Chapter 18 of A People's Man is here in full — 256 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XVIII
Chapter 18 of A People's Man is here in full — 256 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Julia was conscious of a new vitality as she left the Park. She was her own mistress now; her half tie to Graveling was permanently broken. So much the better! The man's personality had always been distasteful to her. She had suffered him only as a fellow worker.
Chapter 18 of A People's Man is here in full — 256 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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intentionally conceived
From this reading “Julia was conscious of a new vitality as she left the Park.”
not pleasing in odor or taste
From this reading “The man's personality had always been distasteful to her.”
a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
From this reading “Julia was conscious of a new vitality as she left the Park.”
for a long time without essential change
From this reading “She was her own mistress now; her half tie to Graveling was permanently broken.”
the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual
From this reading “The man's personality had always been distasteful to her.”
neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
From this reading “She was her own mistress now; her half tie to Graveling was permanently broken.”
an energetic style
From this reading “Julia was conscious of a new vitality as she left the Park.”
a person who works at a specific occupation
From this reading “She had suffered him only as a fellow worker.”
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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 Julia was conscious of a new vitality as she left the Park.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading The man's personality had always been distasteful to her.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Julia was conscious of a new vitality as she left the Park.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The man's personality had always been distasteful to her.
(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 So much the better!
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading She was her own mistress now; her half tie to Graveling was permanently broken.
intentionally conceived
From this reading Julia was conscious of a new vitality as she left the Park.
not pleasing in odor or taste
From this reading The man's personality had always been distasteful to her.
a boy or man
From this reading She had suffered him only as a fellow worker.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She was her own mistress now; her half tie to Graveling was permanently broken.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The man's personality had always been distasteful to her.
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading She was her own mistress now; her half tie to Graveling was permanently broken.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She was her own mistress now; her half tie to Graveling was permanently broken.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She had suffered him only as a fellow worker.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Julia was conscious of a new vitality as she left the Park.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading Julia was conscious of a new vitality as she left the Park.
possessive form of “man” — an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading The man's personality had always been distasteful to her.
an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man
From this reading She was her own mistress now; her half tie to Graveling was permanently broken.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading So much the better!
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Julia was conscious of a new vitality as she left the Park.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading She was her own mistress now; her half tie to Graveling was permanently broken.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Julia was conscious of a new vitality as she left the Park.
and nothing more
From this reading She had suffered him only as a fellow worker.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading She was her own mistress now; her half tie to Graveling was permanently broken.
a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
From this reading Julia was conscious of a new vitality as she left the Park.
for a long time without essential change
From this reading She was her own mistress now; her half tie to Graveling was permanently broken.
the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual
From this reading The man's personality had always been distasteful to her.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Julia was conscious of a new vitality as she left the Park.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So much the better!
past form of “suffer” — undergo or be subjected to
From this reading She had suffered him only as a fellow worker.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Julia was conscious of a new vitality as she left the Park.
neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
From this reading She was her own mistress now; her half tie to Graveling was permanently broken.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She was her own mistress now; her half tie to Graveling was permanently broken.
an energetic style
From this reading Julia was conscious of a new vitality as she left the Park.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Julia was conscious of a new vitality as she left the Park.
a person who works at a specific occupation
From this reading She had suffered him only as a fellow worker.
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