Chapter 9 of A tragedy of love and hate is here in full — 69 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of A tragedy of love and hate is here in full — 69 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LED ON BY FATE. Lady Hermione did not utter one word. She was not angry; he knew that, for the beautiful face flushed warm as he touched it. “He has a right to kiss me,” she thought to herself, “for he loves me. No one has ever kissed me before, and never shall.”
Chapter 9 of A tragedy of love and hate is here in full — 69 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/13 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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feeling or showing anger
From this reading “She was not angry; he knew that, for the beautiful face flushed warm as he touched it.”
an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
From this reading “LED ON BY FATE.”
having the pinkish flush of health
From this reading “She was not angry; he knew that, for the beautiful face flushed warm as he touched it.”
the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
From this reading ““He has a right to kiss me,” she thought to herself, “for he loves me.”
past form of “kiss” — touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.
From this reading “No one has ever kissed me before, and never shall.””
plural of “love” — a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading ““He has a right to kiss me,” she thought to herself, “for he loves me.”
having come into contact
From this reading “She was not angry; he knew that, for the beautiful face flushed warm as he touched it.”
articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise
From this reading “Lady Hermione did not utter one word.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “She was not angry; he knew that, for the beautiful face flushed warm as he touched it.”
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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 “He has a right to kiss me,” she thought to herself, “for he loves me.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading No one has ever kissed me before, and never shall.”
feeling or showing anger
From this reading She was not angry; he knew that, for the beautiful face flushed warm as he touched it.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She was not angry; he knew that, for the beautiful face flushed warm as he touched it.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading She was not angry; he knew that, for the beautiful face flushed warm as he touched it.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading No one has ever kissed me before, and never shall.”
showing who or what does the action
From this reading LED ON BY FATE.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Lady Hermione did not utter one word.
at any time
From this reading No one has ever kissed me before, and never shall.”
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading She was not angry; he knew that, for the beautiful face flushed warm as he touched it.
an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
From this reading LED ON BY FATE.
having the pinkish flush of health
From this reading She was not angry; he knew that, for the beautiful face flushed warm as he touched it.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She was not angry; he knew that, for the beautiful face flushed warm as he touched it.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “He has a right to kiss me,” she thought to herself, “for he loves me.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was not angry; he knew that, for the beautiful face flushed warm as he touched it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lady Hermione did not utter one word.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “He has a right to kiss me,” she thought to herself, “for he loves me.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She was not angry; he knew that, for the beautiful face flushed warm as he touched it.
the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
From this reading “He has a right to kiss me,” she thought to herself, “for he loves me.
past form of “kiss” — touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.
From this reading No one has ever kissed me before, and never shall.”
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading She was not angry; he knew that, for the beautiful face flushed warm as he touched it.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading Lady Hermione did not utter one word.
diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
From this reading LED ON BY FATE.
plural of “love” — a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading “He has a right to kiss me,” she thought to herself, “for he loves me.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “He has a right to kiss me,” she thought to herself, “for he loves me.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading No one has ever kissed me before, and never shall.”
not any; not one
From this reading No one has ever kissed me before, and never shall.”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Lady Hermione did not utter one word.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading LED ON BY FATE.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Lady Hermione did not utter one word.
precisely, exactly
From this reading “He has a right to kiss me,” she thought to herself, “for he loves me.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading No one has ever kissed me before, and never shall.”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was not angry; he knew that, for the beautiful face flushed warm as he touched it.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She was not angry; he knew that, for the beautiful face flushed warm as he touched it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She was not angry; he knew that, for the beautiful face flushed warm as he touched it.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “He has a right to kiss me,” she thought to herself, “for he loves me.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “He has a right to kiss me,” she thought to herself, “for he loves me.
having come into contact
From this reading She was not angry; he knew that, for the beautiful face flushed warm as he touched it.
articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise
From this reading Lady Hermione did not utter one word.
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading She was not angry; he knew that, for the beautiful face flushed warm as he touched it.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was not angry; he knew that, for the beautiful face flushed warm as he touched it.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading Lady Hermione did not utter one word.
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