Chapter 10 of Victor's Triumph: Sequel to A Beautiful Fiend is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Victor's Triumph: Sequel to A Beautiful Fiend is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MARY GREY'S MANEUVER. She'd tried this world in all its changes, States and conditions; had been loved and happy. Scorned and wretched, and passed through all its stages; And now, believe me, she who knew it best, Thought it not worth the bustle that it cost. --MADDEN. Mary Grey now set systematically to work.
Chapter 10 of Victor's Triumph: Sequel to A Beautiful Fiend is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a rapid active commotion
From this reading “Scorned and wretched, and passed through all its stages; And now, believe me, she who knew it best, Thought it not worth the bustle that it cost.”
plural of “change” — an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
From this reading “She'd tried this world in all its changes, States and conditions; had been loved and happy.”
possessive form of “grey” — United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939)
From this reading “MARY GREY'S MANEUVER.”
cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind
From this reading “--MADDEN.”
a military training exercise
From this reading “MARY GREY'S MANEUVER.”
treated with dislike or contempt
From this reading “Scorned and wretched, and passed through all its stages; And now, believe me, she who knew it best, Thought it not worth the bustle that it cost.”
plural of “stage” — any distinct time period in a sequence of events
From this reading “Scorned and wretched, and passed through all its stages; And now, believe me, she who knew it best, Thought it not worth the bustle that it cost.”
in a systematic or consistent manner
From this reading “Mary Grey now set systematically to work.”
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make a passage or journey from one place to another
In this reading “Scorned and wretched, and passed through all its stages; And now, believe me, she who knew it best, Thought it not worth the bustle that it cost.”
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(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 She'd tried this world in all its changes, States and conditions; had been loved and happy.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She'd tried this world in all its changes, States and conditions; had been loved and happy.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading She'd tried this world in all its changes, States and conditions; had been loved and happy.
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading Scorned and wretched, and passed through all its stages; And now, believe me, she who knew it best, Thought it not worth the bustle that it cost.
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading Scorned and wretched, and passed through all its stages; And now, believe me, she who knew it best, Thought it not worth the bustle that it cost.
a rapid active commotion
From this reading Scorned and wretched, and passed through all its stages; And now, believe me, she who knew it best, Thought it not worth the bustle that it cost.
plural of “change” — an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
From this reading She'd tried this world in all its changes, States and conditions; had been loved and happy.
the prevailing context that influences the performance or the outcome of a process
From this reading She'd tried this world in all its changes, States and conditions; had been loved and happy.
the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
From this reading Scorned and wretched, and passed through all its stages; And now, believe me, she who knew it best, Thought it not worth the bustle that it cost.
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
From this reading Mary Grey now set systematically to work.
possessive form of “grey” — United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939)
From this reading MARY GREY'S MANEUVER.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She'd tried this world in all its changes, States and conditions; had been loved and happy.
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading She'd tried this world in all its changes, States and conditions; had been loved and happy.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She'd tried this world in all its changes, States and conditions; had been loved and happy.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Scorned and wretched, and passed through all its stages; And now, believe me, she who knew it best, Thought it not worth the bustle that it cost.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading She'd tried this world in all its changes, States and conditions; had been loved and happy.
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Scorned and wretched, and passed through all its stages; And now, believe me, she who knew it best, Thought it not worth the bustle that it cost.
held dear
From this reading She'd tried this world in all its changes, States and conditions; had been loved and happy.
cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind
From this reading --MADDEN.
a military training exercise
From this reading MARY GREY'S MANEUVER.
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading MARY GREY'S MANEUVER.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Scorned and wretched, and passed through all its stages; And now, believe me, she who knew it best, Thought it not worth the bustle that it cost.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Scorned and wretched, and passed through all its stages; And now, believe me, she who knew it best, Thought it not worth the bustle that it cost.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Scorned and wretched, and passed through all its stages; And now, believe me, she who knew it best, Thought it not worth the bustle that it cost.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading Scorned and wretched, and passed through all its stages; And now, believe me, she who knew it best, Thought it not worth the bustle that it cost.
treated with dislike or contempt
From this reading Scorned and wretched, and passed through all its stages; And now, believe me, she who knew it best, Thought it not worth the bustle that it cost.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Mary Grey now set systematically to work.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Scorned and wretched, and passed through all its stages; And now, believe me, she who knew it best, Thought it not worth the bustle that it cost.
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From this reading She'd tried this world in all its changes, States and conditions; had been loved and happy.
plural of “stage” — any distinct time period in a sequence of events
From this reading Scorned and wretched, and passed through all its stages; And now, believe me, she who knew it best, Thought it not worth the bustle that it cost.
plural of “state” — the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
From this reading She'd tried this world in all its changes, States and conditions; had been loved and happy.
in a systematic or consistent manner
From this reading Mary Grey now set systematically to work.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Scorned and wretched, and passed through all its stages; And now, believe me, she who knew it best, Thought it not worth the bustle that it cost.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Scorned and wretched, and passed through all its stages; And now, believe me, she who knew it best, Thought it not worth the bustle that it cost.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading She'd tried this world in all its changes, States and conditions; had been loved and happy.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Scorned and wretched, and passed through all its stages; And now, believe me, she who knew it best, Thought it not worth the bustle that it cost.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Scorned and wretched, and passed through all its stages; And now, believe me, she who knew it best, Thought it not worth the bustle that it cost.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Mary Grey now set systematically to work.
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading She'd tried this world in all its changes, States and conditions; had been loved and happy.
which person or people
From this reading Scorned and wretched, and passed through all its stages; And now, believe me, she who knew it best, Thought it not worth the bustle that it cost.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading Mary Grey now set systematically to work.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading She'd tried this world in all its changes, States and conditions; had been loved and happy.
an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
From this reading Scorned and wretched, and passed through all its stages; And now, believe me, she who knew it best, Thought it not worth the bustle that it cost.
of very poor quality or condition
From this reading Scorned and wretched, and passed through all its stages; And now, believe me, she who knew it best, Thought it not worth the bustle that it cost.
Chapter 10 of Victor's Triumph: Sequel to A Beautiful Fiend by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth holds 143 sentences, grouped into 29 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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