Chapter 14 of Beatrice is here in full — 235 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of Beatrice is here in full — 235 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
GEOFFREY LECTURES Meanwhile Beatrice was walking homewards with an uneasy mind. The trouble was upon her. She had, it is true, succeeded in postponing it a little, but she knew very well that it was only a postponement. Owen Davies was not a man to be easily shaken off. She almost wished now that she had crushed the idea once and for all.
Chapter 14 of Beatrice is here in full — 235 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the woman who guided Dante through Paradise in the Divine Comedy
From this reading “GEOFFREY LECTURES Meanwhile Beatrice was walking homewards with an uneasy mind.”
treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance
From this reading “She almost wished now that she had crushed the idea once and for all.”
plural of “davy” — English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829)
From this reading “Owen Davies was not a man to be easily shaken off.”
plural of “lecture” — a speech that is open to the public
From this reading “GEOFFREY LECTURES Meanwhile Beatrice was walking homewards with an uneasy mind.”
Welsh industrialist and social reformer who founded cooperative communities (1771-1858)
From this reading “Owen Davies was not a man to be easily shaken off.”
time during which some action is awaited
From this reading “She had, it is true, succeeded in postponing it a little, but she knew very well that it was only a postponement.”
-ing form of “postpone” — hold back to a later time
From this reading “She had, it is true, succeeded in postponing it a little, but she knew very well that it was only a postponement.”
disturbed psychologically as if by a physical jolt or shock
From this reading “Owen Davies was not a man to be easily shaken off.”
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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 She had, it is true, succeeded in postponing it a little, but she knew very well that it was only a postponement.
(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 She almost wished now that she had crushed the idea once and for all.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading She almost wished now that she had crushed the idea once and for all.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading GEOFFREY LECTURES Meanwhile Beatrice was walking homewards with an uneasy mind.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She almost wished now that she had crushed the idea once and for all.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Owen Davies was not a man to be easily shaken off.
the woman who guided Dante through Paradise in the Divine Comedy
From this reading GEOFFREY LECTURES Meanwhile Beatrice was walking homewards with an uneasy mind.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She had, it is true, succeeded in postponing it a little, but she knew very well that it was only a postponement.
treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance
From this reading She almost wished now that she had crushed the idea once and for all.
plural of “davy” — English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829)
From this reading Owen Davies was not a man to be easily shaken off.
with ease (“easy” is sometimes used informally for “easily”)
From this reading Owen Davies was not a man to be easily shaken off.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She almost wished now that she had crushed the idea once and for all.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GEOFFREY LECTURES Meanwhile Beatrice was walking homewards with an uneasy mind.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had, it is true, succeeded in postponing it a little, but she knew very well that it was only a postponement.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The trouble was upon her.
toward home
From this reading GEOFFREY LECTURES Meanwhile Beatrice was walking homewards with an uneasy mind.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading She almost wished now that she had crushed the idea once and for all.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She had, it is true, succeeded in postponing it a little, but she knew very well that it was only a postponement.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She had, it is true, succeeded in postponing it a little, but she knew very well that it was only a postponement.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She had, it is true, succeeded in postponing it a little, but she knew very well that it was only a postponement.
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 had, it is true, succeeded in postponing it a little, but she knew very well that it was only a postponement.
plural of “lecture” — a speech that is open to the public
From this reading GEOFFREY LECTURES Meanwhile Beatrice was walking homewards with an uneasy mind.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading She had, it is true, succeeded in postponing it a little, but she knew very well that it was only a postponement.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Owen Davies was not a man to be easily shaken off.
at the same time but in another place
From this reading GEOFFREY LECTURES Meanwhile Beatrice was walking homewards with an uneasy mind.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading GEOFFREY LECTURES Meanwhile Beatrice was walking homewards with an uneasy mind.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Owen Davies was not a man to be easily shaken off.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading She almost wished now that she had crushed the idea once and for all.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Owen Davies was not a man to be easily shaken off.
on one occasion
From this reading She almost wished now that she had crushed the idea once and for all.
and nothing more
From this reading She had, it is true, succeeded in postponing it a little, but she knew very well that it was only a postponement.
Welsh industrialist and social reformer who founded cooperative communities (1771-1858)
From this reading Owen Davies was not a man to be easily shaken off.
time during which some action is awaited
From this reading She had, it is true, succeeded in postponing it a little, but she knew very well that it was only a postponement.
-ing form of “postpone” — hold back to a later time
From this reading She had, it is true, succeeded in postponing it a little, but she knew very well that it was only a postponement.
disturbed psychologically as if by a physical jolt or shock
From this reading Owen Davies was not a man to be easily shaken off.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had, it is true, succeeded in postponing it a little, but she knew very well that it was only a postponement.
past form of “succeed” — attain success or reach a desired goal
From this reading She had, it is true, succeeded in postponing it a little, but she knew very well that it was only a postponement.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She had, it is true, succeeded in postponing it a little, but she knew very well that it was only a postponement.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The trouble was upon her.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Owen Davies was not a man to be easily shaken off.
a source of difficulty
From this reading The trouble was upon her.
consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading She had, it is true, succeeded in postponing it a little, but she knew very well that it was only a postponement.
lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance
From this reading GEOFFREY LECTURES Meanwhile Beatrice was walking homewards with an uneasy mind.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The trouble was upon her.
precisely as stated
From this reading She had, it is true, succeeded in postponing it a little, but she knew very well that it was only a postponement.
close enough to be walked to
From this reading GEOFFREY LECTURES Meanwhile Beatrice was walking homewards with an uneasy mind.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading GEOFFREY LECTURES Meanwhile Beatrice was walking homewards with an uneasy mind.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading She had, it is true, succeeded in postponing it a little, but she knew very well that it was only a postponement.
past form of “wish” — hope for; have a wish
From this reading She almost wished now that she had crushed the idea once and for all.
in the company of; together with
From this reading GEOFFREY LECTURES Meanwhile Beatrice was walking homewards with an uneasy mind.
Chapter 14 of Beatrice by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard holds 235 sentences, grouped into 47 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.
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