Chapter 5 of Gallantry: Dizain des Fetes Galantes is here in full — 442 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Gallantry: Dizain des Fetes Galantes is here in full — 442 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I wish.... I wish that I were not so happy when I think of you. I become so happy that I grow afraid. It is not right that anyone should be so happy. "Bah!
Chapter 5 of Gallantry: Dizain des Fetes Galantes is here in full — 442 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading “I become so happy that I grow afraid.”
any person at all
From this reading “It is not right that anyone should be so happy.”
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading “I become so happy that I grow afraid.”
pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading “I become so happy that I grow afraid.”
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading “I wish that I were not so happy when I think of you.”
precisely, exactly
From this reading “It is not right that anyone should be so happy.”
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading “I wish that I were not so happy when I think of you.”
hope for; have a wish
From this reading “"I wish....”
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filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading I become so happy that I grow afraid.
any person at all
From this reading It is not right that anyone should be so happy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Bah!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It is not right that anyone should be so happy.
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading I become so happy that I grow afraid.
pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading I become so happy that I grow afraid.
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading I wish that I were not so happy when I think of you.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I wish....
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is not right that anyone should be so happy.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is not right that anyone should be so happy.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I wish that I were not so happy when I think of you.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I wish that I were not so happy when I think of you.
precisely, exactly
From this reading It is not right that anyone should be so happy.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading It is not right that anyone should be so happy.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I wish that I were not so happy when I think of you.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I wish that I were not so happy when I think of you.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading I wish that I were not so happy when I think of you.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I wish that I were not so happy when I think of you.
at the time that
From this reading I wish that I were not so happy when I think of you.
hope for; have a wish
From this reading "I wish....
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I wish that I were not so happy when I think of you.
Chapter 5 of Gallantry: Dizain des Fetes Galantes by James Branch Cabell holds 442 sentences, grouped into 89 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, 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 5 holds 442 sentences of Gallantry: Dizain des Fetes Galantes, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
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