Chapter 9 of We Three is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of We Three is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"John," exclaimed Lucy, "you don't understand." "I don't understand the importance which lovers attach to love? Well, perhaps not. Drunkards hate to cure themselves of drink; smokers of smoke; lovers of love. Yet all these appetites can be cured, often to the immense benefit of the sufferers and of everybody concerned.
Chapter 9 of We Three is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “appetite” — a feeling of craving something
From this reading “Yet all these appetites can be cured, often to the immense benefit of the sufferers and of everybody concerned.”
cause to be attached
From this reading “"I don't understand the importance which lovers attach to love?”
financial assistance in time of need
From this reading “Yet all these appetites can be cured, often to the immense benefit of the sufferers and of everybody concerned.”
freed from illness or injury
From this reading “Yet all these appetites can be cured, often to the immense benefit of the sufferers and of everybody concerned.”
plural of “drunkard” — a chronic drinker
From this reading “Drunkards hate to cure themselves of drink; smokers of smoke; lovers of love.”
plural of “lover” — a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
From this reading “"I don't understand the importance which lovers attach to love?”
plural of “smoker” — a person who smokes tobacco
From this reading “Drunkards hate to cure themselves of drink; smokers of smoke; lovers of love.”
plural of “sufferer” — a person suffering from an illness
From this reading “Yet all these appetites can be cured, often to the immense benefit of the sufferers and of everybody concerned.”
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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 Yet all these appetites can be cured, often to the immense benefit of the sufferers and of everybody concerned.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Yet all these appetites can be cured, often to the immense benefit of the sufferers and of everybody concerned.
plural of “appetite” — a feeling of craving something
From this reading Yet all these appetites can be cured, often to the immense benefit of the sufferers and of everybody concerned.
cause to be attached
From this reading "I don't understand the importance which lovers attach to love?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Yet all these appetites can be cured, often to the immense benefit of the sufferers and of everybody concerned.
financial assistance in time of need
From this reading Yet all these appetites can be cured, often to the immense benefit of the sufferers and of everybody concerned.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Yet all these appetites can be cured, often to the immense benefit of the sufferers and of everybody concerned.
feeling or showing worry or solicitude
From this reading Yet all these appetites can be cured, often to the immense benefit of the sufferers and of everybody concerned.
provide a cure for, make healthy again
From this reading Drunkards hate to cure themselves of drink; smokers of smoke; lovers of love.
freed from illness or injury
From this reading Yet all these appetites can be cured, often to the immense benefit of the sufferers and of everybody concerned.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "John," exclaimed Lucy, "you don't understand."
take in liquids
From this reading Drunkards hate to cure themselves of drink; smokers of smoke; lovers of love.
plural of “drunkard” — a chronic drinker
From this reading Drunkards hate to cure themselves of drink; smokers of smoke; lovers of love.
every person
From this reading Yet all these appetites can be cured, often to the immense benefit of the sufferers and of everybody concerned.
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading "John," exclaimed Lucy, "you don't understand."
the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
From this reading Drunkards hate to cure themselves of drink; smokers of smoke; lovers of love.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I don't understand the importance which lovers attach to love?
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading Yet all these appetites can be cured, often to the immense benefit of the sufferers and of everybody concerned.
the quality of being important and worthy of note
From this reading "I don't understand the importance which lovers attach to love?
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading "John," exclaimed Lucy, "you don't understand."
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading "I don't understand the importance which lovers attach to love?
plural of “lover” — a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
From this reading "I don't understand the importance which lovers attach to love?
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading "John," exclaimed Lucy, "you don't understand."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Well, perhaps not.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Drunkards hate to cure themselves of drink; smokers of smoke; lovers of love.
many times at short intervals
From this reading Yet all these appetites can be cured, often to the immense benefit of the sufferers and of everybody concerned.
by chance
From this reading Well, perhaps not.
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
From this reading Drunkards hate to cure themselves of drink; smokers of smoke; lovers of love.
plural of “smoker” — a person who smokes tobacco
From this reading Drunkards hate to cure themselves of drink; smokers of smoke; lovers of love.
plural of “sufferer” — a person suffering from an illness
From this reading Yet all these appetites can be cured, often to the immense benefit of the sufferers and of everybody concerned.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "I don't understand the importance which lovers attach to love?
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading Drunkards hate to cure themselves of drink; smokers of smoke; lovers of love.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Yet all these appetites can be cured, often to the immense benefit of the sufferers and of everybody concerned.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I don't understand the importance which lovers attach to love?
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading "John," exclaimed Lucy, "you don't understand."
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Well, perhaps not.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading "I don't understand the importance which lovers attach to love?
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet all these appetites can be cured, often to the immense benefit of the sufferers and of everybody concerned.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "John," exclaimed Lucy, "you don't understand."
Chapter 9 of We Three by Gouverneur Morris holds 421 sentences, grouped into 85 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 9 holds 421 sentences of We Three, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
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