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Chapter 32 of The Minister's Wooing is here in full — 72 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
‘_Enfin, chère Sibylle_,’ said Madame de Frontignac when Mary came out of the room with her cheeks glowing and her eyes flashing with a still unsubdued light. ‘_Te voilà encore!_ What did he say, _mimi_? did he ask for me?’ ‘Yes,’ said Mary, ‘he asked for you.’ ‘What did you tell him?’ ‘I told him that you wished me to excuse you.’
Chapter 32 of The Minister's Wooing is here in full — 72 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “cheek” — either side of the face below the eyes
From this reading “‘_Enfin, chère Sibylle_,’ said Madame de Frontignac when Mary came out of the room with her cheeks glowing and her eyes flashing with a still unsubdued light.”
an extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demand
From this reading “‘_Te voilà encore!_ What did he say, _mimi_? did he ask for me?’”
accept an excuse for
From this reading “‘I told him that you wished me to excuse you.’”
a short vivid experience
From this reading “‘_Enfin, chère Sibylle_,’ said Madame de Frontignac when Mary came out of the room with her cheeks glowing and her eyes flashing with a still unsubdued light.”
highly enthusiastic
From this reading “‘_Enfin, chère Sibylle_,’ said Madame de Frontignac when Mary came out of the room with her cheeks glowing and her eyes flashing with a still unsubdued light.”
title used for a married Frenchwoman
From this reading “‘_Enfin, chère Sibylle_,’ said Madame de Frontignac when Mary came out of the room with her cheeks glowing and her eyes flashing with a still unsubdued light.”
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading “‘_Enfin, chère Sibylle_,’ said Madame de Frontignac when Mary came out of the room with her cheeks glowing and her eyes flashing with a still unsubdued light.”
past form of “wish” — hope for; have a wish
From this reading “‘I told him that you wished me to excuse you.’”
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In this reading “‘_Enfin, chère Sibylle_,’ said Madame de Frontignac when Mary came out of the room with her cheeks glowing and her eyes flashing with a still unsubdued light.”
appear or become visible; make a showing
In this reading “‘_Enfin, chère Sibylle_,’ said Madame de Frontignac when Mary came out of the room with her cheeks glowing and her eyes flashing with a still unsubdued light.”
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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 ‘_Enfin, chère Sibylle_,’ said Madame de Frontignac when Mary came out of the room with her cheeks glowing and her eyes flashing with a still unsubdued light.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ‘_Enfin, chère Sibylle_,’ said Madame de Frontignac when Mary came out of the room with her cheeks glowing and her eyes flashing with a still unsubdued light.
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading ‘_Te voilà encore!_ What did he say, _mimi_? did he ask for me?’
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading ‘Yes,’ said Mary, ‘he asked for you.’
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading ‘_Enfin, chère Sibylle_,’ said Madame de Frontignac when Mary came out of the room with her cheeks glowing and her eyes flashing with a still unsubdued light.
plural of “cheek” — either side of the face below the eyes
From this reading ‘_Enfin, chère Sibylle_,’ said Madame de Frontignac when Mary came out of the room with her cheeks glowing and her eyes flashing with a still unsubdued light.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘_Enfin, chère Sibylle_,’ said Madame de Frontignac when Mary came out of the room with her cheeks glowing and her eyes flashing with a still unsubdued light.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading ‘_Enfin, chère Sibylle_,’ said Madame de Frontignac when Mary came out of the room with her cheeks glowing and her eyes flashing with a still unsubdued light.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading ‘_Te voilà encore!_ What did he say, _mimi_? did he ask for me?’
an extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demand
From this reading ‘_Te voilà encore!_ What did he say, _mimi_? did he ask for me?’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘_Enfin, chère Sibylle_,’ said Madame de Frontignac when Mary came out of the room with her cheeks glowing and her eyes flashing with a still unsubdued light.
accept an excuse for
From this reading ‘I told him that you wished me to excuse you.’
opinion or judgment
From this reading ‘_Enfin, chère Sibylle_,’ said Madame de Frontignac when Mary came out of the room with her cheeks glowing and her eyes flashing with a still unsubdued light.
a short vivid experience
From this reading ‘_Enfin, chère Sibylle_,’ said Madame de Frontignac when Mary came out of the room with her cheeks glowing and her eyes flashing with a still unsubdued light.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading ‘_Te voilà encore!_ What did he say, _mimi_? did he ask for me?’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘_Enfin, chère Sibylle_,’ said Madame de Frontignac when Mary came out of the room with her cheeks glowing and her eyes flashing with a still unsubdued light.
highly enthusiastic
From this reading ‘_Enfin, chère Sibylle_,’ said Madame de Frontignac when Mary came out of the room with her cheeks glowing and her eyes flashing with a still unsubdued light.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading ‘_Te voilà encore!_ What did he say, _mimi_? did he ask for me?’
