Chapter 15 of The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4 is here in full — 133 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4 is here in full — 133 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Pay for my brandy and water!—didn’t I give you the tobacco for the brandy and water? What more would you have?” “But, sir, if you please, I don’t remember that you paid me for the tobacco.” “What do you mean by that, you scoundrel?—Didn’t I give you back your tobacco? Isn’t that your tobacco lying there?
Chapter 15 of The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4 is here in full — 133 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice
From this reading ““Pay for my brandy and water!—didn’t I give you the tobacco for the brandy and water?”
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
From this reading “Isn’t that your tobacco lying there?”
marked by the reception of pay
From this reading ““But, sir, if you please, I don’t remember that you paid me for the tobacco.””
give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
From this reading ““Pay for my brandy and water!—didn’t I give you the tobacco for the brandy and water?”
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading ““But, sir, if you please, I don’t remember that you paid me for the tobacco.””
To recall to mind.
From this reading ““But, sir, if you please, I don’t remember that you paid me for the tobacco.””
a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
From this reading ““What do you mean by that, you scoundrel?—Didn’t I give you back your tobacco?”
leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion
From this reading ““Pay for my brandy and water!—didn’t I give you the tobacco for the brandy and water?”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Pay for my brandy and water!—didn’t I give you the tobacco for the brandy and water?
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading “What do you mean by that, you scoundrel?—Didn’t I give you back your tobacco?
distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice
From this reading “Pay for my brandy and water!—didn’t I give you the tobacco for the brandy and water?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “But, sir, if you please, I don’t remember that you paid me for the tobacco.”
showing who or what does the action
From this reading “What do you mean by that, you scoundrel?—Didn’t I give you back your tobacco?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Pay for my brandy and water!—didn’t I give you the tobacco for the brandy and water?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “What do you mean by that, you scoundrel?—Didn’t I give you back your tobacco?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “But, sir, if you please, I don’t remember that you paid me for the tobacco.”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Pay for my brandy and water!—didn’t I give you the tobacco for the brandy and water?
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading “Pay for my brandy and water!—didn’t I give you the tobacco for the brandy and water?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading What more would you have?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Pay for my brandy and water!—didn’t I give you the tobacco for the brandy and water?
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “But, sir, if you please, I don’t remember that you paid me for the tobacco.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Isn’t that your tobacco lying there?
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
From this reading Isn’t that your tobacco lying there?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “But, sir, if you please, I don’t remember that you paid me for the tobacco.”
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading “What do you mean by that, you scoundrel?—Didn’t I give you back your tobacco?
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading What more would you have?”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Pay for my brandy and water!—didn’t I give you the tobacco for the brandy and water?
marked by the reception of pay
From this reading “But, sir, if you please, I don’t remember that you paid me for the tobacco.”
give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
From this reading “Pay for my brandy and water!—didn’t I give you the tobacco for the brandy and water?
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading “But, sir, if you please, I don’t remember that you paid me for the tobacco.”
To recall to mind.
From this reading “But, sir, if you please, I don’t remember that you paid me for the tobacco.”
a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
From this reading “What do you mean by that, you scoundrel?—Didn’t I give you back your tobacco?
term of address for a man
From this reading “But, sir, if you please, I don’t remember that you paid me for the tobacco.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “But, sir, if you please, I don’t remember that you paid me for the tobacco.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Pay for my brandy and water!—didn’t I give you the tobacco for the brandy and water?
in or at that place or location
From this reading Isn’t that your tobacco lying there?
leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion
From this reading “Pay for my brandy and water!—didn’t I give you the tobacco for the brandy and water?
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading “Pay for my brandy and water!—didn’t I give you the tobacco for the brandy and water?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What more would you have?”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading What more would you have?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Pay for my brandy and water!—didn’t I give you the tobacco for the brandy and water?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “What do you mean by that, you scoundrel?—Didn’t I give you back your tobacco?
Chapter 15 of The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4 by Edgar Allan Poe holds 133 sentences, grouped into 27 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.
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