Chapter 4 of The Little French Lawyer: A Comedy is here in full — 348 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Little French Lawyer: A Comedy is here in full — 348 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Enter_ Dinant. _Din._ Blesse ye Lady. _Lam._ Indeed Sir, I had need of many blessings, For all the hours I have had since I came here, Have been so many curses. How got you liberty? For I presume you come to comfort me.
Chapter 4 of The Little French Lawyer: A Comedy is here in full — 348 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “blessing” — the formal act of approving
From this reading “_Lam._ Indeed Sir, I had need of many blessings, For all the hours I have had since I came here, Have been so many curses.”
a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain
From this reading “For I presume you come to comfort me.”
plural of “curse” — profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
From this reading “_Lam._ Indeed Sir, I had need of many blessings, For all the hours I have had since I came here, Have been so many curses.”
a loud harsh or strident noise
to come or go into
flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions on one's way of life.
From this reading “How got you liberty?”
take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof
From this reading “For I presume you come to comfort me.”
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(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 _Lam._ Indeed Sir, I had need of many blessings, For all the hours I have had since I came here, Have been so many curses.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading _Lam._ Indeed Sir, I had need of many blessings, For all the hours I have had since I came here, Have been so many curses.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Din._ Blesse ye Lady.
plural of “blessing” — the formal act of approving
From this reading _Lam._ Indeed Sir, I had need of many blessings, For all the hours I have had since I came here, Have been so many curses.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading _Lam._ Indeed Sir, I had need of many blessings, For all the hours I have had since I came here, Have been so many curses.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading For I presume you come to comfort me.
a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain
From this reading For I presume you come to comfort me.
plural of “curse” — profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
From this reading _Lam._ Indeed Sir, I had need of many blessings, For all the hours I have had since I came here, Have been so many curses.
a loud harsh or strident noise
From this reading _Din._ Blesse ye Lady.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Enter_ Dinant.
to come or go into
From this reading _Enter_ Dinant.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading _Lam._ Indeed Sir, I had need of many blessings, For all the hours I have had since I came here, Have been so many curses.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading How got you liberty?
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading _Lam._ Indeed Sir, I had need of many blessings, For all the hours I have had since I came here, Have been so many curses.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading _Lam._ Indeed Sir, I had need of many blessings, For all the hours I have had since I came here, Have been so many curses.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading _Lam._ Indeed Sir, I had need of many blessings, For all the hours I have had since I came here, Have been so many curses.
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading _Lam._ Indeed Sir, I had need of many blessings, For all the hours I have had since I came here, Have been so many curses.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How got you liberty?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _Lam._ Indeed Sir, I had need of many blessings, For all the hours I have had since I came here, Have been so many curses.
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading _Lam._ Indeed Sir, I had need of many blessings, For all the hours I have had since I came here, Have been so many curses.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading _Din._ Blesse ye Lady.
flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
From this reading _Lam._ Indeed Sir, I had need of many blessings, For all the hours I have had since I came here, Have been so many curses.
The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions on one's way of life.
From this reading How got you liberty?
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading _Lam._ Indeed Sir, I had need of many blessings, For all the hours I have had since I came here, Have been so many curses.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading For I presume you come to comfort me.
a condition requiring relief
From this reading _Lam._ Indeed Sir, I had need of many blessings, For all the hours I have had since I came here, Have been so many curses.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Lam._ Indeed Sir, I had need of many blessings, For all the hours I have had since I came here, Have been so many curses.
take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof
From this reading For I presume you come to comfort me.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading _Lam._ Indeed Sir, I had need of many blessings, For all the hours I have had since I came here, Have been so many curses.
term of address for a man
From this reading _Lam._ Indeed Sir, I had need of many blessings, For all the hours I have had since I came here, Have been so many curses.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading _Lam._ Indeed Sir, I had need of many blessings, For all the hours I have had since I came here, Have been so many curses.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Lam._ Indeed Sir, I had need of many blessings, For all the hours I have had since I came here, Have been so many curses.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading For I presume you come to comfort me.
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading _Din._ Blesse ye Lady.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading How got you liberty?
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