Chapter 17 of Tommy and Co. is here in full — 228 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of Tommy and Co. is here in full — 228 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Tommy, have I brought you up properly, do you think?" "No dad, you haven't. You have let me have my own way too much. You know the proverb: 'Good mothers make bad daughters.' Clodd's right; you've spoilt me, dad.
Chapter 17 of Tommy and Co. is here in full — 228 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading “You know the proverb: 'Good mothers make bad daughters.'”
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading “"Tommy, have I brought you up properly, do you think?"”
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading “"No dad, you haven't.”
plural of “daughter” — a female human offspring
From this reading “You know the proverb: 'Good mothers make bad daughters.'”
plural of “mother” — a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading “You know the proverb: 'Good mothers make bad daughters.'”
in the right manner; correctly; suitably
From this reading “"Tommy, have I brought you up properly, do you think?"”
a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
From this reading “You know the proverb: 'Good mothers make bad daughters.'”
precisely, exactly
From this reading “Clodd's right; you've spoilt me, dad.”
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having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading You know the proverb: 'Good mothers make bad daughters.'
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading "Tommy, have I brought you up properly, do you think?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Clodd's right; you've spoilt me, dad.
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading "No dad, you haven't.
plural of “daughter” — a female human offspring
From this reading You know the proverb: 'Good mothers make bad daughters.'
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Tommy, have I brought you up properly, do you think?"
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading You know the proverb: 'Good mothers make bad daughters.'
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Tommy, have I brought you up properly, do you think?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "No dad, you haven't.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Tommy, have I brought you up properly, do you think?"
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading You know the proverb: 'Good mothers make bad daughters.'
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading You have let me have my own way too much.
engage in
From this reading You know the proverb: 'Good mothers make bad daughters.'
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You have let me have my own way too much.
plural of “mother” — a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading You know the proverb: 'Good mothers make bad daughters.'
to a great degree or extent
From this reading You have let me have my own way too much.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading You have let me have my own way too much.
not any; not one
From this reading "No dad, you haven't.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading You have let me have my own way too much.
in the right manner; correctly; suitably
From this reading "Tommy, have I brought you up properly, do you think?"
a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
From this reading You know the proverb: 'Good mothers make bad daughters.'
precisely, exactly
From this reading Clodd's right; you've spoilt me, dad.
having the character or disposition harmed by pampering or oversolicitous attention
From this reading Clodd's right; you've spoilt me, dad.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading You know the proverb: 'Good mothers make bad daughters.'
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading "Tommy, have I brought you up properly, do you think?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Tommy, have I brought you up properly, do you think?"
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading You have let me have my own way too much.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "Tommy, have I brought you up properly, do you think?"
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading You have let me have my own way too much.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Tommy, have I brought you up properly, do you think?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Clodd's right; you've spoilt me, dad.
Chapter 17 of Tommy and Co. by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome holds 228 sentences, grouped into 46 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.
Chapter 17 holds 228 sentences of Tommy and Co., unabridged, divided into 46 reading sections.
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