Chapter 4 of Love is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Love is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
‘I do. All by myself at present. But you will too, soon. You won’t be able to help it. It’s the most absolutely catching thing----’ ‘Oh, my dear boy,’ she interrupted, shocked at such a picture of herself, ‘don’t talk like that.
Chapter 4 of Love is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/85 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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(usually followed by “to”) having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
From this reading “You won’t be able to help it.”
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “It’s the most absolutely catching thing----’ ‘Oh, my dear boy,’ she interrupted, shocked at such a picture of herself, ‘don’t talk like that.”
(baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team
From this reading “It’s the most absolutely catching thing----’ ‘Oh, my dear boy,’ she interrupted, shocked at such a picture of herself, ‘don’t talk like that.”
discontinued temporarily
From this reading “It’s the most absolutely catching thing----’ ‘Oh, my dear boy,’ she interrupted, shocked at such a picture of herself, ‘don’t talk like that.”
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading “It’s the most absolutely catching thing----’ ‘Oh, my dear boy,’ she interrupted, shocked at such a picture of herself, ‘don’t talk like that.”
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading “All by myself at present.”
struck with fear, dread, or consternation
From this reading “It’s the most absolutely catching thing----’ ‘Oh, my dear boy,’ she interrupted, shocked at such a picture of herself, ‘don’t talk like that.”
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading “It’s the most absolutely catching thing----’ ‘Oh, my dear boy,’ she interrupted, shocked at such a picture of herself, ‘don’t talk like that.”
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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In this reading “It’s the most absolutely catching thing----’ ‘Oh, my dear boy,’ she interrupted, shocked at such a picture of herself, ‘don’t talk like that.”
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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 It’s the most absolutely catching thing----’ ‘Oh, my dear boy,’ she interrupted, shocked at such a picture of herself, ‘don’t talk like that.
(usually followed by “to”) having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
From this reading You won’t be able to help it.
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading It’s the most absolutely catching thing----’ ‘Oh, my dear boy,’ she interrupted, shocked at such a picture of herself, ‘don’t talk like that.
(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 All by myself at present.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading All by myself at present.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading You won’t be able to help it.
a youthful male person
From this reading It’s the most absolutely catching thing----’ ‘Oh, my dear boy,’ she interrupted, shocked at such a picture of herself, ‘don’t talk like that.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But you will too, soon.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading All by myself at present.
(baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team
From this reading It’s the most absolutely catching thing----’ ‘Oh, my dear boy,’ she interrupted, shocked at such a picture of herself, ‘don’t talk like that.
dearly loved
From this reading It’s the most absolutely catching thing----’ ‘Oh, my dear boy,’ she interrupted, shocked at such a picture of herself, ‘don’t talk like that.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading ‘I do.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It’s the most absolutely catching thing----’ ‘Oh, my dear boy,’ she interrupted, shocked at such a picture of herself, ‘don’t talk like that.
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading You won’t be able to help it.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading It’s the most absolutely catching thing----’ ‘Oh, my dear boy,’ she interrupted, shocked at such a picture of herself, ‘don’t talk like that.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘I do.
discontinued temporarily
From this reading It’s the most absolutely catching thing----’ ‘Oh, my dear boy,’ she interrupted, shocked at such a picture of herself, ‘don’t talk like that.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading You won’t be able to help it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It’s the most absolutely catching thing----’ ‘Oh, my dear boy,’ she interrupted, shocked at such a picture of herself, ‘don’t talk like that.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading It’s the most absolutely catching thing----’ ‘Oh, my dear boy,’ she interrupted, shocked at such a picture of herself, ‘don’t talk like that.
used to form the superlative
From this reading It’s the most absolutely catching thing----’ ‘Oh, my dear boy,’ she interrupted, shocked at such a picture of herself, ‘don’t talk like that.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It’s the most absolutely catching thing----’ ‘Oh, my dear boy,’ she interrupted, shocked at such a picture of herself, ‘don’t talk like that.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading All by myself at present.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It’s the most absolutely catching thing----’ ‘Oh, my dear boy,’ she interrupted, shocked at such a picture of herself, ‘don’t talk like that.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading It’s the most absolutely catching thing----’ ‘Oh, my dear boy,’ she interrupted, shocked at such a picture of herself, ‘don’t talk like that.
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading It’s the most absolutely catching thing----’ ‘Oh, my dear boy,’ she interrupted, shocked at such a picture of herself, ‘don’t talk like that.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading All by myself at present.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It’s the most absolutely catching thing----’ ‘Oh, my dear boy,’ she interrupted, shocked at such a picture of herself, ‘don’t talk like that.
struck with fear, dread, or consternation
From this reading It’s the most absolutely catching thing----’ ‘Oh, my dear boy,’ she interrupted, shocked at such a picture of herself, ‘don’t talk like that.
in the near future
From this reading But you will too, soon.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading It’s the most absolutely catching thing----’ ‘Oh, my dear boy,’ she interrupted, shocked at such a picture of herself, ‘don’t talk like that.
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading It’s the most absolutely catching thing----’ ‘Oh, my dear boy,’ she interrupted, shocked at such a picture of herself, ‘don’t talk like that.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It’s the most absolutely catching thing----’ ‘Oh, my dear boy,’ she interrupted, shocked at such a picture of herself, ‘don’t talk like that.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It’s the most absolutely catching thing----’ ‘Oh, my dear boy,’ she interrupted, shocked at such a picture of herself, ‘don’t talk like that.
a special situation
From this reading It’s the most absolutely catching thing----’ ‘Oh, my dear boy,’ she interrupted, shocked at such a picture of herself, ‘don’t talk like that.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You won’t be able to help it.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading But you will too, soon.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading But you will too, soon.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You won’t be able to help it.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading But you will too, soon.
Chapter 4 of Love by Elizabeth Von Arnim holds 429 sentences, grouped into 86 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 4 holds 429 sentences of Love, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
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