Chapter 10 of The Dark Flower is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The Dark Flower is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“He's asked me to make a statuette of his daughter on horseback.” “And will you?” “I don't know.” “If she's really so pretty, you'd better.” “Pretty's hardly the word—but she's not ordinary.”
Chapter 10 of The Dark Flower is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a female human offspring
From this reading ““He's asked me to make a statuette of his daughter on horseback.””
only a very short time before
From this reading ““Pretty's hardly the word—but she's not ordinary.””
the back of a horse
From this reading ““He's asked me to make a statuette of his daughter on horseback.””
a judge of a probate court
From this reading ““Pretty's hardly the word—but she's not ordinary.””
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading ““If she's really so pretty, you'd better.””
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading ““If she's really so pretty, you'd better.””
a small carved or molded figure
From this reading ““He's asked me to make a statuette of his daughter on horseback.””
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading ““Pretty's hardly the word—but she's not ordinary.””
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 ““He's asked me to make a statuette of his daughter on horseback.””
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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 “He's asked me to make a statuette of his daughter on horseback.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “And will you?”
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “He's asked me to make a statuette of his daughter on horseback.”
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading “If she's really so pretty, you'd better.”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “Pretty's hardly the word—but she's not ordinary.”
a female human offspring
From this reading “He's asked me to make a statuette of his daughter on horseback.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I don't know.”
only a very short time before
From this reading “Pretty's hardly the word—but she's not ordinary.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “He's asked me to make a statuette of his daughter on horseback.”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “He's asked me to make a statuette of his daughter on horseback.”
the back of a horse
From this reading “He's asked me to make a statuette of his daughter on horseback.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I don't know.”
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “If she's really so pretty, you'd better.”
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “I don't know.”
engage in
From this reading “He's asked me to make a statuette of his daughter on horseback.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “He's asked me to make a statuette of his daughter on horseback.”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Pretty's hardly the word—but she's not ordinary.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “He's asked me to make a statuette of his daughter on horseback.”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “He's asked me to make a statuette of his daughter on horseback.”
a judge of a probate court
From this reading “Pretty's hardly the word—but she's not ordinary.”
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading “If she's really so pretty, you'd better.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Pretty's hardly the word—but she's not ordinary.”
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading “If she's really so pretty, you'd better.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “If she's really so pretty, you'd better.”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “If she's really so pretty, you'd better.”
a small carved or molded figure
From this reading “He's asked me to make a statuette of his daughter on horseback.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Pretty's hardly the word—but she's not ordinary.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “He's asked me to make a statuette of his daughter on horseback.”
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “And will you?”
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading “Pretty's hardly the word—but she's not ordinary.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “And will you?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “If she's really so pretty, you'd better.”
Chapter 10 of The Dark Flower by John Galsworthy holds 409 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 10 holds 409 sentences of The Dark Flower, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of The Dark Flower by John Galsworthy exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 409 sentences, grouped into 82 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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