Chapter 14 of Richard Vandermarck: A Novel is here in full — 130 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of Richard Vandermarck: A Novel is here in full — 130 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I SHALL HAVE SEEN HIM. Go on, go on: Thou canst not speak too much; I have deserved All tongues to talk their bitterest. _Winter's Tale_. Of course, the night was entirely sleepless after such, a day. I was over-tired, and the coffee would have been fatal to rest in any case.
Chapter 14 of Richard Vandermarck: A Novel is here in full — 130 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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superlative of “bitter” — marked by strong resentment or cynicism
From this reading “Go on, go on: Thou canst not speak too much; I have deserved All tongues to talk their bitterest.”
an old form of “can”, used with “thou”
From this reading “Go on, go on: Thou canst not speak too much; I have deserved All tongues to talk their bitterest.”
a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans
From this reading “I was over-tired, and the coffee would have been fatal to rest in any case.”
properly deserved
From this reading “Go on, go on: Thou canst not speak too much; I have deserved All tongues to talk their bitterest.”
bringing death
From this reading “I was over-tired, and the coffee would have been fatal to rest in any case.”
experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness
From this reading “Of course, the night was entirely sleepless after such, a day.”
plural of “tongue” — a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
From this reading “Go on, go on: Thou canst not speak too much; I have deserved All tongues to talk their bitterest.”
possessive form of “winter” — the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
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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 Of course, the night was entirely sleepless after such, a day.
later than; following
From this reading Of course, the night was entirely sleepless after such, a day.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Go on, go on: Thou canst not speak too much; I have deserved All tongues to talk their bitterest.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I was over-tired, and the coffee would have been fatal to rest in any case.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading I was over-tired, and the coffee would have been fatal to rest in any case.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I was over-tired, and the coffee would have been fatal to rest in any case.
superlative of “bitter” — marked by strong resentment or cynicism
From this reading Go on, go on: Thou canst not speak too much; I have deserved All tongues to talk their bitterest.
an old form of “can”, used with “thou”
From this reading Go on, go on: Thou canst not speak too much; I have deserved All tongues to talk their bitterest.
an occurrence of something
From this reading I was over-tired, and the coffee would have been fatal to rest in any case.
a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans
From this reading I was over-tired, and the coffee would have been fatal to rest in any case.
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading Of course, the night was entirely sleepless after such, a day.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Of course, the night was entirely sleepless after such, a day.
properly deserved
From this reading Go on, go on: Thou canst not speak too much; I have deserved All tongues to talk their bitterest.
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading Of course, the night was entirely sleepless after such, a day.
bringing death
From this reading I was over-tired, and the coffee would have been fatal to rest in any case.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Go on, go on: Thou canst not speak too much; I have deserved All tongues to talk their bitterest.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I SHALL HAVE SEEN HIM.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I SHALL HAVE SEEN HIM.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I SHALL HAVE SEEN HIM.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I was over-tired, and the coffee would have been fatal to rest in any case.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading Go on, go on: Thou canst not speak too much; I have deserved All tongues to talk their bitterest.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Of course, the night was entirely sleepless after such, a day.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Go on, go on: Thou canst not speak too much; I have deserved All tongues to talk their bitterest.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Of course, the night was entirely sleepless after such, a day.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Go on, go on: Thou canst not speak too much; I have deserved All tongues to talk their bitterest.
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From this reading I was over-tired, and the coffee would have been fatal to rest in any case.
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading I was over-tired, and the coffee would have been fatal to rest in any case.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading I SHALL HAVE SEEN HIM.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading I SHALL HAVE SEEN HIM.
experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness
From this reading Of course, the night was entirely sleepless after such, a day.
express in speech
From this reading Go on, go on: Thou canst not speak too much; I have deserved All tongues to talk their bitterest.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Of course, the night was entirely sleepless after such, a day.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading _Winter's Tale_.
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading Go on, go on: Thou canst not speak too much; I have deserved All tongues to talk their bitterest.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Of course, the night was entirely sleepless after such, a day.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Go on, go on: Thou canst not speak too much; I have deserved All tongues to talk their bitterest.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Go on, go on: Thou canst not speak too much; I have deserved All tongues to talk their bitterest.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Go on, go on: Thou canst not speak too much; I have deserved All tongues to talk their bitterest.
plural of “tongue” — a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
From this reading Go on, go on: Thou canst not speak too much; I have deserved All tongues to talk their bitterest.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading Go on, go on: Thou canst not speak too much; I have deserved All tongues to talk their bitterest.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Of course, the night was entirely sleepless after such, a day.
possessive form of “winter” — the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
From this reading _Winter's Tale_.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I was over-tired, and the coffee would have been fatal to rest in any case.
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