Chapter 4 of The Day of His Youth is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Day of His Youth is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
[Sidenote: _To the Unknown Friend_] There must be some outlet for this, or I shall be talking to people in the street. They will think I am crazy, and that will be the end of it. So I'll put it all down, madness and all. So Francis Hume came up to town, did he? And lost his love!
Chapter 4 of The Day of His Youth is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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affected with madness or insanity
From this reading “They will think I am crazy, and that will be the end of it.”
Scottish philosopher skeptical philosophy restricted human knowledge to that which can be perceived by the senses (1711-1776)
From this reading “So Francis Hume came up to town, did he?”
obsolete terms for legal insanity
From this reading “So I'll put it all down, madness and all.”
a place of business for retailing goods
From this reading “[Sidenote: _To the Unknown Friend_] There must be some outlet for this, or I shall be talking to people in the street.”
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading “[Sidenote: _To the Unknown Friend_] There must be some outlet for this, or I shall be talking to people in the street.”
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading “[Sidenote: _To the Unknown Friend_] There must be some outlet for this, or I shall be talking to people in the street.”
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading “So Francis Hume came up to town, did he?”
not known
From this reading “[Sidenote: _To the Unknown Friend_] There must be some outlet for this, or I shall be talking to people in the street.”
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In this reading “[Sidenote: _To the Unknown Friend_] There must be some outlet for this, or I shall be talking to people in the street.”
bring forth, usually something desirable
In this reading “So Francis Hume came up to town, did he?”
In this reading “[Sidenote: _To the Unknown Friend_] There must be some outlet for this, or I shall be talking to people in the street.”
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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 So I'll put it all down, madness and all.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading They will think I am crazy, and that will be the end of it.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They will think I am crazy, and that will be the end of it.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading [Sidenote: _To the Unknown Friend_] There must be some outlet for this, or I shall be talking to people in the street.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading So Francis Hume came up to town, did he?
affected with madness or insanity
From this reading They will think I am crazy, and that will be the end of it.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading So Francis Hume came up to town, did he?
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading So I'll put it all down, madness and all.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading They will think I am crazy, and that will be the end of it.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading [Sidenote: _To the Unknown Friend_] There must be some outlet for this, or I shall be talking to people in the street.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So Francis Hume came up to town, did he?
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading [Sidenote: _To the Unknown Friend_] There must be some outlet for this, or I shall be talking to people in the street.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading So Francis Hume came up to town, did he?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading And lost his love!
Scottish philosopher skeptical philosophy restricted human knowledge to that which can be perceived by the senses (1711-1776)
From this reading So Francis Hume came up to town, did he?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading [Sidenote: _To the Unknown Friend_] There must be some outlet for this, or I shall be talking to people in the street.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So I'll put it all down, madness and all.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading [Sidenote: _To the Unknown Friend_] There must be some outlet for this, or I shall be talking to people in the street.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading They will think I am crazy, and that will be the end of it.
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading And lost his love!
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading And lost his love!
obsolete terms for legal insanity
From this reading So I'll put it all down, madness and all.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading [Sidenote: _To the Unknown Friend_] There must be some outlet for this, or I shall be talking to people in the street.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They will think I am crazy, and that will be the end of it.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading [Sidenote: _To the Unknown Friend_] There must be some outlet for this, or I shall be talking to people in the street.
a place of business for retailing goods
From this reading [Sidenote: _To the Unknown Friend_] There must be some outlet for this, or I shall be talking to people in the street.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading [Sidenote: _To the Unknown Friend_] There must be some outlet for this, or I shall be talking to people in the street.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading So I'll put it all down, madness and all.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading [Sidenote: _To the Unknown Friend_] There must be some outlet for this, or I shall be talking to people in the street.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [Sidenote: _To the Unknown Friend_] There must be some outlet for this, or I shall be talking to people in the street.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So I'll put it all down, madness and all.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading [Sidenote: _To the Unknown Friend_] There must be some outlet for this, or I shall be talking to people in the street.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading [Sidenote: _To the Unknown Friend_] There must be some outlet for this, or I shall be talking to people in the street.
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading [Sidenote: _To the Unknown Friend_] There must be some outlet for this, or I shall be talking to people in the street.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading They will think I am crazy, and that will be the end of it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [Sidenote: _To the Unknown Friend_] There must be some outlet for this, or I shall be talking to people in the street.
in or at that place or location
From this reading [Sidenote: _To the Unknown Friend_] There must be some outlet for this, or I shall be talking to people in the street.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They will think I am crazy, and that will be the end of it.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading They will think I am crazy, and that will be the end of it.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading [Sidenote: _To the Unknown Friend_] There must be some outlet for this, or I shall be talking to people in the street.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading [Sidenote: _To the Unknown Friend_] There must be some outlet for this, or I shall be talking to people in the street.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading So Francis Hume came up to town, did he?
not known
From this reading [Sidenote: _To the Unknown Friend_] There must be some outlet for this, or I shall be talking to people in the street.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading So Francis Hume came up to town, did he?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading They will think I am crazy, and that will be the end of it.
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