Chapter 9 of The Professor is here in full — 88 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The Professor is here in full — 88 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AND Pelet himself? How did I continue to like him? Oh, extremely well! Nothing could be more smooth, gentlemanlike, and even friendly, than his demeanour to me. I had to endure from him neither cold neglect, irritating interference, nor pretentious assumption of superiority.
Chapter 9 of The Professor is here in full — 88 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn
From this reading “I had to endure from him neither cold neglect, irritating interference, nor pretentious assumption of superiority.”
(behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people
From this reading “Nothing could be more smooth, gentlemanlike, and even friendly, than his demeanour to me.”
put up with something or somebody unpleasant
From this reading “I had to endure from him neither cold neglect, irritating interference, nor pretentious assumption of superiority.”
a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries
From this reading “I had to endure from him neither cold neglect, irritating interference, nor pretentious assumption of superiority.”
causing irritation or annoyance
From this reading “I had to endure from him neither cold neglect, irritating interference, nor pretentious assumption of superiority.”
leave undone or leave out
From this reading “I had to endure from him neither cold neglect, irritating interference, nor pretentious assumption of superiority.”
making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction
From this reading “I had to endure from him neither cold neglect, irritating interference, nor pretentious assumption of superiority.”
the quality of being superior
From this reading “I had to endure from him neither cold neglect, irritating interference, nor pretentious assumption of superiority.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading AND Pelet himself?
a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn
From this reading I had to endure from him neither cold neglect, irritating interference, nor pretentious assumption of superiority.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Nothing could be more smooth, gentlemanlike, and even friendly, than his demeanour to me.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading I had to endure from him neither cold neglect, irritating interference, nor pretentious assumption of superiority.
continue a certain state, condition, or activity
From this reading How did I continue to like him?
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Nothing could be more smooth, gentlemanlike, and even friendly, than his demeanour to me.
(behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people
From this reading Nothing could be more smooth, gentlemanlike, and even friendly, than his demeanour to me.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading How did I continue to like him?
put up with something or somebody unpleasant
From this reading I had to endure from him neither cold neglect, irritating interference, nor pretentious assumption of superiority.
divisible by two
From this reading Nothing could be more smooth, gentlemanlike, and even friendly, than his demeanour to me.
to a high degree or extent; favorably or with much respect
From this reading Oh, extremely well!
characteristic of or befitting a friend
From this reading Nothing could be more smooth, gentlemanlike, and even friendly, than his demeanour to me.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I had to endure from him neither cold neglect, irritating interference, nor pretentious assumption of superiority.
befitting a man of good breeding
From this reading Nothing could be more smooth, gentlemanlike, and even friendly, than his demeanour to me.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I had to endure from him neither cold neglect, irritating interference, nor pretentious assumption of superiority.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading How did I continue to like him?
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading AND Pelet himself?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Nothing could be more smooth, gentlemanlike, and even friendly, than his demeanour to me.
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From this reading How did I continue to like him?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading How did I continue to like him?
a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries
From this reading I had to endure from him neither cold neglect, irritating interference, nor pretentious assumption of superiority.
causing irritation or annoyance
From this reading I had to endure from him neither cold neglect, irritating interference, nor pretentious assumption of superiority.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading How did I continue to like him?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Nothing could be more smooth, gentlemanlike, and even friendly, than his demeanour to me.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Nothing could be more smooth, gentlemanlike, and even friendly, than his demeanour to me.
leave undone or leave out
From this reading I had to endure from him neither cold neglect, irritating interference, nor pretentious assumption of superiority.
not one and not the other of two
From this reading I had to endure from him neither cold neglect, irritating interference, nor pretentious assumption of superiority.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading I had to endure from him neither cold neglect, irritating interference, nor pretentious assumption of superiority.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Nothing could be more smooth, gentlemanlike, and even friendly, than his demeanour to me.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I had to endure from him neither cold neglect, irritating interference, nor pretentious assumption of superiority.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, extremely well!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AND Pelet himself?
making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction
From this reading I had to endure from him neither cold neglect, irritating interference, nor pretentious assumption of superiority.
having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities
From this reading Nothing could be more smooth, gentlemanlike, and even friendly, than his demeanour to me.
the quality of being superior
From this reading I had to endure from him neither cold neglect, irritating interference, nor pretentious assumption of superiority.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Nothing could be more smooth, gentlemanlike, and even friendly, than his demeanour to me.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading How did I continue to like him?
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Oh, extremely well!
Chapter 9 of The Professor by Charlotte Brontë holds 88 sentences, grouped into 18 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 9 holds 88 sentences of The Professor, unabridged, divided into 18 reading sections.
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