Chapter 4 of The Princess Elopes is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Princess Elopes is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
She would never marry Doppelkinn--never. That horrible Steinbock! She was glad, glad that she had struck him, again and again, across his lying eyes and evil mouth. She had believed that she knew the world; it was all yet a mystery; the older she grew the less she understood. Wasn't anybody good?
Chapter 4 of The Princess Elopes is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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any person at all
From this reading “Wasn't anybody good?”
past form of “believe” — accept as true; take to be true
From this reading “She had believed that she knew the world; it was all yet a mystery; the older she grew the less she understood.”
morally objectionable behavior
From this reading “She was glad, glad that she had struck him, again and again, across his lying eyes and evil mouth.”
provoking horror
From this reading “That horrible Steinbock!”
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
From this reading “She was glad, glad that she had struck him, again and again, across his lying eyes and evil mouth.”
something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
From this reading “She had believed that she knew the world; it was all yet a mystery; the older she grew the less she understood.”
advanced in years; (“aged” is pronounced as two syllables)
From this reading “She had believed that she knew the world; it was all yet a mystery; the older she grew the less she understood.”
fully apprehended as to purport or meaning or explanation
From this reading “She had believed that she knew the world; it was all yet a mystery; the older she grew the less she understood.”
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 She had believed that she knew the world; it was all yet a mystery; the older she grew the less she understood.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading She was glad, glad that she had struck him, again and again, across his lying eyes and evil mouth.
anew
From this reading She was glad, glad that she had struck him, again and again, across his lying eyes and evil mouth.
(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 She had believed that she knew the world; it was all yet a mystery; the older she grew the less she understood.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She was glad, glad that she had struck him, again and again, across his lying eyes and evil mouth.
any person at all
From this reading Wasn't anybody good?
past form of “believe” — accept as true; take to be true
From this reading She had believed that she knew the world; it was all yet a mystery; the older she grew the less she understood.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She would never marry Doppelkinn--never.
morally objectionable behavior
From this reading She was glad, glad that she had struck him, again and again, across his lying eyes and evil mouth.
opinion or judgment
From this reading She was glad, glad that she had struck him, again and again, across his lying eyes and evil mouth.
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading She was glad, glad that she had struck him, again and again, across his lying eyes and evil mouth.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Wasn't anybody good?
inflected form of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading She had believed that she knew the world; it was all yet a mystery; the older she grew the less she understood.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She was glad, glad that she had struck him, again and again, across his lying eyes and evil mouth.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She was glad, glad that she had struck him, again and again, across his lying eyes and evil mouth.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She was glad, glad that she had struck him, again and again, across his lying eyes and evil mouth.
provoking horror
From this reading That horrible Steinbock!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She had believed that she knew the world; it was all yet a mystery; the older she grew the less she understood.
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 She had believed that she knew the world; it was all yet a mystery; the older she grew the less she understood.
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading She had believed that she knew the world; it was all yet a mystery; the older she grew the less she understood.
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
From this reading She was glad, glad that she had struck him, again and again, across his lying eyes and evil mouth.
take in marriage
From this reading She would never marry Doppelkinn--never.
the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
From this reading She was glad, glad that she had struck him, again and again, across his lying eyes and evil mouth.
something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
From this reading She had believed that she knew the world; it was all yet a mystery; the older she grew the less she understood.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading She would never marry Doppelkinn--never.
advanced in years; (“aged” is pronounced as two syllables)
From this reading She had believed that she knew the world; it was all yet a mystery; the older she grew the less she understood.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She would never marry Doppelkinn--never.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That horrible Steinbock!
(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
From this reading She was glad, glad that she had struck him, again and again, across his lying eyes and evil mouth.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That horrible Steinbock!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She had believed that she knew the world; it was all yet a mystery; the older she grew the less she understood.
fully apprehended as to purport or meaning or explanation
From this reading She had believed that she knew the world; it was all yet a mystery; the older she grew the less she understood.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was glad, glad that she had struck him, again and again, across his lying eyes and evil mouth.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Wasn't anybody good?
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading She had believed that she knew the world; it was all yet a mystery; the older she grew the less she understood.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She would never marry Doppelkinn--never.
but in spite of that
From this reading She had believed that she knew the world; it was all yet a mystery; the older she grew the less she understood.
Chapter 4 of The Princess Elopes by Harold MacGrath holds 438 sentences, grouped into 88 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 4 holds 438 sentences of The Princess Elopes, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
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