Chapter 19 of Aaron's Rod is here in full — 336 sentences across 68 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of Aaron's Rod is here in full — 336 sentences across 68 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The day was rainy. Aaron stayed indoors alone, and copied music and slept. He felt the same stunned, withered feeling as before, but less intensely, less disastrously, this time. He knew now, without argument or thought that he would never go again to the Marchesa: not as a lover. He would go away from it all.
Chapter 19 of Aaron's Rod is here in full — 336 sentences across 68 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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United States professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934)
From this reading “Aaron stayed indoors alone, and copied music and slept.”
inflected form of “copy” — copy down as is
From this reading “Aaron stayed indoors alone, and copied music and slept.”
in a disastrous manner
From this reading “He felt the same stunned, withered feeling as before, but less intensely, less disastrously, this time.”
within a building
From this reading “Aaron stayed indoors alone, and copied music and slept.”
to a high degree; extremely; in high concentration or density
From this reading “He felt the same stunned, withered feeling as before, but less intensely, less disastrously, this time.”
(of weather) wet by periods of rain
From this reading “The day was rainy.”
filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock
From this reading “He felt the same stunned, withered feeling as before, but less intensely, less disastrously, this time.”
lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
From this reading “He felt the same stunned, withered feeling as before, but less intensely, less disastrously, this time.”
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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 knew now, without argument or thought that he would never go again to the Marchesa: not as a lover.
United States professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934)
From this reading Aaron stayed indoors alone, and copied music and slept.
anew
From this reading He knew now, without argument or thought that he would never go again to the Marchesa: not as a lover.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading He would go away from it all.
Having no one else present.
From this reading Aaron stayed indoors alone, and copied music and slept.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Aaron stayed indoors alone, and copied music and slept.
a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
From this reading He knew now, without argument or thought that he would never go again to the Marchesa: not as a lover.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He felt the same stunned, withered feeling as before, but less intensely, less disastrously, this time.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading He would go away from it all.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading He felt the same stunned, withered feeling as before, but less intensely, less disastrously, this time.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He felt the same stunned, withered feeling as before, but less intensely, less disastrously, this time.
inflected form of “copy” — copy down as is
From this reading Aaron stayed indoors alone, and copied music and slept.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading The day was rainy.
in a disastrous manner
From this reading He felt the same stunned, withered feeling as before, but less intensely, less disastrously, this time.
the experiencing of affective and emotional states
From this reading He felt the same stunned, withered feeling as before, but less intensely, less disastrously, this time.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading He felt the same stunned, withered feeling as before, but less intensely, less disastrously, this time.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He would go away from it all.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading He knew now, without argument or thought that he would never go again to the Marchesa: not as a lover.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He felt the same stunned, withered feeling as before, but less intensely, less disastrously, this time.
within a building
From this reading Aaron stayed indoors alone, and copied music and slept.
to a high degree; extremely; in high concentration or density
From this reading He felt the same stunned, withered feeling as before, but less intensely, less disastrously, this time.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He would go away from it all.
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 He knew now, without argument or thought that he would never go again to the Marchesa: not as a lover.
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading He felt the same stunned, withered feeling as before, but less intensely, less disastrously, this time.
a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
From this reading He knew now, without argument or thought that he would never go again to the Marchesa: not as a lover.
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From this reading He knew now, without argument or thought that he would never go again to the Marchesa: not as a lover.
an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
From this reading Aaron stayed indoors alone, and copied music and slept.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading He knew now, without argument or thought that he would never go again to the Marchesa: not as a lover.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He knew now, without argument or thought that he would never go again to the Marchesa: not as a lover.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading He knew now, without argument or thought that he would never go again to the Marchesa: not as a lover.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading He knew now, without argument or thought that he would never go again to the Marchesa: not as a lover.
(of weather) wet by periods of rain
From this reading The day was rainy.
Identical; not different.
From this reading He felt the same stunned, withered feeling as before, but less intensely, less disastrously, this time.
inflected form of “sleep” — be asleep
From this reading Aaron stayed indoors alone, and copied music and slept.
past form of “stay” — stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading Aaron stayed indoors alone, and copied music and slept.
filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock
From this reading He felt the same stunned, withered feeling as before, but less intensely, less disastrously, this time.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He knew now, without argument or thought that he would never go again to the Marchesa: not as a lover.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The day was rainy.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading He felt the same stunned, withered feeling as before, but less intensely, less disastrously, this time.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading He knew now, without argument or thought that he would never go again to the Marchesa: not as a lover.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading He felt the same stunned, withered feeling as before, but less intensely, less disastrously, this time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He knew now, without argument or thought that he would never go again to the Marchesa: not as a lover.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The day was rainy.
lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
From this reading He felt the same stunned, withered feeling as before, but less intensely, less disastrously, this time.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading He knew now, without argument or thought that he would never go again to the Marchesa: not as a lover.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He knew now, without argument or thought that he would never go again to the Marchesa: not as a lover.
Chapter 19 of Aaron's Rod by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence holds 336 sentences, grouped into 68 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.
Chapter 19 holds 336 sentences of Aaron's Rod, unabridged, divided into 68 reading sections.
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