Chapter 19 of Tales and Novels — Volume 08 is here in full — 116 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of Tales and Novels — Volume 08 is here in full — 116 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
OLIVIA TO MR. L----. L---- Castle, Midnight. Farewell for ever!--It must be so--Farewell for ever! Would to Heaven I had summoned courage sooner to pronounce these fatal, necessary, irrevocable words: then had I parted from you without remorse, without the obloquy to which I am now exposed.
Chapter 19 of Tales and Novels — Volume 08 is here in full — 116 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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with no protection or shield
From this reading “Would to Heaven I had summoned courage sooner to pronounce these fatal, necessary, irrevocable words: then had I parted from you without remorse, without the obloquy to which I am now exposed.”
bringing death
From this reading “Would to Heaven I had summoned courage sooner to pronounce these fatal, necessary, irrevocable words: then had I parted from you without remorse, without the obloquy to which I am now exposed.”
incapable of being retracted or revoked
From this reading “Would to Heaven I had summoned courage sooner to pronounce these fatal, necessary, irrevocable words: then had I parted from you without remorse, without the obloquy to which I am now exposed.”
12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night
From this reading “L---- Castle, Midnight.”
state of disgrace resulting from public abuse
From this reading “Would to Heaven I had summoned courage sooner to pronounce these fatal, necessary, irrevocable words: then had I parted from you without remorse, without the obloquy to which I am now exposed.”
speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
From this reading “Would to Heaven I had summoned courage sooner to pronounce these fatal, necessary, irrevocable words: then had I parted from you without remorse, without the obloquy to which I am now exposed.”
a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)
From this reading “Would to Heaven I had summoned courage sooner to pronounce these fatal, necessary, irrevocable words: then had I parted from you without remorse, without the obloquy to which I am now exposed.”
past form of “summon” — call in an official matter, such as to attend court
From this reading “Would to Heaven I had summoned courage sooner to pronounce these fatal, necessary, irrevocable words: then had I parted from you without remorse, without the obloquy to which I am now exposed.”
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the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Would to Heaven I had summoned courage sooner to pronounce these fatal, necessary, irrevocable words: then had I parted from you without remorse, without the obloquy to which I am now exposed.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Farewell for ever!--It must be so--Farewell for ever!
a large and stately mansion
From this reading L---- Castle, Midnight.
a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
From this reading Would to Heaven I had summoned courage sooner to pronounce these fatal, necessary, irrevocable words: then had I parted from you without remorse, without the obloquy to which I am now exposed.
at any time
From this reading Farewell for ever!--It must be so--Farewell for ever!
with no protection or shield
From this reading Would to Heaven I had summoned courage sooner to pronounce these fatal, necessary, irrevocable words: then had I parted from you without remorse, without the obloquy to which I am now exposed.
an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting
From this reading Farewell for ever!--It must be so--Farewell for ever!
bringing death
From this reading Would to Heaven I had summoned courage sooner to pronounce these fatal, necessary, irrevocable words: then had I parted from you without remorse, without the obloquy to which I am now exposed.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Farewell for ever!--It must be so--Farewell for ever!
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Would to Heaven I had summoned courage sooner to pronounce these fatal, necessary, irrevocable words: then had I parted from you without remorse, without the obloquy to which I am now exposed.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Would to Heaven I had summoned courage sooner to pronounce these fatal, necessary, irrevocable words: then had I parted from you without remorse, without the obloquy to which I am now exposed.
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading Would to Heaven I had summoned courage sooner to pronounce these fatal, necessary, irrevocable words: then had I parted from you without remorse, without the obloquy to which I am now exposed.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Would to Heaven I had summoned courage sooner to pronounce these fatal, necessary, irrevocable words: then had I parted from you without remorse, without the obloquy to which I am now exposed.
incapable of being retracted or revoked
From this reading Would to Heaven I had summoned courage sooner to pronounce these fatal, necessary, irrevocable words: then had I parted from you without remorse, without the obloquy to which I am now exposed.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Farewell for ever!--It must be so--Farewell for ever!
a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
From this reading L----.
12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night
From this reading L---- Castle, Midnight.
a form of address for a man
From this reading OLIVIA TO MR.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Farewell for ever!--It must be so--Farewell for ever!
absolutely essential
From this reading Would to Heaven I had summoned courage sooner to pronounce these fatal, necessary, irrevocable words: then had I parted from you without remorse, without the obloquy to which I am now exposed.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Would to Heaven I had summoned courage sooner to pronounce these fatal, necessary, irrevocable words: then had I parted from you without remorse, without the obloquy to which I am now exposed.
state of disgrace resulting from public abuse
From this reading Would to Heaven I had summoned courage sooner to pronounce these fatal, necessary, irrevocable words: then had I parted from you without remorse, without the obloquy to which I am now exposed.
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From this reading OLIVIA TO MR.
having a margin incised almost to the base so as to create distinct divisions or lobes
From this reading Would to Heaven I had summoned courage sooner to pronounce these fatal, necessary, irrevocable words: then had I parted from you without remorse, without the obloquy to which I am now exposed.
speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
From this reading Would to Heaven I had summoned courage sooner to pronounce these fatal, necessary, irrevocable words: then had I parted from you without remorse, without the obloquy to which I am now exposed.
a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)
From this reading Would to Heaven I had summoned courage sooner to pronounce these fatal, necessary, irrevocable words: then had I parted from you without remorse, without the obloquy to which I am now exposed.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Farewell for ever!--It must be so--Farewell for ever!
comparatives of “soon” or “early”
From this reading Would to Heaven I had summoned courage sooner to pronounce these fatal, necessary, irrevocable words: then had I parted from you without remorse, without the obloquy to which I am now exposed.
past form of “summon” — call in an official matter, such as to attend court
From this reading Would to Heaven I had summoned courage sooner to pronounce these fatal, necessary, irrevocable words: then had I parted from you without remorse, without the obloquy to which I am now exposed.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Would to Heaven I had summoned courage sooner to pronounce these fatal, necessary, irrevocable words: then had I parted from you without remorse, without the obloquy to which I am now exposed.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Would to Heaven I had summoned courage sooner to pronounce these fatal, necessary, irrevocable words: then had I parted from you without remorse, without the obloquy to which I am now exposed.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Would to Heaven I had summoned courage sooner to pronounce these fatal, necessary, irrevocable words: then had I parted from you without remorse, without the obloquy to which I am now exposed.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading OLIVIA TO MR.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Would to Heaven I had summoned courage sooner to pronounce these fatal, necessary, irrevocable words: then had I parted from you without remorse, without the obloquy to which I am now exposed.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Would to Heaven I had summoned courage sooner to pronounce these fatal, necessary, irrevocable words: then had I parted from you without remorse, without the obloquy to which I am now exposed.
the words that are spoken
From this reading Would to Heaven I had summoned courage sooner to pronounce these fatal, necessary, irrevocable words: then had I parted from you without remorse, without the obloquy to which I am now exposed.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Would to Heaven I had summoned courage sooner to pronounce these fatal, necessary, irrevocable words: then had I parted from you without remorse, without the obloquy to which I am now exposed.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Would to Heaven I had summoned courage sooner to pronounce these fatal, necessary, irrevocable words: then had I parted from you without remorse, without the obloquy to which I am now exposed.
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