Chapter 14 of The Passionate Friends is here in full — 392 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of The Passionate Friends is here in full — 392 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"We should still have met." "Stephen!... Stephen, you must bear with me...." "This is a thing," I said, "that falls as you say out of the sky. It seemed so natural--for her to write....
Chapter 14 of The Passionate Friends is here in full — 392 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/78 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
have
From this reading “Stephen, you must bear with me...."”
the petals or sepals of a flower that bend downward (especially the outer perianth of an iris)
From this reading “"This is a thing," I said, "that falls as you say out of the sky.”
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading “"We should still have met."”
in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature
From this reading “It seemed so natural--for her to write....”
the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
From this reading “"This is a thing," I said, "that falls as you say out of the sky.”
English writer (1832-1904)
From this reading “"Stephen!...”
a special situation
From this reading “"This is a thing," I said, "that falls as you say out of the sky.”
produce a literary work
From this reading “It seemed so natural--for her to write....”
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.
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 "This is a thing," I said, "that falls as you say out of the sky.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "This is a thing," I said, "that falls as you say out of the sky.
have
From this reading Stephen, you must bear with me...."
the petals or sepals of a flower that bend downward (especially the outer perianth of an iris)
From this reading "This is a thing," I said, "that falls as you say out of the sky.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It seemed so natural--for her to write....
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "We should still have met."
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading It seemed so natural--for her to write....
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "This is a thing," I said, "that falls as you say out of the sky.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "This is a thing," I said, "that falls as you say out of the sky.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It seemed so natural--for her to write....
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Stephen, you must bear with me...."
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading "We should still have met."
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Stephen, you must bear with me...."
in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature
From this reading It seemed so natural--for her to write....
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "This is a thing," I said, "that falls as you say out of the sky.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "This is a thing," I said, "that falls as you say out of the sky.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "This is a thing," I said, "that falls as you say out of the sky.
express in words
From this reading "This is a thing," I said, "that falls as you say out of the sky.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading It seemed so natural--for her to write....
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading "We should still have met."
the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
From this reading "This is a thing," I said, "that falls as you say out of the sky.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It seemed so natural--for her to write....
English writer (1832-1904)
From this reading "Stephen!...
not in physical motion
From this reading "We should still have met."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "This is a thing," I said, "that falls as you say out of the sky.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "This is a thing," I said, "that falls as you say out of the sky.
a special situation
From this reading "This is a thing," I said, "that falls as you say out of the sky.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "This is a thing," I said, "that falls as you say out of the sky.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It seemed so natural--for her to write....
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "We should still have met."
in the company of; together with
From this reading Stephen, you must bear with me...."
produce a literary work
From this reading It seemed so natural--for her to write....
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Stephen, you must bear with me...."
Chapter 14 of The Passionate Friends by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells holds 392 sentences, grouped into 79 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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