Chapter 16 of The Princess Casamassima: A Novel is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of The Princess Casamassima: A Novel is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“I dare say. But all the same, whatever is going to come, one _must_ do something.” “You do think, then, that something is going to come?” said the Princess. “Oh, immense changes, I dare say. But I don’t belong to anything, you know.”
Chapter 16 of The Princess Casamassima: A Novel is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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any thing at all
From this reading “But I don’t belong to anything, you know.””
be owned by; be in the possession of
From this reading “But I don’t belong to anything, you know.””
plural of “change” — an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
From this reading ““Oh, immense changes, I dare say.”
take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
From this reading ““I dare say.”
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading ““Oh, immense changes, I dare say.”
The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.
From this reading ““You do think, then, that something is going to come?” said the Princess.”
Identical; not different.
From this reading “But all the same, whatever is going to come, one _must_ do something.””
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading “But all the same, whatever is going to come, one _must_ do something.””
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.
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(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading But all the same, whatever is going to come, one _must_ do something.”
any thing at all
From this reading But I don’t belong to anything, you know.”
be owned by; be in the possession of
From this reading But I don’t belong to anything, you know.”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But all the same, whatever is going to come, one _must_ do something.”
plural of “change” — an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
From this reading “Oh, immense changes, I dare say.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading But all the same, whatever is going to come, one _must_ do something.”
take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
From this reading “I dare say.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading But all the same, whatever is going to come, one _must_ do something.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But I don’t belong to anything, you know.”
the act of departing
From this reading But all the same, whatever is going to come, one _must_ do something.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I dare say.
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading “Oh, immense changes, I dare say.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But all the same, whatever is going to come, one _must_ do something.”
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 belong to anything, you know.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading But all the same, whatever is going to come, one _must_ do something.”
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, immense changes, I dare say.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading But all the same, whatever is going to come, one _must_ do something.”
The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.
From this reading “You do think, then, that something is going to come?” said the Princess.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “You do think, then, that something is going to come?” said the Princess.
Identical; not different.
From this reading But all the same, whatever is going to come, one _must_ do something.”
express in words
From this reading “I dare say.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading But all the same, whatever is going to come, one _must_ do something.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “You do think, then, that something is going to come?” said the Princess.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But all the same, whatever is going to come, one _must_ do something.”
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading “You do think, then, that something is going to come?” said the Princess.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading “You do think, then, that something is going to come?” said the Princess.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But all the same, whatever is going to come, one _must_ do something.”
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading But all the same, whatever is going to come, one _must_ do something.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You do think, then, that something is going to come?” said the Princess.
Chapter 16 of The Princess Casamassima: A Novel by Henry James holds 400 sentences, grouped into 80 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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