Chapter 5 of The Plumed Serpent is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Plumed Serpent is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“That’s awfully nice of you to come and say so,” she said, warming to him. “No, not nice,” he said, frowning. “But I don’t know what to _do_. Perhaps you think I am--different--I am not the thing that I am. And I don’t want it.”
Chapter 5 of The Plumed Serpent is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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used as intensifiers
From this reading ““That’s awfully nice of you to come and say so,” she said, warming to him.”
unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
From this reading “Perhaps you think I am--different--I am not the thing that I am.”
showing displeasure or anger
From this reading ““No, not nice,” he said, frowning.”
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading ““That’s awfully nice of you to come and say so,” she said, warming to him.”
by chance
From this reading “Perhaps you think I am--different--I am not the thing that I am.”
a special situation
From this reading “Perhaps you think I am--different--I am not the thing that I am.”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “And I don’t want it.””
imparting heat
From this reading ““That’s awfully nice of you to come and say so,” she said, warming to him.”
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 ““That’s awfully nice of you to come and say so,” she said, warming to him.”
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the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Perhaps you think I am--different--I am not the thing that I am.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “That’s awfully nice of you to come and say so,” she said, warming to him.
used as intensifiers
From this reading “That’s awfully nice of you to come and say so,” she said, warming to him.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “But I don’t know what to _do_.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “That’s awfully nice of you to come and say so,” she said, warming to him.
unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
From this reading Perhaps you think I am--different--I am not the thing that I am.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “But I don’t know what to _do_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “But I don’t know what to _do_.
showing displeasure or anger
From this reading “No, not nice,” he said, frowning.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “No, not nice,” he said, frowning.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “That’s awfully nice of you to come and say so,” she said, warming to him.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “But I don’t know what to _do_.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And I don’t want it.”
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “But I don’t know what to _do_.
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading “That’s awfully nice of you to come and say so,” she said, warming to him.
not any; not one
From this reading “No, not nice,” he said, frowning.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “No, not nice,” he said, frowning.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “That’s awfully nice of you to come and say so,” she said, warming to him.
by chance
From this reading Perhaps you think I am--different--I am not the thing that I am.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “That’s awfully nice of you to come and say so,” she said, warming to him.
express in words
From this reading “That’s awfully nice of you to come and say so,” she said, warming to him.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “That’s awfully nice of you to come and say so,” she said, warming to him.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “That’s awfully nice of you to come and say so,” she said, warming to him.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Perhaps you think I am--different--I am not the thing that I am.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “That’s awfully nice of you to come and say so,” she said, warming to him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Perhaps you think I am--different--I am not the thing that I am.
a special situation
From this reading Perhaps you think I am--different--I am not the thing that I am.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading Perhaps you think I am--different--I am not the thing that I am.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “That’s awfully nice of you to come and say so,” she said, warming to him.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading And I don’t want it.”
imparting heat
From this reading “That’s awfully nice of you to come and say so,” she said, warming to him.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “But I don’t know what to _do_.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “That’s awfully nice of you to come and say so,” she said, warming to him.
Chapter 5 of The Plumed Serpent by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence holds 412 sentences, grouped into 83 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 5 holds 412 sentences of The Plumed Serpent, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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