Chapter 39 of Beyond is here in full — 213 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 39 of Beyond is here in full — 213 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Only, would it be any use? Would she believe? Would she not always now be suspecting him when he was away from her, whatever he did? Must he then sit down here in inactivity? And a gust of anger with her swept him.
Chapter 39 of Beyond is here in full — 213 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.
a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
From this reading “And a gust of anger with her swept him.”
a strong current of air
From this reading “And a gust of anger with her swept him.”
the state of being inactive
From this reading “Must he then sit down here in inactivity?”
be seated
From this reading “Must he then sit down here in inactivity?”
-ing form of “suspect” — imagine to be the case or true or probable
From this reading “Would she not always now be suspecting him when he was away from her, whatever he did?”
possessing sweep
From this reading “And a gust of anger with her swept him.”
the act of using
From this reading “Only, would it be any use?”
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading “Would she not always now be suspecting him when he was away from her, whatever he did?”
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 And a gust of anger with her swept him.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading Would she not always now be suspecting him when he was away from her, whatever he did?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And a gust of anger with her swept him.
a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
From this reading And a gust of anger with her swept him.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading Only, would it be any use?
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Would she not always now be suspecting him when he was away from her, whatever he did?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Only, would it be any use?
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading Would she believe?
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Would she not always now be suspecting him when he was away from her, whatever he did?
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Must he then sit down here in inactivity?
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Would she not always now be suspecting him when he was away from her, whatever he did?
a strong current of air
From this reading And a gust of anger with her swept him.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Would she not always now be suspecting him when he was away from her, whatever he did?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Would she not always now be suspecting him when he was away from her, whatever he did?
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Must he then sit down here in inactivity?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Would she not always now be suspecting him when he was away from her, whatever he did?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Must he then sit down here in inactivity?
the state of being inactive
From this reading Must he then sit down here in inactivity?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Only, would it be any use?
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Must he then sit down here in inactivity?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Would she not always now be suspecting him when he was away from her, whatever he did?
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Would she not always now be suspecting him when he was away from her, whatever he did?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And a gust of anger with her swept him.
and nothing more
From this reading Only, would it be any use?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Would she believe?
be seated
From this reading Must he then sit down here in inactivity?
-ing form of “suspect” — imagine to be the case or true or probable
From this reading Would she not always now be suspecting him when he was away from her, whatever he did?
possessing sweep
From this reading And a gust of anger with her swept him.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Must he then sit down here in inactivity?
the act of using
From this reading Only, would it be any use?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Would she not always now be suspecting him when he was away from her, whatever he did?
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading Would she not always now be suspecting him when he was away from her, whatever he did?
at the time that
From this reading Would she not always now be suspecting him when he was away from her, whatever he did?
in the company of; together with
From this reading And a gust of anger with her swept him.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Only, would it be any use?
Chapter 39 of Beyond by John Galsworthy holds 213 sentences, grouped into 43 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.
Chapter 39 holds 213 sentences of Beyond, unabridged, divided into 43 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 39 of Beyond by John Galsworthy exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 213 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.
Work through the 43 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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