Chapter 8 of The Tiger Lily is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of The Tiger Lily is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Risk?" she laughed softly. "You will protect me. I must go now, and you will wait till your poor Italian model is here once more--she whom you love so well." He clasped her to his heart, and held her till she faintly struggled to be free, and then laughingly covered her face with the thick veil her husband had thrown down. "There," she said merrily.
Chapter 8 of The Tiger Lily is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “clasp” — hold firmly and tightly
From this reading “He clasped her to his heart, and held her till she faintly struggled to be free, and then laughingly covered her face with the thick veil her husband had thrown down.”
to a faint degree or weakly perceived
From this reading “He clasped her to his heart, and held her till she faintly struggled to be free, and then laughingly covered her face with the thick veil her husband had thrown down.”
with laughter; while laughing
From this reading “He clasped her to his heart, and held her till she faintly struggled to be free, and then laughingly covered her face with the thick veil her husband had thrown down.”
in a joyous manner
From this reading “"There," she said merrily.”
a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
From this reading “I must go now, and you will wait till your poor Italian model is here once more--she whom you love so well."”
shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage
From this reading “"You will protect me.”
past form of “struggle” — make a strenuous or labored effort
From this reading “He clasped her to his heart, and held her till she faintly struggled to be free, and then laughingly covered her face with the thick veil her husband had thrown down.”
a garment that covers the head and face
From this reading “He clasped her to his heart, and held her till she faintly struggled to be free, and then laughingly covered her face with the thick veil her husband had thrown down.”
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 “He clasped her to his heart, and held her till she faintly struggled to be free, and then laughingly covered her face with the thick veil her husband had thrown down.”
In this reading “I must go now, and you will wait till your poor Italian model is here once more--she whom you love so well."”
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 I must go now, and you will wait till your poor Italian model is here once more--she whom you love so well."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He clasped her to his heart, and held her till she faintly struggled to be free, and then laughingly covered her face with the thick veil her husband had thrown down.
past form of “clasp” — hold firmly and tightly
From this reading He clasped her to his heart, and held her till she faintly struggled to be free, and then laughingly covered her face with the thick veil her husband had thrown down.
overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form
From this reading He clasped her to his heart, and held her till she faintly struggled to be free, and then laughingly covered her face with the thick veil her husband had thrown down.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading He clasped her to his heart, and held her till she faintly struggled to be free, and then laughingly covered her face with the thick veil her husband had thrown down.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading He clasped her to his heart, and held her till she faintly struggled to be free, and then laughingly covered her face with the thick veil her husband had thrown down.
to a faint degree or weakly perceived
From this reading He clasped her to his heart, and held her till she faintly struggled to be free, and then laughingly covered her face with the thick veil her husband had thrown down.
grant freedom to; free from confinement
From this reading He clasped her to his heart, and held her till she faintly struggled to be free, and then laughingly covered her face with the thick veil her husband had thrown down.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading I must go now, and you will wait till your poor Italian model is here once more--she whom you love so well."
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He clasped her to his heart, and held her till she faintly struggled to be free, and then laughingly covered her face with the thick veil her husband had thrown down.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He clasped her to his heart, and held her till she faintly struggled to be free, and then laughingly covered her face with the thick veil her husband had thrown down.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading He clasped her to his heart, and held her till she faintly struggled to be free, and then laughingly covered her face with the thick veil her husband had thrown down.
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading He clasped her to his heart, and held her till she faintly struggled to be free, and then laughingly covered her face with the thick veil her husband had thrown down.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He clasped her to his heart, and held her till she faintly struggled to be free, and then laughingly covered her face with the thick veil her husband had thrown down.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading I must go now, and you will wait till your poor Italian model is here once more--she whom you love so well."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He clasped her to his heart, and held her till she faintly struggled to be free, and then laughingly covered her face with the thick veil her husband had thrown down.
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading He clasped her to his heart, and held her till she faintly struggled to be free, and then laughingly covered her face with the thick veil her husband had thrown down.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I must go now, and you will wait till your poor Italian model is here once more--she whom you love so well."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I must go now, and you will wait till your poor Italian model is here once more--she whom you love so well."
a native or inhabitant of Italy
From this reading I must go now, and you will wait till your poor Italian model is here once more--she whom you love so well."
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading "Risk?" she laughed softly.
with laughter; while laughing
From this reading He clasped her to his heart, and held her till she faintly struggled to be free, and then laughingly covered her face with the thick veil her husband had thrown down.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading I must go now, and you will wait till your poor Italian model is here once more--she whom you love so well."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "You will protect me.
in a joyous manner
From this reading "There," she said merrily.
a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
From this reading I must go now, and you will wait till your poor Italian model is here once more--she whom you love so well."
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading I must go now, and you will wait till your poor Italian model is here once more--she whom you love so well."
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading I must go now, and you will wait till your poor Italian model is here once more--she whom you love so well."
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading I must go now, and you will wait till your poor Italian model is here once more--she whom you love so well."
on one occasion
From this reading I must go now, and you will wait till your poor Italian model is here once more--she whom you love so well."
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading I must go now, and you will wait till your poor Italian model is here once more--she whom you love so well."
shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage
From this reading "You will protect me.
a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
From this reading "Risk?" she laughed softly.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "There," she said merrily.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Risk?" she laughed softly.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I must go now, and you will wait till your poor Italian model is here once more--she whom you love so well."
with low volume
From this reading "Risk?" she laughed softly.
past form of “struggle” — make a strenuous or labored effort
From this reading He clasped her to his heart, and held her till she faintly struggled to be free, and then laughingly covered her face with the thick veil her husband had thrown down.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He clasped her to his heart, and held her till she faintly struggled to be free, and then laughingly covered her face with the thick veil her husband had thrown down.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading He clasped her to his heart, and held her till she faintly struggled to be free, and then laughingly covered her face with the thick veil her husband had thrown down.
in or at that place or location
From this reading "There," she said merrily.
not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
From this reading He clasped her to his heart, and held her till she faintly struggled to be free, and then laughingly covered her face with the thick veil her husband had thrown down.
caused to fall to the ground
From this reading He clasped her to his heart, and held her till she faintly struggled to be free, and then laughingly covered her face with the thick veil her husband had thrown down.
up to a particular time
From this reading I must go now, and you will wait till your poor Italian model is here once more--she whom you love so well."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He clasped her to his heart, and held her till she faintly struggled to be free, and then laughingly covered her face with the thick veil her husband had thrown down.
a garment that covers the head and face
From this reading He clasped her to his heart, and held her till she faintly struggled to be free, and then laughingly covered her face with the thick veil her husband had thrown down.
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading I must go now, and you will wait till your poor Italian model is here once more--she whom you love so well."
(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 I must go now, and you will wait till your poor Italian model is here once more--she whom you love so well."
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I must go now, and you will wait till your poor Italian model is here once more--she whom you love so well."
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "You will protect me.
in the company of; together with
From this reading He clasped her to his heart, and held her till she faintly struggled to be free, and then laughingly covered her face with the thick veil her husband had thrown down.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You will protect me.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I must go now, and you will wait till your poor Italian model is here once more--she whom you love so well."
Chapter 8 of The Tiger Lily by George Manville Fenn 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.
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