Chapter 4 of What Dreams May Come is here in full — 443 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of What Dreams May Come is here in full — 443 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Upon my word!" exclaimed Dartmouth. "Why, you are a regular heroine of a sensational novel." Weir sprang to her feet and struck her hands fiercely together, her eyes blazing. "You ought to be ashamed of yourself," she cried, passionately. "Can you never be serious?
Chapter 4 of What Dreams May Come is here in full — 443 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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shining intensely
From this reading “Weir sprang to her feet and struck her hands fiercely together, her eyes blazing.”
a college in New Hampshire
From this reading “"Upon my word!" exclaimed Dartmouth.”
in a physically fierce manner
From this reading “Weir sprang to her feet and struck her hands fiercely together, her eyes blazing.”
the main good female character in a work of fiction
From this reading “"Why, you are a regular heroine of a sensational novel."”
an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
From this reading “"Why, you are a regular heroine of a sensational novel."”
with passion
From this reading “"You ought to be ashamed of yourself," she cried, passionately.”
causing intense interest, curiosity, or emotion
From this reading “"Why, you are a regular heroine of a sensational novel."”
a low dam built across a stream to raise its level or divert its flow
From this reading “Weir sprang to her feet and struck her hands fiercely together, her eyes blazing.”
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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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "Why, you are a regular heroine of a sensational novel."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Weir sprang to her feet and struck her hands fiercely together, her eyes blazing.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Why, you are a regular heroine of a sensational novel."
feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse
From this reading "You ought to be ashamed of yourself," she cried, passionately.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "You ought to be ashamed of yourself," she cried, passionately.
shining intensely
From this reading Weir sprang to her feet and struck her hands fiercely together, her eyes blazing.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "Can you never be serious?
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading "You ought to be ashamed of yourself," she cried, passionately.
a college in New Hampshire
From this reading "Upon my word!" exclaimed Dartmouth.
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading "Upon my word!" exclaimed Dartmouth.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Weir sprang to her feet and struck her hands fiercely together, her eyes blazing.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading Weir sprang to her feet and struck her hands fiercely together, her eyes blazing.
in a physically fierce manner
From this reading Weir sprang to her feet and struck her hands fiercely together, her eyes blazing.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading Weir sprang to her feet and struck her hands fiercely together, her eyes blazing.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Weir sprang to her feet and struck her hands fiercely together, her eyes blazing.
the main good female character in a work of fiction
From this reading "Why, you are a regular heroine of a sensational novel."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Upon my word!" exclaimed Dartmouth.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "Can you never be serious?
an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
From this reading "Why, you are a regular heroine of a sensational novel."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Why, you are a regular heroine of a sensational novel."
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading "You ought to be ashamed of yourself," she cried, passionately.
with passion
From this reading "You ought to be ashamed of yourself," she cried, passionately.
in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle
From this reading "Why, you are a regular heroine of a sensational novel."
causing intense interest, curiosity, or emotion
From this reading "Why, you are a regular heroine of a sensational novel."
concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
From this reading "Can you never be serious?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "You ought to be ashamed of yourself," she cried, passionately.
inflected form of “spring” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading Weir sprang to her feet and struck her hands fiercely together, her eyes blazing.
(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
From this reading Weir sprang to her feet and struck her hands fiercely together, her eyes blazing.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Weir sprang to her feet and struck her hands fiercely together, her eyes blazing.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading Weir sprang to her feet and struck her hands fiercely together, her eyes blazing.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading "Upon my word!" exclaimed Dartmouth.
a low dam built across a stream to raise its level or divert its flow
From this reading Weir sprang to her feet and struck her hands fiercely together, her eyes blazing.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why, you are a regular heroine of a sensational novel."
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading "Upon my word!" exclaimed Dartmouth.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Why, you are a regular heroine of a sensational novel."
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading "You ought to be ashamed of yourself," she cried, passionately.
Chapter 4 of What Dreams May Come by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton holds 443 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 4 holds 443 sentences of What Dreams May Come, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
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