Chapter 8 of Olive: A Novel is here in full — 129 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Olive: A Novel is here in full — 129 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Captain Rothesay?” “My dear?” Reader, did you ever notice the intense frigidity that can be expressed in a “my dear!” The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus. Poor, pale, broken-hearted creature!
Chapter 8 of Olive: A Novel is here in full — 129 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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indicating a lack of maturity
From this reading “The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus.”
superlative of “cold” — having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading “The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus.”
communicated in words
From this reading “Reader, did you ever notice the intense frigidity that can be expressed in a “my dear!””
(law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence
From this reading “The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus.”
deeply or markedly affected or influenced
From this reading “The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus.”
possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
From this reading “Reader, did you ever notice the intense frigidity that can be expressed in a “my dear!””
an announcement containing information about an event
From this reading “Reader, did you ever notice the intense frigidity that can be expressed in a “my dear!””
a person who enjoys reading
From this reading “Reader, did you ever notice the intense frigidity that can be expressed in a “my dear!””
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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 Reader, did you ever notice the intense frigidity that can be expressed in a “my dear!”
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Reader, did you ever notice the intense frigidity that can be expressed in a “my dear!”
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From this reading Poor, pale, broken-hearted creature!
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Reader, did you ever notice the intense frigidity that can be expressed in a “my dear!”
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading “Captain Rothesay?”
indicating a lack of maturity
From this reading The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus.
superlative of “cold” — having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus.
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading Poor, pale, broken-hearted creature!
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From this reading The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus.
dearly loved
From this reading “My dear?”
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Reader, did you ever notice the intense frigidity that can be expressed in a “my dear!”
at any time
From this reading Reader, did you ever notice the intense frigidity that can be expressed in a “my dear!”
communicated in words
From this reading Reader, did you ever notice the intense frigidity that can be expressed in a “my dear!”
a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
From this reading The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus.
something many people believe that is false
From this reading The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus.
sexual unresponsiveness (especially of women) and inability to achieve orgasm during intercourse
From this reading Reader, did you ever notice the intense frigidity that can be expressed in a “my dear!”
(law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence
From this reading The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus.
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus.
deeply or markedly affected or influenced
From this reading The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Reader, did you ever notice the intense frigidity that can be expressed in a “my dear!”
possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
From this reading Reader, did you ever notice the intense frigidity that can be expressed in a “my dear!”
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “My dear?”
an announcement containing information about an event
From this reading Reader, did you ever notice the intense frigidity that can be expressed in a “my dear!”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus.
on one occasion
From this reading The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus.
very light colored; highly diluted with white
From this reading Poor, pale, broken-hearted creature!
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading Poor, pale, broken-hearted creature!
a person who enjoys reading
From this reading Reader, did you ever notice the intense frigidity that can be expressed in a “my dear!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Captain Rothesay?”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Reader, did you ever notice the intense frigidity that can be expressed in a “my dear!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Reader, did you ever notice the intense frigidity that can be expressed in a “my dear!”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus.
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
From this reading The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus.
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading The coldest, cruellest husband we ever knew once impressed this fact on our childish fancy, by our always hearing him call his wife thus.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Reader, did you ever notice the intense frigidity that can be expressed in a “my dear!”
Chapter 8 of Olive: A Novel by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik holds 129 sentences, grouped into 26 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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