Chapter 13 of Lady Lilith is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of Lady Lilith is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Loring caught her wrists and gripped them. "Leave him alone!" he cried. "It would be suicide if you married after this." "If he wants me...." Barbara began again.
Chapter 13 of Lady Lilith is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Having no one else present.
From this reading “"Leave him alone!" he cried.”
inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading “Loring caught her wrists and gripped them.”
inflected form of “grip” — hold fast or firmly
From this reading “Loring caught her wrists and gripped them.”
go away from a place
From this reading “"Leave him alone!" he cried.”
joined in matrimony
From this reading “"It would be suicide if you married after this."”
the act of killing yourself
From this reading “"It would be suicide if you married after this."”
plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty
From this reading “"If he wants me...."”
plural of “wrist” — a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones
From this reading “Loring caught her wrists and gripped them.”
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 “Barbara began again.”
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later than; following
From this reading "It would be suicide if you married after this."
anew
From this reading Barbara began again.
Having no one else present.
From this reading "Leave him alone!" he cried.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Loring caught her wrists and gripped them.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Barbara began again.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "It would be suicide if you married after this."
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading Barbara began again.
inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading Loring caught her wrists and gripped them.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading "Leave him alone!" he cried.
inflected form of “grip” — hold fast or firmly
From this reading Loring caught her wrists and gripped them.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Leave him alone!" he cried.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Loring caught her wrists and gripped them.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Leave him alone!" he cried.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "It would be suicide if you married after this."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It would be suicide if you married after this."
go away from a place
From this reading "Leave him alone!" he cried.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Loring caught her wrists and gripped them.
joined in matrimony
From this reading "It would be suicide if you married after this."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "If he wants me...."
the act of killing yourself
From this reading "It would be suicide if you married after this."
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Loring caught her wrists and gripped them.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "It would be suicide if you married after this."
plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty
From this reading "If he wants me...."
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "It would be suicide if you married after this."
plural of “wrist” — a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones
From this reading Loring caught her wrists and gripped them.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "It would be suicide if you married after this."
Chapter 13 of Lady Lilith by Stephen McKenna holds 402 sentences, grouped into 81 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 13 holds 402 sentences of Lady Lilith, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 13 of Lady Lilith by Stephen McKenna exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 402 sentences, grouped into 81 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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