Chapter 4 of The Schoolmistress: A Farce in Three Acts is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Schoolmistress: A Farce in Three Acts is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Yes; and oh! I shall always prize it! RANKLING. No, no, don't! You haven't bothered your Uncle about it, have you, dear?
Chapter 4 of The Schoolmistress: A Farce in Three Acts is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading “I shall always prize it!”
caused to show discomposure
From this reading “You haven't bothered your Uncle about it, have you, dear?”
dearly loved
From this reading “You haven't bothered your Uncle about it, have you, dear?”
something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery
From this reading “I shall always prize it!”
-ing form of “rankle” — gnaw into; make resentful or angry
From this reading “RANKLING.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “I shall always prize it!”
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading “You haven't bothered your Uncle about it, have you, dear?”
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes; and oh!”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading You haven't bothered your Uncle about it, have you, dear?
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading I shall always prize it!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Yes; and oh!
caused to show discomposure
From this reading You haven't bothered your Uncle about it, have you, dear?
dearly loved
From this reading You haven't bothered your Uncle about it, have you, dear?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading No, no, don't!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You haven't bothered your Uncle about it, have you, dear?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You haven't bothered your Uncle about it, have you, dear?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I shall always prize it!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I shall always prize it!
not any; not one
From this reading No, no, don't!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Yes; and oh!
something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery
From this reading I shall always prize it!
-ing form of “rankle” — gnaw into; make resentful or angry
From this reading RANKLING.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading I shall always prize it!
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading You haven't bothered your Uncle about it, have you, dear?
an affirmative
From this reading Yes; and oh!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You haven't bothered your Uncle about it, have you, dear?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You haven't bothered your Uncle about it, have you, dear?
Chapter 4 of The Schoolmistress: A Farce in Three Acts by Arthur Wing Pinero holds 427 sentences, grouped into 86 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.
Chapter 4 holds 427 sentences of The Schoolmistress: A Farce in Three Acts, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of The Schoolmistress: A Farce in Three Acts by Arthur Wing Pinero exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 427 sentences, grouped into 86 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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