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Chapter 1 of The Fortune of the Rougons is here in full — 666 sentences across 134 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
You must forgive my jealousy. I should like to be as strong-minded as you are. You would love me all the more, wouldn’t you?” After a moment’s silence she added, with charming vivacity and ingenuousness: “Ah, how willingly I shall kiss you when you come back!” This outburst of a loving and courageous heart deeply affected Silvère.
Chapter 1 of The Fortune of the Rougons is here in full — 666 sentences across 134 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 68/133 · 5 reading units · Lines 336–340
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acted upon; influenced
From this reading “This outburst of a loving and courageous heart deeply affected Silvère.”
possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching
From this reading “This outburst of a loving and courageous heart deeply affected Silvère.”
to a great depth psychologically or emotionally
From this reading “This outburst of a loving and courageous heart deeply affected Silvère.”
a feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival)
From this reading “You must forgive my jealousy.”
feeling or showing love and affection
From this reading “This outburst of a loving and courageous heart deeply affected Silvère.”
possessive form of “moment” — a particular point in time
an unrestrained expression of emotion
From this reading “This outburst of a loving and courageous heart deeply affected Silvère.”
in a willing manner
From this reading “After a moment’s silence she added, with charming vivacity and ingenuousness: “Ah, how willingly I shall kiss you when you come back!””
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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 After a moment’s silence she added, with charming vivacity and ingenuousness: “Ah, how willingly I shall kiss you when you come back!”
past form of “add” — make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
From this reading After a moment’s silence she added, with charming vivacity and ingenuousness: “Ah, how willingly I shall kiss you when you come back!”
acted upon; influenced
From this reading This outburst of a loving and courageous heart deeply affected Silvère.
later than; following
From this reading After a moment’s silence she added, with charming vivacity and ingenuousness: “Ah, how willingly I shall kiss you when you come back!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading After a moment’s silence she added, with charming vivacity and ingenuousness: “Ah, how willingly I shall kiss you when you come back!”
(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 You would love me all the more, wouldn’t you?”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading After a moment’s silence she added, with charming vivacity and ingenuousness: “Ah, how willingly I shall kiss you when you come back!”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I should like to be as strong-minded as you are.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I should like to be as strong-minded as you are.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading After a moment’s silence she added, with charming vivacity and ingenuousness: “Ah, how willingly I shall kiss you when you come back!”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I should like to be as strong-minded as you are.
pleasing or delighting
From this reading After a moment’s silence she added, with charming vivacity and ingenuousness: “Ah, how willingly I shall kiss you when you come back!”
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading After a moment’s silence she added, with charming vivacity and ingenuousness: “Ah, how willingly I shall kiss you when you come back!”
possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching
From this reading This outburst of a loving and courageous heart deeply affected Silvère.
to a great depth psychologically or emotionally
From this reading This outburst of a loving and courageous heart deeply affected Silvère.
stop blaming or grant forgiveness
From this reading You must forgive my jealousy.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading This outburst of a loving and courageous heart deeply affected Silvère.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading After a moment’s silence she added, with charming vivacity and ingenuousness: “Ah, how willingly I shall kiss you when you come back!”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I should like to be as strong-minded as you are.
the quality of innocent naivete
From this reading After a moment’s silence she added, with charming vivacity and ingenuousness: “Ah, how willingly I shall kiss you when you come back!”
a feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival)
From this reading You must forgive my jealousy.
the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
From this reading After a moment’s silence she added, with charming vivacity and ingenuousness: “Ah, how willingly I shall kiss you when you come back!”
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading I should like to be as strong-minded as you are.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading You would love me all the more, wouldn’t you?”
feeling or showing love and affection
From this reading This outburst of a loving and courageous heart deeply affected Silvère.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You would love me all the more, wouldn’t you?”
possessive form of “moment” — a particular point in time
From this reading After a moment’s silence she added, with charming vivacity and ingenuousness: “Ah, how willingly I shall kiss you when you come back!”
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading You would love me all the more, wouldn’t you?”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading You must forgive my jealousy.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading You must forgive my jealousy.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading This outburst of a loving and courageous heart deeply affected Silvère.
an unrestrained expression of emotion
From this reading This outburst of a loving and courageous heart deeply affected Silvère.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading After a moment’s silence she added, with charming vivacity and ingenuousness: “Ah, how willingly I shall kiss you when you come back!”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading After a moment’s silence she added, with charming vivacity and ingenuousness: “Ah, how willingly I shall kiss you when you come back!”
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading I should like to be as strong-minded as you are.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading After a moment’s silence she added, with charming vivacity and ingenuousness: “Ah, how willingly I shall kiss you when you come back!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This outburst of a loving and courageous heart deeply affected Silvère.
having a determined will
From this reading I should like to be as strong-minded as you are.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading You would love me all the more, wouldn’t you?”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This outburst of a loving and courageous heart deeply affected Silvère.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I should like to be as strong-minded as you are.
characterized by high spirits and animation
From this reading After a moment’s silence she added, with charming vivacity and ingenuousness: “Ah, how willingly I shall kiss you when you come back!”
at the time that
From this reading After a moment’s silence she added, with charming vivacity and ingenuousness: “Ah, how willingly I shall kiss you when you come back!”
in a willing manner
From this reading After a moment’s silence she added, with charming vivacity and ingenuousness: “Ah, how willingly I shall kiss you when you come back!”
in the company of; together with
From this reading After a moment’s silence she added, with charming vivacity and ingenuousness: “Ah, how willingly I shall kiss you when you come back!”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading You would love me all the more, wouldn’t you?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You would love me all the more, wouldn’t you?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You must forgive my jealousy.
Chapter 1 of The Fortune of the Rougons by Émile Zola holds 666 sentences, grouped into 134 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 1 holds 666 sentences of The Fortune of the Rougons, unabridged, divided into 134 reading sections.
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