Chapter 17 of Winifred is here in full — 263 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of Winifred is here in full — 263 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE PRINCE. "GOOD evening to you, madam! So you have absolutely condescended, for as great lady as you are, to come and visit the house of your father's own brother! That is more than I expected. Girl, this is my lady's adopted daughter, a lady of quality.
Chapter 17 of Winifred is here in full — 263 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “So you have absolutely condescended, for as great lady as you are, to come and visit the house of your father's own brother!”
acquired as your own by free choice
From this reading “Girl, this is my lady's adopted daughter, a lady of quality.”
past form of “condescend” — behave in a patronizing and condescending manner
From this reading “So you have absolutely condescended, for as great lady as you are, to come and visit the house of your father's own brother!”
considered likely or probable to happen or arrive
From this reading “That is more than I expected.”
possessive form of “father” — a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading “So you have absolutely condescended, for as great lady as you are, to come and visit the house of your father's own brother!”
possessive form of “lady” — a polite name for any woman
From this reading “Girl, this is my lady's adopted daughter, a lady of quality.”
a woman of refinement
From this reading “"GOOD evening to you, madam!”
an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
From this reading “Girl, this is my lady's adopted daughter, a lady of quality.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Girl, this is my lady's adopted daughter, a lady of quality.”
In this reading “So you have absolutely condescended, for as great lady as you are, to come and visit the house of your father's own brother!”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Girl, this is my lady's adopted daughter, a lady of quality.
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading So you have absolutely condescended, for as great lady as you are, to come and visit the house of your father's own brother!
acquired as your own by free choice
From this reading Girl, this is my lady's adopted daughter, a lady of quality.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading So you have absolutely condescended, for as great lady as you are, to come and visit the house of your father's own brother!
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading So you have absolutely condescended, for as great lady as you are, to come and visit the house of your father's own brother!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading So you have absolutely condescended, for as great lady as you are, to come and visit the house of your father's own brother!
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading So you have absolutely condescended, for as great lady as you are, to come and visit the house of your father's own brother!
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading So you have absolutely condescended, for as great lady as you are, to come and visit the house of your father's own brother!
past form of “condescend” — behave in a patronizing and condescending manner
From this reading So you have absolutely condescended, for as great lady as you are, to come and visit the house of your father's own brother!
a female human offspring
From this reading Girl, this is my lady's adopted daughter, a lady of quality.
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading "GOOD evening to you, madam!
considered likely or probable to happen or arrive
From this reading That is more than I expected.
possessive form of “father” — a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading So you have absolutely condescended, for as great lady as you are, to come and visit the house of your father's own brother!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading So you have absolutely condescended, for as great lady as you are, to come and visit the house of your father's own brother!
a young female
From this reading Girl, this is my lady's adopted daughter, a lady of quality.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "GOOD evening to you, madam!
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading So you have absolutely condescended, for as great lady as you are, to come and visit the house of your father's own brother!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading So you have absolutely condescended, for as great lady as you are, to come and visit the house of your father's own brother!
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading So you have absolutely condescended, for as great lady as you are, to come and visit the house of your father's own brother!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading That is more than I expected.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That is more than I expected.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading So you have absolutely condescended, for as great lady as you are, to come and visit the house of your father's own brother!
possessive form of “lady” — a polite name for any woman
From this reading Girl, this is my lady's adopted daughter, a lady of quality.
a woman of refinement
From this reading "GOOD evening to you, madam!
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading That is more than I expected.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Girl, this is my lady's adopted daughter, a lady of quality.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading So you have absolutely condescended, for as great lady as you are, to come and visit the house of your father's own brother!
have ownership or possession of
From this reading So you have absolutely condescended, for as great lady as you are, to come and visit the house of your father's own brother!
a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
From this reading THE PRINCE.
an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
From this reading Girl, this is my lady's adopted daughter, a lady of quality.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So you have absolutely condescended, for as great lady as you are, to come and visit the house of your father's own brother!
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading That is more than I expected.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That is more than I expected.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE PRINCE.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Girl, this is my lady's adopted daughter, a lady of quality.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "GOOD evening to you, madam!
go to see a place, as for entertainment
From this reading So you have absolutely condescended, for as great lady as you are, to come and visit the house of your father's own brother!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "GOOD evening to you, madam!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading So you have absolutely condescended, for as great lady as you are, to come and visit the house of your father's own brother!
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Chapter 17 holds 263 sentences of Winifred, unabridged, divided into 53 reading sections.
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