Chapter 2 of The Quest: A Romance is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Quest: A Romance is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The girl turned and stared at Baron de Vries with some astonishment. "You speak very strongly," said she. "I have never heard you speak so strongly of any one, I think." The Belgian made a little deprecatory gesture with his two hands, and he laughed. "Oh well, I like the boy.
Chapter 2 of The Quest: A Romance is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising
From this reading “The girl turned and stared at Baron de Vries with some astonishment.”
a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank
From this reading “The girl turned and stared at Baron de Vries with some astonishment.”
of or relating to or characteristic of Belgium or the Belgian people
From this reading “The Belgian made a little deprecatory gesture with his two hands, and he laughed.”
motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling
From this reading “The Belgian made a little deprecatory gesture with his two hands, and he laughed.”
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading “The Belgian made a little deprecatory gesture with his two hands, and he laughed.”
express in speech
From this reading “"You speak very strongly," said she.”
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading “The girl turned and stared at Baron de Vries with some astonishment.”
with strength or in a strong manner
From this reading “"You speak very strongly," said she.”
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In this reading “The girl turned and stared at Baron de Vries with some astonishment.”
In this reading “"I have never heard you speak so strongly of any one, I think."”
In this reading “The Belgian made a little deprecatory gesture with his two hands, and he laughed.”
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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 The Belgian made a little deprecatory gesture with his two hands, and he laughed.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The girl turned and stared at Baron de Vries with some astonishment.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading "I have never heard you speak so strongly of any one, I think."
the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising
From this reading The girl turned and stared at Baron de Vries with some astonishment.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The girl turned and stared at Baron de Vries with some astonishment.
a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank
From this reading The girl turned and stared at Baron de Vries with some astonishment.
of or relating to or characteristic of Belgium or the Belgian people
From this reading The Belgian made a little deprecatory gesture with his two hands, and he laughed.
a youthful male person
From this reading "Oh well, I like the boy.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading The girl turned and stared at Baron de Vries with some astonishment.
tending to diminish or disparage
From this reading The Belgian made a little deprecatory gesture with his two hands, and he laughed.
motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling
From this reading The Belgian made a little deprecatory gesture with his two hands, and he laughed.
a young female
From this reading The girl turned and stared at Baron de Vries with some astonishment.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading The Belgian made a little deprecatory gesture with his two hands, and he laughed.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I have never heard you speak so strongly of any one, I think."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The Belgian made a little deprecatory gesture with his two hands, and he laughed.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading "I have never heard you speak so strongly of any one, I think."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The Belgian made a little deprecatory gesture with his two hands, and he laughed.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I have never heard you speak so strongly of any one, I think."
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading The Belgian made a little deprecatory gesture with his two hands, and he laughed.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "Oh well, I like the boy.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The Belgian made a little deprecatory gesture with his two hands, and he laughed.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading The Belgian made a little deprecatory gesture with his two hands, and he laughed.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "I have never heard you speak so strongly of any one, I think."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "I have never heard you speak so strongly of any one, I think."
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh well, I like the boy.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "I have never heard you speak so strongly of any one, I think."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "You speak very strongly," said she.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "You speak very strongly," said she.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "I have never heard you speak so strongly of any one, I think."
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading The girl turned and stared at Baron de Vries with some astonishment.
express in speech
From this reading "You speak very strongly," said she.
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading The girl turned and stared at Baron de Vries with some astonishment.
with strength or in a strong manner
From this reading "You speak very strongly," said she.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The girl turned and stared at Baron de Vries with some astonishment.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading "I have never heard you speak so strongly of any one, I think."
moved around an axis or center
From this reading The girl turned and stared at Baron de Vries with some astonishment.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading The Belgian made a little deprecatory gesture with his two hands, and he laughed.
precisely as stated
From this reading "You speak very strongly," said she.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The girl turned and stared at Baron de Vries with some astonishment.
(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 well, I like the boy.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The girl turned and stared at Baron de Vries with some astonishment.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You speak very strongly," said she.
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