Chapter 32 of Secresy is here in full — 64 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 32 of Secresy is here in full — 64 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
FROM CLEMENT MONTGOMERY TO JANETTA LAUNDY And is it come to this? You urged the secret from me I would fain have withheld; and now do you also give me up to despair? Oh Janetta! Janetta! have I deserved it of you? What was there in that cruel letter of Mr. Valmont's which should chill the ardour of love?
Chapter 32 of Secresy is here in full — 64 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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coldness due to a cold environment
From this reading “What was there in that cruel letter of Mr. Valmont's which should chill the ardour of love?”
(of weather or climate) physically mild
From this reading “FROM CLEMENT MONTGOMERY TO JANETTA LAUNDY And is it come to this?”
properly deserved
From this reading “Janetta! have I deserved it of you?”
a state in which all hope is lost or absent
From this reading “You urged the secret from me I would fain have withheld; and now do you also give me up to despair?”
having made preparations
From this reading “You urged the secret from me I would fain have withheld; and now do you also give me up to despair?”
Canadian novelist (1874-1942)
From this reading “FROM CLEMENT MONTGOMERY TO JANETTA LAUNDY And is it come to this?”
past form of “urge” — force or impel in an indicated direction
From this reading “You urged the secret from me I would fain have withheld; and now do you also give me up to despair?”
inflected form of “withhold” — hold back; refuse to hand over or share
From this reading “You urged the secret from me I would fain have withheld; and now do you also give me up to despair?”
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.
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in addition
From this reading You urged the secret from me I would fain have withheld; and now do you also give me up to despair?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading FROM CLEMENT MONTGOMERY TO JANETTA LAUNDY And is it come to this?
a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)
From this reading What was there in that cruel letter of Mr. Valmont's which should chill the ardour of love?
coldness due to a cold environment
From this reading What was there in that cruel letter of Mr. Valmont's which should chill the ardour of love?
(of weather or climate) physically mild
From this reading FROM CLEMENT MONTGOMERY TO JANETTA LAUNDY And is it come to this?
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading FROM CLEMENT MONTGOMERY TO JANETTA LAUNDY And is it come to this?
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
From this reading What was there in that cruel letter of Mr. Valmont's which should chill the ardour of love?
properly deserved
From this reading Janetta! have I deserved it of you?
a state in which all hope is lost or absent
From this reading You urged the secret from me I would fain have withheld; and now do you also give me up to despair?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading You urged the secret from me I would fain have withheld; and now do you also give me up to despair?
having made preparations
From this reading You urged the secret from me I would fain have withheld; and now do you also give me up to despair?
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading FROM CLEMENT MONTGOMERY TO JANETTA LAUNDY And is it come to this?
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading You urged the secret from me I would fain have withheld; and now do you also give me up to despair?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You urged the secret from me I would fain have withheld; and now do you also give me up to despair?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading You urged the secret from me I would fain have withheld; and now do you also give me up to despair?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading What was there in that cruel letter of Mr. Valmont's which should chill the ardour of love?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading FROM CLEMENT MONTGOMERY TO JANETTA LAUNDY And is it come to this?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading FROM CLEMENT MONTGOMERY TO JANETTA LAUNDY And is it come to this?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FROM CLEMENT MONTGOMERY TO JANETTA LAUNDY And is it come to this?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FROM CLEMENT MONTGOMERY TO JANETTA LAUNDY And is it come to this?
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading What was there in that cruel letter of Mr. Valmont's which should chill the ardour of love?
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading What was there in that cruel letter of Mr. Valmont's which should chill the ardour of love?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You urged the secret from me I would fain have withheld; and now do you also give me up to despair?
Canadian novelist (1874-1942)
From this reading FROM CLEMENT MONTGOMERY TO JANETTA LAUNDY And is it come to this?
a form of address for a man
From this reading What was there in that cruel letter of Mr. Valmont's which should chill the ardour of love?
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading You urged the secret from me I would fain have withheld; and now do you also give me up to despair?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Janetta! have I deserved it of you?
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh Janetta!
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading You urged the secret from me I would fain have withheld; and now do you also give me up to despair?
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading What was there in that cruel letter of Mr. Valmont's which should chill the ardour of love?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading What was there in that cruel letter of Mr. Valmont's which should chill the ardour of love?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading You urged the secret from me I would fain have withheld; and now do you also give me up to despair?
in or at that place or location
From this reading What was there in that cruel letter of Mr. Valmont's which should chill the ardour of love?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading FROM CLEMENT MONTGOMERY TO JANETTA LAUNDY And is it come to this?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading FROM CLEMENT MONTGOMERY TO JANETTA LAUNDY And is it come to this?
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading You urged the secret from me I would fain have withheld; and now do you also give me up to despair?
past form of “urge” — force or impel in an indicated direction
From this reading You urged the secret from me I would fain have withheld; and now do you also give me up to despair?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What was there in that cruel letter of Mr. Valmont's which should chill the ardour of love?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What was there in that cruel letter of Mr. Valmont's which should chill the ardour of love?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What was there in that cruel letter of Mr. Valmont's which should chill the ardour of love?
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading What was there in that cruel letter of Mr. Valmont's which should chill the ardour of love?
inflected form of “withhold” — hold back; refuse to hand over or share
From this reading You urged the secret from me I would fain have withheld; and now do you also give me up to despair?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading You urged the secret from me I would fain have withheld; and now do you also give me up to despair?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You urged the secret from me I would fain have withheld; and now do you also give me up to despair?
Chapter 32 of Secresy by E. (Eliza) Fenwick holds 64 sentences, grouped into 13 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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