Chapter 4 of The Prude's Progress: A Comedy in Three Acts is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Prude's Progress: A Comedy in Three Acts is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
What have you done--blued the lot? MR. BEN DIXON. Belinda, your vulgar expressions pain me. There is no need to be violent.
Chapter 4 of The Prude's Progress: A Comedy in Three Acts is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a mountain or tall hill
From this reading “BEN DIXON.”
past form of “blue” — turn blue
From this reading “What have you done--blued the lot?”
plural of “expression” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading “Belinda, your vulgar expressions pain me.”
(often followed by “of”) a large number or amount or extent
From this reading “What have you done--blued the lot?”
a condition requiring relief
From this reading “There is no need to be violent.”
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
From this reading “Belinda, your vulgar expressions pain me.”
acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity
From this reading “There is no need to be violent.”
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
From this reading “Belinda, your vulgar expressions pain me.”
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used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There is no need to be violent.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Belinda, your vulgar expressions pain me.
a mountain or tall hill
From this reading BEN DIXON.
past form of “blue” — turn blue
From this reading What have you done--blued the lot?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BEN DIXON.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading What have you done--blued the lot?
plural of “expression” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading Belinda, your vulgar expressions pain me.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading What have you done--blued the lot?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is no need to be violent.
(often followed by “of”) a large number or amount or extent
From this reading What have you done--blued the lot?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Belinda, your vulgar expressions pain me.
a form of address for a man
From this reading MR.
a condition requiring relief
From this reading There is no need to be violent.
not any; not one
From this reading There is no need to be violent.
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
From this reading Belinda, your vulgar expressions pain me.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading What have you done--blued the lot?
in or at that place or location
From this reading There is no need to be violent.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There is no need to be violent.
acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity
From this reading There is no need to be violent.
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
From this reading Belinda, your vulgar expressions pain me.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What have you done--blued the lot?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What have you done--blued the lot?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Belinda, your vulgar expressions pain me.
Chapter 4 of The Prude's Progress: A Comedy in Three Acts by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome holds 414 sentences, grouped into 83 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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