Chapter 21 of The Three Brides is here in full — 447 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of The Three Brides is here in full — 447 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Awfully Jolly When life becomes a spasm, And history a whiz, If that is not sensation, I don't know what it is.--LEWIS CARROLL "Is Lady Rosamond at home?" "No, ma'am." "Nor Mrs. Charnock?" "No, ma'am; they are both gone down to the Rectory." "Would you ask whether Mrs. Poynsett would like to see me?"
Chapter 21 of The Three Brides is here in full — 447 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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used as intensifiers
From this reading “Awfully Jolly When life becomes a spasm, And history a whiz, If that is not sensation, I don't know what it is.--LEWIS CARROLL "Is Lady Rosamond at home?"”
English author; Charles Dodgson was an Oxford don of mathematics who is remembered for the children's stories he wrote under the pen name Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)
From this reading “Awfully Jolly When life becomes a spasm, And history a whiz, If that is not sensation, I don't know what it is.--LEWIS CARROLL "Is Lady Rosamond at home?"”
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading “Awfully Jolly When life becomes a spasm, And history a whiz, If that is not sensation, I don't know what it is.--LEWIS CARROLL "Is Lady Rosamond at home?"”
United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935)
From this reading “Awfully Jolly When life becomes a spasm, And history a whiz, If that is not sensation, I don't know what it is.--LEWIS CARROLL "Is Lady Rosamond at home?"”
a woman of refinement
From this reading “"No, ma'am."”
an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector
From this reading “"No, ma'am; they are both gone down to the Rectory."”
a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
From this reading “Awfully Jolly When life becomes a spasm, And history a whiz, If that is not sensation, I don't know what it is.--LEWIS CARROLL "Is Lady Rosamond at home?"”
someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
From this reading “Awfully Jolly When life becomes a spasm, And history a whiz, If that is not sensation, I don't know what it is.--LEWIS CARROLL "Is Lady Rosamond at home?"”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Awfully Jolly When life becomes a spasm, And history a whiz, If that is not sensation, I don't know what it is.--LEWIS CARROLL "Is Lady Rosamond at home?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Awfully Jolly When life becomes a spasm, And history a whiz, If that is not sensation, I don't know what it is.--LEWIS CARROLL "Is Lady Rosamond at home?"
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "No, ma'am; they are both gone down to the Rectory."
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "Would you ask whether Mrs. Poynsett would like to see me?"
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Awfully Jolly When life becomes a spasm, And history a whiz, If that is not sensation, I don't know what it is.--LEWIS CARROLL "Is Lady Rosamond at home?"
used as intensifiers
From this reading Awfully Jolly When life becomes a spasm, And history a whiz, If that is not sensation, I don't know what it is.--LEWIS CARROLL "Is Lady Rosamond at home?"
third-person singular of “become” — enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading Awfully Jolly When life becomes a spasm, And history a whiz, If that is not sensation, I don't know what it is.--LEWIS CARROLL "Is Lady Rosamond at home?"
the two together, not just one
From this reading "No, ma'am; they are both gone down to the Rectory."
English author; Charles Dodgson was an Oxford don of mathematics who is remembered for the children's stories he wrote under the pen name Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)
From this reading Awfully Jolly When life becomes a spasm, And history a whiz, If that is not sensation, I don't know what it is.--LEWIS CARROLL "Is Lady Rosamond at home?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Nor Mrs. Charnock?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Awfully Jolly When life becomes a spasm, And history a whiz, If that is not sensation, I don't know what it is.--LEWIS CARROLL "Is Lady Rosamond at home?"
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading "No, ma'am; they are both gone down to the Rectory."
destroyed or killed
From this reading "No, ma'am; they are both gone down to the Rectory."
the aggregate of past events
From this reading Awfully Jolly When life becomes a spasm, And history a whiz, If that is not sensation, I don't know what it is.--LEWIS CARROLL "Is Lady Rosamond at home?"
where you live at a particular time
From this reading Awfully Jolly When life becomes a spasm, And history a whiz, If that is not sensation, I don't know what it is.--LEWIS CARROLL "Is Lady Rosamond at home?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Awfully Jolly When life becomes a spasm, And history a whiz, If that is not sensation, I don't know what it is.--LEWIS CARROLL "Is Lady Rosamond at home?"
