Chapter 9 of Sacred and Profane Love is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Sacred and Profane Love is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
He looked at me heavily, mournfully. 'Diaz, Diaz!' said my soul. 'Have you come to this?' A great and overmastering pity seized me, and I went to him, and laid my hand gently on his. He was so nervous and tremulous that he drew away his hand as if I had burnt it.
Chapter 9 of Sacred and Profane Love is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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ruined by overcooking
From this reading “He was so nervous and tremulous that he drew away his hand as if I had burnt it.”
Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500)
From this reading “'Diaz, Diaz!' said my soul.”
in a gradual manner
From this reading “A great and overmastering pity seized me, and I went to him, and laid my hand gently on his.”
to a considerable degree
From this reading “He looked at me heavily, mournfully.”
easily agitated
From this reading “He was so nervous and tremulous that he drew away his hand as if I had burnt it.”
a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
From this reading “A great and overmastering pity seized me, and I went to him, and laid my hand gently on his.”
past form of “seize” — take hold of; grab
From this reading “A great and overmastering pity seized me, and I went to him, and laid my hand gently on his.”
(of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear
From this reading “He was so nervous and tremulous that he drew away his hand as if I had burnt it.”
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.
take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
In this reading “He looked at me heavily, mournfully.”
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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 A great and overmastering pity seized me, and I went to him, and laid my hand gently on his.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A great and overmastering pity seized me, and I went to him, and laid my hand gently on his.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He was so nervous and tremulous that he drew away his hand as if I had burnt it.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He looked at me heavily, mournfully.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading He was so nervous and tremulous that he drew away his hand as if I had burnt it.
ruined by overcooking
From this reading He was so nervous and tremulous that he drew away his hand as if I had burnt it.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading 'Have you come to this?'
Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500)
From this reading 'Diaz, Diaz!' said my soul.
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading He was so nervous and tremulous that he drew away his hand as if I had burnt it.
in a gradual manner
From this reading A great and overmastering pity seized me, and I went to him, and laid my hand gently on his.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading A great and overmastering pity seized me, and I went to him, and laid my hand gently on his.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He was so nervous and tremulous that he drew away his hand as if I had burnt it.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading A great and overmastering pity seized me, and I went to him, and laid my hand gently on his.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading 'Have you come to this?'
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He looked at me heavily, mournfully.
to a considerable degree
From this reading He looked at me heavily, mournfully.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A great and overmastering pity seized me, and I went to him, and laid my hand gently on his.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A great and overmastering pity seized me, and I went to him, and laid my hand gently on his.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading A great and overmastering pity seized me, and I went to him, and laid my hand gently on his.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading He was so nervous and tremulous that he drew away his hand as if I had burnt it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He was so nervous and tremulous that he drew away his hand as if I had burnt it.
set down according to a plan
From this reading A great and overmastering pity seized me, and I went to him, and laid my hand gently on his.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading He looked at me heavily, mournfully.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He looked at me heavily, mournfully.
in a mournful manner
From this reading He looked at me heavily, mournfully.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading 'Diaz, Diaz!' said my soul.
easily agitated
From this reading He was so nervous and tremulous that he drew away his hand as if I had burnt it.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A great and overmastering pity seized me, and I went to him, and laid my hand gently on his.
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From this reading A great and overmastering pity seized me, and I went to him, and laid my hand gently on his.
a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
From this reading A great and overmastering pity seized me, and I went to him, and laid my hand gently on his.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading 'Diaz, Diaz!' said my soul.
past form of “seize” — take hold of; grab
From this reading A great and overmastering pity seized me, and I went to him, and laid my hand gently on his.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He was so nervous and tremulous that he drew away his hand as if I had burnt it.
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading 'Diaz, Diaz!' said my soul.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He was so nervous and tremulous that he drew away his hand as if I had burnt it.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading 'Have you come to this?'
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading 'Have you come to this?'
(of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear
From this reading He was so nervous and tremulous that he drew away his hand as if I had burnt it.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was so nervous and tremulous that he drew away his hand as if I had burnt it.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading A great and overmastering pity seized me, and I went to him, and laid my hand gently on his.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'Have you come to this?'
Chapter 9 of Sacred and Profane Love by Arnold Bennett holds 409 sentences, grouped into 82 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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