Chapter 9 of The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide is here in full — 298 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide is here in full — 298 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Manon Lescaut," Carrington repeated. He did not show any particular enthusiasm. "Yes, Manon Lescaut. I see the thing. It would be really superb."
Chapter 9 of The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide is here in full — 298 sentences across 60 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.
a feeling of excitement
From this reading “He did not show any particular enthusiasm.”
unique or specific to a person or thing or category
From this reading “He did not show any particular enthusiasm.”
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading “It would be really superb."”
recurring again and again
From this reading “"Manon Lescaut," Carrington repeated.”
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading “He did not show any particular enthusiasm.”
of surpassing excellence
From this reading “It would be really superb."”
a special situation
From this reading “I see the thing.”
an affirmative
From this reading “"Yes, Manon Lescaut.”
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 “He did not show any particular enthusiasm.”
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one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading He did not show any particular enthusiasm.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It would be really superb."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Manon Lescaut," Carrington repeated.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading He did not show any particular enthusiasm.
a feeling of excitement
From this reading He did not show any particular enthusiasm.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He did not show any particular enthusiasm.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I see the thing.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It would be really superb."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Manon Lescaut," Carrington repeated.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Manon Lescaut," Carrington repeated.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He did not show any particular enthusiasm.
unique or specific to a person or thing or category
From this reading He did not show any particular enthusiasm.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading It would be really superb."
recurring again and again
From this reading "Manon Lescaut," Carrington repeated.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading I see the thing.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading He did not show any particular enthusiasm.
of surpassing excellence
From this reading It would be really superb."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I see the thing.
a special situation
From this reading I see the thing.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It would be really superb."
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes, Manon Lescaut.
Chapter 9 of The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide by Anne Douglas Sedgwick holds 298 sentences, grouped into 60 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 9 holds 298 sentences of The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, unabridged, divided into 60 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide by Anne Douglas Sedgwick exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 298 sentences, grouped into 60 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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