Chapter 6 of Bertha Garlan is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 6 of Bertha Garlan is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Why was this the first time? Could she not have had all this before? Was there a grain of sense in living as she did?... After all, there was nothing wicked in what she was doing now.... And how sweet it was to feel the breath of a young man upon her eyelids!...
Chapter 6 of Bertha Garlan is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 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.
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading “And how sweet it was to feel the breath of a young man upon her eyelids!...”
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading “After all, there was nothing wicked in what she was doing now....”
plural of “eyelid” — either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye
From this reading “And how sweet it was to feel the breath of a young man upon her eyelids!...”
a relatively small granular particle of a substance
From this reading “Was there a grain of sense in living as she did?...”
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
From this reading “Was there a grain of sense in living as she did?...”
a general conscious awareness
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having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
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morally bad in principle or practice
From this reading “After all, there was nothing wicked in what she was doing now....”
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 Was there a grain of sense in living as she did?...
later than; following
From this reading After all, there was nothing wicked in what she was doing now....
(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 Could she not have had all this before?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And how sweet it was to feel the breath of a young man upon her eyelids!...
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Was there a grain of sense in living as she did?...
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Could she not have had all this before?
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading And how sweet it was to feel the breath of a young man upon her eyelids!...
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Could she not have had all this before?
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Was there a grain of sense in living as she did?...
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading After all, there was nothing wicked in what she was doing now....
plural of “eyelid” — either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye
From this reading And how sweet it was to feel the breath of a young man upon her eyelids!...
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading And how sweet it was to feel the breath of a young man upon her eyelids!...
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading Why was this the first time?
a relatively small granular particle of a substance
From this reading Was there a grain of sense in living as she did?...
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Could she not have had all this before?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Could she not have had all this before?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading And how sweet it was to feel the breath of a young man upon her eyelids!...
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And how sweet it was to feel the breath of a young man upon her eyelids!...
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Was there a grain of sense in living as she did?...
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And how sweet it was to feel the breath of a young man upon her eyelids!...
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
From this reading Was there a grain of sense in living as she did?...
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading And how sweet it was to feel the breath of a young man upon her eyelids!...
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Could she not have had all this before?
not one thing; not anything
From this reading After all, there was nothing wicked in what she was doing now....
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading After all, there was nothing wicked in what she was doing now....
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Was there a grain of sense in living as she did?...
a general conscious awareness
From this reading Was there a grain of sense in living as she did?...
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Could she not have had all this before?
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading And how sweet it was to feel the breath of a young man upon her eyelids!...
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Why was this the first time?
in or at that place or location
From this reading Was there a grain of sense in living as she did?...
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
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an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Why was this the first time?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And how sweet it was to feel the breath of a young man upon her eyelids!...
a formal word for “on”
From this reading And how sweet it was to feel the breath of a young man upon her eyelids!...
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Why was this the first time?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading After all, there was nothing wicked in what she was doing now....
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why was this the first time?
morally bad in principle or practice
From this reading After all, there was nothing wicked in what she was doing now....
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading And how sweet it was to feel the breath of a young man upon her eyelids!...
Chapter 6 of Bertha Garlan by Arthur Schnitzler holds 427 sentences, grouped into 86 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 6 holds 427 sentences of Bertha Garlan, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
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