Chapter 340 of The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 is here in full — 72 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 340 of The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 is here in full — 72 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CHARLES LAMB TO J. FULLER RUSSELL [Summer, 1834.] Sir,--I hope you will finish "Emily." The story I cannot at this stage anticipate. Some looseness of diction I have taken liberty to advert to. It wants a little more severity of style.
Chapter 340 of The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 is here in full — 72 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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give heed
From this reading “Some looseness of diction I have taken liberty to advert to.”
regard something as probable or likely
From this reading “The story I cannot at this stage anticipate.”
the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience
From this reading “Some looseness of diction I have taken liberty to advert to.”
come or bring to a finish or an end
From this reading “Sir,--I hope you will finish "Emily."”
United States jurist and chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1833-1910)
From this reading “CHARLES LAMB TO J. FULLER RUSSELL [Summer, 1834.]”
young sheep
From this reading “CHARLES LAMB TO J. FULLER RUSSELL [Summer, 1834.]”
United States religious leader who founded the sect that is now called Jehovah's Witnesses (1852-1916)
From this reading “CHARLES LAMB TO J. FULLER RUSSELL [Summer, 1834.]”
used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
From this reading “It wants a little more severity of style.”
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From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO J. FULLER RUSSELL [Summer, 1834.]
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It wants a little more severity of style.
give heed
From this reading Some looseness of diction I have taken liberty to advert to.
regard something as probable or likely
From this reading The story I cannot at this stage anticipate.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The story I cannot at this stage anticipate.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The story I cannot at this stage anticipate.
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 J. FULLER RUSSELL [Summer, 1834.]
the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience
From this reading Some looseness of diction I have taken liberty to advert to.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sir,--I hope you will finish "Emily."
come or bring to a finish or an end
From this reading Sir,--I hope you will finish "Emily."
United States jurist and chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1833-1910)
From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO J. FULLER RUSSELL [Summer, 1834.]
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Some looseness of diction I have taken liberty to advert to.
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading Sir,--I hope you will finish "Emily."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Sir,--I hope you will finish "Emily."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It wants a little more severity of style.
a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO J. FULLER RUSSELL [Summer, 1834.]
young sheep
From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO J. FULLER RUSSELL [Summer, 1834.]
The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions on one's way of life.
From this reading Some looseness of diction I have taken liberty to advert to.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading It wants a little more severity of style.
frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor
From this reading Some looseness of diction I have taken liberty to advert to.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading It wants a little more severity of style.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Some looseness of diction I have taken liberty to advert to.
United States religious leader who founded the sect that is now called Jehovah's Witnesses (1852-1916)
From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO J. FULLER RUSSELL [Summer, 1834.]
used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
From this reading It wants a little more severity of style.
term of address for a man
From this reading Sir,--I hope you will finish "Emily."
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Some looseness of diction I have taken liberty to advert to.
any distinct time period in a sequence of events
From this reading The story I cannot at this stage anticipate.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading The story I cannot at this stage anticipate.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading It wants a little more severity of style.
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO J. FULLER RUSSELL [Summer, 1834.]
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading Some looseness of diction I have taken liberty to advert to.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The story I cannot at this stage anticipate.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The story I cannot at this stage anticipate.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO J. FULLER RUSSELL [Summer, 1834.]
plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty
From this reading It wants a little more severity of style.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Sir,--I hope you will finish "Emily."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Sir,--I hope you will finish "Emily."
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