Chapter 19 of The Husband's Story: A Novel is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of The Husband's Story: A Novel is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I shook my head smilingly. “Drop it,” said I. “You are entirely too strong a person to be able to hide behind a plea of weakness. I have let you use me for your own selfish pleasure all these years because I did not especially care. Also, it kept you away from me--which was highly agreeable to us both.”
Chapter 19 of The Husband's Story: A Novel is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
conforming to your own liking or feelings or nature
From this reading “Also, it kept you away from me--which was highly agreeable to us both.””
let fall to the ground
From this reading ““Drop it,” said I.”
prevent from being seen or discovered
From this reading ““You are entirely too strong a person to be able to hide behind a plea of weakness.”
to a high degree or extent; favorably or with much respect
From this reading “Also, it kept you away from me--which was highly agreeable to us both.””
a humble request for help from someone in authority
From this reading ““You are entirely too strong a person to be able to hide behind a plea of weakness.”
concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others
From this reading “I have let you use me for your own selfish pleasure all these years because I did not especially care.”
with smiles; in a smiling manner
From this reading “I shook my head smilingly.”
a flaw or weak point
From this reading ““You are entirely too strong a person to be able to hide behind a plea of weakness.”
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.
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In this reading ““You are entirely too strong a person to be able to hide behind a plea of weakness.”
In this reading ““You are entirely too strong a person to be able to hide behind a plea of weakness.”
In this reading “I have let you use me for your own selfish pleasure all these years because I did not especially care.”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “You are entirely too strong a person to be able to hide behind a plea of weakness.
(usually followed by “to”) having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
From this reading “You are entirely too strong a person to be able to hide behind a plea of weakness.
conforming to your own liking or feelings or nature
From this reading Also, it kept you away from me--which was highly agreeable to us both.”
(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 I have let you use me for your own selfish pleasure all these years because I did not especially care.
in addition
From this reading Also, it kept you away from me--which was highly agreeable to us both.”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “You are entirely too strong a person to be able to hide behind a plea of weakness.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Also, it kept you away from me--which was highly agreeable to us both.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “You are entirely too strong a person to be able to hide behind a plea of weakness.
for the reason that
From this reading I have let you use me for your own selfish pleasure all these years because I did not especially care.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading “You are entirely too strong a person to be able to hide behind a plea of weakness.
the two together, not just one
From this reading Also, it kept you away from me--which was highly agreeable to us both.”
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading I have let you use me for your own selfish pleasure all these years because I did not especially care.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading I have let you use me for your own selfish pleasure all these years because I did not especially care.
let fall to the ground
From this reading “Drop it,” said I.
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading “You are entirely too strong a person to be able to hide behind a plea of weakness.
to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
From this reading I have let you use me for your own selfish pleasure all these years because I did not especially care.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I have let you use me for your own selfish pleasure all these years because I did not especially care.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Also, it kept you away from me--which was highly agreeable to us both.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have let you use me for your own selfish pleasure all these years because I did not especially care.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading I shook my head smilingly.
prevent from being seen or discovered
From this reading “You are entirely too strong a person to be able to hide behind a plea of weakness.
to a high degree or extent; favorably or with much respect
From this reading Also, it kept you away from me--which was highly agreeable to us both.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I shook my head smilingly.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Drop it,” said I.
(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
From this reading Also, it kept you away from me--which was highly agreeable to us both.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading I have let you use me for your own selfish pleasure all these years because I did not especially care.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I have let you use me for your own selfish pleasure all these years because I did not especially care.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I shook my head smilingly.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I have let you use me for your own selfish pleasure all these years because I did not especially care.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “You are entirely too strong a person to be able to hide behind a plea of weakness.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading I have let you use me for your own selfish pleasure all these years because I did not especially care.
a human being
From this reading “You are entirely too strong a person to be able to hide behind a plea of weakness.
a humble request for help from someone in authority
From this reading “You are entirely too strong a person to be able to hide behind a plea of weakness.
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading I have let you use me for your own selfish pleasure all these years because I did not especially care.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Drop it,” said I.
concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others
From this reading I have let you use me for your own selfish pleasure all these years because I did not especially care.
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading I shook my head smilingly.
with smiles; in a smiling manner
From this reading I shook my head smilingly.
having strength or power greater than average or expected
From this reading “You are entirely too strong a person to be able to hide behind a plea of weakness.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading I have let you use me for your own selfish pleasure all these years because I did not especially care.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “You are entirely too strong a person to be able to hide behind a plea of weakness.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading “You are entirely too strong a person to be able to hide behind a plea of weakness.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Also, it kept you away from me--which was highly agreeable to us both.”
the act of using
From this reading I have let you use me for your own selfish pleasure all these years because I did not especially care.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Also, it kept you away from me--which was highly agreeable to us both.”
a flaw or weak point
From this reading “You are entirely too strong a person to be able to hide behind a plea of weakness.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Also, it kept you away from me--which was highly agreeable to us both.”
a late time of life
From this reading I have let you use me for your own selfish pleasure all these years because I did not especially care.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You are entirely too strong a person to be able to hide behind a plea of weakness.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I have let you use me for your own selfish pleasure all these years because I did not especially care.
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