Chapter 3 of Three Men and a Maid is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Three Men and a Maid is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Yes, but go and make certain." "All right." He hopped away and the girl turned to Sam with shining eyes. "Oh, Mr. Marlowe, you oughtn't to have done it! Really, you oughtn't!
Chapter 3 of Three Men and a Maid is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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definite but not specified or identified
From this reading “"Yes, but go and make certain."”
a young female
From this reading “He hopped away and the girl turned to Sam with shining eyes.”
inflected form of “hop” — jump lightly
From this reading “He hopped away and the girl turned to Sam with shining eyes.”
English poet and playwright who introduced blank verse as a form of dramatic expression; was stabbed to death in a tavern brawl (1564-1593)
From this reading “"Oh, Mr. Marlowe, you oughtn't to have done it!”
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading “Really, you oughtn't!”
a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading “He hopped away and the girl turned to Sam with shining eyes.”
marked by exceptional merit
From this reading “He hopped away and the girl turned to Sam with shining eyes.”
moved around an axis or center
From this reading “He hopped away and the girl turned to Sam with shining eyes.”
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(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "All right."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Yes, but go and make certain."
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading He hopped away and the girl turned to Sam with shining eyes.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "Yes, but go and make certain."
definite but not specified or identified
From this reading "Yes, but go and make certain."
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading "Oh, Mr. Marlowe, you oughtn't to have done it!
opinion or judgment
From this reading He hopped away and the girl turned to Sam with shining eyes.
a young female
From this reading He hopped away and the girl turned to Sam with shining eyes.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "Yes, but go and make certain."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Oh, Mr. Marlowe, you oughtn't to have done it!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He hopped away and the girl turned to Sam with shining eyes.
inflected form of “hop” — jump lightly
From this reading He hopped away and the girl turned to Sam with shining eyes.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Oh, Mr. Marlowe, you oughtn't to have done it!
engage in
From this reading "Yes, but go and make certain."
English poet and playwright who introduced blank verse as a form of dramatic expression; was stabbed to death in a tavern brawl (1564-1593)
From this reading "Oh, Mr. Marlowe, you oughtn't to have done it!
a form of address for a man
From this reading "Oh, Mr. Marlowe, you oughtn't to have done it!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, Mr. Marlowe, you oughtn't to have done it!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, Mr. Marlowe, you oughtn't to have done it!
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading Really, you oughtn't!
precisely, exactly
From this reading "All right."
a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading He hopped away and the girl turned to Sam with shining eyes.
marked by exceptional merit
From this reading He hopped away and the girl turned to Sam with shining eyes.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He hopped away and the girl turned to Sam with shining eyes.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He hopped away and the girl turned to Sam with shining eyes.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading He hopped away and the girl turned to Sam with shining eyes.
in the company of; together with
From this reading He hopped away and the girl turned to Sam with shining eyes.
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes, but go and make certain."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Oh, Mr. Marlowe, you oughtn't to have done it!
Chapter 3 of Three Men and a Maid by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse holds 400 sentences, grouped into 80 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, 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.
Chapter 3 holds 400 sentences of Three Men and a Maid, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
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