Chapter 4 of Lady Chatterley's lover is here in full — 327 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Lady Chatterley's lover is here in full — 327 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Connie always had a foreboding of the hopelessness of her affair with Mick, as people called him. Yet other men seemed to mean nothing to her. She was attached to Clifford. He wanted a good deal of her life and she gave it to him. But she wanted a good deal from the life of a man, and this Clifford did not give her; could not.
Chapter 4 of Lady Chatterley's lover is here in full — 327 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a vaguely specified concern
From this reading “Connie always had a foreboding of the hopelessness of her affair with Mick, as people called him.”
being joined in close association
From this reading “She was attached to Clifford.”
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
From this reading “He wanted a good deal of her life and she gave it to him.”
a feeling of evil to come
From this reading “Connie always had a foreboding of the hopelessness of her affair with Mick, as people called him.”
the despair you feel when you have abandoned hope of comfort or success
From this reading “Connie always had a foreboding of the hopelessness of her affair with Mick, as people called him.”
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading “Yet other men seemed to mean nothing to her.”
(ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Irish descent
From this reading “Connie always had a foreboding of the hopelessness of her affair with Mick, as people called him.”
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading “He wanted a good deal of her life and she gave it to him.”
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 “Yet other men seemed to mean nothing to her.”
In this reading “He wanted a good deal of her life and she gave it to him.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Connie always had a foreboding of the hopelessness of her affair with Mick, as people called him.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading Connie always had a foreboding of the hopelessness of her affair with Mick, as people called him.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading Connie always had a foreboding of the hopelessness of her affair with Mick, as people called him.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He wanted a good deal of her life and she gave it to him.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Connie always had a foreboding of the hopelessness of her affair with Mick, as people called him.
being joined in close association
From this reading She was attached to Clifford.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But she wanted a good deal from the life of a man, and this Clifford did not give her; could not.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Connie always had a foreboding of the hopelessness of her affair with Mick, as people called him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She was attached to Clifford.
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From this reading Connie always had a foreboding of the hopelessness of her affair with Mick, as people called him.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading But she wanted a good deal from the life of a man, and this Clifford did not give her; could not.
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
From this reading He wanted a good deal of her life and she gave it to him.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading But she wanted a good deal from the life of a man, and this Clifford did not give her; could not.
a feeling of evil to come
From this reading Connie always had a foreboding of the hopelessness of her affair with Mick, as people called him.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading But she wanted a good deal from the life of a man, and this Clifford did not give her; could not.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading He wanted a good deal of her life and she gave it to him.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading But she wanted a good deal from the life of a man, and this Clifford did not give her; could not.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading He wanted a good deal of her life and she gave it to him.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Connie always had a foreboding of the hopelessness of her affair with Mick, as people called him.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He wanted a good deal of her life and she gave it to him.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Connie always had a foreboding of the hopelessness of her affair with Mick, as people called him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Connie always had a foreboding of the hopelessness of her affair with Mick, as people called him.
the despair you feel when you have abandoned hope of comfort or success
From this reading Connie always had a foreboding of the hopelessness of her affair with Mick, as people called him.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He wanted a good deal of her life and she gave it to him.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading He wanted a good deal of her life and she gave it to him.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading But she wanted a good deal from the life of a man, and this Clifford did not give her; could not.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading Yet other men seemed to mean nothing to her.
the force of workers available
From this reading Yet other men seemed to mean nothing to her.
(ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Irish descent
From this reading Connie always had a foreboding of the hopelessness of her affair with Mick, as people called him.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But she wanted a good deal from the life of a man, and this Clifford did not give her; could not.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Yet other men seemed to mean nothing to her.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Connie always had a foreboding of the hopelessness of her affair with Mick, as people called him.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading Yet other men seemed to mean nothing to her.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading Connie always had a foreboding of the hopelessness of her affair with Mick, as people called him.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Yet other men seemed to mean nothing to her.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was attached to Clifford.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Connie always had a foreboding of the hopelessness of her affair with Mick, as people called him.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading But she wanted a good deal from the life of a man, and this Clifford did not give her; could not.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Yet other men seemed to mean nothing to her.
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading He wanted a good deal of her life and she gave it to him.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was attached to Clifford.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Connie always had a foreboding of the hopelessness of her affair with Mick, as people called him.
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet other men seemed to mean nothing to her.
Chapter 4 of Lady Chatterley's lover by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence holds 327 sentences, grouped into 66 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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