Chapter 9 of Jean-Christophe Journey's End is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Jean-Christophe Journey's End is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"And now," asked Christophe, "you are sorry?" "Now?" she said. "Ah! If I had been so mad as to do it I should have been at the bottom of the Seine long ago. I could not have borne the shame of it, and the injury I should have done to my poor husband."
Chapter 9 of Jean-Christophe Journey's End is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in the past
From this reading “If I had been so mad as to do it I should have been at the bottom of the Seine long ago.”
inflected form of “bear” — have
From this reading “I could not have borne the shame of it, and the injury I should have done to my poor husband."”
the lower side of anything
From this reading “If I had been so mad as to do it I should have been at the bottom of the Seine long ago.”
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
From this reading “I could not have borne the shame of it, and the injury I should have done to my poor husband."”
roused to anger
From this reading “If I had been so mad as to do it I should have been at the bottom of the Seine long ago.”
a French river that flows through the heart of Paris and then northward into the English Channel
From this reading “If I had been so mad as to do it I should have been at the bottom of the Seine long ago.”
a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
From this reading “I could not have borne the shame of it, and the injury I should have done to my poor husband."”
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading “"And now," asked Christophe, "you are sorry?"”
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in the past
From this reading If I had been so mad as to do it I should have been at the bottom of the Seine long ago.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Ah!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And now," asked Christophe, "you are sorry?"
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "And now," asked Christophe, "you are sorry?"
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading If I had been so mad as to do it I should have been at the bottom of the Seine long ago.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "And now," asked Christophe, "you are sorry?"
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading If I had been so mad as to do it I should have been at the bottom of the Seine long ago.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading If I had been so mad as to do it I should have been at the bottom of the Seine long ago.
inflected form of “bear” — have
From this reading I could not have borne the shame of it, and the injury I should have done to my poor husband."
the lower side of anything
From this reading If I had been so mad as to do it I should have been at the bottom of the Seine long ago.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "And now," asked Christophe, "you are sorry?"
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I could not have borne the shame of it, and the injury I should have done to my poor husband."
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading If I had been so mad as to do it I should have been at the bottom of the Seine long ago.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading I could not have borne the shame of it, and the injury I should have done to my poor husband."
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading If I had been so mad as to do it I should have been at the bottom of the Seine long ago.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading If I had been so mad as to do it I should have been at the bottom of the Seine long ago.
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading I could not have borne the shame of it, and the injury I should have done to my poor husband."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading If I had been so mad as to do it I should have been at the bottom of the Seine long ago.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If I had been so mad as to do it I should have been at the bottom of the Seine long ago.
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
From this reading I could not have borne the shame of it, and the injury I should have done to my poor husband."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading If I had been so mad as to do it I should have been at the bottom of the Seine long ago.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading If I had been so mad as to do it I should have been at the bottom of the Seine long ago.
roused to anger
From this reading If I had been so mad as to do it I should have been at the bottom of the Seine long ago.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I could not have borne the shame of it, and the injury I should have done to my poor husband."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I could not have borne the shame of it, and the injury I should have done to my poor husband."
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "And now," asked Christophe, "you are sorry?"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading If I had been so mad as to do it I should have been at the bottom of the Seine long ago.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading I could not have borne the shame of it, and the injury I should have done to my poor husband."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Now?" she said.
a French river that flows through the heart of Paris and then northward into the English Channel
From this reading If I had been so mad as to do it I should have been at the bottom of the Seine long ago.
a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
From this reading I could not have borne the shame of it, and the injury I should have done to my poor husband."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Now?" she said.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading If I had been so mad as to do it I should have been at the bottom of the Seine long ago.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading If I had been so mad as to do it I should have been at the bottom of the Seine long ago.
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading "And now," asked Christophe, "you are sorry?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading If I had been so mad as to do it I should have been at the bottom of the Seine long ago.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading If I had been so mad as to do it I should have been at the bottom of the Seine long ago.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "And now," asked Christophe, "you are sorry?"
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