Chapter 7 of The School for Scandal is here in full — 242 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of The School for Scandal is here in full — 242 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CHARLES. Ay, and my great-grandfathers and grandmothers too. SIR OLIVER. [Aside.] Now I give him up!--[Aloud.] What the plague, have you no bowels for your own kindred? Odd's life! do you take me for Shylock in the play, that you would raise money of me on your own flesh and blood?
Chapter 7 of The School for Scandal is here in full — 242 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the center of the Earth
From this reading “[Aside.] Now I give him up!--[Aloud.] What the plague, have you no bowels for your own kindred?”
the soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat
From this reading “Odd's life! do you take me for Shylock in the play, that you would raise money of me on your own flesh and blood?”
plural of “grandmother” — the mother of your father or mother
From this reading “Ay, and my great-grandfathers and grandmothers too.”
similar in quality or character
From this reading “[Aside.] Now I give him up!--[Aloud.] What the plague, have you no bowels for your own kindred?”
United States jazz musician who influenced the style of Louis Armstrong (1885-1938)
From this reading “SIR OLIVER.”
cause to suffer a blight
From this reading “[Aside.] Now I give him up!--[Aloud.] What the plague, have you no bowels for your own kindred?”
raise the level or amount of something
From this reading “Odd's life! do you take me for Shylock in the play, that you would raise money of me on your own flesh and blood?”
someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest
From this reading “Odd's life! do you take me for Shylock in the play, that you would raise money of me on your own flesh and blood?”
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using the voice; not silently
From this reading [Aside.] Now I give him up!--[Aloud.] What the plague, have you no bowels for your own kindred?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Ay, and my great-grandfathers and grandmothers too.
on or to one side
From this reading [Aside.] Now I give him up!--[Aloud.] What the plague, have you no bowels for your own kindred?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ay, and my great-grandfathers and grandmothers too.
The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.
From this reading Odd's life! do you take me for Shylock in the play, that you would raise money of me on your own flesh and blood?
the center of the Earth
From this reading [Aside.] Now I give him up!--[Aloud.] What the plague, have you no bowels for your own kindred?
King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)
From this reading CHARLES.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Odd's life! do you take me for Shylock in the play, that you would raise money of me on your own flesh and blood?
the soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat
From this reading Odd's life! do you take me for Shylock in the play, that you would raise money of me on your own flesh and blood?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading [Aside.] Now I give him up!--[Aloud.] What the plague, have you no bowels for your own kindred?
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading [Aside.] Now I give him up!--[Aloud.] What the plague, have you no bowels for your own kindred?
plural of “grandmother” — the mother of your father or mother
From this reading Ay, and my great-grandfathers and grandmothers too.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ay, and my great-grandfathers and grandmothers too.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading [Aside.] Now I give him up!--[Aloud.] What the plague, have you no bowels for your own kindred?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading [Aside.] Now I give him up!--[Aloud.] What the plague, have you no bowels for your own kindred?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading [Aside.] Now I give him up!--[Aloud.] What the plague, have you no bowels for your own kindred?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Odd's life! do you take me for Shylock in the play, that you would raise money of me on your own flesh and blood?
similar in quality or character
From this reading [Aside.] Now I give him up!--[Aloud.] What the plague, have you no bowels for your own kindred?
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Odd's life! do you take me for Shylock in the play, that you would raise money of me on your own flesh and blood?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Odd's life! do you take me for Shylock in the play, that you would raise money of me on your own flesh and blood?
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading Odd's life! do you take me for Shylock in the play, that you would raise money of me on your own flesh and blood?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Ay, and my great-grandfathers and grandmothers too.
not any; not one
From this reading [Aside.] Now I give him up!--[Aloud.] What the plague, have you no bowels for your own kindred?
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading [Aside.] Now I give him up!--[Aloud.] What the plague, have you no bowels for your own kindred?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Odd's life! do you take me for Shylock in the play, that you would raise money of me on your own flesh and blood?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Odd's life! do you take me for Shylock in the play, that you would raise money of me on your own flesh and blood?
United States jazz musician who influenced the style of Louis Armstrong (1885-1938)
From this reading SIR OLIVER.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Odd's life! do you take me for Shylock in the play, that you would raise money of me on your own flesh and blood?
have ownership or possession of
From this reading [Aside.] Now I give him up!--[Aloud.] What the plague, have you no bowels for your own kindred?
cause to suffer a blight
From this reading [Aside.] Now I give him up!--[Aloud.] What the plague, have you no bowels for your own kindred?
participate in games or sport
From this reading Odd's life! do you take me for Shylock in the play, that you would raise money of me on your own flesh and blood?
raise the level or amount of something
From this reading Odd's life! do you take me for Shylock in the play, that you would raise money of me on your own flesh and blood?
someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest
From this reading Odd's life! do you take me for Shylock in the play, that you would raise money of me on your own flesh and blood?
term of address for a man
From this reading SIR OLIVER.
carry out
From this reading Odd's life! do you take me for Shylock in the play, that you would raise money of me on your own flesh and blood?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Odd's life! do you take me for Shylock in the play, that you would raise money of me on your own flesh and blood?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [Aside.] Now I give him up!--[Aloud.] What the plague, have you no bowels for your own kindred?
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading Ay, and my great-grandfathers and grandmothers too.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading [Aside.] Now I give him up!--[Aloud.] What the plague, have you no bowels for your own kindred?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading [Aside.] Now I give him up!--[Aloud.] What the plague, have you no bowels for your own kindred?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Odd's life! do you take me for Shylock in the play, that you would raise money of me on your own flesh and blood?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading [Aside.] Now I give him up!--[Aloud.] What the plague, have you no bowels for your own kindred?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading [Aside.] Now I give him up!--[Aloud.] What the plague, have you no bowels for your own kindred?
Chapter 7 of The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan holds 242 sentences, grouped into 49 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 7 holds 242 sentences of The School for Scandal, unabridged, divided into 49 reading sections.
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