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His Second Wife

Chapter XIII · Chapter 13

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By the next day she had made up her mind to look for another apartment.
The move had several points in its favour.
It would not only take her away from this place where she felt the spell so strong; it would also give her something to do.
"And I need it, heaven knows!" she thought.
And besides it would provide an excuse for not seeing Amy's friends.
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His Second Wife

Chapter XIII · Chapter 13

Chapter 13 of His Second Wife is here in full — 368 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/73 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
By the next day she had made up her mind to look for another apartment.
/baɪ ðə nekst deɪ ʃiː hæd meɪd ʌp hɜːr maɪnd tuː lʊk fɔːr əˈnʌðər əˈpɑːrtmənt/
Line 2
The move had several points in its favour.
/ðə muːv hæd ˈsevrəl pɔɪnts ɪn ɪts ˈfeɪvər/
Line 3
It would not only take her away from this place where she felt the spell so strong; it would also give her something to do.
/ɪt wʊd nɑːt ˈoʊnli teɪk hɜːr əˈweɪ frʌm ðɪs pleɪs wer ʃiː felt ðə spel soʊ strɔːŋ ɪt wʊd ˈɔːlsoʊ ɡɪv hɜːr ˈsʌmθɪŋ tuː duː/
Line 4
"And I need it, heaven knows!" she thought.
/ənd aɪ niːd ɪt ˈhevən noʊz ʃiː θɔːt/
Line 5
And besides it would provide an excuse for not seeing Amy's friends.

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

apartment noun US /əˈpɑːrtmənt/

a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house

From this reading “By the next day she had made up her mind to look for another apartment.”

besides preposition US /bɪˈsaɪdz/

in addition to; as well as

From this reading “And besides it would provide an excuse for not seeing Amy's friends.”

excuse verb US /ɪksˈkjuːs/

accept an excuse for

From this reading “And besides it would provide an excuse for not seeing Amy's friends.”

favour noun US /ˈfeɪvər/

a feeling of favorable regard

From this reading “The move had several points in its favour.”

move verb US /muːv/

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading “The move had several points in its favour.”

points noun US /pɔɪnts/

plural of “point” — a geometric element that has position but no extension

From this reading “The move had several points in its favour.”

provide verb US /prəˈvaɪd/

give something useful or necessary to

From this reading “And besides it would provide an excuse for not seeing Amy's friends.”

spell verb US /spel/

orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of

From this reading “It would not only take her away from this place where she felt the spell so strong; it would also give her something to do.”

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alsoadverbUS /ˈɔːlsoʊ/

in addition

From this reading It would not only take her away from this place where she felt the spell so strong; it would also give her something to do.

Amy's

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading And besides it would provide an excuse for not seeing Amy's friends.

andeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading And besides it would provide an excuse for not seeing Amy's friends.

AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading "And I need it, heaven knows!" she thought.

anotherdeterminerUS /əˈnʌðər/

one more of the same kind, or a different one

From this reading By the next day she had made up her mind to look for another apartment.

apartmentnounUS /əˈpɑːrtmənt/

a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house

From this reading By the next day she had made up her mind to look for another apartment.

awayadverbUS /əˈweɪ/

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading It would not only take her away from this place where she felt the spell so strong; it would also give her something to do.

besidesprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪdz/

in addition to; as well as

From this reading And besides it would provide an excuse for not seeing Amy's friends.

ByprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading By the next day she had made up her mind to look for another apartment.

daynounUS /deɪ/

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading By the next day she had made up her mind to look for another apartment.

doauxiliary verbUS /duː/

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading It would not only take her away from this place where she felt the spell so strong; it would also give her something to do.

excuseverbUS /ɪksˈkjuːs/

accept an excuse for

From this reading And besides it would provide an excuse for not seeing Amy's friends.

favournounUS /ˈfeɪvər/

a feeling of favorable regard

From this reading The move had several points in its favour.

feltverbUS /felt/

mat together and make felt-like

From this reading It would not only take her away from this place where she felt the spell so strong; it would also give her something to do.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading By the next day she had made up her mind to look for another apartment.

