Chapter 6 of The Goddess of Reason: A Drama in Five Acts is here in full — 446 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 6 of The Goddess of Reason: A Drama in Five Acts is here in full — 446 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Fatal is my name And hated through long years in Brittany. Perhaps I shall not live to cross the square! [_The noise of the mob without._ Oh, hear! DE VARDES Take courage! THE MARQUISE From the window there, Wilt watch me on my way?
Chapter 6 of The Goddess of Reason: A Drama in Five Acts is here in full — 446 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a former province of northwestern France on a peninsula between the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay
From this reading “Fatal is my name And hated through long years in Brittany.”
a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
From this reading “DE VARDES Take courage!”
bringing death
From this reading “Fatal is my name And hated through long years in Brittany.”
treated with dislike or contempt
From this reading “Fatal is my name And hated through long years in Brittany.”
a disorderly crowd of people
From this reading “[_The noise of the mob without._ Oh, hear!”
sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
From this reading “[_The noise of the mob without._ Oh, hear!”
make square
From this reading “Perhaps I shall not live to cross the square!”
an old form of “will”, used with “thou”
From this reading “THE MARQUISE From the window there, Wilt watch me on my way?”
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 “DE VARDES Take courage!”
In this reading “THE MARQUISE From the window there, Wilt watch me on my way?”
In this reading “Fatal is my name And hated through long years in Brittany.”
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 join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Fatal is my name And hated through long years in Brittany.
a former province of northwestern France on a peninsula between the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay
From this reading Fatal is my name And hated through long years in Brittany.
a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
From this reading DE VARDES Take courage!
travel across or pass over
From this reading Perhaps I shall not live to cross the square!
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading DE VARDES Take courage!
bringing death
From this reading Fatal is my name And hated through long years in Brittany.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE MARQUISE From the window there, Wilt watch me on my way?
treated with dislike or contempt
From this reading Fatal is my name And hated through long years in Brittany.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading [_The noise of the mob without._ Oh, hear!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Perhaps I shall not live to cross the square!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Fatal is my name And hated through long years in Brittany.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Fatal is my name And hated through long years in Brittany.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading Perhaps I shall not live to cross the square!
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading Fatal is my name And hated through long years in Brittany.
a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess
From this reading THE MARQUISE From the window there, Wilt watch me on my way?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THE MARQUISE From the window there, Wilt watch me on my way?
a disorderly crowd of people
From this reading [_The noise of the mob without._ Oh, hear!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Fatal is my name And hated through long years in Brittany.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Fatal is my name And hated through long years in Brittany.
sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
From this reading [_The noise of the mob without._ Oh, hear!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Perhaps I shall not live to cross the square!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading [_The noise of the mob without._ Oh, hear!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading [_The noise of the mob without._ Oh, hear!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE MARQUISE From the window there, Wilt watch me on my way?
by chance
From this reading Perhaps I shall not live to cross the square!
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Perhaps I shall not live to cross the square!
make square
From this reading Perhaps I shall not live to cross the square!
carry out
From this reading DE VARDES Take courage!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Perhaps I shall not live to cross the square!
in or at that place or location
From this reading THE MARQUISE From the window there, Wilt watch me on my way?
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Fatal is my name And hated through long years in Brittany.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Perhaps I shall not live to cross the square!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DE VARDES Take courage!
look attentively
From this reading THE MARQUISE From the window there, Wilt watch me on my way?
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading THE MARQUISE From the window there, Wilt watch me on my way?
an old form of “will”, used with “thou”
From this reading THE MARQUISE From the window there, Wilt watch me on my way?
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading THE MARQUISE From the window there, Wilt watch me on my way?
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading [_The noise of the mob without._ Oh, hear!
a late time of life
From this reading Fatal is my name And hated through long years in Brittany.
Chapter 6 of The Goddess of Reason: A Drama in Five Acts by Mary Johnston holds 446 sentences, grouped into 90 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.
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