Chapter 16 of Lady Rose's Daughter is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of Lady Rose's Daughter is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
At the first words, almost, Julie had disengaged herself. Pushing him from her with both hands, she listened to him in a dumb amazement. The color first deserted her face, then returned in a flood. "So you despise me?" she said, catching her breath. "No. I adore you."
Chapter 16 of Lady Rose's Daughter is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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love intensely
From this reading “"No. I adore you."”
the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising
From this reading “Pushing him from her with both hands, she listened to him in a dumb amazement.”
(baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team
From this reading “"So you despise me?" she said, catching her breath.”
look down on with disdain
From this reading “"So you despise me?" she said, catching her breath.”
past form of “disengage” — release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles
From this reading “At the first words, almost, Julie had disengaged herself.”
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
From this reading “Pushing him from her with both hands, she listened to him in a dumb amazement.”
the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
From this reading “The color first deserted her face, then returned in a flood.”
the act of applying force in order to move something away
From this reading “Pushing him from her with both hands, she listened to him in a dumb amazement.”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Pushing him from her with both hands, she listened to him in a dumb amazement.
love intensely
From this reading "No. I adore you."
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading At the first words, almost, Julie had disengaged herself.
the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising
From this reading Pushing him from her with both hands, she listened to him in a dumb amazement.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the first words, almost, Julie had disengaged herself.
the two together, not just one
From this reading Pushing him from her with both hands, she listened to him in a dumb amazement.
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading "So you despise me?" she said, catching her breath.
(baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team
From this reading "So you despise me?" she said, catching her breath.
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
From this reading The color first deserted her face, then returned in a flood.
forsaken by owner or inhabitants
From this reading The color first deserted her face, then returned in a flood.
look down on with disdain
From this reading "So you despise me?" she said, catching her breath.
past form of “disengage” — release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles
From this reading At the first words, almost, Julie had disengaged herself.
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
From this reading Pushing him from her with both hands, she listened to him in a dumb amazement.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading The color first deserted her face, then returned in a flood.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading At the first words, almost, Julie had disengaged herself.
the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
From this reading The color first deserted her face, then returned in a flood.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Pushing him from her with both hands, she listened to him in a dumb amazement.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading At the first words, almost, Julie had disengaged herself.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading Pushing him from her with both hands, she listened to him in a dumb amazement.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Pushing him from her with both hands, she listened to him in a dumb amazement.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading At the first words, almost, Julie had disengaged herself.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Pushing him from her with both hands, she listened to him in a dumb amazement.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "No. I adore you."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Pushing him from her with both hands, she listened to him in a dumb amazement.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At the first words, almost, Julie had disengaged herself.
past form of “listen” — hear with intention
From this reading Pushing him from her with both hands, she listened to him in a dumb amazement.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "So you despise me?" she said, catching her breath.
not any; not one
From this reading "No. I adore you."
the act of applying force in order to move something away
From this reading Pushing him from her with both hands, she listened to him in a dumb amazement.
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading The color first deserted her face, then returned in a flood.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "So you despise me?" she said, catching her breath.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Pushing him from her with both hands, she listened to him in a dumb amazement.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "So you despise me?" she said, catching her breath.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading At the first words, almost, Julie had disengaged herself.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading The color first deserted her face, then returned in a flood.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Pushing him from her with both hands, she listened to him in a dumb amazement.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Pushing him from her with both hands, she listened to him in a dumb amazement.
the words that are spoken
From this reading At the first words, almost, Julie had disengaged herself.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "So you despise me?" she said, catching her breath.
Chapter 16 of Lady Rose's Daughter by Humphry, Mrs. Ward holds 406 sentences, grouped into 82 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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