Chapter 19 of Zuleika Dobson is here in full — 216 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of Zuleika Dobson is here in full — 216 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“And this because it is better to have more than to have less of a good thing?” “Just so.” “Do you consider happiness a good thing or a bad one?” “A good one.” “So that a man would rather have more than less of happiness?”
Chapter 19 of Zuleika Dobson is here in full — 216 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading ““Do you consider happiness a good thing or a bad one?””
for the reason that
From this reading ““And this because it is better to have more than to have less of a good thing?””
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading ““And this because it is better to have more than to have less of a good thing?””
deem to be
From this reading ““Do you consider happiness a good thing or a bad one?””
state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy
From this reading ““Do you consider happiness a good thing or a bad one?””
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading ““And this because it is better to have more than to have less of a good thing?””
on the contrary
From this reading ““So that a man would rather have more than less of happiness?””
a special situation
From this reading ““And this because it is better to have more than to have less of a good thing?””
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 “And this because it is better to have more than to have less of a good thing?”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “And this because it is better to have more than to have less of a good thing?”
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading “Do you consider happiness a good thing or a bad one?”
for the reason that
From this reading “And this because it is better to have more than to have less of a good thing?”
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading “And this because it is better to have more than to have less of a good thing?”
deem to be
From this reading “Do you consider happiness a good thing or a bad one?”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Do you consider happiness a good thing or a bad one?”
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading “And this because it is better to have more than to have less of a good thing?”
state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy
From this reading “Do you consider happiness a good thing or a bad one?”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “And this because it is better to have more than to have less of a good thing?”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “And this because it is better to have more than to have less of a good thing?”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “And this because it is better to have more than to have less of a good thing?”
and nothing more
From this reading “Just so.”
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading “And this because it is better to have more than to have less of a good thing?”
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading “So that a man would rather have more than less of happiness?”
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading “And this because it is better to have more than to have less of a good thing?”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “And this because it is better to have more than to have less of a good thing?”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Do you consider happiness a good thing or a bad one?”
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading “Do you consider happiness a good thing or a bad one?”
on the contrary
From this reading “So that a man would rather have more than less of happiness?”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “Just so.”
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading “And this because it is better to have more than to have less of a good thing?”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “So that a man would rather have more than less of happiness?”
a special situation
From this reading “And this because it is better to have more than to have less of a good thing?”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “And this because it is better to have more than to have less of a good thing?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “And this because it is better to have more than to have less of a good thing?”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “So that a man would rather have more than less of happiness?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Do you consider happiness a good thing or a bad one?”
Chapter 19 of Zuleika Dobson by Max, Sir Beerbohm holds 216 sentences, grouped into 44 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 19 holds 216 sentences of Zuleika Dobson, unabridged, divided into 44 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 19 of Zuleika Dobson by Max, Sir Beerbohm exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 216 sentences, grouped into 44 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 44 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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