Chapter 18 of The Woman with the Fan is here in full — 221 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of The Woman with the Fan is here in full — 221 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
DESPAIR had driven Lady Holme to Casa Felice. When she had found that the accident had disfigured her frightfully, and that the disfigurement would be permanent, she had at first thought of killing herself. But then she had been afraid. Life had abruptly become a horror to her. She felt that it must be a horror to her always.
Chapter 18 of The Woman with the Fan is here in full — 221 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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quickly and without warning
From this reading “Life had abruptly become a horror to her.”
an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury
From this reading “When she had found that the accident had disfigured her frightfully, and that the disfigurement would be permanent, she had at first thought of killing herself.”
having the appearance spoiled
From this reading “When she had found that the accident had disfigured her frightfully, and that the disfigurement would be permanent, she had at first thought of killing herself.”
an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen
From this reading “When she had found that the accident had disfigured her frightfully, and that the disfigurement would be permanent, she had at first thought of killing herself.”
used as intensifiers
From this reading “When she had found that the accident had disfigured her frightfully, and that the disfigurement would be permanent, she had at first thought of killing herself.”
intense and profound fear
From this reading “Life had abruptly become a horror to her.”
an event that causes someone to die
From this reading “When she had found that the accident had disfigured her frightfully, and that the disfigurement would be permanent, she had at first thought of killing herself.”
continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place
From this reading “When she had found that the accident had disfigured her frightfully, and that the disfigurement would be permanent, she had at first thought of killing herself.”
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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 Life had abruptly become a horror to her.
quickly and without warning
From this reading Life had abruptly become a horror to her.
an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury
From this reading When she had found that the accident had disfigured her frightfully, and that the disfigurement would be permanent, she had at first thought of killing herself.
filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading But then she had been afraid.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading She felt that it must be a horror to her always.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When she had found that the accident had disfigured her frightfully, and that the disfigurement would be permanent, she had at first thought of killing herself.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading When she had found that the accident had disfigured her frightfully, and that the disfigurement would be permanent, she had at first thought of killing herself.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading When she had found that the accident had disfigured her frightfully, and that the disfigurement would be permanent, she had at first thought of killing herself.
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading Life had abruptly become a horror to her.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading But then she had been afraid.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But then she had been afraid.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DESPAIR had driven Lady Holme to Casa Felice.
a state in which all hope is lost or absent
From this reading DESPAIR had driven Lady Holme to Casa Felice.
having the appearance spoiled
From this reading When she had found that the accident had disfigured her frightfully, and that the disfigurement would be permanent, she had at first thought of killing herself.
an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen
From this reading When she had found that the accident had disfigured her frightfully, and that the disfigurement would be permanent, she had at first thought of killing herself.
compelled forcibly by an outside agency
From this reading DESPAIR had driven Lady Holme to Casa Felice.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DESPAIR had driven Lady Holme to Casa Felice.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading She felt that it must be a horror to her always.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading When she had found that the accident had disfigured her frightfully, and that the disfigurement would be permanent, she had at first thought of killing herself.
set up or found
From this reading When she had found that the accident had disfigured her frightfully, and that the disfigurement would be permanent, she had at first thought of killing herself.
used as intensifiers
From this reading When she had found that the accident had disfigured her frightfully, and that the disfigurement would be permanent, she had at first thought of killing herself.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading DESPAIR had driven Lady Holme to Casa Felice.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading When she had found that the accident had disfigured her frightfully, and that the disfigurement would be permanent, she had at first thought of killing herself.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading When she had found that the accident had disfigured her frightfully, and that the disfigurement would be permanent, she had at first thought of killing herself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DESPAIR had driven Lady Holme to Casa Felice.
intense and profound fear
From this reading Life had abruptly become a horror to her.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She felt that it must be a horror to her always.
an event that causes someone to die
From this reading When she had found that the accident had disfigured her frightfully, and that the disfigurement would be permanent, she had at first thought of killing herself.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading DESPAIR had driven Lady Holme to Casa Felice.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Life had abruptly become a horror to her.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading She felt that it must be a horror to her always.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When she had found that the accident had disfigured her frightfully, and that the disfigurement would be permanent, she had at first thought of killing herself.
continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place
From this reading When she had found that the accident had disfigured her frightfully, and that the disfigurement would be permanent, she had at first thought of killing herself.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When she had found that the accident had disfigured her frightfully, and that the disfigurement would be permanent, she had at first thought of killing herself.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading When she had found that the accident had disfigured her frightfully, and that the disfigurement would be permanent, she had at first thought of killing herself.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When she had found that the accident had disfigured her frightfully, and that the disfigurement would be permanent, she had at first thought of killing herself.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading But then she had been afraid.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading When she had found that the accident had disfigured her frightfully, and that the disfigurement would be permanent, she had at first thought of killing herself.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading DESPAIR had driven Lady Holme to Casa Felice.
at the time that
From this reading When she had found that the accident had disfigured her frightfully, and that the disfigurement would be permanent, she had at first thought of killing herself.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading When she had found that the accident had disfigured her frightfully, and that the disfigurement would be permanent, she had at first thought of killing herself.
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