Chapter 21 of The Husband's Story: A Novel is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of The Husband's Story: A Novel is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“You don’t realize how lucky you’ve been,” said I, with a bitterness that surprised me. “You’ve at least escaped marriage.” “I wish to God I hadn’t,” cried she with an energy that startled me. There was a fierce look of pain in her eyes. “I thought you understood.
Chapter 21 of The Husband's Story: A Novel is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
From this reading ““You don’t realize how lucky you’ve been,” said I, with a bitterness that surprised me.”
(physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs
From this reading ““I wish to God I hadn’t,” cried she with an energy that startled me.”
having escaped, especially from confinement
From this reading ““You’ve at least escaped marriage.””
marked by extreme and violent energy
From this reading “There was a fierce look of pain in her eyes.”
occurring by chance
From this reading ““You don’t realize how lucky you’ve been,” said I, with a bitterness that surprised me.”
be fully aware or cognizant of
From this reading ““You don’t realize how lucky you’ve been,” said I, with a bitterness that surprised me.”
excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement
From this reading ““I wish to God I hadn’t,” cried she with an energy that startled me.”
fully apprehended as to purport or meaning or explanation
From this reading ““I thought you understood.”
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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 “You don’t realize how lucky you’ve been,” said I, with a bitterness that surprised me.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “I wish to God I hadn’t,” cried she with an energy that startled me.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “You’ve at least escaped marriage.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “You don’t realize how lucky you’ve been,” said I, with a bitterness that surprised me.
a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
From this reading “You don’t realize how lucky you’ve been,” said I, with a bitterness that surprised me.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “I wish to God I hadn’t,” cried she with an energy that startled me.
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From this reading “You don’t realize how lucky you’ve been,” said I, with a bitterness that surprised me.
(physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs
From this reading “I wish to God I hadn’t,” cried she with an energy that startled me.
having escaped, especially from confinement
From this reading “You’ve at least escaped marriage.”
opinion or judgment
From this reading There was a fierce look of pain in her eyes.
marked by extreme and violent energy
From this reading There was a fierce look of pain in her eyes.
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading “I wish to God I hadn’t,” cried she with an energy that startled me.
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From this reading “I wish to God I hadn’t,” cried she with an energy that startled me.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading There was a fierce look of pain in her eyes.
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From this reading “You don’t realize how lucky you’ve been,” said I, with a bitterness that surprised me.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “You don’t realize how lucky you’ve been,” said I, with a bitterness that surprised me.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was a fierce look of pain in her eyes.
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 “You’ve at least escaped marriage.”
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading There was a fierce look of pain in her eyes.
occurring by chance
From this reading “You don’t realize how lucky you’ve been,” said I, with a bitterness that surprised me.
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
From this reading “You’ve at least escaped marriage.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “You don’t realize how lucky you’ve been,” said I, with a bitterness that surprised me.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There was a fierce look of pain in her eyes.
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
From this reading There was a fierce look of pain in her eyes.
be fully aware or cognizant of
From this reading “You don’t realize how lucky you’ve been,” said I, with a bitterness that surprised me.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “You don’t realize how lucky you’ve been,” said I, with a bitterness that surprised me.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “I wish to God I hadn’t,” cried she with an energy that startled me.
excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement
From this reading “I wish to God I hadn’t,” cried she with an energy that startled me.
taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment
From this reading “You don’t realize how lucky you’ve been,” said I, with a bitterness that surprised me.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “You don’t realize how lucky you’ve been,” said I, with a bitterness that surprised me.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was a fierce look of pain in her eyes.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “I thought you understood.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I wish to God I hadn’t,” cried she with an energy that startled me.
fully apprehended as to purport or meaning or explanation
From this reading “I thought you understood.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a fierce look of pain in her eyes.
hope for; have a wish
From this reading “I wish to God I hadn’t,” cried she with an energy that startled me.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “You don’t realize how lucky you’ve been,” said I, with a bitterness that surprised me.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You don’t realize how lucky you’ve been,” said I, with a bitterness that surprised me.
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From this reading “You don’t realize how lucky you’ve been,” said I, with a bitterness that surprised me.
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