Chapter 3 of Under St Paul's: A Romance is here in full — 384 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Under St Paul's: A Romance is here in full — 384 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
'OH, PERHAPS.' 'O'CONNOR, you are to do my hair plain to-day,' said the mistress dreamily, as she sat before her glass. 'Plain, miss! Plain!' exclaimed the maid, in astonishment. 'Are you going to sit in your room all day?'
Chapter 3 of Under St Paul's: A Romance is here in full — 384 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising
From this reading “Plain!' exclaimed the maid, in astonishment.”
a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
From this reading “'O'CONNOR, you are to do my hair plain to-day,' said the mistress dreamily, as she sat before her glass.”
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading “'O'CONNOR, you are to do my hair plain to-day,' said the mistress dreamily, as she sat before her glass.”
a female domestic
From this reading “Plain!' exclaimed the maid, in astonishment.”
an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man
From this reading “'O'CONNOR, you are to do my hair plain to-day,' said the mistress dreamily, as she sat before her glass.”
United States writer (1925-1964)
From this reading “'O'CONNOR, you are to do my hair plain to-day,' said the mistress dreamily, as she sat before her glass.”
clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
From this reading “'O'CONNOR, you are to do my hair plain to-day,' said the mistress dreamily, as she sat before her glass.”
be seated
From this reading “'Are you going to sit in your room all day?'”
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In this reading “Plain!' exclaimed the maid, in astonishment.”
In this reading “'Are you going to sit in your room all day?'”
attend as a visitor
In this reading “'Are you going to sit in your room all day?'”
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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 'Are you going to sit in your room all day?'
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading 'O'CONNOR, you are to do my hair plain to-day,' said the mistress dreamily, as she sat before her glass.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading 'O'CONNOR, you are to do my hair plain to-day,' said the mistress dreamily, as she sat before her glass.
the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising
From this reading Plain!' exclaimed the maid, in astonishment.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading 'O'CONNOR, you are to do my hair plain to-day,' said the mistress dreamily, as she sat before her glass.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading 'Are you going to sit in your room all day?'
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading 'O'CONNOR, you are to do my hair plain to-day,' said the mistress dreamily, as she sat before her glass.
in a dreamy manner
From this reading 'O'CONNOR, you are to do my hair plain to-day,' said the mistress dreamily, as she sat before her glass.
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading Plain!' exclaimed the maid, in astonishment.
a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
From this reading 'O'CONNOR, you are to do my hair plain to-day,' said the mistress dreamily, as she sat before her glass.
the act of departing
From this reading 'Are you going to sit in your room all day?'
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading 'O'CONNOR, you are to do my hair plain to-day,' said the mistress dreamily, as she sat before her glass.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading 'O'CONNOR, you are to do my hair plain to-day,' said the mistress dreamily, as she sat before her glass.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Plain!' exclaimed the maid, in astonishment.
a female domestic
From this reading Plain!' exclaimed the maid, in astonishment.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading 'Plain, miss!
an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man
From this reading 'O'CONNOR, you are to do my hair plain to-day,' said the mistress dreamily, as she sat before her glass.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading 'O'CONNOR, you are to do my hair plain to-day,' said the mistress dreamily, as she sat before her glass.
United States writer (1925-1964)
From this reading 'O'CONNOR, you are to do my hair plain to-day,' said the mistress dreamily, as she sat before her glass.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading 'OH, PERHAPS.'
by chance
From this reading 'OH, PERHAPS.'
clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
From this reading 'O'CONNOR, you are to do my hair plain to-day,' said the mistress dreamily, as she sat before her glass.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading 'Are you going to sit in your room all day?'
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading 'O'CONNOR, you are to do my hair plain to-day,' said the mistress dreamily, as she sat before her glass.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading 'O'CONNOR, you are to do my hair plain to-day,' said the mistress dreamily, as she sat before her glass.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading 'O'CONNOR, you are to do my hair plain to-day,' said the mistress dreamily, as she sat before her glass.
be seated
From this reading 'Are you going to sit in your room all day?'
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 'O'CONNOR, you are to do my hair plain to-day,' said the mistress dreamily, as she sat before her glass.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading 'O'CONNOR, you are to do my hair plain to-day,' said the mistress dreamily, as she sat before her glass.
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From this reading 'O'CONNOR, you are to do my hair plain to-day,' said the mistress dreamily, as she sat before her glass.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'O'CONNOR, you are to do my hair plain to-day,' said the mistress dreamily, as she sat before her glass.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'Are you going to sit in your room all day?'
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