Chapter 19 of The Briary Bush: A Novel is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of The Briary Bush: A Novel is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
But why couldn’t he have understood? She was a woman, after all. No! he had been quite right to disdain her. After all she had said to him, to sit there on the floor, blubbering.... She blushed with infinite shame.
Chapter 19 of The Briary Bush: A Novel is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “blush” — turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
From this reading “She blushed with infinite shame.”
look down on with disdain
From this reading “No! he had been quite right to disdain her.”
the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
From this reading “After all she had said to him, to sit there on the floor, blubbering....”
having no limits or boundaries in time or space or extent or magnitude
From this reading “She blushed with infinite shame.”
a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
From this reading “She blushed with infinite shame.”
be seated
From this reading “After all she had said to him, to sit there on the floor, blubbering....”
fully apprehended as to purport or meaning or explanation
From this reading “But why couldn’t he have understood?”
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading “She was a woman, after all.”
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.
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In this reading “After all she had said to him, to sit there on the floor, blubbering....”
In this reading “After all she had said to him, to sit there on the floor, blubbering....”
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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 She was a woman, after all.
later than; following
From this reading She was a woman, after all.
(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 She was a woman, after all.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading No! he had been quite right to disdain her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading After all she had said to him, to sit there on the floor, blubbering....
past form of “blush” — turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
From this reading She blushed with infinite shame.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But why couldn’t he have understood?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But why couldn’t he have understood?
look down on with disdain
From this reading No! he had been quite right to disdain her.
the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
From this reading After all she had said to him, to sit there on the floor, blubbering....
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading No! he had been quite right to disdain her.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading But why couldn’t he have understood?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But why couldn’t he have understood?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading No! he had been quite right to disdain her.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading After all she had said to him, to sit there on the floor, blubbering....
having no limits or boundaries in time or space or extent or magnitude
From this reading She blushed with infinite shame.
not any; not one
From this reading No! he had been quite right to disdain her.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading After all she had said to him, to sit there on the floor, blubbering....
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading No! he had been quite right to disdain her.
precisely, exactly
From this reading No! he had been quite right to disdain her.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading After all she had said to him, to sit there on the floor, blubbering....
a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
From this reading She blushed with infinite shame.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was a woman, after all.
be seated
From this reading After all she had said to him, to sit there on the floor, blubbering....
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading After all she had said to him, to sit there on the floor, blubbering....
in or at that place or location
From this reading After all she had said to him, to sit there on the floor, blubbering....
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading No! he had been quite right to disdain her.
fully apprehended as to purport or meaning or explanation
From this reading But why couldn’t he have understood?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was a woman, after all.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading But why couldn’t he have understood?
in the company of; together with
From this reading She blushed with infinite shame.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading She was a woman, after all.
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