Chapter 18 of Beyond is here in full — 216 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of Beyond is here in full — 216 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Fiorsen kissed the back of his own hand. “To this old Pantaloon you come to give your heart. Ho—what a lover!” Gyp saw the old man quiver; she sprang up and cried: “You brute!”
Chapter 18 of Beyond is here in full — 216 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a cruelly rapacious person
From this reading ““You brute!””
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “Gyp saw the old man quiver; she sprang up and cried:”
(sometimes offensive) an act of swindling or cheating
From this reading “Gyp saw the old man quiver; she sprang up and cried:”
past form of “kiss” — touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.
From this reading “Fiorsen kissed the back of his own hand.”
a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
From this reading “Ho—what a lover!””
a buffoon in modern pantomimes; the butt of jokes
From this reading ““To this old Pantaloon you come to give your heart.”
shake with fast, tremulous movements
From this reading “Gyp saw the old man quiver; she sprang up and cried:”
inflected form of “spring” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading “Gyp saw the old man quiver; she sprang up and cried:”
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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 Ho—what a lover!”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Gyp saw the old man quiver; she sprang up and cried:
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Fiorsen kissed the back of his own hand.
a cruelly rapacious person
From this reading “You brute!”
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “To this old Pantaloon you come to give your heart.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading Gyp saw the old man quiver; she sprang up and cried:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Fiorsen kissed the back of his own hand.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading “To this old Pantaloon you come to give your heart.
(sometimes offensive) an act of swindling or cheating
From this reading Gyp saw the old man quiver; she sprang up and cried:
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Fiorsen kissed the back of his own hand.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading “To this old Pantaloon you come to give your heart.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Fiorsen kissed the back of his own hand.
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds
From this reading Ho—what a lover!”
past form of “kiss” — touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.
From this reading Fiorsen kissed the back of his own hand.
a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
From this reading Ho—what a lover!”
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Gyp saw the old man quiver; she sprang up and cried:
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Fiorsen kissed the back of his own hand.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading “To this old Pantaloon you come to give your heart.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading Fiorsen kissed the back of his own hand.
a buffoon in modern pantomimes; the butt of jokes
From this reading “To this old Pantaloon you come to give your heart.
shake with fast, tremulous movements
From this reading Gyp saw the old man quiver; she sprang up and cried:
cut with a saw
From this reading Gyp saw the old man quiver; she sprang up and cried:
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Gyp saw the old man quiver; she sprang up and cried:
inflected form of “spring” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading Gyp saw the old man quiver; she sprang up and cried:
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Fiorsen kissed the back of his own hand.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “To this old Pantaloon you come to give your heart.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “To this old Pantaloon you come to give your heart.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Gyp saw the old man quiver; she sprang up and cried:
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Ho—what a lover!”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “To this old Pantaloon you come to give your heart.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “To this old Pantaloon you come to give your heart.
Chapter 18 of Beyond by John Galsworthy holds 216 sentences, grouped into 44 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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