Chapter 8 of The Gay Cockade is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of The Gay Cockade is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I felt that I was mad to think of it. Yet she made me think of it. It was what she wanted. She was not in the least unwomanly, but she was very modern in her frank expression of the pleasure she felt in my companionship. "Oh, what would I do without you, Jim Crow?" was the way she put it.
Chapter 8 of The Gay Cockade is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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the state of being with someone
From this reading “She was not in the least unwomanly, but she was very modern in her frank expression of the pleasure she felt in my companionship.”
dwell on with satisfaction
From this reading “"Oh, what would I do without you, Jim Crow?" was the way she put it.”
the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading “She was not in the least unwomanly, but she was very modern in her frank expression of the pleasure she felt in my companionship.”
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
From this reading “She was not in the least unwomanly, but she was very modern in her frank expression of the pleasure she felt in my companionship.”
roused to anger
From this reading “I felt that I was mad to think of it.”
belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages
From this reading “She was not in the least unwomanly, but she was very modern in her frank expression of the pleasure she felt in my companionship.”
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading “She was not in the least unwomanly, but she was very modern in her frank expression of the pleasure she felt in my companionship.”
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading “It was what she wanted.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She was not in the least unwomanly, but she was very modern in her frank expression of the pleasure she felt in my companionship.
the state of being with someone
From this reading She was not in the least unwomanly, but she was very modern in her frank expression of the pleasure she felt in my companionship.
dwell on with satisfaction
From this reading "Oh, what would I do without you, Jim Crow?" was the way she put it.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Oh, what would I do without you, Jim Crow?" was the way she put it.
the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading She was not in the least unwomanly, but she was very modern in her frank expression of the pleasure she felt in my companionship.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading I felt that I was mad to think of it.
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
From this reading She was not in the least unwomanly, but she was very modern in her frank expression of the pleasure she felt in my companionship.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She was not in the least unwomanly, but she was very modern in her frank expression of the pleasure she felt in my companionship.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I felt that I was mad to think of it.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She was not in the least unwomanly, but she was very modern in her frank expression of the pleasure she felt in my companionship.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I felt that I was mad to think of it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, what would I do without you, Jim Crow?" was the way she put it.
the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
From this reading She was not in the least unwomanly, but she was very modern in her frank expression of the pleasure she felt in my companionship.
roused to anger
From this reading I felt that I was mad to think of it.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Yet she made me think of it.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Yet she made me think of it.
belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages
From this reading She was not in the least unwomanly, but she was very modern in her frank expression of the pleasure she felt in my companionship.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading She was not in the least unwomanly, but she was very modern in her frank expression of the pleasure she felt in my companionship.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She was not in the least unwomanly, but she was very modern in her frank expression of the pleasure she felt in my companionship.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I felt that I was mad to think of it.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, what would I do without you, Jim Crow?" was the way she put it.
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading She was not in the least unwomanly, but she was very modern in her frank expression of the pleasure she felt in my companionship.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading "Oh, what would I do without you, Jim Crow?" was the way she put it.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Yet she made me think of it.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I felt that I was mad to think of it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She was not in the least unwomanly, but she was very modern in her frank expression of the pleasure she felt in my companionship.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading I felt that I was mad to think of it.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I felt that I was mad to think of it.
not womanly
From this reading She was not in the least unwomanly, but she was very modern in her frank expression of the pleasure she felt in my companionship.
precisely as stated
From this reading She was not in the least unwomanly, but she was very modern in her frank expression of the pleasure she felt in my companionship.
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading It was what she wanted.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I felt that I was mad to think of it.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading "Oh, what would I do without you, Jim Crow?" was the way she put it.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading It was what she wanted.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading "Oh, what would I do without you, Jim Crow?" was the way she put it.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "Oh, what would I do without you, Jim Crow?" was the way she put it.
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet she made me think of it.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Oh, what would I do without you, Jim Crow?" was the way she put it.
Chapter 8 of The Gay Cockade by Temple Bailey holds 416 sentences, grouped into 84 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 8 holds 416 sentences of The Gay Cockade, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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