Chapter 3 of A Pair of Patient Lovers is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of A Pair of Patient Lovers is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
She took fire. "Then _I'll_ meddle myself!" she blazed. "There's nothing to hinder my telegraphing, I suppose!" "_I_ can't hinder you," the station-master admitted. "Well, then!"
Chapter 3 of A Pair of Patient Lovers is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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inflected form of “admit” — declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
From this reading “"_I_ can't hinder you," the station-master admitted.”
past form of “blaze” — shine brightly and intensively
From this reading “"Then _I'll_ meddle myself!" she blazed.”
start firing a weapon
From this reading “She took fire.”
be a hindrance or obstacle to
From this reading “"There's nothing to hinder my telegraphing, I suppose!"”
intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly
From this reading “"Then _I'll_ meddle myself!" she blazed.”
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “"Then _I'll_ meddle myself!" she blazed.”
express a supposition
From this reading “"There's nothing to hinder my telegraphing, I suppose!"”
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading “She took fire.”
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inflected form of “admit” — declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
From this reading "_I_ can't hinder you," the station-master admitted.
past form of “blaze” — shine brightly and intensively
From this reading "Then _I'll_ meddle myself!" she blazed.
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From this reading "_I_ can't hinder you," the station-master admitted.
start firing a weapon
From this reading She took fire.
be a hindrance or obstacle to
From this reading "There's nothing to hinder my telegraphing, I suppose!"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "There's nothing to hinder my telegraphing, I suppose!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Then _I'll_ meddle myself!" she blazed.
intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly
From this reading "Then _I'll_ meddle myself!" she blazed.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "There's nothing to hinder my telegraphing, I suppose!"
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading "Then _I'll_ meddle myself!" she blazed.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading "There's nothing to hinder my telegraphing, I suppose!"
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She took fire.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "_I_ can't hinder you," the station-master admitted.
express a supposition
From this reading "There's nothing to hinder my telegraphing, I suppose!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "There's nothing to hinder my telegraphing, I suppose!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "_I_ can't hinder you," the station-master admitted.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Then _I'll_ meddle myself!" she blazed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "There's nothing to hinder my telegraphing, I suppose!"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "There's nothing to hinder my telegraphing, I suppose!"
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading She took fire.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Well, then!"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "_I_ can't hinder you," the station-master admitted.
Chapter 3 of A Pair of Patient Lovers by William Dean Howells holds 437 sentences, grouped into 88 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.
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