Chapter 6 of The Three Lovers is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Three Lovers is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Well!" ejaculated Patricia, wholly to herself. Harry cast a laughing, appealing glance at her. He was captured, and by a ruthless and rather boisterous victor. Patricia followed the two indignantly with her eyes. Swift anger gripped her.
Chapter 6 of The Three Lovers is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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able to attract interest or draw favorable attention
From this reading “Harry cast a laughing, appealing glance at her.”
noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
From this reading “He was captured, and by a ruthless and rather boisterous victor.”
past form of “capture” — succeed in representing or expressing something intangible
From this reading “He was captured, and by a ruthless and rather boisterous victor.”
inflected form of “grip” — hold fast or firmly
From this reading “Swift anger gripped her.”
in an indignant manner
From this reading “Patricia followed the two indignantly with her eyes.”
without mercy or pity
From this reading “He was captured, and by a ruthless and rather boisterous victor.”
a combatant who is able to defeat rivals
From this reading “He was captured, and by a ruthless and rather boisterous victor.”
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading “"Well!" ejaculated Patricia, wholly to herself.”
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 “Harry cast a laughing, appealing glance at her.”
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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 Harry cast a laughing, appealing glance at her.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He was captured, and by a ruthless and rather boisterous victor.
a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
From this reading Swift anger gripped her.
able to attract interest or draw favorable attention
From this reading Harry cast a laughing, appealing glance at her.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Harry cast a laughing, appealing glance at her.
noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
From this reading He was captured, and by a ruthless and rather boisterous victor.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He was captured, and by a ruthless and rather boisterous victor.
past form of “capture” — succeed in representing or expressing something intangible
From this reading He was captured, and by a ruthless and rather boisterous victor.
put or send forth
From this reading Harry cast a laughing, appealing glance at her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Well!" ejaculated Patricia, wholly to herself.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Patricia followed the two indignantly with her eyes.
past form of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading Patricia followed the two indignantly with her eyes.
throw a glance at; take a brief look at
From this reading Harry cast a laughing, appealing glance at her.
inflected form of “grip” — hold fast or firmly
From this reading Swift anger gripped her.
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading Harry cast a laughing, appealing glance at her.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was captured, and by a ruthless and rather boisterous victor.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Harry cast a laughing, appealing glance at her.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading "Well!" ejaculated Patricia, wholly to herself.
in an indignant manner
From this reading Patricia followed the two indignantly with her eyes.
showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness
From this reading Harry cast a laughing, appealing glance at her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Well!" ejaculated Patricia, wholly to herself.
on the contrary
From this reading He was captured, and by a ruthless and rather boisterous victor.
without mercy or pity
From this reading He was captured, and by a ruthless and rather boisterous victor.
moving very fast
From this reading Swift anger gripped her.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Patricia followed the two indignantly with her eyes.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Well!" ejaculated Patricia, wholly to herself.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Patricia followed the two indignantly with her eyes.
a combatant who is able to defeat rivals
From this reading He was captured, and by a ruthless and rather boisterous victor.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was captured, and by a ruthless and rather boisterous victor.
(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 "Well!" ejaculated Patricia, wholly to herself.
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading "Well!" ejaculated Patricia, wholly to herself.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Patricia followed the two indignantly with her eyes.
Chapter 6 of The Three Lovers by Frank Swinnerton holds 410 sentences, grouped into 82 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 410 sentences of The Three Lovers, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of The Three Lovers by Frank Swinnerton exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 410 sentences, grouped into 82 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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