Chapter 24 of Romance is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 24 of Romance is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“You came in some ship; you can’t deceive me, I shall have them all searched again.” I said desperately, “Search and be damned--whatever ships you like.” “You cold, pitiless, English scoundrel,” he shrieked suddenly. The breaking down of his restraint had let him go right into madness. “You have murdered her.
Chapter 24 of Romance is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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expletives used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “I said desperately, “Search and be damned--whatever ships you like.””
be false to; be dishonest with
From this reading ““You came in some ship; you can’t deceive me, I shall have them all searched again.””
with great urgency
From this reading “I said desperately, “Search and be damned--whatever ships you like.””
without mercy or pity
From this reading ““You cold, pitiless, English scoundrel,” he shrieked suddenly.”
the act of controlling by restraining someone or something
From this reading “The breaking down of his restraint had let him go right into madness.”
a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
From this reading ““You cold, pitiless, English scoundrel,” he shrieked suddenly.”
past form of “search” — try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
From this reading ““You came in some ship; you can’t deceive me, I shall have them all searched again.””
uttered in a shrill scream as of pain or terror
From this reading ““You cold, pitiless, English scoundrel,” he shrieked suddenly.”
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anew
From this reading “You came in some ship; you can’t deceive me, I shall have them all searched again.”
(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 “You came in some ship; you can’t deceive me, I shall have them all searched again.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I said desperately, “Search and be damned--whatever ships you like.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I said desperately, “Search and be damned--whatever ships you like.”
the act of breaking something
From this reading The breaking down of his restraint had let him go right into madness.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “You came in some ship; you can’t deceive me, I shall have them all searched again.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You came in some ship; you can’t deceive me, I shall have them all searched again.”
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 “You cold, pitiless, English scoundrel,” he shrieked suddenly.
expletives used informally as intensifiers
From this reading I said desperately, “Search and be damned--whatever ships you like.”
be false to; be dishonest with
From this reading “You came in some ship; you can’t deceive me, I shall have them all searched again.”
with great urgency
From this reading I said desperately, “Search and be damned--whatever ships you like.”
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading The breaking down of his restraint had let him go right into madness.
an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
From this reading “You cold, pitiless, English scoundrel,” he shrieked suddenly.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading The breaking down of his restraint had let him go right into madness.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The breaking down of his restraint had let him go right into madness.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “You came in some ship; you can’t deceive me, I shall have them all searched again.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “You cold, pitiless, English scoundrel,” he shrieked suddenly.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “You have murdered her.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The breaking down of his restraint had let him go right into madness.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The breaking down of his restraint had let him go right into madness.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “You came in some ship; you can’t deceive me, I shall have them all searched again.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “You came in some ship; you can’t deceive me, I shall have them all searched again.”
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The breaking down of his restraint had let him go right into madness.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading The breaking down of his restraint had let him go right into madness.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading I said desperately, “Search and be damned--whatever ships you like.”
obsolete terms for legal insanity
From this reading The breaking down of his restraint had let him go right into madness.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “You came in some ship; you can’t deceive me, I shall have them all searched again.”
killed unlawfully
From this reading “You have murdered her.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The breaking down of his restraint had let him go right into madness.
without mercy or pity
From this reading “You cold, pitiless, English scoundrel,” he shrieked suddenly.
the act of controlling by restraining someone or something
From this reading The breaking down of his restraint had let him go right into madness.
precisely, exactly
From this reading The breaking down of his restraint had let him go right into madness.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading I said desperately, “Search and be damned--whatever ships you like.”
a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
From this reading “You cold, pitiless, English scoundrel,” he shrieked suddenly.
try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
From this reading I said desperately, “Search and be damned--whatever ships you like.”
past form of “search” — try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
From this reading “You came in some ship; you can’t deceive me, I shall have them all searched again.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “You came in some ship; you can’t deceive me, I shall have them all searched again.”
transport commercially
From this reading “You came in some ship; you can’t deceive me, I shall have them all searched again.”
plural of “ship” — a vessel that carries passengers or freight
From this reading I said desperately, “Search and be damned--whatever ships you like.”
uttered in a shrill scream as of pain or terror
From this reading “You cold, pitiless, English scoundrel,” he shrieked suddenly.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading “You came in some ship; you can’t deceive me, I shall have them all searched again.”
happening unexpectedly
From this reading “You cold, pitiless, English scoundrel,” he shrieked suddenly.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The breaking down of his restraint had let him go right into madness.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “You came in some ship; you can’t deceive me, I shall have them all searched again.”
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading I said desperately, “Search and be damned--whatever ships you like.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You came in some ship; you can’t deceive me, I shall have them all searched again.”
Chapter 24 of Romance by Joseph Conrad holds 413 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 24 holds 413 sentences of Romance, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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