Chapter 3 of Joan Thursday: A Novel is here in full — 395 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Joan Thursday: A Novel is here in full — 395 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"The row, monsieur," madame checked him coldly, "has to do only with the conduct of monsieur himself?" "Eh?" Matthias queried blankly. "You ask me what?" The hands of madame were vivid with exasperation.
Chapter 3 of Joan Thursday: A Novel is here in full — 395 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in a blank and uncomprehending manner
From this reading “Matthias queried blankly.”
patterned with alternating squares of color
From this reading “"The row, monsieur," madame checked him coldly, "has to do only with the conduct of monsieur himself?"”
lacking warmth of feeling; in a cold, unemotional manner
From this reading “"The row, monsieur," madame checked him coldly, "has to do only with the conduct of monsieur himself?"”
direct the course of; manage or control
From this reading “"The row, monsieur," madame checked him coldly, "has to do only with the conduct of monsieur himself?"”
an exasperated feeling of annoyance
From this reading “The hands of madame were vivid with exasperation.”
inflected form of “query” — pose a question
From this reading “Matthias queried blankly.”
an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
From this reading “"The row, monsieur," madame checked him coldly, "has to do only with the conduct of monsieur himself?"”
evoking lifelike images within the mind
From this reading “The hands of madame were vivid with exasperation.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “"The row, monsieur," madame checked him coldly, "has to do only with the conduct of monsieur himself?"”
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make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "You ask me what?"
in a blank and uncomprehending manner
From this reading Matthias queried blankly.
patterned with alternating squares of color
From this reading "The row, monsieur," madame checked him coldly, "has to do only with the conduct of monsieur himself?"
lacking warmth of feeling; in a cold, unemotional manner
From this reading "The row, monsieur," madame checked him coldly, "has to do only with the conduct of monsieur himself?"
direct the course of; manage or control
From this reading "The row, monsieur," madame checked him coldly, "has to do only with the conduct of monsieur himself?"
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "The row, monsieur," madame checked him coldly, "has to do only with the conduct of monsieur himself?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Eh?"
an exasperated feeling of annoyance
From this reading The hands of madame were vivid with exasperation.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading The hands of madame were vivid with exasperation.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "The row, monsieur," madame checked him coldly, "has to do only with the conduct of monsieur himself?"
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "The row, monsieur," madame checked him coldly, "has to do only with the conduct of monsieur himself?"
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading "The row, monsieur," madame checked him coldly, "has to do only with the conduct of monsieur himself?"
title used for a married Frenchwoman
From this reading "The row, monsieur," madame checked him coldly, "has to do only with the conduct of monsieur himself?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Matthias queried blankly.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "You ask me what?"
used as a French courtesy title; equivalent to English “Mr”
From this reading "The row, monsieur," madame checked him coldly, "has to do only with the conduct of monsieur himself?"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "The row, monsieur," madame checked him coldly, "has to do only with the conduct of monsieur himself?"
and nothing more
From this reading "The row, monsieur," madame checked him coldly, "has to do only with the conduct of monsieur himself?"
inflected form of “query” — pose a question
From this reading Matthias queried blankly.
an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
From this reading "The row, monsieur," madame checked him coldly, "has to do only with the conduct of monsieur himself?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "The row, monsieur," madame checked him coldly, "has to do only with the conduct of monsieur himself?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "The row, monsieur," madame checked him coldly, "has to do only with the conduct of monsieur himself?"
evoking lifelike images within the mind
From this reading The hands of madame were vivid with exasperation.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The hands of madame were vivid with exasperation.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "You ask me what?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading "The row, monsieur," madame checked him coldly, "has to do only with the conduct of monsieur himself?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You ask me what?"
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