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Chapter III
Chapter 3 of The Maid of Honour — Vol. 1 is here in full — 209 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
INVESTIGATION. Who was Toinon? A very important personage. Foster-sister and confidential abigail to the Marquise de Gange, the two were as united as if they had indeed been sisters. Of pretty dark-eyed roguish Toinon, neither the lacqueys, nor pages, nor hairdressers could make anything.
Chapter 3 of The Maid of Honour — Vol. 1 is here in full — 209 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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any thing at all
From this reading “Of pretty dark-eyed roguish Toinon, neither the lacqueys, nor pages, nor hairdressers could make anything.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “Foster-sister and confidential abigail to the Marquise de Gange, the two were as united as if they had indeed been sisters.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Of pretty dark-eyed roguish Toinon, neither the lacqueys, nor pages, nor hairdressers could make anything.”
not one and not the other of two
From this reading “Of pretty dark-eyed roguish Toinon, neither the lacqueys, nor pages, nor hairdressers could make anything.”
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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 A very important personage.
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From this reading Foster-sister and confidential abigail to the Marquise de Gange, the two were as united as if they had indeed been sisters.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Foster-sister and confidential abigail to the Marquise de Gange, the two were as united as if they had indeed been sisters.
any thing at all
From this reading Of pretty dark-eyed roguish Toinon, neither the lacqueys, nor pages, nor hairdressers could make anything.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Foster-sister and confidential abigail to the Marquise de Gange, the two were as united as if they had indeed been sisters.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Foster-sister and confidential abigail to the Marquise de Gange, the two were as united as if they had indeed been sisters.
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From this reading Foster-sister and confidential abigail to the Marquise de Gange, the two were as united as if they had indeed been sisters.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Of pretty dark-eyed roguish Toinon, neither the lacqueys, nor pages, nor hairdressers could make anything.
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From this reading Of pretty dark-eyed roguish Toinon, neither the lacqueys, nor pages, nor hairdressers could make anything.
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From this reading Foster-sister and confidential abigail to the Marquise de Gange, the two were as united as if they had indeed been sisters.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Foster-sister and confidential abigail to the Marquise de Gange, the two were as united as if they had indeed been sisters.
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From this reading Foster-sister and confidential abigail to the Marquise de Gange, the two were as united as if they had indeed been sisters.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Foster-sister and confidential abigail to the Marquise de Gange, the two were as united as if they had indeed been sisters.
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From this reading Of pretty dark-eyed roguish Toinon, neither the lacqueys, nor pages, nor hairdressers could make anything.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Foster-sister and confidential abigail to the Marquise de Gange, the two were as united as if they had indeed been sisters.
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From this reading A very important personage.
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From this reading Foster-sister and confidential abigail to the Marquise de Gange, the two were as united as if they had indeed been sisters.
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From this reading INVESTIGATION.
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From this reading Of pretty dark-eyed roguish Toinon, neither the lacqueys, nor pages, nor hairdressers could make anything.
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From this reading Of pretty dark-eyed roguish Toinon, neither the lacqueys, nor pages, nor hairdressers could make anything.
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From this reading Foster-sister and confidential abigail to the Marquise de Gange, the two were as united as if they had indeed been sisters.
not one and not the other of two
From this reading Of pretty dark-eyed roguish Toinon, neither the lacqueys, nor pages, nor hairdressers could make anything.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Of pretty dark-eyed roguish Toinon, neither the lacqueys, nor pages, nor hairdressers could make anything.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Of pretty dark-eyed roguish Toinon, neither the lacqueys, nor pages, nor hairdressers could make anything.
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From this reading Of pretty dark-eyed roguish Toinon, neither the lacqueys, nor pages, nor hairdressers could make anything.
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From this reading A very important personage.
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From this reading Of pretty dark-eyed roguish Toinon, neither the lacqueys, nor pages, nor hairdressers could make anything.
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From this reading Of pretty dark-eyed roguish Toinon, neither the lacqueys, nor pages, nor hairdressers could make anything.
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From this reading Foster-sister and confidential abigail to the Marquise de Gange, the two were as united as if they had indeed been sisters.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Foster-sister and confidential abigail to the Marquise de Gange, the two were as united as if they had indeed been sisters.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Foster-sister and confidential abigail to the Marquise de Gange, the two were as united as if they had indeed been sisters.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Foster-sister and confidential abigail to the Marquise de Gange, the two were as united as if they had indeed been sisters.
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From this reading Who was Toinon?
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From this reading Foster-sister and confidential abigail to the Marquise de Gange, the two were as united as if they had indeed been sisters.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Foster-sister and confidential abigail to the Marquise de Gange, the two were as united as if they had indeed been sisters.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A very important personage.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Who was Toinon?
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Foster-sister and confidential abigail to the Marquise de Gange, the two were as united as if they had indeed been sisters.
which person or people
From this reading Who was Toinon?
