Chapter 6 of Victoria is here in full — 442 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Victoria is here in full — 442 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Did you though? What rose?" "The one I had in my hair. I gave it him." "You must have been very taken with Richmond."
Chapter 6 of Victoria is here in full — 442 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/88 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “"You must have been very taken with Richmond."”
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading “I gave it him."”
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading “"The one I had in my hair.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “"You must have been very taken with Richmond."”
capital of the state of Virginia located in the east central part of the state; was capital of the Confederacy during the American Civil War
From this reading “"You must have been very taken with Richmond."”
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading “What rose?"”
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading “"You must have been very taken with Richmond."”
in spite of the fact that
From this reading “"Did you though?”
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.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading "You must have been very taken with Richmond."
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "Did you though?
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading I gave it him."
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "The one I had in my hair.
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading "The one I had in my hair.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "You must have been very taken with Richmond."
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I gave it him."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "The one I had in my hair.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "The one I had in my hair.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I gave it him."
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "You must have been very taken with Richmond."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "The one I had in my hair.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "The one I had in my hair.
capital of the state of Virginia located in the east central part of the state; was capital of the Confederacy during the American Civil War
From this reading "You must have been very taken with Richmond."
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading What rose?"
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading "You must have been very taken with Richmond."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "The one I had in my hair.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading "Did you though?
precisely as stated
From this reading "You must have been very taken with Richmond."
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What rose?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading "You must have been very taken with Richmond."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Did you though?
Chapter 6 of Victoria by Knut Hamsun holds 442 sentences, grouped into 89 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 442 sentences of Victoria, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
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