Chapter 14 of A Perfect Fool: A Novel is here in full — 240 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XIV
Chapter 14 of A Perfect Fool: A Novel is here in full — 240 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
STELFOX IS RETICENT. Chris burst into tears. It seemed to her as if she had betrayed him into the hands of his enemies, and she sobbed out: “Oh, let him go! let him go! What have you made me do?”
Chapter 14 of A Perfect Fool: A Novel is here in full — 240 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “betray” — reveal unintentionally
From this reading “It seemed to her as if she had betrayed him into the hands of his enemies, and she sobbed out:”
come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
From this reading “Chris burst into tears.”
plural of “enemy” — an opposing military force
From this reading “It seemed to her as if she had betrayed him into the hands of his enemies, and she sobbed out:”
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading “It seemed to her as if she had betrayed him into the hands of his enemies, and she sobbed out:”
temperamentally disinclined to talk
From this reading “STELFOX IS RETICENT.”
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “It seemed to her as if she had betrayed him into the hands of his enemies, and she sobbed out:”
inflected form of “sob” — weep convulsively
From this reading “It seemed to her as if she had betrayed him into the hands of his enemies, and she sobbed out:”
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
From this reading “Chris burst into tears.”
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.
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In this reading “Chris burst into tears.”
In this reading “Chris burst into tears.”
In this reading “It seemed to her as if she had betrayed him into the hands of his enemies, and she sobbed out:”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It seemed to her as if she had betrayed him into the hands of his enemies, and she sobbed out:
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It seemed to her as if she had betrayed him into the hands of his enemies, and she sobbed out:
past form of “betray” — reveal unintentionally
From this reading It seemed to her as if she had betrayed him into the hands of his enemies, and she sobbed out:
come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
From this reading Chris burst into tears.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Chris burst into tears.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading What have you made me do?”
plural of “enemy” — an opposing military force
From this reading It seemed to her as if she had betrayed him into the hands of his enemies, and she sobbed out:
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “Oh, let him go! let him go!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It seemed to her as if she had betrayed him into the hands of his enemies, and she sobbed out:
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading It seemed to her as if she had betrayed him into the hands of his enemies, and she sobbed out:
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading What have you made me do?”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading It seemed to her as if she had betrayed him into the hands of his enemies, and she sobbed out:
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It seemed to her as if she had betrayed him into the hands of his enemies, and she sobbed out:
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It seemed to her as if she had betrayed him into the hands of his enemies, and she sobbed out:
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading It seemed to her as if she had betrayed him into the hands of his enemies, and she sobbed out:
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Chris burst into tears.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading STELFOX IS RETICENT.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It seemed to her as if she had betrayed him into the hands of his enemies, and she sobbed out:
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Oh, let him go! let him go!
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading What have you made me do?”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading What have you made me do?”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It seemed to her as if she had betrayed him into the hands of his enemies, and she sobbed out:
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, let him go! let him go!
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading It seemed to her as if she had betrayed him into the hands of his enemies, and she sobbed out:
temperamentally disinclined to talk
From this reading STELFOX IS RETICENT.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading It seemed to her as if she had betrayed him into the hands of his enemies, and she sobbed out:
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It seemed to her as if she had betrayed him into the hands of his enemies, and she sobbed out:
inflected form of “sob” — weep convulsively
From this reading It seemed to her as if she had betrayed him into the hands of his enemies, and she sobbed out:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading STELFOX IS RETICENT.
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
From this reading Chris burst into tears.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It seemed to her as if she had betrayed him into the hands of his enemies, and she sobbed out:
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It seemed to her as if she had betrayed him into the hands of his enemies, and she sobbed out:
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What have you made me do?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What have you made me do?”
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