Chapter 5 of The Story of an Untold Love is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Story of an Untold Love is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I shook my head. “Not even to please mamma and me?” she questioned. Again I gave the same answer, and without a word of parting she left me and passed through the doorway. From that time she has treated me coldly. Another complication only tended to increase the coldness, as well as to involve me with Mrs. Blodgett.
Chapter 5 of The Story of an Untold Love is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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lacking warmth of feeling; in a cold, unemotional manner
From this reading “From that time she has treated me coldly.”
the sensation produced by low temperatures
From this reading “Another complication only tended to increase the coldness, as well as to involve me with Mrs. Blodgett.”
the act or process of complicating
From this reading “Another complication only tended to increase the coldness, as well as to involve me with Mrs. Blodgett.”
a quantity that is added
From this reading “Another complication only tended to increase the coldness, as well as to involve me with Mrs. Blodgett.”
connect closely and often incriminatingly
From this reading “Another complication only tended to increase the coldness, as well as to involve me with Mrs. Blodgett.”
the act of departing politely
From this reading “Again I gave the same answer, and without a word of parting she left me and passed through the doorway.”
past form of “question” — challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading ““Not even to please mamma and me?” she questioned.”
past form of “tend” — have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
From this reading “Another complication only tended to increase the coldness, as well as to involve me with Mrs. Blodgett.”
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.
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make a passage or journey from one place to another
In this reading “Again I gave the same answer, and without a word of parting she left me and passed through the doorway.”
In this reading “Again I gave the same answer, and without a word of parting she left me and passed through the doorway.”
In this reading “Again I gave the same answer, and without a word of parting she left me and passed through the doorway.”
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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 Again I gave the same answer, and without a word of parting she left me and passed through the doorway.
anew
From this reading Again I gave the same answer, and without a word of parting she left me and passed through the doorway.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Not even to please mamma and me?” she questioned.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading Another complication only tended to increase the coldness, as well as to involve me with Mrs. Blodgett.
react verbally
From this reading Again I gave the same answer, and without a word of parting she left me and passed through the doorway.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Another complication only tended to increase the coldness, as well as to involve me with Mrs. Blodgett.
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From this reading Another complication only tended to increase the coldness, as well as to involve me with Mrs. Blodgett.
lacking warmth of feeling; in a cold, unemotional manner
From this reading From that time she has treated me coldly.
the sensation produced by low temperatures
From this reading Another complication only tended to increase the coldness, as well as to involve me with Mrs. Blodgett.
the act or process of complicating
From this reading Another complication only tended to increase the coldness, as well as to involve me with Mrs. Blodgett.
the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close
From this reading Again I gave the same answer, and without a word of parting she left me and passed through the doorway.
divisible by two
From this reading “Not even to please mamma and me?” she questioned.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From that time she has treated me coldly.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Again I gave the same answer, and without a word of parting she left me and passed through the doorway.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading From that time she has treated me coldly.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading I shook my head.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I shook my head.
a quantity that is added
From this reading Another complication only tended to increase the coldness, as well as to involve me with Mrs. Blodgett.
connect closely and often incriminatingly
From this reading Another complication only tended to increase the coldness, as well as to involve me with Mrs. Blodgett.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading Again I gave the same answer, and without a word of parting she left me and passed through the doorway.
informal terms for a mother
From this reading “Not even to please mamma and me?” she questioned.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Not even to please mamma and me?” she questioned.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Another complication only tended to increase the coldness, as well as to involve me with Mrs. Blodgett.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I shook my head.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Not even to please mamma and me?” she questioned.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Again I gave the same answer, and without a word of parting she left me and passed through the doorway.
and nothing more
From this reading Another complication only tended to increase the coldness, as well as to involve me with Mrs. Blodgett.
the act of departing politely
From this reading Again I gave the same answer, and without a word of parting she left me and passed through the doorway.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading Again I gave the same answer, and without a word of parting she left me and passed through the doorway.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading “Not even to please mamma and me?” she questioned.
past form of “question” — challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading “Not even to please mamma and me?” she questioned.
Identical; not different.
From this reading Again I gave the same answer, and without a word of parting she left me and passed through the doorway.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Not even to please mamma and me?” she questioned.
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading I shook my head.
past form of “tend” — have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
From this reading Another complication only tended to increase the coldness, as well as to involve me with Mrs. Blodgett.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading From that time she has treated me coldly.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Again I gave the same answer, and without a word of parting she left me and passed through the doorway.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Again I gave the same answer, and without a word of parting she left me and passed through the doorway.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading From that time she has treated me coldly.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Not even to please mamma and me?” she questioned.
subjected to a physical (or chemical) treatment or action or agent
From this reading From that time she has treated me coldly.
(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 Another complication only tended to increase the coldness, as well as to involve me with Mrs. Blodgett.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Another complication only tended to increase the coldness, as well as to involve me with Mrs. Blodgett.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Again I gave the same answer, and without a word of parting she left me and passed through the doorway.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading Again I gave the same answer, and without a word of parting she left me and passed through the doorway.
Chapter 5 of The Story of an Untold Love by Paul Leicester Ford holds 429 sentences, grouped into 86 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.
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