Chapter 3 of Short story classics (Foreign) — Vol. 2 is here in full — 395 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter III
Chapter 3 of Short story classics (Foreign) — Vol. 2 is here in full — 395 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Have I said anything wrong?” “No, dear, no; you are right. When one loves one marries. It is difficult to awaken love,” and she sighed softly. “Awaken love, awaken love!” repeated Lulu, in an irritated manner.
Chapter 3 of Short story classics (Foreign) — Vol. 2 is here in full — 395 sentences across 79 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.
cause to become awake or conscious
From this reading “It is difficult to awaken love,” and she sighed softly.”
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading “It is difficult to awaken love,” and she sighed softly.”
aroused to impatience or anger
From this reading ““Awaken love, awaken love!” repeated Lulu, in an irritated manner.”
plural of “love” — a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading “When one loves one marries.”
a very attractive or seductive looking woman
From this reading ““Awaken love, awaken love!” repeated Lulu, in an irritated manner.”
third-person singular of “marry” — take in marriage
From this reading “When one loves one marries.”
past form of “sigh” — heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
From this reading “It is difficult to awaken love,” and she sighed softly.”
with low volume
From this reading “It is difficult to awaken love,” and she sighed softly.”
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 “It is difficult to awaken love,” and she sighed softly.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “Awaken love, awaken love!” repeated Lulu, in an irritated manner.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It is difficult to awaken love,” and she sighed softly.
any thing at all
From this reading “Have I said anything wrong?”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “No, dear, no; you are right.
cause to become awake or conscious
From this reading It is difficult to awaken love,” and she sighed softly.
dearly loved
From this reading “No, dear, no; you are right.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading It is difficult to awaken love,” and she sighed softly.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Have I said anything wrong?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Have I said anything wrong?”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Awaken love, awaken love!” repeated Lulu, in an irritated manner.
aroused to impatience or anger
From this reading “Awaken love, awaken love!” repeated Lulu, in an irritated manner.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is difficult to awaken love,” and she sighed softly.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is difficult to awaken love,” and she sighed softly.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading It is difficult to awaken love,” and she sighed softly.
plural of “love” — a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading When one loves one marries.
a very attractive or seductive looking woman
From this reading “Awaken love, awaken love!” repeated Lulu, in an irritated manner.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading “Awaken love, awaken love!” repeated Lulu, in an irritated manner.
third-person singular of “marry” — take in marriage
From this reading When one loves one marries.
not any; not one
From this reading “No, dear, no; you are right.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading When one loves one marries.
recurring again and again
From this reading “Awaken love, awaken love!” repeated Lulu, in an irritated manner.
precisely, exactly
From this reading “No, dear, no; you are right.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Have I said anything wrong?”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It is difficult to awaken love,” and she sighed softly.
past form of “sigh” — heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
From this reading It is difficult to awaken love,” and she sighed softly.
with low volume
From this reading It is difficult to awaken love,” and she sighed softly.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It is difficult to awaken love,” and she sighed softly.
at the time that
From this reading When one loves one marries.
not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
From this reading “Have I said anything wrong?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “No, dear, no; you are right.
Chapter 3 of Short story classics (Foreign) — Vol. 2 by William [Editor] Patten holds 395 sentences, grouped into 79 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 3 holds 395 sentences of Short story classics (Foreign) — Vol. 2, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
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