Chapter 23 of Marie Antoinette and Her Son is here in full — 302 sentences across 61 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 23 of Marie Antoinette and Her Son is here in full — 302 sentences across 61 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE SEPARATION. Slowly and heavily the hours of the next day rolled on. Where was Toulan? Why did he not come? The queen waited for him the whole of that long, dreadful day in feverish expectation.
Chapter 23 of Marie Antoinette and Her Son is here in full — 302 sentences across 61 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading “The queen waited for him the whole of that long, dreadful day in feverish expectation.”
belief about (or mental picture of) the future
From this reading “The queen waited for him the whole of that long, dreadful day in feverish expectation.”
marked by intense agitation or emotion
From this reading “The queen waited for him the whole of that long, dreadful day in feverish expectation.”
to a considerable degree
From this reading “Slowly and heavily the hours of the next day rolled on.”
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading “The queen waited for him the whole of that long, dreadful day in feverish expectation.”
especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward
From this reading “Slowly and heavily the hours of the next day rolled on.”
the state of lacking unity
From this reading “THE SEPARATION.”
past form of “wait” — stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading “The queen waited for him the whole of that long, dreadful day in feverish expectation.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Slowly and heavily the hours of the next day rolled on.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Why did he not come?
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Slowly and heavily the hours of the next day rolled on.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Why did he not come?
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading The queen waited for him the whole of that long, dreadful day in feverish expectation.
belief about (or mental picture of) the future
From this reading The queen waited for him the whole of that long, dreadful day in feverish expectation.
marked by intense agitation or emotion
From this reading The queen waited for him the whole of that long, dreadful day in feverish expectation.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The queen waited for him the whole of that long, dreadful day in feverish expectation.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Why did he not come?
to a considerable degree
From this reading Slowly and heavily the hours of the next day rolled on.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The queen waited for him the whole of that long, dreadful day in feverish expectation.
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading Slowly and heavily the hours of the next day rolled on.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The queen waited for him the whole of that long, dreadful day in feverish expectation.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading The queen waited for him the whole of that long, dreadful day in feverish expectation.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading Slowly and heavily the hours of the next day rolled on.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Why did he not come?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Slowly and heavily the hours of the next day rolled on.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Slowly and heavily the hours of the next day rolled on.
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading The queen waited for him the whole of that long, dreadful day in feverish expectation.
especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward
From this reading Slowly and heavily the hours of the next day rolled on.
the state of lacking unity
From this reading THE SEPARATION.
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading Slowly and heavily the hours of the next day rolled on.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The queen waited for him the whole of that long, dreadful day in feverish expectation.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SEPARATION.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Where was Toulan?
past form of “wait” — stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading The queen waited for him the whole of that long, dreadful day in feverish expectation.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Where was Toulan?
in or at the place that
From this reading Where was Toulan?
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading The queen waited for him the whole of that long, dreadful day in feverish expectation.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why did he not come?
Chapter 23 of Marie Antoinette and Her Son by L. (Luise) Mühlbach holds 302 sentences, grouped into 61 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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