Chapter 13 of Desperate Remedies is here in full — 210 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of Desperate Remedies is here in full — 210 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
‘O, never mind,’ Cytherea returned; ‘it doesn’t matter, Miss Hinton. I think I must leave you now. I have to call at other places. Yes--I must go.’ Miss Hinton, in a perplexed state of mind, showed her visitor politely downstairs to the door.
Chapter 13 of Desperate Remedies is here in full — 210 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Venus
From this reading “‘O, never mind,’ Cytherea returned; ‘it doesn’t matter, Miss Hinton.”
on a floor below
From this reading “Miss Hinton, in a perplexed state of mind, showed her visitor politely downstairs to the door.”
full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment
From this reading “Miss Hinton, in a perplexed state of mind, showed her visitor politely downstairs to the door.”
plural of “place” — a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading “I have to call at other places.”
in a polite manner
From this reading “Miss Hinton, in a perplexed state of mind, showed her visitor politely downstairs to the door.”
past form of “show” — give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading “Miss Hinton, in a perplexed state of mind, showed her visitor politely downstairs to the door.”
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
From this reading “Miss Hinton, in a perplexed state of mind, showed her visitor politely downstairs to the door.”
someone who visits
From this reading “Miss Hinton, in a perplexed state of mind, showed her visitor politely downstairs to the door.”
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 Miss Hinton, in a perplexed state of mind, showed her visitor politely downstairs to the door.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I have to call at other places.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading I have to call at other places.
goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Venus
From this reading ‘O, never mind,’ Cytherea returned; ‘it doesn’t matter, Miss Hinton.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘O, never mind,’ Cytherea returned; ‘it doesn’t matter, Miss Hinton.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading Miss Hinton, in a perplexed state of mind, showed her visitor politely downstairs to the door.
on a floor below
From this reading Miss Hinton, in a perplexed state of mind, showed her visitor politely downstairs to the door.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Yes--I must go.’
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have to call at other places.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Miss Hinton, in a perplexed state of mind, showed her visitor politely downstairs to the door.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘O, never mind,’ Cytherea returned; ‘it doesn’t matter, Miss Hinton.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I think I must leave you now.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Miss Hinton, in a perplexed state of mind, showed her visitor politely downstairs to the door.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading ‘O, never mind,’ Cytherea returned; ‘it doesn’t matter, Miss Hinton.
go away from a place
From this reading I think I must leave you now.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading ‘O, never mind,’ Cytherea returned; ‘it doesn’t matter, Miss Hinton.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading ‘O, never mind,’ Cytherea returned; ‘it doesn’t matter, Miss Hinton.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading ‘O, never mind,’ Cytherea returned; ‘it doesn’t matter, Miss Hinton.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading I think I must leave you now.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading ‘O, never mind,’ Cytherea returned; ‘it doesn’t matter, Miss Hinton.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading I think I must leave you now.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading ‘O, never mind,’ Cytherea returned; ‘it doesn’t matter, Miss Hinton.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Miss Hinton, in a perplexed state of mind, showed her visitor politely downstairs to the door.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading I have to call at other places.
full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment
From this reading Miss Hinton, in a perplexed state of mind, showed her visitor politely downstairs to the door.
plural of “place” — a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading I have to call at other places.
in a polite manner
From this reading Miss Hinton, in a perplexed state of mind, showed her visitor politely downstairs to the door.
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading ‘O, never mind,’ Cytherea returned; ‘it doesn’t matter, Miss Hinton.
past form of “show” — give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading Miss Hinton, in a perplexed state of mind, showed her visitor politely downstairs to the door.
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
From this reading Miss Hinton, in a perplexed state of mind, showed her visitor politely downstairs to the door.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Miss Hinton, in a perplexed state of mind, showed her visitor politely downstairs to the door.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading I think I must leave you now.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I have to call at other places.
someone who visits
From this reading Miss Hinton, in a perplexed state of mind, showed her visitor politely downstairs to the door.
an affirmative
From this reading Yes--I must go.’
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I think I must leave you now.
Chapter 13 of Desperate Remedies by Thomas Hardy holds 210 sentences, grouped into 42 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 13 holds 210 sentences of Desperate Remedies, unabridged, divided into 42 reading sections.
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