Chapter 6 of The Restless Sex is here in full — 396 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Restless Sex is here in full — 396 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Jim, I positively do not care for parties. I don’t even desire to waste one minute of my life. Ordinary people bore me, I tell you——" "Do I?" "Sometimes," she retorted, with delighted malice. And turning swiftly to Cleland Senior: "As for you, darling, I could spend every minute of my whole existence with you and not be bored for one second!"
Chapter 6 of The Restless Sex is here in full — 396 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/79 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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tired of the world
From this reading “And turning swiftly to Cleland Senior: "As for you, darling, I could spend every minute of my whole existence with you and not be bored for one second!"”
feeling a need to see others suffer
From this reading “"Sometimes," she retorted, with delighted malice.”
plural of “party” — an organization to gain political power
From this reading “"Jim, I positively do not care for parties.”
extremely
From this reading “"Jim, I positively do not care for parties.”
past form of “retort” — answer back
From this reading “"Sometimes," she retorted, with delighted malice.”
older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service
From this reading “And turning swiftly to Cleland Senior: "As for you, darling, I could spend every minute of my whole existence with you and not be bored for one second!"”
in a swift manner
From this reading “And turning swiftly to Cleland Senior: "As for you, darling, I could spend every minute of my whole existence with you and not be bored for one second!"”
any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
From this reading “I don’t even desire to waste one minute of my life.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “And turning swiftly to Cleland Senior: "As for you, darling, I could spend every minute of my whole existence with you and not be bored for one second!"”
In this reading “Ordinary people bore me, I tell you——" "Do I?"”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And turning swiftly to Cleland Senior: "As for you, darling, I could spend every minute of my whole existence with you and not be bored for one second!"
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And turning swiftly to Cleland Senior: "As for you, darling, I could spend every minute of my whole existence with you and not be bored for one second!"
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading And turning swiftly to Cleland Senior: "As for you, darling, I could spend every minute of my whole existence with you and not be bored for one second!"
cause to be bored
From this reading Ordinary people bore me, I tell you——" "Do I?"
tired of the world
From this reading And turning swiftly to Cleland Senior: "As for you, darling, I could spend every minute of my whole existence with you and not be bored for one second!"
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading "Jim, I positively do not care for parties.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And turning swiftly to Cleland Senior: "As for you, darling, I could spend every minute of my whole existence with you and not be bored for one second!"
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading And turning swiftly to Cleland Senior: "As for you, darling, I could spend every minute of my whole existence with you and not be bored for one second!"
a special loved one
From this reading And turning swiftly to Cleland Senior: "As for you, darling, I could spend every minute of my whole existence with you and not be bored for one second!"
greatly pleased
From this reading "Sometimes," she retorted, with delighted malice.
the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
From this reading I don’t even desire to waste one minute of my life.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Jim, I positively do not care for parties.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I don’t even desire to waste one minute of my life.
divisible by two
From this reading I don’t even desire to waste one minute of my life.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading And turning swiftly to Cleland Senior: "As for you, darling, I could spend every minute of my whole existence with you and not be bored for one second!"
the state or fact of existing
From this reading And turning swiftly to Cleland Senior: "As for you, darling, I could spend every minute of my whole existence with you and not be bored for one second!"
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Jim, I positively do not care for parties.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Jim, I positively do not care for parties.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Jim, I positively do not care for parties.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading I don’t even desire to waste one minute of my life.
feeling a need to see others suffer
From this reading "Sometimes," she retorted, with delighted malice.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Ordinary people bore me, I tell you——" "Do I?"
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading I don’t even desire to waste one minute of my life.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I don’t even desire to waste one minute of my life.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Jim, I positively do not care for parties.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I don’t even desire to waste one minute of my life.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I don’t even desire to waste one minute of my life.
a judge of a probate court
From this reading Ordinary people bore me, I tell you——" "Do I?"
plural of “party” — an organization to gain political power
From this reading "Jim, I positively do not care for parties.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading Ordinary people bore me, I tell you——" "Do I?"
extremely
From this reading "Jim, I positively do not care for parties.
past form of “retort” — answer back
From this reading "Sometimes," she retorted, with delighted malice.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading And turning swiftly to Cleland Senior: "As for you, darling, I could spend every minute of my whole existence with you and not be bored for one second!"
older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service
From this reading And turning swiftly to Cleland Senior: "As for you, darling, I could spend every minute of my whole existence with you and not be bored for one second!"
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Sometimes," she retorted, with delighted malice.
on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always
From this reading "Sometimes," she retorted, with delighted malice.
use up a period of time in a specific way
From this reading And turning swiftly to Cleland Senior: "As for you, darling, I could spend every minute of my whole existence with you and not be bored for one second!"
in a swift manner
From this reading And turning swiftly to Cleland Senior: "As for you, darling, I could spend every minute of my whole existence with you and not be bored for one second!"
express in words
From this reading Ordinary people bore me, I tell you——" "Do I?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I don’t even desire to waste one minute of my life.
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
From this reading And turning swiftly to Cleland Senior: "As for you, darling, I could spend every minute of my whole existence with you and not be bored for one second!"
any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
From this reading I don’t even desire to waste one minute of my life.
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading And turning swiftly to Cleland Senior: "As for you, darling, I could spend every minute of my whole existence with you and not be bored for one second!"
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Sometimes," she retorted, with delighted malice.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Ordinary people bore me, I tell you——" "Do I?"
Chapter 6 of The Restless Sex by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers holds 396 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.
Chapter 6 holds 396 sentences of The Restless Sex, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
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