Chapter 30 of Pretty Geraldine, the New York Salesgirl is here in full — 53 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 30 of Pretty Geraldine, the New York Salesgirl is here in full — 53 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ONLY PRIDE. "I have loved thee--fondly loved thee! No one but God can know The struggle and the agony It cost to let thee go. But woman's pride usurps my heart, And surges to my brow. To see thy cold indifference!
Chapter 30 of Pretty Geraldine, the New York Salesgirl is here in full — 53 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
Extreme physical or mental suffering; intense anguish.
From this reading “No one but God can know The struggle and the agony It cost to let thee go.”
the part of the face above the eyes
From this reading “But woman's pride usurps my heart, And surges to my brow.”
with fondness; with love
From this reading “"I have loved thee--fondly loved thee!”
unbiased impartial unconcern
From this reading “To see thy cold indifference!”
make a strenuous or labored effort
From this reading “No one but God can know The struggle and the agony It cost to let thee go.”
plural of “surge” — a sudden forceful flow
From this reading “But woman's pride usurps my heart, And surges to my brow.”
third-person singular of “usurp” — seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
From this reading “But woman's pride usurps my heart, And surges to my brow.”
possessive form of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading “But woman's pride usurps my heart, And surges to my brow.”
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 “To see thy cold indifference!”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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Extreme physical or mental suffering; intense anguish.
From this reading No one but God can know The struggle and the agony It cost to let thee go.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading No one but God can know The struggle and the agony It cost to let thee go.
the part of the face above the eyes
From this reading But woman's pride usurps my heart, And surges to my brow.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading No one but God can know The struggle and the agony It cost to let thee go.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading No one but God can know The struggle and the agony It cost to let thee go.
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 To see thy cold indifference!
the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
From this reading No one but God can know The struggle and the agony It cost to let thee go.
with fondness; with love
From this reading "I have loved thee--fondly loved thee!
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading No one but God can know The struggle and the agony It cost to let thee go.
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading No one but God can know The struggle and the agony It cost to let thee go.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I have loved thee--fondly loved thee!
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading But woman's pride usurps my heart, And surges to my brow.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I have loved thee--fondly loved thee!
unbiased impartial unconcern
From this reading To see thy cold indifference!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading No one but God can know The struggle and the agony It cost to let thee go.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading No one but God can know The struggle and the agony It cost to let thee go.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading No one but God can know The struggle and the agony It cost to let thee go.
held dear
From this reading "I have loved thee--fondly loved thee!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading But woman's pride usurps my heart, And surges to my brow.
not any; not one
From this reading No one but God can know The struggle and the agony It cost to let thee go.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading No one but God can know The struggle and the agony It cost to let thee go.
and nothing more
From this reading ONLY PRIDE.
a feeling of self-respect and personal worth
From this reading ONLY PRIDE.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading To see thy cold indifference!
make a strenuous or labored effort
From this reading No one but God can know The struggle and the agony It cost to let thee go.
plural of “surge” — a sudden forceful flow
From this reading But woman's pride usurps my heart, And surges to my brow.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading No one but God can know The struggle and the agony It cost to let thee go.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading "I have loved thee--fondly loved thee!
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading To see thy cold indifference!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading No one but God can know The struggle and the agony It cost to let thee go.
third-person singular of “usurp” — seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
From this reading But woman's pride usurps my heart, And surges to my brow.
possessive form of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading But woman's pride usurps my heart, And surges to my brow.
Chapter 30 of Pretty Geraldine, the New York Salesgirl by Alex. McVeigh, Mrs. Miller holds 53 sentences, grouped into 11 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 30 holds 53 sentences of Pretty Geraldine, the New York Salesgirl, unabridged, divided into 11 reading sections.
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