Chapter 14 of Mendel: A Story of Youth is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of Mendel: A Story of Youth is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
He was sure of himself to-day. He was in love and glad to be in love. Surely it could have no worse suffering than that through which he had passed, and if it did, well, so much the worse for him.
Chapter 14 of Mendel: A Story of Youth is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading “He was in love and glad to be in love.”
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading “He was in love and glad to be in love.”
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading “Surely it could have no worse suffering than that through which he had passed, and if it did, well, so much the worse for him.”
a state of acute pain
From this reading “Surely it could have no worse suffering than that through which he had passed, and if it did, well, so much the worse for him.”
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading “He was sure of himself to-day.”
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading “Surely it could have no worse suffering than that through which he had passed, and if it did, well, so much the worse for him.”
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading “Surely it could have no worse suffering than that through which he had passed, and if it did, well, so much the worse for him.”
(comparative of “bad”) inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability
From this reading “Surely it could have no worse suffering than that through which he had passed, and if it did, well, so much the worse for him.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He was in love and glad to be in love.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He was in love and glad to be in love.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Surely it could have no worse suffering than that through which he had passed, and if it did, well, so much the worse for him.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Surely it could have no worse suffering than that through which he had passed, and if it did, well, so much the worse for him.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Surely it could have no worse suffering than that through which he had passed, and if it did, well, so much the worse for him.
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading He was in love and glad to be in love.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Surely it could have no worse suffering than that through which he had passed, and if it did, well, so much the worse for him.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Surely it could have no worse suffering than that through which he had passed, and if it did, well, so much the worse for him.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was sure of himself to-day.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Surely it could have no worse suffering than that through which he had passed, and if it did, well, so much the worse for him.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He was sure of himself to-day.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Surely it could have no worse suffering than that through which he had passed, and if it did, well, so much the worse for him.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He was in love and glad to be in love.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Surely it could have no worse suffering than that through which he had passed, and if it did, well, so much the worse for him.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading He was in love and glad to be in love.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading Surely it could have no worse suffering than that through which he had passed, and if it did, well, so much the worse for him.
not any; not one
From this reading Surely it could have no worse suffering than that through which he had passed, and if it did, well, so much the worse for him.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He was sure of himself to-day.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading Surely it could have no worse suffering than that through which he had passed, and if it did, well, so much the worse for him.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Surely it could have no worse suffering than that through which he had passed, and if it did, well, so much the worse for him.
a state of acute pain
From this reading Surely it could have no worse suffering than that through which he had passed, and if it did, well, so much the worse for him.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading He was sure of himself to-day.
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading Surely it could have no worse suffering than that through which he had passed, and if it did, well, so much the worse for him.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Surely it could have no worse suffering than that through which he had passed, and if it did, well, so much the worse for him.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Surely it could have no worse suffering than that through which he had passed, and if it did, well, so much the worse for him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Surely it could have no worse suffering than that through which he had passed, and if it did, well, so much the worse for him.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Surely it could have no worse suffering than that through which he had passed, and if it did, well, so much the worse for him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He was in love and glad to be in love.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He was sure of himself to-day.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was sure of himself to-day.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Surely it could have no worse suffering than that through which he had passed, and if it did, well, so much the worse for him.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Surely it could have no worse suffering than that through which he had passed, and if it did, well, so much the worse for him.
(comparative of “bad”) inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability
From this reading Surely it could have no worse suffering than that through which he had passed, and if it did, well, so much the worse for him.
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