Chapter 9 of Her Sailor: A Love Story is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Her Sailor: A Love Story is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SINCE YOU REFUSE, I THREATEN. “Sit down, Nina,” he said, “I want to ask you something.” “What is it?” she inquired. Her elevation of spirit was all gone, and with it her ecstasy of resentment and rebuke. All that she was conscious of now was the helpless feeling that he was immensely clever at ferreting out her inmost thoughts.
Chapter 9 of Her Sailor: A Love Story is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
From this reading “Her elevation of spirit was all gone, and with it her ecstasy of resentment and rebuke.”
the event of something being raised upward
From this reading “Her elevation of spirit was all gone, and with it her ecstasy of resentment and rebuke.”
-ing form of “ferret” — hound or harry relentlessly
From this reading “All that she was conscious of now was the helpless feeling that he was immensely clever at ferreting out her inmost thoughts.”
to an exceedingly great extent or degree
From this reading “All that she was conscious of now was the helpless feeling that he was immensely clever at ferreting out her inmost thoughts.”
the Babylonian goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea
From this reading ““Sit down, Nina,” he said, “I want to ask you something.””
censure severely or angrily
From this reading “Her elevation of spirit was all gone, and with it her ecstasy of resentment and rebuke.”
a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
From this reading “Her elevation of spirit was all gone, and with it her ecstasy of resentment and rebuke.”
pose a threat to; present a danger to
From this reading “SINCE YOU REFUSE, I THREATEN.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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take a seat
In this reading ““Sit down, Nina,” he said, “I want to ask you something.””
In this reading “All that she was conscious of now was the helpless feeling that he was immensely clever at ferreting out her inmost thoughts.”
search and discover through persistent investigation
In this reading “All that she was conscious of now was the helpless feeling that he was immensely clever at ferreting out her inmost thoughts.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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(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 Her elevation of spirit was all gone, and with it her ecstasy of resentment and rebuke.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Her elevation of spirit was all gone, and with it her ecstasy of resentment and rebuke.
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “Sit down, Nina,” he said, “I want to ask you something.”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading All that she was conscious of now was the helpless feeling that he was immensely clever at ferreting out her inmost thoughts.
showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
From this reading All that she was conscious of now was the helpless feeling that he was immensely clever at ferreting out her inmost thoughts.
intentionally conceived
From this reading All that she was conscious of now was the helpless feeling that he was immensely clever at ferreting out her inmost thoughts.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading “Sit down, Nina,” he said, “I want to ask you something.”
a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
From this reading Her elevation of spirit was all gone, and with it her ecstasy of resentment and rebuke.
the event of something being raised upward
From this reading Her elevation of spirit was all gone, and with it her ecstasy of resentment and rebuke.
the experiencing of affective and emotional states
From this reading All that she was conscious of now was the helpless feeling that he was immensely clever at ferreting out her inmost thoughts.
-ing form of “ferret” — hound or harry relentlessly
From this reading All that she was conscious of now was the helpless feeling that he was immensely clever at ferreting out her inmost thoughts.
destroyed or killed
From this reading Her elevation of spirit was all gone, and with it her ecstasy of resentment and rebuke.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Sit down, Nina,” he said, “I want to ask you something.”
lacking in or deprived of strength or power
From this reading All that she was conscious of now was the helpless feeling that he was immensely clever at ferreting out her inmost thoughts.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her elevation of spirit was all gone, and with it her ecstasy of resentment and rebuke.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading SINCE YOU REFUSE, I THREATEN.
to an exceedingly great extent or degree
From this reading All that she was conscious of now was the helpless feeling that he was immensely clever at ferreting out her inmost thoughts.
being deepest within the self
From this reading All that she was conscious of now was the helpless feeling that he was immensely clever at ferreting out her inmost thoughts.
past form of “inquire” — address a question to and expect an answer from
From this reading “What is it?” she inquired.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “What is it?” she inquired.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “What is it?” she inquired.
the Babylonian goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea
From this reading “Sit down, Nina,” he said, “I want to ask you something.”
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading All that she was conscious of now was the helpless feeling that he was immensely clever at ferreting out her inmost thoughts.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Her elevation of spirit was all gone, and with it her ecstasy of resentment and rebuke.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading All that she was conscious of now was the helpless feeling that he was immensely clever at ferreting out her inmost thoughts.
censure severely or angrily
From this reading Her elevation of spirit was all gone, and with it her ecstasy of resentment and rebuke.
show unwillingness towards
From this reading SINCE YOU REFUSE, I THREATEN.
a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
From this reading Her elevation of spirit was all gone, and with it her ecstasy of resentment and rebuke.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Sit down, Nina,” he said, “I want to ask you something.”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “What is it?” she inquired.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading SINCE YOU REFUSE, I THREATEN.
be seated
From this reading “Sit down, Nina,” he said, “I want to ask you something.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “Sit down, Nina,” he said, “I want to ask you something.”
the vital principle or animating force within living things
From this reading Her elevation of spirit was all gone, and with it her ecstasy of resentment and rebuke.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading All that she was conscious of now was the helpless feeling that he was immensely clever at ferreting out her inmost thoughts.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading All that she was conscious of now was the helpless feeling that he was immensely clever at ferreting out her inmost thoughts.
plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading All that she was conscious of now was the helpless feeling that he was immensely clever at ferreting out her inmost thoughts.
pose a threat to; present a danger to
From this reading SINCE YOU REFUSE, I THREATEN.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Sit down, Nina,” he said, “I want to ask you something.”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “Sit down, Nina,” he said, “I want to ask you something.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Her elevation of spirit was all gone, and with it her ecstasy of resentment and rebuke.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What is it?” she inquired.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Her elevation of spirit was all gone, and with it her ecstasy of resentment and rebuke.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading SINCE YOU REFUSE, I THREATEN.
Chapter 9 of Her Sailor: A Love Story by Marshall Saunders holds 121 sentences, grouped into 25 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.
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