Chapter 10 of Thrice wedded, but only once a wife is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Thrice wedded, but only once a wife is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CONFIDENCE. Six years! How much significance those two short words contain! To how many souls they have brought joy and sorrow, weal and woe—some lifted to the highest pinnacle of happiness, while others are driven to the deepest depths of despair! Hearts so gay and happy six years ago, now crushed with their weight of trials and cares.
Chapter 10 of Thrice wedded, but only once a wife is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “care” — the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading “Hearts so gay and happy six years ago, now crushed with their weight of trials and cares.”
include or contain; have as a component
From this reading “How much significance those two short words contain!”
treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance
From this reading “Hearts so gay and happy six years ago, now crushed with their weight of trials and cares.”
superlative of “deep” — relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
From this reading “To how many souls they have brought joy and sorrow, weal and woe—some lifted to the highest pinnacle of happiness, while others are driven to the deepest depths of despair!”
(architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower
From this reading “To how many souls they have brought joy and sorrow, weal and woe—some lifted to the highest pinnacle of happiness, while others are driven to the deepest depths of despair!”
the quality of being significant
From this reading “How much significance those two short words contain!”
plural of “trial” — the act of testing something
From this reading “Hearts so gay and happy six years ago, now crushed with their weight of trials and cares.”
misery resulting from affliction
From this reading “To how many souls they have brought joy and sorrow, weal and woe—some lifted to the highest pinnacle of happiness, while others are driven to the deepest depths of despair!”
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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In this reading “To how many souls they have brought joy and sorrow, weal and woe—some lifted to the highest pinnacle of happiness, while others are driven to the deepest depths of despair!”
In this reading “Six years!”
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in the past
From this reading Hearts so gay and happy six years ago, now crushed with their weight of trials and cares.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading To how many souls they have brought joy and sorrow, weal and woe—some lifted to the highest pinnacle of happiness, while others are driven to the deepest depths of despair!
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading To how many souls they have brought joy and sorrow, weal and woe—some lifted to the highest pinnacle of happiness, while others are driven to the deepest depths of despair!
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading To how many souls they have brought joy and sorrow, weal and woe—some lifted to the highest pinnacle of happiness, while others are driven to the deepest depths of despair!
plural of “care” — the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading Hearts so gay and happy six years ago, now crushed with their weight of trials and cares.
freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
From this reading CONFIDENCE.
include or contain; have as a component
From this reading How much significance those two short words contain!
treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance
From this reading Hearts so gay and happy six years ago, now crushed with their weight of trials and cares.
superlative of “deep” — relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
From this reading To how many souls they have brought joy and sorrow, weal and woe—some lifted to the highest pinnacle of happiness, while others are driven to the deepest depths of despair!
(plural) the deepest and most remote part
From this reading To how many souls they have brought joy and sorrow, weal and woe—some lifted to the highest pinnacle of happiness, while others are driven to the deepest depths of despair!
a state in which all hope is lost or absent
From this reading To how many souls they have brought joy and sorrow, weal and woe—some lifted to the highest pinnacle of happiness, while others are driven to the deepest depths of despair!
compelled forcibly by an outside agency
From this reading To how many souls they have brought joy and sorrow, weal and woe—some lifted to the highest pinnacle of happiness, while others are driven to the deepest depths of despair!
bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
From this reading Hearts so gay and happy six years ago, now crushed with their weight of trials and cares.
state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy
From this reading To how many souls they have brought joy and sorrow, weal and woe—some lifted to the highest pinnacle of happiness, while others are driven to the deepest depths of despair!
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading Hearts so gay and happy six years ago, now crushed with their weight of trials and cares.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading To how many souls they have brought joy and sorrow, weal and woe—some lifted to the highest pinnacle of happiness, while others are driven to the deepest depths of despair!
a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades
From this reading Hearts so gay and happy six years ago, now crushed with their weight of trials and cares.
superlative of “high” — greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading To how many souls they have brought joy and sorrow, weal and woe—some lifted to the highest pinnacle of happiness, while others are driven to the deepest depths of despair!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How much significance those two short words contain!
the emotion of great happiness
From this reading To how many souls they have brought joy and sorrow, weal and woe—some lifted to the highest pinnacle of happiness, while others are driven to the deepest depths of despair!
held up in the air
From this reading To how many souls they have brought joy and sorrow, weal and woe—some lifted to the highest pinnacle of happiness, while others are driven to the deepest depths of despair!
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading To how many souls they have brought joy and sorrow, weal and woe—some lifted to the highest pinnacle of happiness, while others are driven to the deepest depths of despair!
to a great degree or extent
From this reading How much significance those two short words contain!
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Hearts so gay and happy six years ago, now crushed with their weight of trials and cares.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading To how many souls they have brought joy and sorrow, weal and woe—some lifted to the highest pinnacle of happiness, while others are driven to the deepest depths of despair!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To how many souls they have brought joy and sorrow, weal and woe—some lifted to the highest pinnacle of happiness, while others are driven to the deepest depths of despair!
(architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower
From this reading To how many souls they have brought joy and sorrow, weal and woe—some lifted to the highest pinnacle of happiness, while others are driven to the deepest depths of despair!
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading How much significance those two short words contain!
the quality of being significant
From this reading How much significance those two short words contain!
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading Six years!
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Hearts so gay and happy six years ago, now crushed with their weight of trials and cares.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading To how many souls they have brought joy and sorrow, weal and woe—some lifted to the highest pinnacle of happiness, while others are driven to the deepest depths of despair!
an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement
From this reading To how many souls they have brought joy and sorrow, weal and woe—some lifted to the highest pinnacle of happiness, while others are driven to the deepest depths of despair!
plural of “soul” — the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading To how many souls they have brought joy and sorrow, weal and woe—some lifted to the highest pinnacle of happiness, while others are driven to the deepest depths of despair!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading To how many souls they have brought joy and sorrow, weal and woe—some lifted to the highest pinnacle of happiness, while others are driven to the deepest depths of despair!
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Hearts so gay and happy six years ago, now crushed with their weight of trials and cares.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading To how many souls they have brought joy and sorrow, weal and woe—some lifted to the highest pinnacle of happiness, while others are driven to the deepest depths of despair!
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading How much significance those two short words contain!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To how many souls they have brought joy and sorrow, weal and woe—some lifted to the highest pinnacle of happiness, while others are driven to the deepest depths of despair!
plural of “trial” — the act of testing something
From this reading Hearts so gay and happy six years ago, now crushed with their weight of trials and cares.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading How much significance those two short words contain!
a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
From this reading To how many souls they have brought joy and sorrow, weal and woe—some lifted to the highest pinnacle of happiness, while others are driven to the deepest depths of despair!
the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
From this reading Hearts so gay and happy six years ago, now crushed with their weight of trials and cares.
during the time that
From this reading To how many souls they have brought joy and sorrow, weal and woe—some lifted to the highest pinnacle of happiness, while others are driven to the deepest depths of despair!
in the company of; together with
From this reading Hearts so gay and happy six years ago, now crushed with their weight of trials and cares.
misery resulting from affliction
From this reading To how many souls they have brought joy and sorrow, weal and woe—some lifted to the highest pinnacle of happiness, while others are driven to the deepest depths of despair!
the words that are spoken
From this reading How much significance those two short words contain!
a late time of life
From this reading Six years!
Chapter 10 of Thrice wedded, but only once a wife by Georgie, Mrs. Sheldon holds 166 sentences, grouped into 34 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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