Chapter 4 of The Angel of Pain is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Angel of Pain is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"You really musn't," said Philip. "But don't you see I want to paint her? I said so to you only the other day. Hang it all, I tell you that I do it for pleasure. I shall also be the vast gainer artistically.
Chapter 4 of The Angel of Pain is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in an artistic manner
From this reading “I shall also be the vast gainer artistically.”
a person who gains weight
From this reading “I shall also be the vast gainer artistically.”
be suspended or hanging
From this reading “Hang it all, I tell you that I do it for pleasure.”
make a painting
From this reading “"But don't you see I want to paint her?”
Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)
From this reading “"You really musn't," said Philip.”
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading “Hang it all, I tell you that I do it for pleasure.”
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading “"You really musn't," said Philip.”
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading “I shall also be the vast gainer artistically.”
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 “I said so to you only the other day.”
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(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 Hang it all, I tell you that I do it for pleasure.
in addition
From this reading I shall also be the vast gainer artistically.
in an artistic manner
From this reading I shall also be the vast gainer artistically.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I shall also be the vast gainer artistically.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But don't you see I want to paint her?
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading I said so to you only the other day.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Hang it all, I tell you that I do it for pleasure.
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From this reading "But don't you see I want to paint her?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Hang it all, I tell you that I do it for pleasure.
a person who gains weight
From this reading I shall also be the vast gainer artistically.
be suspended or hanging
From this reading Hang it all, I tell you that I do it for pleasure.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "But don't you see I want to paint her?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "But don't you see I want to paint her?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Hang it all, I tell you that I do it for pleasure.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You really musn't," said Philip.
and nothing more
From this reading I said so to you only the other day.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading I said so to you only the other day.
make a painting
From this reading "But don't you see I want to paint her?
Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)
From this reading "You really musn't," said Philip.
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading Hang it all, I tell you that I do it for pleasure.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading "You really musn't," said Philip.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "You really musn't," said Philip.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "But don't you see I want to paint her?
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading I shall also be the vast gainer artistically.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I said so to you only the other day.
express in words
From this reading Hang it all, I tell you that I do it for pleasure.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Hang it all, I tell you that I do it for pleasure.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I said so to you only the other day.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "But don't you see I want to paint her?
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading I shall also be the vast gainer artistically.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading "But don't you see I want to paint her?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You really musn't," said Philip.
Chapter 4 of The Angel of Pain by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson holds 407 sentences, grouped into 82 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 4 holds 407 sentences of The Angel of Pain, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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