Chapter 37 of The Man Who Laughs is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 37 of The Man Who Laughs is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
QUEEN ANNE. I. Above this couple there was Anne, Queen of England. An ordinary woman was Queen Anne. She was gay, kindly, august--to a certain extent.
Chapter 37 of The Man Who Laughs is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
From this reading “QUEEN ANNE.”
the month following July and preceding September
From this reading “She was gay, kindly, august--to a certain extent.”
a pair who associate with one another
From this reading “Above this couple there was Anne, Queen of England.”
the point or degree to which something extends
From this reading “She was gay, kindly, august--to a certain extent.”
bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
From this reading “She was gay, kindly, august--to a certain extent.”
showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
From this reading “She was gay, kindly, august--to a certain extent.”
a judge of a probate court
From this reading “An ordinary woman was Queen Anne.”
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading “QUEEN ANNE.”
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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 She was gay, kindly, august--to a certain extent.
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Above this couple there was Anne, Queen of England.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An ordinary woman was Queen Anne.
Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
From this reading QUEEN ANNE.
the month following July and preceding September
From this reading She was gay, kindly, august--to a certain extent.
definite but not specified or identified
From this reading She was gay, kindly, august--to a certain extent.
a pair who associate with one another
From this reading Above this couple there was Anne, Queen of England.
a division of the United Kingdom
From this reading Above this couple there was Anne, Queen of England.
the point or degree to which something extends
From this reading She was gay, kindly, august--to a certain extent.
bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
From this reading She was gay, kindly, august--to a certain extent.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I.
showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
From this reading She was gay, kindly, august--to a certain extent.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Above this couple there was Anne, Queen of England.
a judge of a probate court
From this reading An ordinary woman was Queen Anne.
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading QUEEN ANNE.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was gay, kindly, august--to a certain extent.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Above this couple there was Anne, Queen of England.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Above this couple there was Anne, Queen of England.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She was gay, kindly, august--to a certain extent.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Above this couple there was Anne, Queen of England.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading An ordinary woman was Queen Anne.
Chapter 37 of The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo holds 190 sentences, grouped into 38 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 37 holds 190 sentences of The Man Who Laughs, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
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