Chapter 19 of Desperate Remedies is here in full — 203 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of Desperate Remedies is here in full — 203 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
‘Cytherea!’ ‘Yes, Cytherea.’ ‘You have been loving Cytherea all the while?’ ‘Yes.’ Surprise was a preface to much agitation in her, which caused her to rise from her seat, and pace to the side of the room.
Chapter 19 of Desperate Remedies is here in full — 203 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance
From this reading “Surprise was a preface to much agitation in her, which caused her to rise from her seat, and pace to the side of the room.”
past form of “cause” — give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
From this reading “Surprise was a preface to much agitation in her, which caused her to rise from her seat, and pace to the side of the room.”
goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Venus
From this reading “‘Cytherea!’”
feeling or showing love and affection
From this reading “‘You have been loving Cytherea all the while?’”
the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
From this reading “Surprise was a preface to much agitation in her, which caused her to rise from her seat, and pace to the side of the room.”
a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
From this reading “Surprise was a preface to much agitation in her, which caused her to rise from her seat, and pace to the side of the room.”
move upward
From this reading “Surprise was a preface to much agitation in her, which caused her to rise from her seat, and pace to the side of the room.”
a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
From this reading “Surprise was a preface to much agitation in her, which caused her to rise from her seat, and pace to the side of the room.”
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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 Surprise was a preface to much agitation in her, which caused her to rise from her seat, and pace to the side of the room.
a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance
From this reading Surprise was a preface to much agitation in her, which caused her to rise from her seat, and pace to the side of the room.
(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 ‘You have been loving Cytherea all the while?’
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Surprise was a preface to much agitation in her, which caused her to rise from her seat, and pace to the side of the room.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading ‘You have been loving Cytherea all the while?’
past form of “cause” — give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
From this reading Surprise was a preface to much agitation in her, which caused her to rise from her seat, and pace to the side of the room.
goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Venus
From this reading ‘Cytherea!’
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Surprise was a preface to much agitation in her, which caused her to rise from her seat, and pace to the side of the room.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ‘You have been loving Cytherea all the while?’
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Surprise was a preface to much agitation in her, which caused her to rise from her seat, and pace to the side of the room.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Surprise was a preface to much agitation in her, which caused her to rise from her seat, and pace to the side of the room.
feeling or showing love and affection
From this reading ‘You have been loving Cytherea all the while?’
to a great degree or extent
From this reading Surprise was a preface to much agitation in her, which caused her to rise from her seat, and pace to the side of the room.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Surprise was a preface to much agitation in her, which caused her to rise from her seat, and pace to the side of the room.
the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
From this reading Surprise was a preface to much agitation in her, which caused her to rise from her seat, and pace to the side of the room.
a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
From this reading Surprise was a preface to much agitation in her, which caused her to rise from her seat, and pace to the side of the room.
move upward
From this reading Surprise was a preface to much agitation in her, which caused her to rise from her seat, and pace to the side of the room.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading Surprise was a preface to much agitation in her, which caused her to rise from her seat, and pace to the side of the room.
a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
From this reading Surprise was a preface to much agitation in her, which caused her to rise from her seat, and pace to the side of the room.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading Surprise was a preface to much agitation in her, which caused her to rise from her seat, and pace to the side of the room.
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading Surprise was a preface to much agitation in her, which caused her to rise from her seat, and pace to the side of the room.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ‘You have been loving Cytherea all the while?’
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Surprise was a preface to much agitation in her, which caused her to rise from her seat, and pace to the side of the room.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Surprise was a preface to much agitation in her, which caused her to rise from her seat, and pace to the side of the room.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Surprise was a preface to much agitation in her, which caused her to rise from her seat, and pace to the side of the room.
during the time that
From this reading ‘You have been loving Cytherea all the while?’
an affirmative
From this reading ‘Yes, Cytherea.’
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘You have been loving Cytherea all the while?’
Chapter 19 of Desperate Remedies by Thomas Hardy holds 203 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 19 holds 203 sentences of Desperate Remedies, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.
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