Chapter 13 of The Well-Beloved: A Sketch of a Temperament is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of The Well-Beloved: A Sketch of a Temperament is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
'Well,' said Pierston, 'your coming means that you are willing to make it up with her?' 'Ay, I don't know but I be,' said the man. 'Mid so well do that as anything else!' 'If you do, thoroughly, a good business in your old line awaits you here in the island.' 'Wi' all my heart, then,' said the man.
Chapter 13 of The Well-Beloved: A Sketch of a Temperament is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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third-person singular of “await” — look forward to the probable occurrence of
From this reading “'If you do, thoroughly, a good business in your old line awaits you here in the island.'”
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading “'If you do, thoroughly, a good business in your old line awaits you here in the island.'”
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading “'If you do, thoroughly, a good business in your old line awaits you here in the island.'”
a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading “'If you do, thoroughly, a good business in your old line awaits you here in the island.'”
thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
From this reading “'Well,' said Pierston, 'your coming means that you are willing to make it up with her?'”
used in combination to denote the middle
From this reading “'Mid so well do that as anything else!'”
in an exhaustive manner
From this reading “'If you do, thoroughly, a good business in your old line awaits you here in the island.'”
disposed or inclined toward
From this reading “'Well,' said Pierston, 'your coming means that you are willing to make it up with her?'”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 'If you do, thoroughly, a good business in your old line awaits you here in the island.'
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading 'Wi' all my heart, then,' said the man.
any thing at all
From this reading 'Mid so well do that as anything else!'
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading 'Well,' said Pierston, 'your coming means that you are willing to make it up with her?'
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading 'Mid so well do that as anything else!'
third-person singular of “await” — look forward to the probable occurrence of
From this reading 'If you do, thoroughly, a good business in your old line awaits you here in the island.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'Ay, I don't know but I be,' said the man.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading 'Ay, I don't know but I be,' said the man.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading 'If you do, thoroughly, a good business in your old line awaits you here in the island.'
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading 'Ay, I don't know but I be,' said the man.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading 'Well,' said Pierston, 'your coming means that you are willing to make it up with her?'
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading 'Mid so well do that as anything else!'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'Ay, I don't know but I be,' said the man.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'Mid so well do that as anything else!'
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading 'If you do, thoroughly, a good business in your old line awaits you here in the island.'
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading 'Wi' all my heart, then,' said the man.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading 'Well,' said Pierston, 'your coming means that you are willing to make it up with her?'
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading 'If you do, thoroughly, a good business in your old line awaits you here in the island.'
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 'Ay, I don't know but I be,' said the man.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading 'If you do, thoroughly, a good business in your old line awaits you here in the island.'
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading 'If you do, thoroughly, a good business in your old line awaits you here in the island.'
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading 'If you do, thoroughly, a good business in your old line awaits you here in the island.'
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading 'Well,' said Pierston, 'your coming means that you are willing to make it up with her?'
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading 'Ay, I don't know but I be,' said the man.
a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading 'If you do, thoroughly, a good business in your old line awaits you here in the island.'
engage in
From this reading 'Well,' said Pierston, 'your coming means that you are willing to make it up with her?'
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading 'Ay, I don't know but I be,' said the man.
thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
From this reading 'Well,' said Pierston, 'your coming means that you are willing to make it up with her?'
used in combination to denote the middle
From this reading 'Mid so well do that as anything else!'
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading 'Wi' all my heart, then,' said the man.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading 'If you do, thoroughly, a good business in your old line awaits you here in the island.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'Well,' said Pierston, 'your coming means that you are willing to make it up with her?'
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading 'Well,' said Pierston, 'your coming means that you are willing to make it up with her?'
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading 'Mid so well do that as anything else!'
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading 'Well,' said Pierston, 'your coming means that you are willing to make it up with her?'
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 'Ay, I don't know but I be,' said the man.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading 'Wi' all my heart, then,' said the man.
in an exhaustive manner
From this reading 'If you do, thoroughly, a good business in your old line awaits you here in the island.'
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading 'Well,' said Pierston, 'your coming means that you are willing to make it up with her?'
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading 'Well,' said Pierston, 'your coming means that you are willing to make it up with her?'
(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,' said Pierston, 'your coming means that you are willing to make it up with her?'
a midwestern state in north central United States
From this reading 'Wi' all my heart, then,' said the man.
disposed or inclined toward
From this reading 'Well,' said Pierston, 'your coming means that you are willing to make it up with her?'
in the company of; together with
From this reading 'Well,' said Pierston, 'your coming means that you are willing to make it up with her?'
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'Well,' said Pierston, 'your coming means that you are willing to make it up with her?'
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'Well,' said Pierston, 'your coming means that you are willing to make it up with her?'
Chapter 13 of The Well-Beloved: A Sketch of a Temperament by Thomas Hardy holds 178 sentences, grouped into 36 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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