Chapter 16 of Lady Chatterley's lover is here in full — 880 sentences across 176 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of Lady Chatterley's lover is here in full — 880 sentences across 176 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Connie arrived home to an ordeal of cross-questioning. Clifford had been out at teatime, had come in just before the storm, and where was her ladyship? Nobody knew, only Mrs. Bolton suggested she had gone for a walk into the wood. Into the wood, in such a storm! Clifford for once let himself get into a state of nervous frenzy.
Chapter 16 of Lady Chatterley's lover is here in full — 880 sentences across 176 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading “Connie arrived home to an ordeal of cross-questioning.”
state of violent mental agitation
From this reading “Clifford for once let himself get into a state of nervous frenzy.”
easily agitated
From this reading “Clifford for once let himself get into a state of nervous frenzy.”
no person; not anyone
From this reading “Nobody knew, only Mrs. Bolton suggested she had gone for a walk into the wood.”
a severe or trying experience
From this reading “Connie arrived home to an ordeal of cross-questioning.”
behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
From this reading “Clifford had been out at teatime, had come in just before the storm, and where was her ladyship?”
past form of “suggest” — make a proposal, declare a plan for something
From this reading “Nobody knew, only Mrs. Bolton suggested she had gone for a walk into the wood.”
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
From this reading “Nobody knew, only Mrs. Bolton suggested she had gone for a walk into the wood.”
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.
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get involved in or with
In this reading “Clifford for once let himself get into a state of nervous frenzy.”
In this reading “Nobody knew, only Mrs. Bolton suggested she had gone for a walk into the wood.”
In this reading “Clifford for once let himself get into a state of nervous frenzy.”
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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 Nobody knew, only Mrs. Bolton suggested she had gone for a walk into the wood.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Connie arrived home to an ordeal of cross-questioning.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Clifford had been out at teatime, had come in just before the storm, and where was her ladyship?
past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading Connie arrived home to an ordeal of cross-questioning.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Clifford had been out at teatime, had come in just before the storm, and where was her ladyship?
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Clifford had been out at teatime, had come in just before the storm, and where was her ladyship?
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Clifford had been out at teatime, had come in just before the storm, and where was her ladyship?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nobody knew, only Mrs. Bolton suggested she had gone for a walk into the wood.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Clifford had been out at teatime, had come in just before the storm, and where was her ladyship?
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Clifford had been out at teatime, had come in just before the storm, and where was her ladyship?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Connie arrived home to an ordeal of cross-questioning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Connie arrived home to an ordeal of cross-questioning.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Nobody knew, only Mrs. Bolton suggested she had gone for a walk into the wood.
state of violent mental agitation
From this reading Clifford for once let himself get into a state of nervous frenzy.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Clifford for once let himself get into a state of nervous frenzy.
destroyed or killed
From this reading Nobody knew, only Mrs. Bolton suggested she had gone for a walk into the wood.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Clifford had been out at teatime, had come in just before the storm, and where was her ladyship?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Clifford had been out at teatime, had come in just before the storm, and where was her ladyship?
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Clifford for once let himself get into a state of nervous frenzy.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading Connie arrived home to an ordeal of cross-questioning.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Clifford had been out at teatime, had come in just before the storm, and where was her ladyship?
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Nobody knew, only Mrs. Bolton suggested she had gone for a walk into the wood.
and nothing more
From this reading Clifford had been out at teatime, had come in just before the storm, and where was her ladyship?
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Nobody knew, only Mrs. Bolton suggested she had gone for a walk into the wood.
a title used to address any peeress except a duchess
From this reading Clifford had been out at teatime, had come in just before the storm, and where was her ladyship?
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Clifford for once let himself get into a state of nervous frenzy.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Nobody knew, only Mrs. Bolton suggested she had gone for a walk into the wood.
easily agitated
From this reading Clifford for once let himself get into a state of nervous frenzy.
no person; not anyone
From this reading Nobody knew, only Mrs. Bolton suggested she had gone for a walk into the wood.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Connie arrived home to an ordeal of cross-questioning.
on one occasion
From this reading Clifford for once let himself get into a state of nervous frenzy.
and nothing more
From this reading Nobody knew, only Mrs. Bolton suggested she had gone for a walk into the wood.
a severe or trying experience
From this reading Connie arrived home to an ordeal of cross-questioning.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Clifford had been out at teatime, had come in just before the storm, and where was her ladyship?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Nobody knew, only Mrs. Bolton suggested she had gone for a walk into the wood.
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
From this reading Clifford for once let himself get into a state of nervous frenzy.
behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
From this reading Clifford had been out at teatime, had come in just before the storm, and where was her ladyship?
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Into the wood, in such a storm!
past form of “suggest” — make a proposal, declare a plan for something
From this reading Nobody knew, only Mrs. Bolton suggested she had gone for a walk into the wood.
a light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes
From this reading Clifford had been out at teatime, had come in just before the storm, and where was her ladyship?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Clifford had been out at teatime, had come in just before the storm, and where was her ladyship?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Connie arrived home to an ordeal of cross-questioning.
the act of traveling by foot
From this reading Nobody knew, only Mrs. Bolton suggested she had gone for a walk into the wood.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Clifford had been out at teatime, had come in just before the storm, and where was her ladyship?
in or at the place that
From this reading Clifford had been out at teatime, had come in just before the storm, and where was her ladyship?
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
From this reading Nobody knew, only Mrs. Bolton suggested she had gone for a walk into the wood.
Chapter 16 of Lady Chatterley's lover by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence holds 880 sentences, grouped into 176 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 16 holds 880 sentences of Lady Chatterley's lover, unabridged, divided into 176 reading sections.
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