Chapter 11 of Sylvia: A Novel is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Sylvia: A Novel is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Oh, I hate them!” she cried, with sudden fierceness. “I hate them! I hate life! It’s a shameful, hideous world, and I wish that I could die!” “Ah, don’t say that, my child!” he pleaded.
Chapter 11 of Sylvia: A Novel is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a young person of either sex
From this reading ““Ah, don’t say that, my child!” he pleaded.”
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading “It’s a shameful, hideous world, and I wish that I could die!””
the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
From this reading ““Oh, I hate them!” she cried, with sudden fierceness.”
grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror
From this reading “It’s a shameful, hideous world, and I wish that I could die!””
past form of “plead” — appeal or request earnestly
From this reading ““Ah, don’t say that, my child!” he pleaded.”
(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
From this reading “It’s a shameful, hideous world, and I wish that I could die!””
happening without warning or in a short space of time
From this reading ““Oh, I hate them!” she cried, with sudden fierceness.”
hope for; have a wish
From this reading “It’s a shameful, hideous world, and I wish that I could die!””
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.
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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 It’s a shameful, hideous world, and I wish that I could die!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Ah, don’t say that, my child!” he pleaded.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It’s a shameful, hideous world, and I wish that I could die!”
a young person of either sex
From this reading “Ah, don’t say that, my child!” he pleaded.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading It’s a shameful, hideous world, and I wish that I could die!”
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “Oh, I hate them!” she cried, with sudden fierceness.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading It’s a shameful, hideous world, and I wish that I could die!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Ah, don’t say that, my child!” he pleaded.
the property of being wild or turbulent
From this reading “Oh, I hate them!” she cried, with sudden fierceness.
the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
From this reading “Oh, I hate them!” she cried, with sudden fierceness.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Ah, don’t say that, my child!” he pleaded.
grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror
From this reading It’s a shameful, hideous world, and I wish that I could die!”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Oh, I hate them!” she cried, with sudden fierceness.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It’s a shameful, hideous world, and I wish that I could die!”
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading I hate life!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Ah, don’t say that, my child!” he pleaded.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, I hate them!” she cried, with sudden fierceness.
past form of “plead” — appeal or request earnestly
From this reading “Ah, don’t say that, my child!” he pleaded.
express in words
From this reading “Ah, don’t say that, my child!” he pleaded.
(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
From this reading It’s a shameful, hideous world, and I wish that I could die!”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Oh, I hate them!” she cried, with sudden fierceness.
happening without warning or in a short space of time
From this reading “Oh, I hate them!” she cried, with sudden fierceness.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It’s a shameful, hideous world, and I wish that I could die!”
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “Oh, I hate them!” she cried, with sudden fierceness.
hope for; have a wish
From this reading It’s a shameful, hideous world, and I wish that I could die!”
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Oh, I hate them!” she cried, with sudden fierceness.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading It’s a shameful, hideous world, and I wish that I could die!”
Chapter 11 of Sylvia: A Novel by Upton Sinclair holds 424 sentences, grouped into 85 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 11 holds 424 sentences of Sylvia: A Novel, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of Sylvia: A Novel by Upton Sinclair exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 424 sentences, grouped into 85 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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