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The Red Lily — Complete

Chapter XXXIII · Chapter 33

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In the carriage, and in her room, she saw again the look of her lover, that cruel and dolorous look.
She knew with what facility he fell into despair, the promptness of his will not to will.
She had seen him run away thus on the shore of the Arno.
Happy then in her sadness and in her anguish, she could run after him and say, "Come."
Now, again surrounded, watched, she should have found something to say, and not have let him go from her dumb and desolate.
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The Red Lily — Complete

Chapter XXXIII · Chapter 33

Chapter 33 of The Red Lily — Complete is here in full — 141 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/28 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
In the carriage, and in her room, she saw again the look of her lover, that cruel and dolorous look.
Line 2
She knew with what facility he fell into despair, the promptness of his will not to will.
Line 3
She had seen him run away thus on the shore of the Arno.
/ʃiː hæd siːn hɪm rʌn əˈweɪ ðʌs ɑːn ðə ʃɔːr ʌv ðə ˈɑːrnoʊ/
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Happy then in her sadness and in her anguish, she could run after him and say, "Come."
/ˈhæpi ðen ɪn hɜːr ˈsædnəs ənd ɪn hɜːr ˈæŋɡwɪʃ ʃiː kʊd rʌn ˈæftər hɪm ənd seɪ kʌm/
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Now, again surrounded, watched, she should have found something to say, and not have let him go from her dumb and desolate.
/naʊ əˈɡen sərˈaʊndɪd wɑːtʃt ʃiː ʃʊd hæv faʊnd ˈsʌmθɪŋ tuː seɪ ənd nɑːt hæv let hɪm ɡoʊ frʌm hɜːr dʌm ənd ˈdesələt/

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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

anguish noun US /ˈæŋɡwɪʃ/

extreme mental distress

From this reading “Happy then in her sadness and in her anguish, she could run after him and say, "Come."”

Arno noun US /ˈɑːrnoʊ/

a river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea

From this reading “She had seen him run away thus on the shore of the Arno.”

desolate adjective US /ˈdesələt/

providing no shelter or sustenance

From this reading “Now, again surrounded, watched, she should have found something to say, and not have let him go from her dumb and desolate.”

despair noun US /dɪˈsper/

a state in which all hope is lost or absent

From this reading “She knew with what facility he fell into despair, the promptness of his will not to will.”

dumb adjective US /dʌm/

slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity

From this reading “Now, again surrounded, watched, she should have found something to say, and not have let him go from her dumb and desolate.”

facility noun US /fəˈsɪlɪti/

a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry

From this reading “She knew with what facility he fell into despair, the promptness of his will not to will.”

sadness noun US /ˈsædnəs/

emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being

From this reading “Happy then in her sadness and in her anguish, she could run after him and say, "Come."”

surrounded adjective US /sərˈaʊndɪd/

confined on all sides

From this reading “Now, again surrounded, watched, she should have found something to say, and not have let him go from her dumb and desolate.”

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afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading Happy then in her sadness and in her anguish, she could run after him and say, "Come."

againadverbUS /əˈɡen/

anew

From this reading In the carriage, and in her room, she saw again the look of her lover, that cruel and dolorous look.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading In the carriage, and in her room, she saw again the look of her lover, that cruel and dolorous look.

anguishnounUS /ˈæŋɡwɪʃ/

extreme mental distress

From this reading Happy then in her sadness and in her anguish, she could run after him and say, "Come."

ArnonounUS /ˈɑːrnoʊ/

a river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea

From this reading She had seen him run away thus on the shore of the Arno.

awayadverbUS /əˈweɪ/

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading She had seen him run away thus on the shore of the Arno.

carriagenounUS /ˈkærɪdʒ/

a railcar where passengers ride

From this reading In the carriage, and in her room, she saw again the look of her lover, that cruel and dolorous look.

ComeverbUS /kʌm/

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading Happy then in her sadness and in her anguish, she could run after him and say, "Come."

couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading Happy then in her sadness and in her anguish, she could run after him and say, "Come."

crueladjectiveUS /ˈkruːəl/

(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

From this reading In the carriage, and in her room, she saw again the look of her lover, that cruel and dolorous look.

desolateadjectiveUS /ˈdesələt/

providing no shelter or sustenance

From this reading Now, again surrounded, watched, she should have found something to say, and not have let him go from her dumb and desolate.

despairnounUS /dɪˈsper/

a state in which all hope is lost or absent

From this reading She knew with what facility he fell into despair, the promptness of his will not to will.

dolorousadjective

showing sorrow

From this reading In the carriage, and in her room, she saw again the look of her lover, that cruel and dolorous look.

dumbadjectiveUS /dʌm/

slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity

From this reading Now, again surrounded, watched, she should have found something to say, and not have let him go from her dumb and desolate.

