Chapter 10 of The Matador of the Five Towns and Other is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The Matador of the Five Towns and Other is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
There came a time when Stephen could neither understand it nor stand it. And he tried to worm out of her her secret. But he could not. The fascinating little liar stoutly stuck to it that nothing was the matter with her, and that she had nothing on her mind. Stephen knew differently.
Chapter 10 of The Matador of the Five Towns and Other is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in another and different manner
From this reading “Stephen knew differently.”
capable of arousing and holding the attention
From this reading “The fascinating little liar stoutly stuck to it that nothing was the matter with her, and that she had nothing on her mind.”
a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly
From this reading “The fascinating little liar stoutly stuck to it that nothing was the matter with her, and that she had nothing on her mind.”
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading “And he tried to worm out of her her secret.”
English writer (1832-1904)
From this reading “There came a time when Stephen could neither understand it nor stand it.”
in a resolute manner
From this reading “The fascinating little liar stoutly stuck to it that nothing was the matter with her, and that she had nothing on her mind.”
caught or fixed
From this reading “The fascinating little liar stoutly stuck to it that nothing was the matter with her, and that she had nothing on her mind.”
any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
From this reading “And he tried to worm out of her her secret.”
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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 There came a time when Stephen could neither understand it nor stand it.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And he tried to worm out of her her secret.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But he could not.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading There came a time when Stephen could neither understand it nor stand it.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading There came a time when Stephen could neither understand it nor stand it.
in another and different manner
From this reading Stephen knew differently.
capable of arousing and holding the attention
From this reading The fascinating little liar stoutly stuck to it that nothing was the matter with her, and that she had nothing on her mind.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The fascinating little liar stoutly stuck to it that nothing was the matter with her, and that she had nothing on her mind.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And he tried to worm out of her her secret.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading And he tried to worm out of her her secret.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There came a time when Stephen could neither understand it nor stand it.
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 Stephen knew differently.
a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly
From this reading The fascinating little liar stoutly stuck to it that nothing was the matter with her, and that she had nothing on her mind.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The fascinating little liar stoutly stuck to it that nothing was the matter with her, and that she had nothing on her mind.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading The fascinating little liar stoutly stuck to it that nothing was the matter with her, and that she had nothing on her mind.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading The fascinating little liar stoutly stuck to it that nothing was the matter with her, and that she had nothing on her mind.
not one and not the other of two
From this reading There came a time when Stephen could neither understand it nor stand it.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading There came a time when Stephen could neither understand it nor stand it.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But he could not.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading The fascinating little liar stoutly stuck to it that nothing was the matter with her, and that she had nothing on her mind.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And he tried to worm out of her her secret.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The fascinating little liar stoutly stuck to it that nothing was the matter with her, and that she had nothing on her mind.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading And he tried to worm out of her her secret.
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading And he tried to worm out of her her secret.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The fascinating little liar stoutly stuck to it that nothing was the matter with her, and that she had nothing on her mind.
be standing; be upright
From this reading There came a time when Stephen could neither understand it nor stand it.
English writer (1832-1904)
From this reading There came a time when Stephen could neither understand it nor stand it.
in a resolute manner
From this reading The fascinating little liar stoutly stuck to it that nothing was the matter with her, and that she had nothing on her mind.
caught or fixed
From this reading The fascinating little liar stoutly stuck to it that nothing was the matter with her, and that she had nothing on her mind.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The fascinating little liar stoutly stuck to it that nothing was the matter with her, and that she had nothing on her mind.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The fascinating little liar stoutly stuck to it that nothing was the matter with her, and that she had nothing on her mind.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There came a time when Stephen could neither understand it nor stand it.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading There came a time when Stephen could neither understand it nor stand it.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And he tried to worm out of her her secret.
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading And he tried to worm out of her her secret.
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading There came a time when Stephen could neither understand it nor stand it.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The fascinating little liar stoutly stuck to it that nothing was the matter with her, and that she had nothing on her mind.
at the time that
From this reading There came a time when Stephen could neither understand it nor stand it.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The fascinating little liar stoutly stuck to it that nothing was the matter with her, and that she had nothing on her mind.
any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
From this reading And he tried to worm out of her her secret.
Chapter 10 of The Matador of the Five Towns and Other by Arnold Bennett holds 421 sentences, grouped into 85 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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