Chapter 6 of Desperate Remedies is here in full — 202 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Desperate Remedies is here in full — 202 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’ ‘But your mother knew what was right, I suppose?’ ‘I have no mother, madam.’ ‘Your father, then?’ ‘I have no father.’
Chapter 6 of Desperate Remedies is here in full — 202 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense
From this reading “‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’”
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading “‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’”
lacking practical experience or training
From this reading “‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’”
a woman of refinement
From this reading “‘I have no mother, madam.’”
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading “‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’”
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading “‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’”
proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet
From this reading “‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’”
a flaw or weak point
From this reading “‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’”
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inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading ‘Your father, then?’
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ‘I have no mother, madam.’
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
lacking practical experience or training
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
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 ‘But your mother knew what was right, I suppose?’
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
a woman of refinement
From this reading ‘I have no mother, madam.’
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading ‘But your mother knew what was right, I suppose?’
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
not any; not one
From this reading ‘I have no mother, madam.’
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
have ownership or possession of
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
precisely, exactly
From this reading ‘But your mother knew what was right, I suppose?’
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
express a supposition
From this reading ‘But your mother knew what was right, I suppose?’
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading ‘Your father, then?’
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
precisely as stated
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ‘But your mother knew what was right, I suppose?’
a flaw or weak point
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
used to ask for information about something
From this reading ‘But your mother knew what was right, I suppose?’
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
Chapter 6 of Desperate Remedies by Thomas Hardy holds 202 sentences, grouped into 41 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 6 holds 202 sentences of Desperate Remedies, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.
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