Chapter 19 of Villette is here in full — 375 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of Villette is here in full — 375 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE CONCERT. One morning, Mrs. Bretton, coming promptly into my room, desired me to open my drawers and show her my dresses; which I did, without a word. “That will do,” said she, when she had turned them over. “You must have a new one.” She went out.
Chapter 19 of Villette is here in full — 375 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “One morning, Mrs. Bretton, coming promptly into my room, desired me to open my drawers and show her my dresses; which I did, without a word.”
a performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging
From this reading “THE CONCERT.”
wanted intensely
From this reading “One morning, Mrs. Bretton, coming promptly into my room, desired me to open my drawers and show her my dresses; which I did, without a word.”
underpants worn by men
From this reading “One morning, Mrs. Bretton, coming promptly into my room, desired me to open my drawers and show her my dresses; which I did, without a word.”
plural of “dress” — a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice
From this reading “One morning, Mrs. Bretton, coming promptly into my room, desired me to open my drawers and show her my dresses; which I did, without a word.”
To move from a closed position.
From this reading “One morning, Mrs. Bretton, coming promptly into my room, desired me to open my drawers and show her my dresses; which I did, without a word.”
with little or no delay
From this reading “One morning, Mrs. Bretton, coming promptly into my room, desired me to open my drawers and show her my dresses; which I did, without a word.”
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading “One morning, Mrs. Bretton, coming promptly into my room, desired me to open my drawers and show her my dresses; which I did, without a word.”
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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 One morning, Mrs. Bretton, coming promptly into my room, desired me to open my drawers and show her my dresses; which I did, without a word.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading One morning, Mrs. Bretton, coming promptly into my room, desired me to open my drawers and show her my dresses; which I did, without a word.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading One morning, Mrs. Bretton, coming promptly into my room, desired me to open my drawers and show her my dresses; which I did, without a word.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading One morning, Mrs. Bretton, coming promptly into my room, desired me to open my drawers and show her my dresses; which I did, without a word.
a performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging
From this reading THE CONCERT.
wanted intensely
From this reading One morning, Mrs. Bretton, coming promptly into my room, desired me to open my drawers and show her my dresses; which I did, without a word.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading One morning, Mrs. Bretton, coming promptly into my room, desired me to open my drawers and show her my dresses; which I did, without a word.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “That will do,” said she, when she had turned them over.
underpants worn by men
From this reading One morning, Mrs. Bretton, coming promptly into my room, desired me to open my drawers and show her my dresses; which I did, without a word.
plural of “dress” — a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice
From this reading One morning, Mrs. Bretton, coming promptly into my room, desired me to open my drawers and show her my dresses; which I did, without a word.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “That will do,” said she, when she had turned them over.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “You must have a new one.”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading One morning, Mrs. Bretton, coming promptly into my room, desired me to open my drawers and show her my dresses; which I did, without a word.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading One morning, Mrs. Bretton, coming promptly into my room, desired me to open my drawers and show her my dresses; which I did, without a word.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading One morning, Mrs. Bretton, coming promptly into my room, desired me to open my drawers and show her my dresses; which I did, without a word.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading One morning, Mrs. Bretton, coming promptly into my room, desired me to open my drawers and show her my dresses; which I did, without a word.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading One morning, Mrs. Bretton, coming promptly into my room, desired me to open my drawers and show her my dresses; which I did, without a word.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading One morning, Mrs. Bretton, coming promptly into my room, desired me to open my drawers and show her my dresses; which I did, without a word.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “You must have a new one.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading One morning, Mrs. Bretton, coming promptly into my room, desired me to open my drawers and show her my dresses; which I did, without a word.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading “You must have a new one.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One morning, Mrs. Bretton, coming promptly into my room, desired me to open my drawers and show her my dresses; which I did, without a word.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading One morning, Mrs. Bretton, coming promptly into my room, desired me to open my drawers and show her my dresses; which I did, without a word.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading She went out.
above and across; more than
From this reading “That will do,” said she, when she had turned them over.
with little or no delay
From this reading One morning, Mrs. Bretton, coming promptly into my room, desired me to open my drawers and show her my dresses; which I did, without a word.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading One morning, Mrs. Bretton, coming promptly into my room, desired me to open my drawers and show her my dresses; which I did, without a word.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “That will do,” said she, when she had turned them over.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “That will do,” said she, when she had turned them over.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading One morning, Mrs. Bretton, coming promptly into my room, desired me to open my drawers and show her my dresses; which I did, without a word.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “That will do,” said she, when she had turned them over.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CONCERT.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “That will do,” said she, when she had turned them over.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading One morning, Mrs. Bretton, coming promptly into my room, desired me to open my drawers and show her my dresses; which I did, without a word.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading “That will do,” said she, when she had turned them over.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading She went out.
at the time that
From this reading “That will do,” said she, when she had turned them over.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading One morning, Mrs. Bretton, coming promptly into my room, desired me to open my drawers and show her my dresses; which I did, without a word.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “That will do,” said she, when she had turned them over.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading One morning, Mrs. Bretton, coming promptly into my room, desired me to open my drawers and show her my dresses; which I did, without a word.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading One morning, Mrs. Bretton, coming promptly into my room, desired me to open my drawers and show her my dresses; which I did, without a word.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You must have a new one.”
Chapter 19 of Villette by Charlotte Brontë holds 375 sentences, grouped into 75 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 19 holds 375 sentences of Villette, unabridged, divided into 75 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 19 of Villette by Charlotte Brontë exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 375 sentences, grouped into 75 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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