Chapter 1 of The White Devil is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The White Devil is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
'T had been your part To have made up that flaw. Cam. True, but she loathes I should be seen in 't. Flam. Why, sir, what 's the matter?
Chapter 1 of The White Devil is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 29/80 · 5 reading units · Lines 141–145
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a river in east central England that flows past Cambridge to join the Ouse River
From this reading “Cam.”
an imperfection in an object or machine
From this reading “'T had been your part To have made up that flaw.”
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading “'T had been your part To have made up that flaw.”
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading “Why, sir, what 's the matter?”
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading “'T had been your part To have made up that flaw.”
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “True, but she loathes I should be seen in 't.”
term of address for a man
From this reading “Why, sir, what 's the matter?”
consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading “True, but she loathes I should be seen in 't.”
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used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading True, but she loathes I should be seen in 't.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading 'T had been your part To have made up that flaw.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading True, but she loathes I should be seen in 't.
a river in east central England that flows past Cambridge to join the Ouse River
From this reading Cam.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Flam.
an imperfection in an object or machine
From this reading 'T had been your part To have made up that flaw.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading 'T had been your part To have made up that flaw.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading 'T had been your part To have made up that flaw.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading True, but she loathes I should be seen in 't.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading True, but she loathes I should be seen in 't.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading True, but she loathes I should be seen in 't.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading 'T had been your part To have made up that flaw.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading Why, sir, what 's the matter?
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading 'T had been your part To have made up that flaw.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading Why, sir, what 's the matter?
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading True, but she loathes I should be seen in 't.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading True, but she loathes I should be seen in 't.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading True, but she loathes I should be seen in 't.
term of address for a man
From this reading Why, sir, what 's the matter?
a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading 'T had been your part To have made up that flaw.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading 'T had been your part To have made up that flaw.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Why, sir, what 's the matter?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading 'T had been your part To have made up that flaw.
consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading True, but she loathes I should be seen in 't.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading 'T had been your part To have made up that flaw.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Why, sir, what 's the matter?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why, sir, what 's the matter?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'T had been your part To have made up that flaw.
Chapter 1 of The White Devil by John Webster holds 403 sentences, grouped into 81 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 1 holds 403 sentences of The White Devil, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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