Chapter 5 of Perch of the Devil is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Perch of the Devil is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“You don’t seem to mind my going a little bit.” Rapture gave place to suspicion. Ida was not born with faith in man. “My dear child! What good am I to you now?
Chapter 5 of Perch of the Devil is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading ““You don’t seem to mind my going a little bit.””
brought into existence
From this reading “Ida was not born with faith in man.”
a young person of either sex
From this reading ““My dear child!”
a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
From this reading “Ida was not born with faith in man.”
an agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank
From this reading “Ida was not born with faith in man.”
a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
From this reading “Rapture gave place to suspicion.”
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading ““You don’t seem to mind my going a little bit.””
an impression that something might be the case
From this reading “Rapture gave place to suspicion.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading ““My dear child!”
In this reading ““You don’t seem to mind my going a little bit.””
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 “You don’t seem to mind my going a little bit.”
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading What good am I to you now?
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading “You don’t seem to mind my going a little bit.”
brought into existence
From this reading Ida was not born with faith in man.
a young person of either sex
From this reading “My dear child!
dearly loved
From this reading “My dear child!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You don’t seem to mind my going a little bit.”
a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
From this reading Ida was not born with faith in man.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Rapture gave place to suspicion.
the act of departing
From this reading “You don’t seem to mind my going a little bit.”
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading What good am I to you now?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading What good am I to you now?
an agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank
From this reading Ida was not born with faith in man.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Ida was not born with faith in man.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “You don’t seem to mind my going a little bit.”
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Ida was not born with faith in man.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading “You don’t seem to mind my going a little bit.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “You don’t seem to mind my going a little bit.”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Ida was not born with faith in man.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading What good am I to you now?
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading Rapture gave place to suspicion.
a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
From this reading Rapture gave place to suspicion.
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “You don’t seem to mind my going a little bit.”
an impression that something might be the case
From this reading Rapture gave place to suspicion.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “You don’t seem to mind my going a little bit.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Ida was not born with faith in man.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What good am I to you now?
in the company of; together with
From this reading Ida was not born with faith in man.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You don’t seem to mind my going a little bit.”
Chapter 5 of Perch of the Devil by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton holds 412 sentences, grouped into 83 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 5 holds 412 sentences of Perch of the Devil, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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