose if I had remained with him, he would have eaten me by this time."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "He was very sorry for his show of temper, and would fain have made some apologies to you."
precisely as stated
From this reading "He was very sorry for his show of temper, and would fain have made some apologies to you."
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "He was very sorry for his show of temper, and would fain have made some apologies to you."
(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, it is not worth my while saying I am sorry for it."
during the time that
From this reading Well, it is not worth my while saying I am sorry for it."
in the company of; together with
From this reading I suppose if I had remained with him, he would have eaten me by this time."
an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
From this reading Well, it is not worth my while saying I am sorry for it."
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I suppose if I had remained with him, he would have eaten me by this time."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "He was very sorry for his show of temper, and would fain have made some apologies to you."
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