Chapter 24 of Willing to Die: A Novel is here in full — 259 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 24 of Willing to Die: A Novel is here in full — 259 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE FLITTING. We were ruined! What must the discovery have been to poor mamma? She saw all the monstrous past--the delirium was dissipated. An abyss was between her and her former life.
Chapter 24 of Willing to Die: A Novel is here in full — 259 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)
From this reading “An abyss was between her and her former life.”
state of violent mental agitation
From this reading “She saw all the monstrous past--the delirium was dissipated.”
the act of discovering something
From this reading “What must the discovery have been to poor mamma?”
unrestrained by convention or morality
From this reading “She saw all the monstrous past--the delirium was dissipated.”
inflected form of “flit” — move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
From this reading “THE FLITTING.”
informal terms for a mother
From this reading “What must the discovery have been to poor mamma?”
abnormally large
From this reading “She saw all the monstrous past--the delirium was dissipated.”
destroyed physically or morally
From this reading “We were ruined!”
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In this reading “What must the discovery have been to poor mamma?”
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a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)
From this reading An abyss was between her and her former life.
(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 saw all the monstrous past--the delirium was dissipated.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An abyss was between her and her former life.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading An abyss was between her and her former life.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading What must the discovery have been to poor mamma?
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading An abyss was between her and her former life.
state of violent mental agitation
From this reading She saw all the monstrous past--the delirium was dissipated.
the act of discovering something
From this reading What must the discovery have been to poor mamma?
unrestrained by convention or morality
From this reading She saw all the monstrous past--the delirium was dissipated.
inflected form of “flit” — move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
From this reading THE FLITTING.
referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several)
From this reading An abyss was between her and her former life.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading What must the discovery have been to poor mamma?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading An abyss was between her and her former life.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading An abyss was between her and her former life.
informal terms for a mother
From this reading What must the discovery have been to poor mamma?
abnormally large
From this reading She saw all the monstrous past--the delirium was dissipated.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading What must the discovery have been to poor mamma?
the time that has elapsed
From this reading She saw all the monstrous past--the delirium was dissipated.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading What must the discovery have been to poor mamma?
destroyed physically or morally
From this reading We were ruined!
cut with a saw
From this reading She saw all the monstrous past--the delirium was dissipated.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She saw all the monstrous past--the delirium was dissipated.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FLITTING.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading What must the discovery have been to poor mamma?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She saw all the monstrous past--the delirium was dissipated.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We were ruined!
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We were ruined!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What must the discovery have been to poor mamma?
Chapter 24 of Willing to Die: A Novel by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu holds 259 sentences, grouped into 52 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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