Chapter 15 of Abbe Mouret's Transgression is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Abbe Mouret's Transgression is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Albine, however, again touched him on the shoulder. She was growing uneasy and angry. ‘Why do you not speak to me?’ she asked. ‘You can’t refuse; you will come with me? Remember that I shall die if you refuse.
Chapter 15 of Abbe Mouret's Transgression is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
feeling or showing anger
From this reading “She was growing uneasy and angry.”
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading “Remember that I shall die if you refuse.”
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading “She was growing uneasy and angry.”
show unwillingness towards
From this reading “‘You can’t refuse; you will come with me?”
To recall to mind.
From this reading “Remember that I shall die if you refuse.”
lift onto one's shoulders
From this reading “Albine, however, again touched him on the shoulder.”
having come into contact
From this reading “Albine, however, again touched him on the shoulder.”
lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance
From this reading “She was growing uneasy and angry.”
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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anew
From this reading Albine, however, again touched him on the shoulder.
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From this reading Albine, however, again touched him on the shoulder.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She was growing uneasy and angry.
feeling or showing anger
From this reading She was growing uneasy and angry.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading ‘Why do you not speak to me?’ she asked.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘You can’t refuse; you will come with me?
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading ‘You can’t refuse; you will come with me?
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading Remember that I shall die if you refuse.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading ‘Why do you not speak to me?’ she asked.
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading She was growing uneasy and angry.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Albine, however, again touched him on the shoulder.
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading Albine, however, again touched him on the shoulder.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Remember that I shall die if you refuse.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Remember that I shall die if you refuse.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ‘Why do you not speak to me?’ she asked.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading ‘Why do you not speak to me?’ she asked.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Albine, however, again touched him on the shoulder.
show unwillingness towards
From this reading ‘You can’t refuse; you will come with me?
To recall to mind.
From this reading Remember that I shall die if you refuse.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Remember that I shall die if you refuse.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was growing uneasy and angry.
lift onto one's shoulders
From this reading Albine, however, again touched him on the shoulder.
express in speech
From this reading ‘Why do you not speak to me?’ she asked.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Remember that I shall die if you refuse.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Albine, however, again touched him on the shoulder.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ‘Why do you not speak to me?’ she asked.
having come into contact
From this reading Albine, however, again touched him on the shoulder.
lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance
From this reading She was growing uneasy and angry.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was growing uneasy and angry.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading ‘Why do you not speak to me?’ she asked.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading ‘You can’t refuse; you will come with me?
in the company of; together with
From this reading ‘You can’t refuse; you will come with me?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘Why do you not speak to me?’ she asked.
Chapter 15 of Abbe Mouret's Transgression by Émile Zola holds 419 sentences, grouped into 84 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, 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 15 holds 419 sentences of Abbe Mouret's Transgression, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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