Chapter 26 of Joyce is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 26 of Joyce is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
‘Well?’ said Mrs. Hayward, somewhat sharply, as she followed her husband upstairs. ‘Well, my dear! everything is quite right and sweet and true about her, as I always thought it was.’ ‘I daresay. That is all very charming, Henry, and I am delighted that you are so much pleased. But what about Captain Bellendean?’
Chapter 26 of Joyce is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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pleasing or delighting
From this reading “That is all very charming, Henry, and I am delighted that you are so much pleased.”
greatly pleased
From this reading “That is all very charming, Henry, and I am delighted that you are so much pleased.”
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading “That is all very charming, Henry, and I am delighted that you are so much pleased.”
experiencing or manifesting pleasure
From this reading “That is all very charming, Henry, and I am delighted that you are so much pleased.”
in an aggressive manner
From this reading “‘Well?’ said Mrs. Hayward, somewhat sharply, as she followed her husband upstairs.”
to a small degree or extent
From this reading “‘Well?’ said Mrs. Hayward, somewhat sharply, as she followed her husband upstairs.”
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading “‘Well, my dear! everything is quite right and sweet and true about her, as I always thought it was.’”
on a floor above
From this reading “‘Well?’ said Mrs. Hayward, somewhat sharply, as she followed her husband upstairs.”
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 “That is all very charming, Henry, and I am delighted that you are so much pleased.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading ‘Well, my dear! everything is quite right and sweet and true about her, as I always thought it was.’
(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 That is all very charming, Henry, and I am delighted that you are so much pleased.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading ‘Well, my dear! everything is quite right and sweet and true about her, as I always thought it was.’
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading That is all very charming, Henry, and I am delighted that you are so much pleased.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ‘Well, my dear! everything is quite right and sweet and true about her, as I always thought it was.’
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading That is all very charming, Henry, and I am delighted that you are so much pleased.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading ‘Well?’ said Mrs. Hayward, somewhat sharply, as she followed her husband upstairs.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But what about Captain Bellendean?’
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But what about Captain Bellendean?’
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading But what about Captain Bellendean?’
pleasing or delighting
From this reading That is all very charming, Henry, and I am delighted that you are so much pleased.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I daresay.
dearly loved
From this reading ‘Well, my dear! everything is quite right and sweet and true about her, as I always thought it was.’
greatly pleased
From this reading That is all very charming, Henry, and I am delighted that you are so much pleased.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading ‘Well, my dear! everything is quite right and sweet and true about her, as I always thought it was.’
past form of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading ‘Well?’ said Mrs. Hayward, somewhat sharply, as she followed her husband upstairs.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Well?’ said Mrs. Hayward, somewhat sharply, as she followed her husband upstairs.
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading That is all very charming, Henry, and I am delighted that you are so much pleased.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading ‘Well?’ said Mrs. Hayward, somewhat sharply, as she followed her husband upstairs.
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading ‘Well?’ said Mrs. Hayward, somewhat sharply, as she followed her husband upstairs.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘Well, my dear! everything is quite right and sweet and true about her, as I always thought it was.’
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ‘Well, my dear! everything is quite right and sweet and true about her, as I always thought it was.’
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading ‘Well, my dear! everything is quite right and sweet and true about her, as I always thought it was.’
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading ‘Well?’ said Mrs. Hayward, somewhat sharply, as she followed her husband upstairs.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading That is all very charming, Henry, and I am delighted that you are so much pleased.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading ‘Well, my dear! everything is quite right and sweet and true about her, as I always thought it was.’
experiencing or manifesting pleasure
From this reading That is all very charming, Henry, and I am delighted that you are so much pleased.
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading ‘Well, my dear! everything is quite right and sweet and true about her, as I always thought it was.’
precisely, exactly
From this reading ‘Well, my dear! everything is quite right and sweet and true about her, as I always thought it was.’
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading ‘Well?’ said Mrs. Hayward, somewhat sharply, as she followed her husband upstairs.
in an aggressive manner
From this reading ‘Well?’ said Mrs. Hayward, somewhat sharply, as she followed her husband upstairs.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading ‘Well?’ said Mrs. Hayward, somewhat sharply, as she followed her husband upstairs.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading That is all very charming, Henry, and I am delighted that you are so much pleased.
to a small degree or extent
From this reading ‘Well?’ said Mrs. Hayward, somewhat sharply, as she followed her husband upstairs.
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading ‘Well, my dear! everything is quite right and sweet and true about her, as I always thought it was.’
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That is all very charming, Henry, and I am delighted that you are so much pleased.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading ‘Well, my dear! everything is quite right and sweet and true about her, as I always thought it was.’
consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading ‘Well, my dear! everything is quite right and sweet and true about her, as I always thought it was.’
on a floor above
From this reading ‘Well?’ said Mrs. Hayward, somewhat sharply, as she followed her husband upstairs.
precisely as stated
From this reading That is all very charming, Henry, and I am delighted that you are so much pleased.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ‘Well, my dear! everything is quite right and sweet and true about her, as I always thought it was.’
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading ‘Well?’ said Mrs. Hayward, somewhat sharply, as she followed her husband upstairs.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading But what about Captain Bellendean?’
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading That is all very charming, Henry, and I am delighted that you are so much pleased.
Chapter 26 of Joyce by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant holds 178 sentences, grouped into 36 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.
Chapter 26 holds 178 sentences of Joyce, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.
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