Chapter 122 of The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 is here in full — 14 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 122 of The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 is here in full — 14 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CHARLES LAMB TO CHARLES OLLIER January, 1826. Dear O.,--We lamented your absence last night. The grouse were piquant, the backs incomparable. You must come in to cold mutton and oysters some evening. Name your evening; though I have qualms at the distance.
Chapter 122 of The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 is here in full — 14 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil
From this reading “The grouse were piquant, the backs incomparable.”
such that comparison is impossible; unsuitable for comparison or lacking features that can be compared
From this reading “The grouse were piquant, the backs incomparable.”
the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice
From this reading “CHARLES LAMB TO CHARLES OLLIER January, 1826.”
mourned or grieved for
From this reading “Dear O.,--We lamented your absence last night.”
meat from a mature domestic sheep
From this reading “You must come in to cold mutton and oysters some evening.”
plural of “oyster” — marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters
From this reading “You must come in to cold mutton and oysters some evening.”
having an agreeably pungent taste
From this reading “The grouse were piquant, the backs incomparable.”
plural of “qualm” — uneasiness about the fitness of an action
From this reading “Name your evening; though I have qualms at the distance.”
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From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO CHARLES OLLIER January, 1826.
the state of being absent
From this reading Dear O.,--We lamented your absence last night.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading You must come in to cold mutton and oysters some evening.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Name your evening; though I have qualms at the distance.
plural of “back” — the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
From this reading The grouse were piquant, the backs incomparable.
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 CHARLES OLLIER January, 1826.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading You must come in to cold mutton and oysters some evening.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading You must come in to cold mutton and oysters some evening.
dearly loved
From this reading Dear O.,--We lamented your absence last night.
the property created by the space between two objects or points
From this reading Name your evening; though I have qualms at the distance.
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading You must come in to cold mutton and oysters some evening.
flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil
From this reading The grouse were piquant, the backs incomparable.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Name your evening; though I have qualms at the distance.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Name your evening; though I have qualms at the distance.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading You must come in to cold mutton and oysters some evening.
such that comparison is impossible; unsuitable for comparison or lacking features that can be compared
From this reading The grouse were piquant, the backs incomparable.
the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice
From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO CHARLES OLLIER January, 1826.
young sheep
From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO CHARLES OLLIER January, 1826.
mourned or grieved for
From this reading Dear O.,--We lamented your absence last night.
immediately past
From this reading Dear O.,--We lamented your absence last night.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading You must come in to cold mutton and oysters some evening.
meat from a mature domestic sheep
From this reading You must come in to cold mutton and oysters some evening.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Name your evening; though I have qualms at the distance.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Dear O.,--We lamented your absence last night.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading Dear O.,--We lamented your absence last night.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO CHARLES OLLIER January, 1826.
plural of “oyster” — marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters
From this reading You must come in to cold mutton and oysters some evening.
having an agreeably pungent taste
From this reading The grouse were piquant, the backs incomparable.
plural of “qualm” — uneasiness about the fitness of an action
From this reading Name your evening; though I have qualms at the distance.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading You must come in to cold mutton and oysters some evening.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The grouse were piquant, the backs incomparable.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Name your evening; though I have qualms at the distance.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO CHARLES OLLIER January, 1826.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Dear O.,--We lamented your absence last night.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The grouse were piquant, the backs incomparable.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You must come in to cold mutton and oysters some evening.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Dear O.,--We lamented your absence last night.
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