Chapter 2 of Some Do Not...: A Novel is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Some Do Not...: A Novel is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
He continued with sudden fury: "Damn it. What's the sense of all these attempts to justify fornication? England's mad about it. Well, you've got your John Stuart Mill's and your George Eliot's for the high-class thing. Leave the furniture out!
Chapter 2 of Some Do Not...: A Novel is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “attempt” — earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading “What's the sense of all these attempts to justify fornication?”
used as expletives
From this reading “He continued with sudden fury: "Damn it.”
possessive form of “eliot” — British poet (born in the United States) who won the Nobel prize for literature; his plays are outstanding examples of modern verse drama (1888-1965)
From this reading “Well, you've got your John Stuart Mill's and your George Eliot's for the high-class thing.”
possessive form of “england” — a division of the United Kingdom
From this reading “England's mad about it.”
a feeling of intense anger
From this reading “He continued with sudden fury: "Damn it.”
show to be right by providing justification or proof
From this reading “What's the sense of all these attempts to justify fornication?”
possessive form of “mill” — a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
From this reading “Well, you've got your John Stuart Mill's and your George Eliot's for the high-class thing.”
United States painter best known for his portraits of George Washington (1755-1828)
From this reading “Well, you've got your John Stuart Mill's and your George Eliot's for the high-class thing.”
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 “He continued with sudden fury: "Damn it.”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading England's mad about it.
(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 What's the sense of all these attempts to justify fornication?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Well, you've got your John Stuart Mill's and your George Eliot's for the high-class thing.
plural of “attempt” — earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading What's the sense of all these attempts to justify fornication?
without stop or interruption
From this reading He continued with sudden fury: "Damn it.
used as expletives
From this reading He continued with sudden fury: "Damn it.
possessive form of “eliot” — British poet (born in the United States) who won the Nobel prize for literature; his plays are outstanding examples of modern verse drama (1888-1965)
From this reading Well, you've got your John Stuart Mill's and your George Eliot's for the high-class thing.
possessive form of “england” — a division of the United Kingdom
From this reading England's mad about it.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Well, you've got your John Stuart Mill's and your George Eliot's for the high-class thing.
voluntary sexual intercourse between persons not married to each other
From this reading What's the sense of all these attempts to justify fornication?
furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy
From this reading Leave the furniture out!
a feeling of intense anger
From this reading He continued with sudden fury: "Damn it.
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading Well, you've got your John Stuart Mill's and your George Eliot's for the high-class thing.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Well, you've got your John Stuart Mill's and your George Eliot's for the high-class thing.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He continued with sudden fury: "Damn it.
pretentiously elegant
From this reading Well, you've got your John Stuart Mill's and your George Eliot's for the high-class thing.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He continued with sudden fury: "Damn it.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading Well, you've got your John Stuart Mill's and your George Eliot's for the high-class thing.
show to be right by providing justification or proof
From this reading What's the sense of all these attempts to justify fornication?
go away from a place
From this reading Leave the furniture out!
roused to anger
From this reading England's mad about it.
possessive form of “mill” — a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
From this reading Well, you've got your John Stuart Mill's and your George Eliot's for the high-class thing.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading What's the sense of all these attempts to justify fornication?
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Leave the furniture out!
a general conscious awareness
From this reading What's the sense of all these attempts to justify fornication?
United States painter best known for his portraits of George Washington (1755-1828)
From this reading Well, you've got your John Stuart Mill's and your George Eliot's for the high-class thing.
happening without warning or in a short space of time
From this reading He continued with sudden fury: "Damn it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading What's the sense of all these attempts to justify fornication?
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading What's the sense of all these attempts to justify fornication?
a special situation
From this reading Well, you've got your John Stuart Mill's and your George Eliot's for the high-class thing.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading What's the sense of all these attempts to justify fornication?
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Well, you've got your John Stuart Mill's and your George Eliot's for the high-class thing.
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From this reading What's the sense of all these attempts to justify fornication?
in the company of; together with
From this reading He continued with sudden fury: "Damn it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, you've got your John Stuart Mill's and your George Eliot's for the high-class thing.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Well, you've got your John Stuart Mill's and your George Eliot's for the high-class thing.
Chapter 2 of Some Do Not...: A Novel by Ford Madox Ford holds 411 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.
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