friendsnounUS /frendz/

plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading And besides it would provide an excuse for not seeing Amy's friends.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading It would not only take her away from this place where she felt the spell so strong; it would also give her something to do.

giveverbUS /ɡɪv/

cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

From this reading It would not only take her away from this place where she felt the spell so strong; it would also give her something to do.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading By the next day she had made up her mind to look for another apartment.

heavennounUS /ˈhevən/

any place of complete bliss and delight and peace

From this reading "And I need it, heaven knows!" she thought.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading By the next day she had made up her mind to look for another apartment.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading "And I need it, heaven knows!" she thought.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading The move had several points in its favour.

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It would not only take her away from this place where she felt the spell so strong; it would also give her something to do.

itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading The move had several points in its favour.

knowsnounUS /noʊz/

plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people

From this reading "And I need it, heaven knows!" she thought.

lookverbUS /lʊk/

perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

From this reading By the next day she had made up her mind to look for another apartment.

madeadjectiveUS /meɪd/

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading By the next day she had made up her mind to look for another apartment.

mindnounUS /maɪnd/

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading By the next day she had made up her mind to look for another apartment.

moveverbUS /muːv/

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading The move had several points in its favour.

neednounUS /niːd/

a condition requiring relief

From this reading "And I need it, heaven knows!" she thought.

nextadjectiveUS /nekst/

immediately following in time or order

From this reading By the next day she had made up her mind to look for another apartment.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading It would not only take her away from this place where she felt the spell so strong; it would also give her something to do.

onlyadverbUS /ˈoʊnli/

and nothing more

From this reading It would not only take her away from this place where she felt the spell so strong; it would also give her something to do.

placenounUS /pleɪs/

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading It would not only take her away from this place where she felt the spell so strong; it would also give her something to do.

pointsnounUS /pɔɪnts/

plural of “point” — a geometric element that has position but no extension

From this reading The move had several points in its favour.

provideverbUS /prəˈvaɪd/

give something useful or necessary to

From this reading And besides it would provide an excuse for not seeing Amy's friends.

seeingnounUS /ˈsiːɪŋ/

perception by means of the eyes

From this reading And besides it would provide an excuse for not seeing Amy's friends.

severaladjectiveUS /ˈsevrəl/

(used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many

From this reading The move had several points in its favour.

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading By the next day she had made up her mind to look for another apartment.

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading It would not only take her away from this place where she felt the spell so strong; it would also give her something to do.

somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/

a thing, without saying which

From this reading It would not only take her away from this place where she felt the spell so strong; it would also give her something to do.

spellverbUS /spel/

orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of

From this reading It would not only take her away from this place where she felt the spell so strong; it would also give her something to do.

strongadjectiveUS /strɔːŋ/

having strength or power greater than average or expected

From this reading It would not only take her away from this place where she felt the spell so strong; it would also give her something to do.

takeverbUS /teɪk/

carry out

From this reading It would not only take her away from this place where she felt the spell so strong; it would also give her something to do.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading By the next day she had made up her mind to look for another apartment.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading It would not only take her away from this place where she felt the spell so strong; it would also give her something to do.

thoughtnounUS /θɔːt/

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading "And I need it, heaven knows!" she thought.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading By the next day she had made up her mind to look for another apartment.

upadjectiveUS /ʌp/

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading By the next day she had made up her mind to look for another apartment.

whereconjunctionUS /wer/

in or at the place that

From this reading It would not only take her away from this place where she felt the spell so strong; it would also give her something to do.

wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading It would not only take her away from this place where she felt the spell so strong; it would also give her something to do.

Chapter 13 of His Second Wife by Ernest Poole holds 368 sentences, grouped into 74 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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Chapter 13 holds 368 sentences of His Second Wife, unabridged, divided into 74 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 13 of His Second Wife by Ernest Poole exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 368 sentences, grouped into 74 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.

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