Chapter 35 of We Can't Have Everything: A Novel is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 35 of We Can't Have Everything: A Novel is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The next day Kedzie was still cantankerous, as it was perfectly natural that she should be. She wanted to be a Marchioness and sail away to the peerful sky. And she could not cut free from her anchor. The Marquess was winding up his propeller to fly alone. Jim, finding her the poorest of company, called on his mother.
Chapter 35 of We Can't Have Everything: A Novel is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
From this reading “And she could not cut free from her anchor.”
stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
From this reading “The next day Kedzie was still cantankerous, as it was perfectly natural that she should be.”
the wife or widow of a marquis
From this reading “She wanted to be a Marchioness and sail away to the peerful sky.”
nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count
From this reading “The Marquess was winding up his propeller to fly alone.”
superlative of “poor” — deserving or inciting pity
From this reading “Jim, finding her the poorest of company, called on his mother.”
a mechanical device that rotates to push against air or water
From this reading “The Marquess was winding up his propeller to fly alone.”
traverse or travel on (a body of water)
From this reading “She wanted to be a Marchioness and sail away to the peerful sky.”
marked by repeated turns and bends
From this reading “The Marquess was winding up his propeller to fly alone.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading She wanted to be a Marchioness and sail away to the peerful sky.
Having no one else present.
From this reading The Marquess was winding up his propeller to fly alone.
a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
From this reading And she could not cut free from her anchor.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She wanted to be a Marchioness and sail away to the peerful sky.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The next day Kedzie was still cantankerous, as it was perfectly natural that she should be.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading She wanted to be a Marchioness and sail away to the peerful sky.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The next day Kedzie was still cantankerous, as it was perfectly natural that she should be.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Jim, finding her the poorest of company, called on his mother.
stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
From this reading The next day Kedzie was still cantankerous, as it was perfectly natural that she should be.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading Jim, finding her the poorest of company, called on his mother.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading And she could not cut free from her anchor.
separate with or as if with an instrument
From this reading And she could not cut free from her anchor.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading The next day Kedzie was still cantankerous, as it was perfectly natural that she should be.
the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation
From this reading Jim, finding her the poorest of company, called on his mother.
travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading The Marquess was winding up his propeller to fly alone.
grant freedom to; free from confinement
From this reading And she could not cut free from her anchor.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading And she could not cut free from her anchor.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading And she could not cut free from her anchor.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The Marquess was winding up his propeller to fly alone.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The next day Kedzie was still cantankerous, as it was perfectly natural that she should be.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jim, finding her the poorest of company, called on his mother.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The next day Kedzie was still cantankerous, as it was perfectly natural that she should be.
the wife or widow of a marquis
From this reading She wanted to be a Marchioness and sail away to the peerful sky.
nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count
From this reading The Marquess was winding up his propeller to fly alone.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Jim, finding her the poorest of company, called on his mother.
in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature
From this reading The next day Kedzie was still cantankerous, as it was perfectly natural that she should be.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading The next day Kedzie was still cantankerous, as it was perfectly natural that she should be.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading And she could not cut free from her anchor.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Jim, finding her the poorest of company, called on his mother.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Jim, finding her the poorest of company, called on his mother.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She wanted to be a Marchioness and sail away to the peerful sky.
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading The next day Kedzie was still cantankerous, as it was perfectly natural that she should be.
superlative of “poor” — deserving or inciting pity
From this reading Jim, finding her the poorest of company, called on his mother.
a mechanical device that rotates to push against air or water
From this reading The Marquess was winding up his propeller to fly alone.
traverse or travel on (a body of water)
From this reading She wanted to be a Marchioness and sail away to the peerful sky.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The next day Kedzie was still cantankerous, as it was perfectly natural that she should be.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading The next day Kedzie was still cantankerous, as it was perfectly natural that she should be.
the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
From this reading She wanted to be a Marchioness and sail away to the peerful sky.
not in physical motion
From this reading The next day Kedzie was still cantankerous, as it was perfectly natural that she should be.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The next day Kedzie was still cantankerous, as it was perfectly natural that she should be.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The next day Kedzie was still cantankerous, as it was perfectly natural that she should be.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She wanted to be a Marchioness and sail away to the peerful sky.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The Marquess was winding up his propeller to fly alone.
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading She wanted to be a Marchioness and sail away to the peerful sky.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The next day Kedzie was still cantankerous, as it was perfectly natural that she should be.
marked by repeated turns and bends
From this reading The Marquess was winding up his propeller to fly alone.
Chapter 35 of We Can't Have Everything: A Novel by Rupert Hughes holds 404 sentences, grouped into 81 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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