Chapter 5 of The Prude's Progress: A Comedy in Three Acts is here in full — 462 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Prude's Progress: A Comedy in Three Acts is here in full — 462 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
She says she knows the party very well indeed, and that his name is--Wheedles! TED MORRIS Wheedles! JACK MEDBURY. The long-lost Wheedles! ADAM CHERRY.
Chapter 5 of The Prude's Progress: A Comedy in Three Acts is here in full — 462 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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(Old Testament) in Judeo-Christian mythology; the first man and the husband of Eve and the progenitor of the human race
From this reading “ADAM CHERRY.”
wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry
From this reading “ADAM CHERRY.”
a small worthless amount
From this reading “JACK MEDBURY.”
plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
From this reading “She says she knows the party very well indeed, and that his name is--Wheedles!”
United States suffragist in Wyoming (1814-1902)
From this reading “TED MORRIS Wheedles!”
an organization to gain political power
From this reading “She says she knows the party very well indeed, and that his name is--Wheedles!”
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading “She says she knows the party very well indeed, and that his name is--Wheedles!”
a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes
From this reading “TED MORRIS Wheedles!”
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(Old Testament) in Judeo-Christian mythology; the first man and the husband of Eve and the progenitor of the human race
From this reading ADAM CHERRY.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She says she knows the party very well indeed, and that his name is--Wheedles!
wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry
From this reading ADAM CHERRY.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She says she knows the party very well indeed, and that his name is--Wheedles!
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading She says she knows the party very well indeed, and that his name is--Wheedles!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She says she knows the party very well indeed, and that his name is--Wheedles!
a small worthless amount
From this reading JACK MEDBURY.
plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
From this reading She says she knows the party very well indeed, and that his name is--Wheedles!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The long-lost Wheedles!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JACK MEDBURY.
United States suffragist in Wyoming (1814-1902)
From this reading TED MORRIS Wheedles!
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading She says she knows the party very well indeed, and that his name is--Wheedles!
an organization to gain political power
From this reading She says she knows the party very well indeed, and that his name is--Wheedles!
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading She says she knows the party very well indeed, and that his name is--Wheedles!
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She says she knows the party very well indeed, and that his name is--Wheedles!
a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes
From this reading TED MORRIS Wheedles!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She says she knows the party very well indeed, and that his name is--Wheedles!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She says she knows the party very well indeed, and that his name is--Wheedles!
precisely as stated
From this reading She says she knows the party very well indeed, and that his name is--Wheedles!
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading She says she knows the party very well indeed, and that his name is--Wheedles!
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From this reading She says she knows the party very well indeed, and that his name is--Wheedles!
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