facilitynounUS /fəˈsɪlɪti/

a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry

From this reading She knew with what facility he fell into despair, the promptness of his will not to will.

fellverbUS /fel/

cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow

From this reading She knew with what facility he fell into despair, the promptness of his will not to will.

foundverbUS /faʊnd/

set up or found

From this reading Now, again surrounded, watched, she should have found something to say, and not have let him go from her dumb and desolate.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Now, again surrounded, watched, she should have found something to say, and not have let him go from her dumb and desolate.

goverbUS /ɡoʊ/

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading Now, again surrounded, watched, she should have found something to say, and not have let him go from her dumb and desolate.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading She had seen him run away thus on the shore of the Arno.

HappyadjectiveUS /ˈhæpi/

enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure

From this reading Happy then in her sadness and in her anguish, she could run after him and say, "Come."

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Now, again surrounded, watched, she should have found something to say, and not have let him go from her dumb and desolate.

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading She knew with what facility he fell into despair, the promptness of his will not to will.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading In the carriage, and in her room, she saw again the look of her lover, that cruel and dolorous look.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading She had seen him run away thus on the shore of the Arno.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading She knew with what facility he fell into despair, the promptness of his will not to will.

InprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading In the carriage, and in her room, she saw again the look of her lover, that cruel and dolorous look.

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading She knew with what facility he fell into despair, the promptness of his will not to will.

knewverbUS /nuː/

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 knew with what facility he fell into despair, the promptness of his will not to will.

letauxiliary verbUS /let/

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading Now, again surrounded, watched, she should have found something to say, and not have let him go from her dumb and desolate.

lookverbUS /lʊk/

perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

From this reading In the carriage, and in her room, she saw again the look of her lover, that cruel and dolorous look.

lovernounUS /ˈlʌvər/

a person who loves someone or is loved by someone

From this reading In the carriage, and in her room, she saw again the look of her lover, that cruel and dolorous look.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading She knew with what facility he fell into despair, the promptness of his will not to will.

NowadverbUS /naʊ/

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading Now, again surrounded, watched, she should have found something to say, and not have let him go from her dumb and desolate.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading In the carriage, and in her room, she saw again the look of her lover, that cruel and dolorous look.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading She had seen him run away thus on the shore of the Arno.

promptnessnoun

the characteristic of doing things without delay

From this reading She knew with what facility he fell into despair, the promptness of his will not to will.

roomnounUS /ruːm/

an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling

From this reading In the carriage, and in her room, she saw again the look of her lover, that cruel and dolorous look.

runverbUS /rʌn/

move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time

From this reading She had seen him run away thus on the shore of the Arno.

sadnessnounUS /ˈsædnəs/

emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being

From this reading Happy then in her sadness and in her anguish, she could run after him and say, "Come."

sawverbUS /sɔː/

cut with a saw

From this reading In the carriage, and in her room, she saw again the look of her lover, that cruel and dolorous look.

sayverbUS /seɪ/

express in words

From this reading Happy then in her sadness and in her anguish, she could run after him and say, "Come."

seenverbUS /siːn/

inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading She had seen him run away thus on the shore of the Arno.

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading In the carriage, and in her room, she saw again the look of her lover, that cruel and dolorous look.

shorenounUS /ʃɔːr/

the land along the edge of a body of water

From this reading She had seen him run away thus on the shore of the Arno.

shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading Now, again surrounded, watched, she should have found something to say, and not have let him go from her dumb and desolate.

somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/

a thing, without saying which

From this reading Now, again surrounded, watched, she should have found something to say, and not have let him go from her dumb and desolate.

surroundedadjectiveUS /sərˈaʊndɪd/

confined on all sides

From this reading Now, again surrounded, watched, she should have found something to say, and not have let him go from her dumb and desolate.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading In the carriage, and in her room, she saw again the look of her lover, that cruel and dolorous look.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading In the carriage, and in her room, she saw again the look of her lover, that cruel and dolorous look.

thenadverbUS /ðen/

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading Happy then in her sadness and in her anguish, she could run after him and say, "Come."

thusadverbUS /ðʌs/

(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result

From this reading She had seen him run away thus on the shore of the Arno.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading She knew with what facility he fell into despair, the promptness of his will not to will.

watchedverbUS /wɑːtʃt/

past form of “watch” — look attentively

From this reading Now, again surrounded, watched, she should have found something to say, and not have let him go from her dumb and desolate.

whatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading She knew with what facility he fell into despair, the promptness of his will not to will.

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading She knew with what facility he fell into despair, the promptness of his will not to will.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading She knew with what facility he fell into despair, the promptness of his will not to will.

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