Chapter 24 of A Woman-Hater is here in full — 458 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 24 of A Woman-Hater is here in full — 458 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ZOE was the first to speak, or rather to gasp. “Why do you come here?” “Because _you_ are here.” “And how dare you come where I am?--now your falsehood is found out and flung into my very face!” “I have never been false to you.
Chapter 24 of A Woman-Hater is here in full — 458 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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for the reason that
From this reading ““Because _you_ are here.””
take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
From this reading ““And how dare you come where I am?--now your falsehood is found out and flung into my very face!””
not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
From this reading ““I have never been false to you.”
a false statement
From this reading ““And how dare you come where I am?--now your falsehood is found out and flung into my very face!””
inflected form of “fling” — throw with force or recklessness
From this reading ““And how dare you come where I am?--now your falsehood is found out and flung into my very face!””
a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open
From this reading “ZOE was the first to speak, or rather to gasp.”
on the contrary
From this reading “ZOE was the first to speak, or rather to gasp.”
express in speech
From this reading “ZOE was the first to speak, or rather to gasp.”
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the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “And how dare you come where I am?--now your falsehood is found out and flung into my very face!”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “And how dare you come where I am?--now your falsehood is found out and flung into my very face!”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Because _you_ are here.”
for the reason that
From this reading “Because _you_ are here.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “I have never been false to you.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Why do you come here?”
take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
From this reading “And how dare you come where I am?--now your falsehood is found out and flung into my very face!”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Why do you come here?”
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading “And how dare you come where I am?--now your falsehood is found out and flung into my very face!”
not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
From this reading “I have never been false to you.
a false statement
From this reading “And how dare you come where I am?--now your falsehood is found out and flung into my very face!”
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading ZOE was the first to speak, or rather to gasp.
inflected form of “fling” — throw with force or recklessness
From this reading “And how dare you come where I am?--now your falsehood is found out and flung into my very face!”
set up or found
From this reading “And how dare you come where I am?--now your falsehood is found out and flung into my very face!”
a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open
From this reading ZOE was the first to speak, or rather to gasp.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I have never been false to you.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “Why do you come here?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “And how dare you come where I am?--now your falsehood is found out and flung into my very face!”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “And how dare you come where I am?--now your falsehood is found out and flung into my very face!”
moving to the inside of something
From this reading “And how dare you come where I am?--now your falsehood is found out and flung into my very face!”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “And how dare you come where I am?--now your falsehood is found out and flung into my very face!”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “And how dare you come where I am?--now your falsehood is found out and flung into my very face!”
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading “I have never been false to you.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading “And how dare you come where I am?--now your falsehood is found out and flung into my very face!”
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading ZOE was the first to speak, or rather to gasp.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading “And how dare you come where I am?--now your falsehood is found out and flung into my very face!”
on the contrary
From this reading ZOE was the first to speak, or rather to gasp.
express in speech
From this reading ZOE was the first to speak, or rather to gasp.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ZOE was the first to speak, or rather to gasp.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ZOE was the first to speak, or rather to gasp.
precisely as stated
From this reading “And how dare you come where I am?--now your falsehood is found out and flung into my very face!”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ZOE was the first to speak, or rather to gasp.
in or at the place that
From this reading “And how dare you come where I am?--now your falsehood is found out and flung into my very face!”
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading “Why do you come here?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Why do you come here?”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “And how dare you come where I am?--now your falsehood is found out and flung into my very face!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ZOE was the first to speak, or rather to gasp.
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