Chapter 31 of The New Machiavelli is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 31 of The New Machiavelli is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“So glad you are back, dear,” she said. “Oh! so very glad you are back.” I returned her kiss with a queer feeling at my heart, too undifferentiated to be even a definite sense of guilt or meanness. I think it was chiefly amazement--at the universe--at myself. “I never knew what it was to be away from you,” she said.
Chapter 31 of The New Machiavelli is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising
From this reading “I think it was chiefly amazement--at the universe--at myself.”
for the most part
From this reading “I think it was chiefly amazement--at the universe--at myself.”
precise; explicit and clearly defined
From this reading “I returned her kiss with a queer feeling at my heart, too undifferentiated to be even a definite sense of guilt or meanness.”
the state of having committed an offense
From this reading “I returned her kiss with a queer feeling at my heart, too undifferentiated to be even a definite sense of guilt or meanness.”
the quality of being deliberately mean
From this reading “I returned her kiss with a queer feeling at my heart, too undifferentiated to be even a definite sense of guilt or meanness.”
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading “I returned her kiss with a queer feeling at my heart, too undifferentiated to be even a definite sense of guilt or meanness.”
not differentiated
From this reading “I returned her kiss with a queer feeling at my heart, too undifferentiated to be even a definite sense of guilt or meanness.”
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading “I think it was chiefly amazement--at the universe--at myself.”
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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 I returned her kiss with a queer feeling at my heart, too undifferentiated to be even a definite sense of guilt or meanness.
the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising
From this reading I think it was chiefly amazement--at the universe--at myself.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “So glad you are back, dear,” she said.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I returned her kiss with a queer feeling at my heart, too undifferentiated to be even a definite sense of guilt or meanness.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “I never knew what it was to be away from you,” she said.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading “So glad you are back, dear,” she said.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I returned her kiss with a queer feeling at my heart, too undifferentiated to be even a definite sense of guilt or meanness.
for the most part
From this reading I think it was chiefly amazement--at the universe--at myself.
dearly loved
From this reading “So glad you are back, dear,” she said.
precise; explicit and clearly defined
From this reading I returned her kiss with a queer feeling at my heart, too undifferentiated to be even a definite sense of guilt or meanness.
divisible by two
From this reading I returned her kiss with a queer feeling at my heart, too undifferentiated to be even a definite sense of guilt or meanness.
the experiencing of affective and emotional states
From this reading I returned her kiss with a queer feeling at my heart, too undifferentiated to be even a definite sense of guilt or meanness.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “I never knew what it was to be away from you,” she said.
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading “So glad you are back, dear,” she said.
the state of having committed an offense
From this reading I returned her kiss with a queer feeling at my heart, too undifferentiated to be even a definite sense of guilt or meanness.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading I returned her kiss with a queer feeling at my heart, too undifferentiated to be even a definite sense of guilt or meanness.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I returned her kiss with a queer feeling at my heart, too undifferentiated to be even a definite sense of guilt or meanness.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I returned her kiss with a queer feeling at my heart, too undifferentiated to be even a definite sense of guilt or meanness.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I think it was chiefly amazement--at the universe--at myself.
the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
From this reading I returned her kiss with a queer feeling at my heart, too undifferentiated to be even a definite sense of guilt or meanness.
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 “I never knew what it was to be away from you,” she said.
the quality of being deliberately mean
From this reading I returned her kiss with a queer feeling at my heart, too undifferentiated to be even a definite sense of guilt or meanness.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I returned her kiss with a queer feeling at my heart, too undifferentiated to be even a definite sense of guilt or meanness.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I think it was chiefly amazement--at the universe--at myself.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading “I never knew what it was to be away from you,” she said.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I returned her kiss with a queer feeling at my heart, too undifferentiated to be even a definite sense of guilt or meanness.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh! so very glad you are back.”
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading I returned her kiss with a queer feeling at my heart, too undifferentiated to be even a definite sense of guilt or meanness.
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading I returned her kiss with a queer feeling at my heart, too undifferentiated to be even a definite sense of guilt or meanness.
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading I returned her kiss with a queer feeling at my heart, too undifferentiated to be even a definite sense of guilt or meanness.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “So glad you are back, dear,” she said.
a general conscious awareness
From this reading I returned her kiss with a queer feeling at my heart, too undifferentiated to be even a definite sense of guilt or meanness.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “So glad you are back, dear,” she said.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “So glad you are back, dear,” she said.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I think it was chiefly amazement--at the universe--at myself.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading I think it was chiefly amazement--at the universe--at myself.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I returned her kiss with a queer feeling at my heart, too undifferentiated to be even a definite sense of guilt or meanness.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading I returned her kiss with a queer feeling at my heart, too undifferentiated to be even a definite sense of guilt or meanness.
not differentiated
From this reading I returned her kiss with a queer feeling at my heart, too undifferentiated to be even a definite sense of guilt or meanness.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading I think it was chiefly amazement--at the universe--at myself.
precisely as stated
From this reading “Oh! so very glad you are back.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I think it was chiefly amazement--at the universe--at myself.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “I never knew what it was to be away from you,” she said.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I returned her kiss with a queer feeling at my heart, too undifferentiated to be even a definite sense of guilt or meanness.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “So glad you are back, dear,” she said.
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