Chapter 8 of Woman and Puppet, Etc. is here in full — 27 sentences across 6 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VIII
Chapter 8 of Woman and Puppet, Etc. is here in full — 27 sentences across 6 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Autumn and winter passed. Memory was pitiless to me, and I felt shattered. The months were empty. Oh, how I loved her, God of Heaven! I thought sometimes that she was trying me, testing me, to be sure of me.
Chapter 8 of Woman and Puppet, Etc. is here in full — 27 sentences across 6 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the season when the leaves fall from the trees
From this reading “Autumn and winter passed.”
make void or empty of contents
From this reading “The months were empty.”
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading “Memory was pitiless to me, and I felt shattered.”
plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading “The months were empty.”
without mercy or pity
From this reading “Memory was pitiless to me, and I felt shattered.”
ruined or disrupted
From this reading “Memory was pitiless to me, and I felt shattered.”
the act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works
From this reading “I thought sometimes that she was trying me, testing me, to be sure of me.”
the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
From this reading “Autumn and winter passed.”
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.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Autumn and winter passed.
the season when the leaves fall from the trees
From this reading Autumn and winter passed.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I thought sometimes that she was trying me, testing me, to be sure of me.
make void or empty of contents
From this reading The months were empty.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading Memory was pitiless to me, and I felt shattered.
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading Oh, how I loved her, God of Heaven!
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading Oh, how I loved her, God of Heaven!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Oh, how I loved her, God of Heaven!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, how I loved her, God of Heaven!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Memory was pitiless to me, and I felt shattered.
held dear
From this reading Oh, how I loved her, God of Heaven!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Memory was pitiless to me, and I felt shattered.
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading Memory was pitiless to me, and I felt shattered.
plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading The months were empty.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Oh, how I loved her, God of Heaven!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, how I loved her, God of Heaven!
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading Autumn and winter passed.
without mercy or pity
From this reading Memory was pitiless to me, and I felt shattered.
ruined or disrupted
From this reading Memory was pitiless to me, and I felt shattered.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I thought sometimes that she was trying me, testing me, to be sure of me.
on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always
From this reading I thought sometimes that she was trying me, testing me, to be sure of me.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading I thought sometimes that she was trying me, testing me, to be sure of me.
the act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works
From this reading I thought sometimes that she was trying me, testing me, to be sure of me.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I thought sometimes that she was trying me, testing me, to be sure of me.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The months were empty.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading I thought sometimes that she was trying me, testing me, to be sure of me.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Memory was pitiless to me, and I felt shattered.
hard to endure
From this reading I thought sometimes that she was trying me, testing me, to be sure of me.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Memory was pitiless to me, and I felt shattered.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The months were empty.
the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
From this reading Autumn and winter passed.
Chapter 8 of Woman and Puppet, Etc. by Pierre Louÿs holds 27 sentences, grouped into 6 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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