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Awfully Jolly When life becomes a spasm, And history a whiz, If that is not sensation, I don't know what it is.--LEWIS CARROLL "Is Lady Rosamond at home?"
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Awfully Jolly When life becomes a spasm, And history a whiz, If that is not sensation, I don't know what it is.--LEWIS CARROLL "Is Lady Rosamond at home?"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Awfully Jolly When life becomes a spasm, And history a whiz, If that is not sensation, I don't know what it is.--LEWIS CARROLL "Is Lady Rosamond at home?"
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading Awfully Jolly When life becomes a spasm, And history a whiz, If that is not sensation, I don't know what it is.--LEWIS CARROLL "Is Lady Rosamond at home?"
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Awfully Jolly When life becomes a spasm, And history a whiz, If that is not sensation, I don't know what it is.--LEWIS CARROLL "Is Lady Rosamond at home?"
a polite name for any woman
From this reading Awfully Jolly When life becomes a spasm, And history a whiz, If that is not sensation, I don't know what it is.--LEWIS CARROLL "Is Lady Rosamond at home?"
United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935)
From this reading Awfully Jolly When life becomes a spasm, And history a whiz, If that is not sensation, I don't know what it is.--LEWIS CARROLL "Is Lady Rosamond at home?"
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Awfully Jolly When life becomes a spasm, And history a whiz, If that is not sensation, I don't know what it is.--LEWIS CARROLL "Is Lady Rosamond at home?"
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "Would you ask whether Mrs. Poynsett would like to see me?"
a woman of refinement
From this reading "No, ma'am."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Would you ask whether Mrs. Poynsett would like to see me?"
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading "Nor Mrs. Charnock?"
not any; not one
From this reading "No, ma'am."
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading "Nor Mrs. Charnock?"
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Awfully Jolly When life becomes a spasm, And history a whiz, If that is not sensation, I don't know what it is.--LEWIS CARROLL "Is Lady Rosamond at home?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Would you ask whether Mrs. Poynsett would like to see me?"
an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector
From this reading "No, ma'am; they are both gone down to the Rectory."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Awfully Jolly When life becomes a spasm, And history a whiz, If that is not sensation, I don't know what it is.--LEWIS CARROLL "Is Lady Rosamond at home?"
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "Would you ask whether Mrs. Poynsett would like to see me?"
an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation
From this reading Awfully Jolly When life becomes a spasm, And history a whiz, If that is not sensation, I don't know what it is.--LEWIS CARROLL "Is Lady Rosamond at home?"
a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
From this reading Awfully Jolly When life becomes a spasm, And history a whiz, If that is not sensation, I don't know what it is.--LEWIS CARROLL "Is Lady Rosamond at home?"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Awfully Jolly When life becomes a spasm, And history a whiz, If that is not sensation, I don't know what it is.--LEWIS CARROLL "Is Lady Rosamond at home?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "No, ma'am; they are both gone down to the Rectory."
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "No, ma'am; they are both gone down to the Rectory."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "No, ma'am; they are both gone down to the Rectory."
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Awfully Jolly When life becomes a spasm, And history a whiz, If that is not sensation, I don't know what it is.--LEWIS CARROLL "Is Lady Rosamond at home?"
at the time that
From this reading Awfully Jolly When life becomes a spasm, And history a whiz, If that is not sensation, I don't know what it is.--LEWIS CARROLL "Is Lady Rosamond at home?"
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading "Would you ask whether Mrs. Poynsett would like to see me?"
someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
From this reading Awfully Jolly When life becomes a spasm, And history a whiz, If that is not sensation, I don't know what it is.--LEWIS CARROLL "Is Lady Rosamond at home?"
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "Would you ask whether Mrs. Poynsett would like to see me?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Would you ask whether Mrs. Poynsett would like to see me?"
Chapter 21 of The Three Brides by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge holds 447 sentences, grouped into 90 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 21 holds 447 sentences of The Three Brides, unabridged, divided into 90 reading sections.
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