Chapter 4 of The Dancing Faun is here in full — 435 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 4 of The Dancing Faun is here in full — 435 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
‘It means I love you too well to wish to injure you.’ ‘Then you do not love me at all. Is it that you love this other woman, this wife of yours?’ ‘Perhaps; I can’t tell what it is.’ ‘I will sit down quietly by your side now; I won’t rave at you any more, don’t be afraid.
Chapter 4 of The Dancing Faun is here in full — 435 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/87 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading “‘I will sit down quietly by your side now; I won’t rave at you any more, don’t be afraid.”
cause injuries or bodily harm to
From this reading “‘It means I love you too well to wish to injure you.’”
thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
From this reading “‘It means I love you too well to wish to injure you.’”
with low volume
From this reading “‘I will sit down quietly by your side now; I won’t rave at you any more, don’t be afraid.”
participate in an all-night techno dance party
From this reading “‘I will sit down quietly by your side now; I won’t rave at you any more, don’t be afraid.”
be seated
From this reading “‘I will sit down quietly by your side now; I won’t rave at you any more, don’t be afraid.”
hope for; have a wish
From this reading “‘It means I love you too well to wish to injure you.’”
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading “Is it that you love this other woman, this wife of yours?’”
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.
take a seat
In this reading “‘I will sit down quietly by your side now; I won’t rave at you any more, don’t be afraid.”
In this reading “Is it that you love this other woman, this wife of yours?’”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading ‘I will sit down quietly by your side now; I won’t rave at you any more, don’t be afraid.
(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 ‘Then you do not love me at all.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading ‘I will sit down quietly by your side now; I won’t rave at you any more, don’t be afraid.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading ‘Then you do not love me at all.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading ‘I will sit down quietly by your side now; I won’t rave at you any more, don’t be afraid.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading ‘I will sit down quietly by your side now; I won’t rave at you any more, don’t be afraid.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Perhaps; I can’t tell what it is.’
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading ‘Then you do not love me at all.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I will sit down quietly by your side now; I won’t rave at you any more, don’t be afraid.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading ‘I will sit down quietly by your side now; I won’t rave at you any more, don’t be afraid.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘It means I love you too well to wish to injure you.’
cause injuries or bodily harm to
From this reading ‘It means I love you too well to wish to injure you.’
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Is it that you love this other woman, this wife of yours?’
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading ‘It means I love you too well to wish to injure you.’
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading ‘It means I love you too well to wish to injure you.’
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ‘Then you do not love me at all.
thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
From this reading ‘It means I love you too well to wish to injure you.’
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading ‘I will sit down quietly by your side now; I won’t rave at you any more, don’t be afraid.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading ‘Then you do not love me at all.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading ‘I will sit down quietly by your side now; I won’t rave at you any more, don’t be afraid.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Is it that you love this other woman, this wife of yours?’
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading Is it that you love this other woman, this wife of yours?’
by chance
From this reading ‘Perhaps; I can’t tell what it is.’
with low volume
From this reading ‘I will sit down quietly by your side now; I won’t rave at you any more, don’t be afraid.
participate in an all-night techno dance party
From this reading ‘I will sit down quietly by your side now; I won’t rave at you any more, don’t be afraid.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading ‘I will sit down quietly by your side now; I won’t rave at you any more, don’t be afraid.
be seated
From this reading ‘I will sit down quietly by your side now; I won’t rave at you any more, don’t be afraid.
express in words
From this reading ‘Perhaps; I can’t tell what it is.’
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Is it that you love this other woman, this wife of yours?’
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading ‘Then you do not love me at all.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Is it that you love this other woman, this wife of yours?’
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ‘It means I love you too well to wish to injure you.’
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading ‘It means I love you too well to wish to injure you.’
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading ‘It means I love you too well to wish to injure you.’
used to ask for information about something
From this reading ‘Perhaps; I can’t tell what it is.’
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading Is it that you love this other woman, this wife of yours?’
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading ‘I will sit down quietly by your side now; I won’t rave at you any more, don’t be afraid.
hope for; have a wish
From this reading ‘It means I love you too well to wish to injure you.’
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading Is it that you love this other woman, this wife of yours?’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I will sit down quietly by your side now; I won’t rave at you any more, don’t be afraid.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘It means I love you too well to wish to injure you.’
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘I will sit down quietly by your side now; I won’t rave at you any more, don’t be afraid.
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading Is it that you love this other woman, this wife of yours?’
Chapter 4 of The Dancing Faun by Florence Farr holds 435 sentences, grouped into 87 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 435 sentences of The Dancing Faun, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
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