Chapter 11 of The Hills of Desire is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of The Hills of Desire is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
She would not go away! She would stay and _fight_ that women to the death for her love! Yet all the time she knew that she would go. It was inevitable, as her heart had always somehow told her that this hour would inevitably come. Except for his broken promise--That was unanswerable--she had no heart to blame Jimmie.
Chapter 11 of The Hills of Desire is here in full — 419 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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put or pin the blame on
From this reading “Except for his broken promise--That was unanswerable--she had no heart to blame Jimmie.”
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading “Except for his broken promise--That was unanswerable--she had no heart to blame Jimmie.”
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
incapable of being avoided or prevented
From this reading “It was inevitable, as her heart had always somehow told her that this hour would inevitably come.”
in such a manner as could not be otherwise
From this reading “It was inevitable, as her heart had always somehow told her that this hour would inevitably come.”
make a promise or commitment
From this reading “Except for his broken promise--That was unanswerable--she had no heart to blame Jimmie.”
in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means
From this reading “It was inevitable, as her heart had always somehow told her that this hour would inevitably come.”
impossible to answer
From this reading “Except for his broken promise--That was unanswerable--she had no heart to blame Jimmie.”
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.
move away from a place into another direction
In this reading “She would not go away!”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
(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 Yet all the time she knew that she would go.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading It was inevitable, as her heart had always somehow told her that this hour would inevitably come.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She would stay and _fight_ that women to the death for her love!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was inevitable, as her heart had always somehow told her that this hour would inevitably come.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading She would not go away!
put or pin the blame on
From this reading Except for his broken promise--That was unanswerable--she had no heart to blame Jimmie.
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading Except for his broken promise--That was unanswerable--she had no heart to blame Jimmie.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading It was inevitable, as her heart had always somehow told her that this hour would inevitably come.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading She would stay and _fight_ that women to the death for her love!
apart from; not including
From this reading Except for his broken promise--That was unanswerable--she had no heart to blame Jimmie.
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading She would stay and _fight_ that women to the death for her love!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She would stay and _fight_ that women to the death for her love!
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading She would not go away!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was inevitable, as her heart had always somehow told her that this hour would inevitably come.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading It was inevitable, as her heart had always somehow told her that this hour would inevitably come.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She would stay and _fight_ that women to the death for her love!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Except for his broken promise--That was unanswerable--she had no heart to blame Jimmie.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading It was inevitable, as her heart had always somehow told her that this hour would inevitably come.
incapable of being avoided or prevented
From this reading It was inevitable, as her heart had always somehow told her that this hour would inevitably come.
in such a manner as could not be otherwise
From this reading It was inevitable, as her heart had always somehow told her that this hour would inevitably come.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was inevitable, as her heart had always somehow told her that this hour would inevitably come.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Except for his broken promise--That was unanswerable--she had no heart to blame Jimmie.
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Yet all the time she knew that she would go.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading She would stay and _fight_ that women to the death for her love!
not any; not one
From this reading Except for his broken promise--That was unanswerable--she had no heart to blame Jimmie.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She would not go away!
make a promise or commitment
From this reading Except for his broken promise--That was unanswerable--she had no heart to blame Jimmie.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She would not go away!
in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means
From this reading It was inevitable, as her heart had always somehow told her that this hour would inevitably come.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading She would stay and _fight_ that women to the death for her love!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She would stay and _fight_ that women to the death for her love!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She would stay and _fight_ that women to the death for her love!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It was inevitable, as her heart had always somehow told her that this hour would inevitably come.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Yet all the time she knew that she would go.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She would stay and _fight_ that women to the death for her love!
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading It was inevitable, as her heart had always somehow told her that this hour would inevitably come.
impossible to answer
From this reading Except for his broken promise--That was unanswerable--she had no heart to blame Jimmie.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was inevitable, as her heart had always somehow told her that this hour would inevitably come.
plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading She would stay and _fight_ that women to the death for her love!
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She would not go away!
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet all the time she knew that she would go.
Chapter 11 of The Hills of Desire by Richard Aumerle Maher holds 419 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 11 holds 419 sentences of The Hills of Desire, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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