Chapter 8 of Highland Mary: The Romance of a Poet: A Novel is here in full — 111 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Highland Mary: The Romance of a Poet: A Novel is here in full — 111 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Jean left the house filled with terrified dismay. Robert going to marry another? then what would become of her? She would be disgraced and ruined. The thought drove her frantic. “He shall not marry her; he shall give me the protection of his name, for the time being at least,” she said to herself angrily.
Chapter 8 of Highland Mary: The Romance of a Poet: A Novel is here in full — 111 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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with anger
From this reading ““He shall not marry her; he shall give me the protection of his name, for the time being at least,” she said to herself angrily.”
suffering shame
From this reading “She would be disgraced and ruined.”
the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
From this reading “Jean left the house filled with terrified dismay.”
excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion
From this reading “The thought drove her frantic.”
a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric
From this reading “Jean left the house filled with terrified dismay.”
the activity of protecting someone or something
From this reading ““He shall not marry her; he shall give me the protection of his name, for the time being at least,” she said to herself angrily.”
destroyed physically or morally
From this reading “She would be disgraced and ruined.”
thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation
From this reading “Jean left the house filled with terrified dismay.”
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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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She would be disgraced and ruined.
with anger
From this reading “He shall not marry her; he shall give me the protection of his name, for the time being at least,” she said to herself angrily.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading Robert going to marry another? then what would become of her?
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “He shall not marry her; he shall give me the protection of his name, for the time being at least,” she said to herself angrily.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading She would be disgraced and ruined.
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading Robert going to marry another? then what would become of her?
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading “He shall not marry her; he shall give me the protection of his name, for the time being at least,” she said to herself angrily.
suffering shame
From this reading She would be disgraced and ruined.
the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
From this reading Jean left the house filled with terrified dismay.
a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together
From this reading The thought drove her frantic.
(usually followed by “with” or used as a combining form) generously supplied with
From this reading Jean left the house filled with terrified dismay.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “He shall not marry her; he shall give me the protection of his name, for the time being at least,” she said to herself angrily.
excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion
From this reading The thought drove her frantic.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading “He shall not marry her; he shall give me the protection of his name, for the time being at least,” she said to herself angrily.
the act of departing
From this reading Robert going to marry another? then what would become of her?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “He shall not marry her; he shall give me the protection of his name, for the time being at least,” she said to herself angrily.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Robert going to marry another? then what would become of her?
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “He shall not marry her; he shall give me the protection of his name, for the time being at least,” she said to herself angrily.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “He shall not marry her; he shall give me the protection of his name, for the time being at least,” she said to herself angrily.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading Jean left the house filled with terrified dismay.
a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric
From this reading Jean left the house filled with terrified dismay.
the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
From this reading “He shall not marry her; he shall give me the protection of his name, for the time being at least,” she said to herself angrily.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading Jean left the house filled with terrified dismay.
take in marriage
From this reading Robert going to marry another? then what would become of her?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “He shall not marry her; he shall give me the protection of his name, for the time being at least,” she said to herself angrily.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “He shall not marry her; he shall give me the protection of his name, for the time being at least,” she said to herself angrily.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “He shall not marry her; he shall give me the protection of his name, for the time being at least,” she said to herself angrily.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Robert going to marry another? then what would become of her?
the activity of protecting someone or something
From this reading “He shall not marry her; he shall give me the protection of his name, for the time being at least,” she said to herself angrily.
United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)
From this reading Robert going to marry another? then what would become of her?
destroyed physically or morally
From this reading She would be disgraced and ruined.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “He shall not marry her; he shall give me the protection of his name, for the time being at least,” she said to herself angrily.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “He shall not marry her; he shall give me the protection of his name, for the time being at least,” she said to herself angrily.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She would be disgraced and ruined.
thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation
From this reading Jean left the house filled with terrified dismay.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Jean left the house filled with terrified dismay.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Robert going to marry another? then what would become of her?
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading The thought drove her frantic.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading “He shall not marry her; he shall give me the protection of his name, for the time being at least,” she said to herself angrily.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Robert going to marry another? then what would become of her?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Robert going to marry another? then what would become of her?
in the company of; together with
From this reading Jean left the house filled with terrified dismay.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Robert going to marry another? then what would become of her?
Chapter 8 of Highland Mary: The Romance of a Poet: A Novel by Clayton Mackenzie Legge holds 111 sentences, grouped into 23 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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