Chapter 110 of The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 is here in full — 16 sentences across 4 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 110 of The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 is here in full — 16 sentences across 4 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CHARLES LAMB TO HENRY COLBURN (?) [Dated at end: June 14 (? 1825).] Dear Sir, I am quite ashamed, after your kind letter, of having expressed any disappointment about my remuneration. It is quite equivalent to the value of any thing I have yet sent you.
Chapter 110 of The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 is here in full — 16 sentences across 4 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse
From this reading “Dear Sir, I am quite ashamed, after your kind letter, of having expressed any disappointment about my remuneration.”
marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past
From this reading “[Dated at end: June 14 (?”
a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized
From this reading “Dear Sir, I am quite ashamed, after your kind letter, of having expressed any disappointment about my remuneration.”
a person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc
From this reading “It is quite equivalent to the value of any thing I have yet sent you.”
communicated in words
From this reading “Dear Sir, I am quite ashamed, after your kind letter, of having expressed any disappointment about my remuneration.”
the month following May and preceding July
From this reading “[Dated at end: June 14 (?”
young sheep
From this reading “CHARLES LAMB TO HENRY COLBURN (?)”
something that remunerates
From this reading “Dear Sir, I am quite ashamed, after your kind letter, of having expressed any disappointment about my remuneration.”
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From this reading [Dated at end: June 14 (?
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From this reading 1825).]
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Dear Sir, I am quite ashamed, after your kind letter, of having expressed any disappointment about my remuneration.
later than; following
From this reading Dear Sir, I am quite ashamed, after your kind letter, of having expressed any disappointment about my remuneration.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Dear Sir, I am quite ashamed, after your kind letter, of having expressed any disappointment about my remuneration.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading Dear Sir, I am quite ashamed, after your kind letter, of having expressed any disappointment about my remuneration.
feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse
From this reading Dear Sir, I am quite ashamed, after your kind letter, of having expressed any disappointment about my remuneration.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading [Dated at end: June 14 (?
King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)
From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO HENRY COLBURN (?)
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From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO HENRY COLBURN (?)
marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past
From this reading [Dated at end: June 14 (?
dearly loved
From this reading Dear Sir, I am quite ashamed, after your kind letter, of having expressed any disappointment about my remuneration.
a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized
From this reading Dear Sir, I am quite ashamed, after your kind letter, of having expressed any disappointment about my remuneration.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading [Dated at end: June 14 (?
a person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc
From this reading It is quite equivalent to the value of any thing I have yet sent you.
communicated in words
From this reading Dear Sir, I am quite ashamed, after your kind letter, of having expressed any disappointment about my remuneration.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It is quite equivalent to the value of any thing I have yet sent you.
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading Dear Sir, I am quite ashamed, after your kind letter, of having expressed any disappointment about my remuneration.
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO HENRY COLBURN (?)
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Dear Sir, I am quite ashamed, after your kind letter, of having expressed any disappointment about my remuneration.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is quite equivalent to the value of any thing I have yet sent you.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is quite equivalent to the value of any thing I have yet sent you.
the month following May and preceding July
From this reading [Dated at end: June 14 (?
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading Dear Sir, I am quite ashamed, after your kind letter, of having expressed any disappointment about my remuneration.
young sheep
From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO HENRY COLBURN (?)
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading Dear Sir, I am quite ashamed, after your kind letter, of having expressed any disappointment about my remuneration.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Dear Sir, I am quite ashamed, after your kind letter, of having expressed any disappointment about my remuneration.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Dear Sir, I am quite ashamed, after your kind letter, of having expressed any disappointment about my remuneration.
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading Dear Sir, I am quite ashamed, after your kind letter, of having expressed any disappointment about my remuneration.
something that remunerates
From this reading Dear Sir, I am quite ashamed, after your kind letter, of having expressed any disappointment about my remuneration.
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading It is quite equivalent to the value of any thing I have yet sent you.
term of address for a man
From this reading Dear Sir, I am quite ashamed, after your kind letter, of having expressed any disappointment about my remuneration.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It is quite equivalent to the value of any thing I have yet sent you.
a special situation
From this reading It is quite equivalent to the value of any thing I have yet sent you.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO HENRY COLBURN (?)
a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
From this reading It is quite equivalent to the value of any thing I have yet sent you.
but in spite of that
From this reading It is quite equivalent to the value of any thing I have yet sent you.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It is quite equivalent to the value of any thing I have yet sent you.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Dear Sir, I am quite ashamed, after your kind letter, of having expressed any disappointment about my remuneration.
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