Chapter 6 of Notre Coeur is here in full — 227 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Notre Coeur is here in full — 227 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CONSPIRACY They were to meet next morning in front of the inn to say good-bye to one another. André, the first one down, awaited her coming with a poignant feeling of mixed uneasiness and delight. What would she do? What would she be to him? What would become of her and of him?
Chapter 6 of Notre Coeur is here in full — 227 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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expected hopefully
From this reading “André, the first one down, awaited her coming with a poignant feeling of mixed uneasiness and delight.”
a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act
From this reading “CONSPIRACY They were to meet next morning in front of the inn to say good-bye to one another.”
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading “André, the first one down, awaited her coming with a poignant feeling of mixed uneasiness and delight.”
a farewell remark
From this reading “CONSPIRACY They were to meet next morning in front of the inn to say good-bye to one another.”
a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
From this reading “CONSPIRACY They were to meet next morning in front of the inn to say good-bye to one another.”
consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
From this reading “André, the first one down, awaited her coming with a poignant feeling of mixed uneasiness and delight.”
arousing affect
From this reading “André, the first one down, awaited her coming with a poignant feeling of mixed uneasiness and delight.”
feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable
From this reading “André, the first one down, awaited her coming with a poignant feeling of mixed uneasiness and delight.”
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 “CONSPIRACY They were to meet next morning in front of the inn to say good-bye to one another.”
In this reading “CONSPIRACY They were to meet next morning in front of the inn to say good-bye to one another.”
at or in the front
In this reading “CONSPIRACY They were to meet next morning in front of the inn to say good-bye to one another.”
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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 André, the first one down, awaited her coming with a poignant feeling of mixed uneasiness and delight.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading André, the first one down, awaited her coming with a poignant feeling of mixed uneasiness and delight.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading André, the first one down, awaited her coming with a poignant feeling of mixed uneasiness and delight.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading CONSPIRACY They were to meet next morning in front of the inn to say good-bye to one another.
expected hopefully
From this reading André, the first one down, awaited her coming with a poignant feeling of mixed uneasiness and delight.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading What would she be to him?
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading What would become of her and of him?
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading André, the first one down, awaited her coming with a poignant feeling of mixed uneasiness and delight.
a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act
From this reading CONSPIRACY They were to meet next morning in front of the inn to say good-bye to one another.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading André, the first one down, awaited her coming with a poignant feeling of mixed uneasiness and delight.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading What would she do?
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading André, the first one down, awaited her coming with a poignant feeling of mixed uneasiness and delight.
the experiencing of affective and emotional states
From this reading André, the first one down, awaited her coming with a poignant feeling of mixed uneasiness and delight.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading André, the first one down, awaited her coming with a poignant feeling of mixed uneasiness and delight.
the side that is forward or prominent
From this reading CONSPIRACY They were to meet next morning in front of the inn to say good-bye to one another.
a farewell remark
From this reading CONSPIRACY They were to meet next morning in front of the inn to say good-bye to one another.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading André, the first one down, awaited her coming with a poignant feeling of mixed uneasiness and delight.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading What would she be to him?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading CONSPIRACY They were to meet next morning in front of the inn to say good-bye to one another.
a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
From this reading CONSPIRACY They were to meet next morning in front of the inn to say good-bye to one another.
come together
From this reading CONSPIRACY They were to meet next morning in front of the inn to say good-bye to one another.
consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
From this reading André, the first one down, awaited her coming with a poignant feeling of mixed uneasiness and delight.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading CONSPIRACY They were to meet next morning in front of the inn to say good-bye to one another.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading CONSPIRACY They were to meet next morning in front of the inn to say good-bye to one another.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading CONSPIRACY They were to meet next morning in front of the inn to say good-bye to one another.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading CONSPIRACY They were to meet next morning in front of the inn to say good-bye to one another.
arousing affect
From this reading André, the first one down, awaited her coming with a poignant feeling of mixed uneasiness and delight.
express in words
From this reading CONSPIRACY They were to meet next morning in front of the inn to say good-bye to one another.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading What would she do?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CONSPIRACY They were to meet next morning in front of the inn to say good-bye to one another.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading CONSPIRACY They were to meet next morning in front of the inn to say good-bye to one another.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading CONSPIRACY They were to meet next morning in front of the inn to say good-bye to one another.
feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable
From this reading André, the first one down, awaited her coming with a poignant feeling of mixed uneasiness and delight.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading CONSPIRACY They were to meet next morning in front of the inn to say good-bye to one another.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What would she do?
in the company of; together with
From this reading André, the first one down, awaited her coming with a poignant feeling of mixed uneasiness and delight.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading What would she do?
Chapter 6 of Notre Coeur by Guy de Maupassant holds 227 sentences, grouped into 46 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 6 holds 227 sentences of Notre Coeur, unabridged, divided into 46 reading sections.
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