Chapter 9 of Anna St. Ives is here in full — 211 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Anna St. Ives is here in full — 211 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Coke Clifton to Guy Fairfax_ _Paris, Hotel de l'Université_ I have found it, Fairfax! The pearl of pearls! The inestimable jewel! The unique! The world contains but one!--And what?--A woman!
Chapter 9 of Anna St. Ives is here in full — 211 sentences across 43 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.
carbon fuel produced by distillation of coal
third-person singular of “contain” — include or contain; have as a component
From this reading “The world contains but one!--And what?--A woman!”
an informal term for a youth or man
From this reading “_Coke Clifton to Guy Fairfax_ _Paris, Hotel de l'Université_ I have found it, Fairfax!”
a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
From this reading “_Coke Clifton to Guy Fairfax_ _Paris, Hotel de l'Université_ I have found it, Fairfax!”
a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry
From this reading “The inestimable jewel!”
a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel
From this reading “The pearl of pearls!”
plural of “pearl” — a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel
From this reading “The pearl of pearls!”
radically distinctive and without equal
From this reading “The unique!”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 The world contains but one!--And what?--A woman!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The world contains but one!--And what?--A woman!
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The world contains but one!--And what?--A woman!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Coke Clifton to Guy Fairfax_ _Paris, Hotel de l'Université_ I have found it, Fairfax!
carbon fuel produced by distillation of coal
From this reading _Coke Clifton to Guy Fairfax_ _Paris, Hotel de l'Université_ I have found it, Fairfax!
third-person singular of “contain” — include or contain; have as a component
From this reading The world contains but one!--And what?--A woman!
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading _Coke Clifton to Guy Fairfax_ _Paris, Hotel de l'Université_ I have found it, Fairfax!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Coke Clifton to Guy Fairfax_ _Paris, Hotel de l'Université_ I have found it, Fairfax!
set up or found
From this reading _Coke Clifton to Guy Fairfax_ _Paris, Hotel de l'Université_ I have found it, Fairfax!
an informal term for a youth or man
From this reading _Coke Clifton to Guy Fairfax_ _Paris, Hotel de l'Université_ I have found it, Fairfax!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading _Coke Clifton to Guy Fairfax_ _Paris, Hotel de l'Université_ I have found it, Fairfax!
a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
From this reading _Coke Clifton to Guy Fairfax_ _Paris, Hotel de l'Université_ I have found it, Fairfax!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _Coke Clifton to Guy Fairfax_ _Paris, Hotel de l'Université_ I have found it, Fairfax!
beyond calculation or measure
From this reading The inestimable jewel!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading _Coke Clifton to Guy Fairfax_ _Paris, Hotel de l'Université_ I have found it, Fairfax!
a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry
From this reading The inestimable jewel!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Coke Clifton to Guy Fairfax_ _Paris, Hotel de l'Université_ I have found it, Fairfax!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The pearl of pearls!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The world contains but one!--And what?--A woman!
the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce
From this reading _Coke Clifton to Guy Fairfax_ _Paris, Hotel de l'Université_ I have found it, Fairfax!
a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel
From this reading The pearl of pearls!
plural of “pearl” — a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel
From this reading The pearl of pearls!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The pearl of pearls!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Coke Clifton to Guy Fairfax_ _Paris, Hotel de l'Université_ I have found it, Fairfax!
radically distinctive and without equal
From this reading The unique!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading The world contains but one!--And what?--A woman!
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading The world contains but one!--And what?--A woman!
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading The world contains but one!--And what?--A woman!
Chapter 9 of Anna St. Ives by Thomas Holcroft holds 211 sentences, grouped into 43 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 9 holds 211 sentences of Anna St. Ives, unabridged, divided into 43 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Anna St. Ives by Thomas Holcroft exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 211 sentences, grouped into 43 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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