Chapter 154 of The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 is here in full — 113 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 154 of The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 is here in full — 113 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CHARLES LAMB TO P.G. PATMORE [Dated at end: July 19, 1827.] Dear P.--I am so poorly! I have been to a funeral, where I made a pun, to the consternation of the rest of the mourners. And we had wine. I can't describe to you the howl which the widow set up at proper intervals.
Chapter 154 of The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 is here in full — 113 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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fear resulting from the awareness of danger
From this reading “I have been to a funeral, where I made a pun, to the consternation of the rest of the mourners.”
marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past
From this reading “CHARLES LAMB TO P.G. PATMORE [Dated at end: July 19, 1827.]”
emit long loud cries
From this reading “I can't describe to you the howl which the widow set up at proper intervals.”
the month following June and preceding August
From this reading “CHARLES LAMB TO P.G. PATMORE [Dated at end: July 19, 1827.]”
young sheep
From this reading “CHARLES LAMB TO P.G. PATMORE [Dated at end: July 19, 1827.]”
plural of “mourner” — a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died)
From this reading “I have been to a funeral, where I made a pun, to the consternation of the rest of the mourners.”
(“ill” is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well
From this reading “Dear P.--I am so poorly!”
a humorous play on words
From this reading “I have been to a funeral, where I made a pun, to the consternation of the rest of the mourners.”
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From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO P.G. PATMORE [Dated at end: July 19, 1827.]
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From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO P.G. PATMORE [Dated at end: July 19, 1827.]
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I have been to a funeral, where I made a pun, to the consternation of the rest of the mourners.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Dear P.--I am so poorly!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And we had wine.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO P.G. PATMORE [Dated at end: July 19, 1827.]
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I have been to a funeral, where I made a pun, to the consternation of the rest of the mourners.
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From this reading I can't describe to you the howl which the widow set up at proper intervals.
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 P.G. PATMORE [Dated at end: July 19, 1827.]
fear resulting from the awareness of danger
From this reading I have been to a funeral, where I made a pun, to the consternation of the rest of the mourners.
marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past
From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO P.G. PATMORE [Dated at end: July 19, 1827.]
dearly loved
From this reading Dear P.--I am so poorly!
give a description of
From this reading I can't describe to you the howl which the widow set up at proper intervals.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO P.G. PATMORE [Dated at end: July 19, 1827.]
a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated
From this reading I have been to a funeral, where I made a pun, to the consternation of the rest of the mourners.
a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram
From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO P.G. PATMORE [Dated at end: July 19, 1827.]
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading And we had wine.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have been to a funeral, where I made a pun, to the consternation of the rest of the mourners.
emit long loud cries
From this reading I can't describe to you the howl which the widow set up at proper intervals.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Dear P.--I am so poorly!
plural of “interval” — a definite length of time marked off by two instants
From this reading I can't describe to you the howl which the widow set up at proper intervals.
the month following June and preceding August
From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO P.G. PATMORE [Dated at end: July 19, 1827.]
young sheep
From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO P.G. PATMORE [Dated at end: July 19, 1827.]
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading I have been to a funeral, where I made a pun, to the consternation of the rest of the mourners.
plural of “mourner” — a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died)
From this reading I have been to a funeral, where I made a pun, to the consternation of the rest of the mourners.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I have been to a funeral, where I made a pun, to the consternation of the rest of the mourners.
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO P.G. PATMORE [Dated at end: July 19, 1827.]
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO P.G. PATMORE [Dated at end: July 19, 1827.]
(“ill” is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well
From this reading Dear P.--I am so poorly!
marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness
From this reading I can't describe to you the howl which the widow set up at proper intervals.
a humorous play on words
From this reading I have been to a funeral, where I made a pun, to the consternation of the rest of the mourners.
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading I have been to a funeral, where I made a pun, to the consternation of the rest of the mourners.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading I can't describe to you the howl which the widow set up at proper intervals.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Dear P.--I am so poorly!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I have been to a funeral, where I made a pun, to the consternation of the rest of the mourners.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO P.G. PATMORE [Dated at end: July 19, 1827.]
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading I can't describe to you the howl which the widow set up at proper intervals.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading And we had wine.
in or at the place that
From this reading I have been to a funeral, where I made a pun, to the consternation of the rest of the mourners.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I can't describe to you the howl which the widow set up at proper intervals.
a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
From this reading I can't describe to you the howl which the widow set up at proper intervals.
fermented juice (of grapes especially)
From this reading And we had wine.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I can't describe to you the howl which the widow set up at proper intervals.
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