Chapter 22 of Sweet Violet is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of Sweet Violet is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“THAT BEAUTIFUL FORM WAS MADE TO BE DRAPED IN RICH ATTIRE!” As the door closed on Harold Castello’s form, Violet flung herself on the couch with a choking sob. “Oh, Heaven, how wicked I feel! There is murder in my heart!” The wrongs she had suffered had indeed almost maddened gentle Violet.
Chapter 22 of Sweet Violet is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
From this reading ““THAT BEAUTIFUL FORM WAS MADE TO BE DRAPED IN RICH ATTIRE!””
Causing difficulty in breathing.
From this reading “As the door closed on Harold Castello’s form, Violet flung herself on the couch with a choking sob.”
an upholstered seat for more than one person
From this reading “As the door closed on Harold Castello’s form, Violet flung herself on the couch with a choking sob.”
covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak
From this reading ““THAT BEAUTIFUL FORM WAS MADE TO BE DRAPED IN RICH ATTIRE!””
weep convulsively
From this reading “As the door closed on Harold Castello’s form, Violet flung herself on the couch with a choking sob.”
any of numerous low-growing violas with small flowers
From this reading “As the door closed on Harold Castello’s form, Violet flung herself on the couch with a choking sob.”
morally bad in principle or practice
From this reading ““Oh, Heaven, how wicked I feel!”
plural of “wrong” — that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law
From this reading “The wrongs she had suffered had indeed almost maddened gentle Violet.”
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 “As the door closed on Harold Castello’s form, Violet flung herself on the couch with a choking sob.”
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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 As the door closed on Harold Castello’s form, Violet flung herself on the couch with a choking sob.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading The wrongs she had suffered had indeed almost maddened gentle Violet.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As the door closed on Harold Castello’s form, Violet flung herself on the couch with a choking sob.
clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
From this reading “THAT BEAUTIFUL FORM WAS MADE TO BE DRAPED IN RICH ATTIRE!”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “THAT BEAUTIFUL FORM WAS MADE TO BE DRAPED IN RICH ATTIRE!”
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading “THAT BEAUTIFUL FORM WAS MADE TO BE DRAPED IN RICH ATTIRE!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As the door closed on Harold Castello’s form, Violet flung herself on the couch with a choking sob.
Causing difficulty in breathing.
From this reading As the door closed on Harold Castello’s form, Violet flung herself on the couch with a choking sob.
not open or affording passage or access
From this reading As the door closed on Harold Castello’s form, Violet flung herself on the couch with a choking sob.
an upholstered seat for more than one person
From this reading As the door closed on Harold Castello’s form, Violet flung herself on the couch with a choking sob.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading As the door closed on Harold Castello’s form, Violet flung herself on the couch with a choking sob.
covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak
From this reading “THAT BEAUTIFUL FORM WAS MADE TO BE DRAPED IN RICH ATTIRE!”
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading “Oh, Heaven, how wicked I feel!
inflected form of “fling” — throw with force or recklessness
From this reading As the door closed on Harold Castello’s form, Violet flung herself on the couch with a choking sob.
the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
From this reading “THAT BEAUTIFUL FORM WAS MADE TO BE DRAPED IN RICH ATTIRE!”
soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe
From this reading The wrongs she had suffered had indeed almost maddened gentle Violet.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The wrongs she had suffered had indeed almost maddened gentle Violet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As the door closed on Harold Castello’s form, Violet flung herself on the couch with a choking sob.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading There is murder in my heart!”
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading “Oh, Heaven, how wicked I feel!
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading As the door closed on Harold Castello’s form, Violet flung herself on the couch with a choking sob.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Oh, Heaven, how wicked I feel!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Oh, Heaven, how wicked I feel!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “THAT BEAUTIFUL FORM WAS MADE TO BE DRAPED IN RICH ATTIRE!”
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading The wrongs she had suffered had indeed almost maddened gentle Violet.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is murder in my heart!”
marked by extreme anger
From this reading The wrongs she had suffered had indeed almost maddened gentle Violet.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading “THAT BEAUTIFUL FORM WAS MADE TO BE DRAPED IN RICH ATTIRE!”
kill intentionally and with premeditation
From this reading There is murder in my heart!”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading There is murder in my heart!”
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, Heaven, how wicked I feel!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading As the door closed on Harold Castello’s form, Violet flung herself on the couch with a choking sob.
possessing material wealth
From this reading “THAT BEAUTIFUL FORM WAS MADE TO BE DRAPED IN RICH ATTIRE!”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The wrongs she had suffered had indeed almost maddened gentle Violet.
weep convulsively
From this reading As the door closed on Harold Castello’s form, Violet flung herself on the couch with a choking sob.
past form of “suffer” — undergo or be subjected to
From this reading The wrongs she had suffered had indeed almost maddened gentle Violet.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “THAT BEAUTIFUL FORM WAS MADE TO BE DRAPED IN RICH ATTIRE!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading As the door closed on Harold Castello’s form, Violet flung herself on the couch with a choking sob.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There is murder in my heart!”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “THAT BEAUTIFUL FORM WAS MADE TO BE DRAPED IN RICH ATTIRE!”
any of numerous low-growing violas with small flowers
From this reading As the door closed on Harold Castello’s form, Violet flung herself on the couch with a choking sob.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “THAT BEAUTIFUL FORM WAS MADE TO BE DRAPED IN RICH ATTIRE!”
morally bad in principle or practice
From this reading “Oh, Heaven, how wicked I feel!
in the company of; together with
From this reading As the door closed on Harold Castello’s form, Violet flung herself on the couch with a choking sob.
plural of “wrong” — that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law
From this reading The wrongs she had suffered had indeed almost maddened gentle Violet.
Chapter 22 of Sweet Violet by Alex. McVeigh, Mrs. Miller holds 167 sentences, grouped into 34 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 22 holds 167 sentences of Sweet Violet, unabridged, divided into 34 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 22 of Sweet Violet by Alex. McVeigh, Mrs. Miller exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 167 sentences, grouped into 34 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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