Chapter 2 of The White Virgin is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The White Virgin is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Yes, I do. Master's a dear, good gentleman, and always been nice and kind. I'll tell him--that I will!" "Not you. There, wipe those pretty little blue eyes, and don't make your dear little puggy nose red, nor your cheeks neither.
Chapter 2 of The White Virgin is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading “There, wipe those pretty little blue eyes, and don't make your dear little puggy nose red, nor your cheeks neither.”
plural of “cheek” — either side of the face below the eyes
From this reading “There, wipe those pretty little blue eyes, and don't make your dear little puggy nose red, nor your cheeks neither.”
a man of refinement
From this reading “Master's a dear, good gentleman, and always been nice and kind.”
possessive form of “master” — an artist of consummate skill
From this reading “Master's a dear, good gentleman, and always been nice and kind.”
not one and not the other of two
From this reading “There, wipe those pretty little blue eyes, and don't make your dear little puggy nose red, nor your cheeks neither.”
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading “Master's a dear, good gentleman, and always been nice and kind.”
the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
From this reading “There, wipe those pretty little blue eyes, and don't make your dear little puggy nose red, nor your cheeks neither.”
rub with a circular motion
From this reading “There, wipe those pretty little blue eyes, and don't make your dear little puggy nose red, nor your cheeks neither.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “There, wipe those pretty little blue eyes, and don't make your dear little puggy nose red, nor your cheeks neither.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 Master's a dear, good gentleman, and always been nice and kind.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading Master's a dear, good gentleman, and always been nice and kind.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Master's a dear, good gentleman, and always been nice and kind.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Master's a dear, good gentleman, and always been nice and kind.
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading There, wipe those pretty little blue eyes, and don't make your dear little puggy nose red, nor your cheeks neither.
plural of “cheek” — either side of the face below the eyes
From this reading There, wipe those pretty little blue eyes, and don't make your dear little puggy nose red, nor your cheeks neither.
dearly loved
From this reading Master's a dear, good gentleman, and always been nice and kind.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Yes, I do.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There, wipe those pretty little blue eyes, and don't make your dear little puggy nose red, nor your cheeks neither.
opinion or judgment
From this reading There, wipe those pretty little blue eyes, and don't make your dear little puggy nose red, nor your cheeks neither.
a man of refinement
From this reading Master's a dear, good gentleman, and always been nice and kind.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Master's a dear, good gentleman, and always been nice and kind.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I'll tell him--that I will!"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Yes, I do.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'll tell him--that I will!"
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading Master's a dear, good gentleman, and always been nice and kind.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading There, wipe those pretty little blue eyes, and don't make your dear little puggy nose red, nor your cheeks neither.
engage in
From this reading There, wipe those pretty little blue eyes, and don't make your dear little puggy nose red, nor your cheeks neither.
possessive form of “master” — an artist of consummate skill
From this reading Master's a dear, good gentleman, and always been nice and kind.
not one and not the other of two
From this reading There, wipe those pretty little blue eyes, and don't make your dear little puggy nose red, nor your cheeks neither.
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading Master's a dear, good gentleman, and always been nice and kind.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading There, wipe those pretty little blue eyes, and don't make your dear little puggy nose red, nor your cheeks neither.
the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
From this reading There, wipe those pretty little blue eyes, and don't make your dear little puggy nose red, nor your cheeks neither.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Not you.
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading There, wipe those pretty little blue eyes, and don't make your dear little puggy nose red, nor your cheeks neither.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There, wipe those pretty little blue eyes, and don't make your dear little puggy nose red, nor your cheeks neither.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading There, wipe those pretty little blue eyes, and don't make your dear little puggy nose red, nor your cheeks neither.
express in words
From this reading I'll tell him--that I will!"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I'll tell him--that I will!"
in or at that place or location
From this reading There, wipe those pretty little blue eyes, and don't make your dear little puggy nose red, nor your cheeks neither.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading There, wipe those pretty little blue eyes, and don't make your dear little puggy nose red, nor your cheeks neither.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading I'll tell him--that I will!"
rub with a circular motion
From this reading There, wipe those pretty little blue eyes, and don't make your dear little puggy nose red, nor your cheeks neither.
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes, I do.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Not you.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading There, wipe those pretty little blue eyes, and don't make your dear little puggy nose red, nor your cheeks neither.
Chapter 2 of The White Virgin by George Manville Fenn holds 414 sentences, grouped into 83 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 2 holds 414 sentences of The White Virgin, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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