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Chapter 4 of The Nabob is here in full — 175 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“If it please my mother to come to see me here, I shall be delighted, certainly. But my determination to quit your house, to have no longer anything in common with you, is irrevocable.” “And will you at least say why?” He made a negative sign; he would not say. For once the Irishman felt a genuine impulse of anger.
Chapter 4 of The Nabob is here in full — 175 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
greatly pleased
From this reading ““If it please my mother to come to see me here, I shall be delighted, certainly.”
the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation
From this reading “But my determination to quit your house, to have no longer anything in common with you, is irrevocable.””
not fake or counterfeit
From this reading “For once the Irishman felt a genuine impulse of anger.”
an instinctive motive
From this reading “For once the Irishman felt a genuine impulse of anger.”
a man who is a native or inhabitant of Ireland
From this reading “For once the Irishman felt a genuine impulse of anger.”
incapable of being retracted or revoked
From this reading “But my determination to quit your house, to have no longer anything in common with you, is irrevocable.””
characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features
From this reading “He made a negative sign; he would not say.”
put an end to a state or an activity
From this reading “But my determination to quit your house, to have no longer anything in common with you, is irrevocable.””
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading He made a negative sign; he would not say.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “And will you at least say why?”
a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
From this reading For once the Irishman felt a genuine impulse of anger.
any thing at all
From this reading But my determination to quit your house, to have no longer anything in common with you, is irrevocable.”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “And will you at least say why?”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “If it please my mother to come to see me here, I shall be delighted, certainly.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But my determination to quit your house, to have no longer anything in common with you, is irrevocable.”
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading “If it please my mother to come to see me here, I shall be delighted, certainly.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “If it please my mother to come to see me here, I shall be delighted, certainly.
belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
From this reading But my determination to quit your house, to have no longer anything in common with you, is irrevocable.”
greatly pleased
From this reading “If it please my mother to come to see me here, I shall be delighted, certainly.
the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation
From this reading But my determination to quit your house, to have no longer anything in common with you, is irrevocable.”
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading For once the Irishman felt a genuine impulse of anger.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For once the Irishman felt a genuine impulse of anger.
not fake or counterfeit
From this reading For once the Irishman felt a genuine impulse of anger.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading But my determination to quit your house, to have no longer anything in common with you, is irrevocable.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He made a negative sign; he would not say.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “If it please my mother to come to see me here, I shall be delighted, certainly.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading But my determination to quit your house, to have no longer anything in common with you, is irrevocable.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “If it please my mother to come to see me here, I shall be delighted, certainly.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “If it please my mother to come to see me here, I shall be delighted, certainly.
an instinctive motive
From this reading For once the Irishman felt a genuine impulse of anger.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But my determination to quit your house, to have no longer anything in common with you, is irrevocable.”
a man who is a native or inhabitant of Ireland
From this reading For once the Irishman felt a genuine impulse of anger.
incapable of being retracted or revoked
From this reading But my determination to quit your house, to have no longer anything in common with you, is irrevocable.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But my determination to quit your house, to have no longer anything in common with you, is irrevocable.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “If it please my mother to come to see me here, I shall be delighted, certainly.
the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
From this reading “And will you at least say why?”
for more time
From this reading But my determination to quit your house, to have no longer anything in common with you, is irrevocable.”
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading He made a negative sign; he would not say.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “If it please my mother to come to see me here, I shall be delighted, certainly.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading “If it please my mother to come to see me here, I shall be delighted, certainly.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “If it please my mother to come to see me here, I shall be delighted, certainly.
characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features
From this reading He made a negative sign; he would not say.
not any; not one
From this reading But my determination to quit your house, to have no longer anything in common with you, is irrevocable.”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He made a negative sign; he would not say.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading For once the Irishman felt a genuine impulse of anger.
on one occasion
From this reading For once the Irishman felt a genuine impulse of anger.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading “If it please my mother to come to see me here, I shall be delighted, certainly.
put an end to a state or an activity
From this reading But my determination to quit your house, to have no longer anything in common with you, is irrevocable.”
express in words
From this reading “And will you at least say why?”
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “If it please my mother to come to see me here, I shall be delighted, certainly.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “If it please my mother to come to see me here, I shall be delighted, certainly.
a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
From this reading He made a negative sign; he would not say.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading For once the Irishman felt a genuine impulse of anger.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “If it please my mother to come to see me here, I shall be delighted, certainly.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading “And will you at least say why?”
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “And will you at least say why?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading But my determination to quit your house, to have no longer anything in common with you, is irrevocable.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He made a negative sign; he would not say.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading But my determination to quit your house, to have no longer anything in common with you, is irrevocable.”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading But my determination to quit your house, to have no longer anything in common with you, is irrevocable.”
Chapter 4 of The Nabob by Alphonse Daudet holds 175 sentences, grouped into 35 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.
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