Chapter 11 of A good woman is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XI
Chapter 11 of A good woman is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“So you’ve been seeing him.” “Yes, he told you I wouldn’t come home, didn’t he?” “Yes,” she said, with a sudden flash of anger. “Yes ... he told me. I wish you wouldn’t see so much of him, Philip.
Chapter 11 of A good woman is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
From this reading ““Yes,” she said, with a sudden flash of anger.”
gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading ““Yes,” she said, with a sudden flash of anger.”
where you live at a particular time
From this reading ““Yes, he told you I wouldn’t come home, didn’t he?””
Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)
From this reading “I wish you wouldn’t see so much of him, Philip.”
perception by means of the eyes
From this reading ““So you’ve been seeing him.””
happening without warning or in a short space of time
From this reading ““Yes,” she said, with a sudden flash of anger.”
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading ““Yes, he told you I wouldn’t come home, didn’t he?””
hope for; have a wish
From this reading “I wish you wouldn’t see so much of him, Philip.”
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become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
In this reading ““Yes, he told you I wouldn’t come home, didn’t he?””
In this reading ““Yes,” she said, with a sudden flash of anger.”
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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 “Yes,” she said, with a sudden flash of anger.
a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
From this reading “Yes,” she said, with a sudden flash of anger.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “So you’ve been seeing him.”
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Yes, he told you I wouldn’t come home, didn’t he?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Yes, he told you I wouldn’t come home, didn’t he?”
gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading “Yes,” she said, with a sudden flash of anger.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Yes, he told you I wouldn’t come home, didn’t he?”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “So you’ve been seeing him.”
where you live at a particular time
From this reading “Yes, he told you I wouldn’t come home, didn’t he?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Yes, he told you I wouldn’t come home, didn’t he?”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Yes ... he told me.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading I wish you wouldn’t see so much of him, Philip.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Yes,” she said, with a sudden flash of anger.
Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)
From this reading I wish you wouldn’t see so much of him, Philip.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Yes,” she said, with a sudden flash of anger.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading I wish you wouldn’t see so much of him, Philip.
perception by means of the eyes
From this reading “So you’ve been seeing him.”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Yes,” she said, with a sudden flash of anger.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “So you’ve been seeing him.”
happening without warning or in a short space of time
From this reading “Yes,” she said, with a sudden flash of anger.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading “Yes, he told you I wouldn’t come home, didn’t he?”
hope for; have a wish
From this reading I wish you wouldn’t see so much of him, Philip.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Yes,” she said, with a sudden flash of anger.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Yes, he told you I wouldn’t come home, didn’t he?”
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes, he told you I wouldn’t come home, didn’t he?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Yes, he told you I wouldn’t come home, didn’t he?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “So you’ve been seeing him.”
Chapter 11 of A good woman by Louis Bromfield holds 429 sentences, grouped into 86 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 11 holds 429 sentences of A good woman, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
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