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading ‘_Enfin, chère Sibylle_,’ said Madame de Frontignac when Mary came out of the room with her cheeks glowing and her eyes flashing with a still unsubdued light.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ‘What did you tell him?’
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘I told him that you wished me to excuse you.’
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading ‘_Enfin, chère Sibylle_,’ said Madame de Frontignac when Mary came out of the room with her cheeks glowing and her eyes flashing with a still unsubdued light.
title used for a married Frenchwoman
From this reading ‘_Enfin, chère Sibylle_,’ said Madame de Frontignac when Mary came out of the room with her cheeks glowing and her eyes flashing with a still unsubdued light.
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading ‘_Enfin, chère Sibylle_,’ said Madame de Frontignac when Mary came out of the room with her cheeks glowing and her eyes flashing with a still unsubdued light.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ‘_Te voilà encore!_ What did he say, _mimi_? did he ask for me?’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘_Te voilà encore!_ What did he say, _mimi_? did he ask for me?’
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ‘_Enfin, chère Sibylle_,’ said Madame de Frontignac when Mary came out of the room with her cheeks glowing and her eyes flashing with a still unsubdued light.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading ‘_Enfin, chère Sibylle_,’ said Madame de Frontignac when Mary came out of the room with her cheeks glowing and her eyes flashing with a still unsubdued light.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading ‘_Enfin, chère Sibylle_,’ said Madame de Frontignac when Mary came out of the room with her cheeks glowing and her eyes flashing with a still unsubdued light.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading ‘_Enfin, chère Sibylle_,’ said Madame de Frontignac when Mary came out of the room with her cheeks glowing and her eyes flashing with a still unsubdued light.
express in words
From this reading ‘_Te voilà encore!_ What did he say, _mimi_? did he ask for me?’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘_Enfin, chère Sibylle_,’ said Madame de Frontignac when Mary came out of the room with her cheeks glowing and her eyes flashing with a still unsubdued light.
not in physical motion
From this reading ‘_Enfin, chère Sibylle_,’ said Madame de Frontignac when Mary came out of the room with her cheeks glowing and her eyes flashing with a still unsubdued light.
a brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur; it is used in alloys and as a semiconductor; occurs mainly as tellurides in ores of copper and nickel and silver and gold
From this reading ‘_Te voilà encore!_ What did he say, _mimi_? did he ask for me?’
express in words
From this reading ‘What did you tell him?’
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading ‘I told him that you wished me to excuse you.’
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ‘_Enfin, chère Sibylle_,’ said Madame de Frontignac when Mary came out of the room with her cheeks glowing and her eyes flashing with a still unsubdued light.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ‘I told him that you wished me to excuse you.’
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading ‘I told him that you wished me to excuse you.’
not brought under control
From this reading ‘_Enfin, chère Sibylle_,’ said Madame de Frontignac when Mary came out of the room with her cheeks glowing and her eyes flashing with a still unsubdued light.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘_Te voilà encore!_ What did he say, _mimi_? did he ask for me?’
used to ask for information about something
From this reading ‘_Te voilà encore!_ What did he say, _mimi_? did he ask for me?’
at the time that
From this reading ‘_Enfin, chère Sibylle_,’ said Madame de Frontignac when Mary came out of the room with her cheeks glowing and her eyes flashing with a still unsubdued light.
past form of “wish” — hope for; have a wish
From this reading ‘I told him that you wished me to excuse you.’
in the company of; together with
From this reading ‘_Enfin, chère Sibylle_,’ said Madame de Frontignac when Mary came out of the room with her cheeks glowing and her eyes flashing with a still unsubdued light.
an affirmative
From this reading ‘Yes,’ said Mary, ‘he asked for you.’
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘Yes,’ said Mary, ‘he asked for you.’
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