Chapter 22 of The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4 is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4 is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Madam!” “Or a more delicate sense of the true beauties of Shakespeare? Be so good as to look at that leg!” “The devil!” and I turned again to her sister. “Smith!” said she, “why, not General John A. B. C.?
Chapter 22 of The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4 is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “beauty” — the qualities that give pleasure to the senses
From this reading ““Or a more delicate sense of the true beauties of Shakespeare?”
exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury
From this reading ““Or a more delicate sense of the true beauties of Shakespeare?”
(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
From this reading ““The devil!” and I turned again to her sister.”
a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
From this reading “Be so good as to look at that leg!””
a woman of refinement
From this reading ““Madam!””
English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616)
From this reading ““Or a more delicate sense of the true beauties of Shakespeare?”
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading ““The devil!” and I turned again to her sister.”
Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
From this reading ““Smith!” said she, “why, not General John A. B. C.?”
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “Or a more delicate sense of the true beauties of Shakespeare?
anew
From this reading “The devil!” and I turned again to her sister.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “The devil!” and I turned again to her sister.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Be so good as to look at that leg!”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Be so good as to look at that leg!”
aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
From this reading “Smith!” said she, “why, not General John A. B. C.?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Be so good as to look at that leg!”
plural of “beauty” — the qualities that give pleasure to the senses
From this reading “Or a more delicate sense of the true beauties of Shakespeare?
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading “Smith!” said she, “why, not General John A. B. C.?
exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury
From this reading “Or a more delicate sense of the true beauties of Shakespeare?
(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
From this reading “The devil!” and I turned again to her sister.
applying to all or most members of a category or group
From this reading “Smith!” said she, “why, not General John A. B. C.?
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Be so good as to look at that leg!”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “The devil!” and I turned again to her sister.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “The devil!” and I turned again to her sister.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading “Smith!” said she, “why, not General John A. B. C.?
a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
From this reading Be so good as to look at that leg!”
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Be so good as to look at that leg!”
a woman of refinement
From this reading “Madam!”
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading “Or a more delicate sense of the true beauties of Shakespeare?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Smith!” said she, “why, not General John A. B. C.?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Or a more delicate sense of the true beauties of Shakespeare?
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading “Or a more delicate sense of the true beauties of Shakespeare?
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Smith!” said she, “why, not General John A. B. C.?
a general conscious awareness
From this reading “Or a more delicate sense of the true beauties of Shakespeare?
English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616)
From this reading “Or a more delicate sense of the true beauties of Shakespeare?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Smith!” said she, “why, not General John A. B. C.?
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading “The devil!” and I turned again to her sister.
Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
From this reading “Smith!” said she, “why, not General John A. B. C.?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Be so good as to look at that leg!”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Be so good as to look at that leg!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Or a more delicate sense of the true beauties of Shakespeare?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Be so good as to look at that leg!”
consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading “Or a more delicate sense of the true beauties of Shakespeare?
moved around an axis or center
From this reading “The devil!” and I turned again to her sister.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading “Smith!” said she, “why, not General John A. B. C.?
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