Chapter 13 of A Life For a Love: A Novel is here in full — 291 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 13 of A Life For a Love: A Novel is here in full — 291 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
When Wyndham came back to Queen's Gate his wife met him with sparkling eyes. "How much time can you give me to-morrow?" she said. "I want to go out with you. I have been speaking to father, and he accedes to all our wishes--he will give us an income. He says he thinks a thousand a year will be enough.
Chapter 13 of A Life For a Love: A Novel is here in full — 291 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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third-person singular of “accede” — yield to another's wish or opinion
From this reading “I have been speaking to father, and he accedes to all our wishes--he will give us an income.”
a movable barrier in a fence or wall
From this reading “When Wyndham came back to Queen's Gate his wife met him with sparkling eyes.”
the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time
From this reading “I have been speaking to father, and he accedes to all our wishes--he will give us an income.”
possessive form of “queen” — the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading “When Wyndham came back to Queen's Gate his wife met him with sparkling eyes.”
shining with brilliant points of light like stars
From this reading “When Wyndham came back to Queen's Gate his wife met him with sparkling eyes.”
the utterance of intelligible speech
From this reading “I have been speaking to father, and he accedes to all our wishes--he will give us an income.”
plural of “think” — an instance of deliberate thinking
From this reading “He says he thinks a thousand a year will be enough.”
plural of “wish” — a specific feeling of desire
From this reading “I have been speaking to father, and he accedes to all our wishes--he will give us an income.”
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In this reading “When Wyndham came back to Queen's Gate his wife met him with sparkling eyes.”
be restored
In this reading “When Wyndham came back to Queen's Gate his wife met him with sparkling eyes.”
move out of or depart from
In this reading “"I want to go out with you.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 He says he thinks a thousand a year will be enough.
third-person singular of “accede” — yield to another's wish or opinion
From this reading I have been speaking to father, and he accedes to all our wishes--he will give us an income.
(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 I have been speaking to father, and he accedes to all our wishes--he will give us an income.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading I have been speaking to father, and he accedes to all our wishes--he will give us an income.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I have been speaking to father, and he accedes to all our wishes--he will give us an income.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading When Wyndham came back to Queen's Gate his wife met him with sparkling eyes.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He says he thinks a thousand a year will be enough.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I have been speaking to father, and he accedes to all our wishes--he will give us an income.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading When Wyndham came back to Queen's Gate his wife met him with sparkling eyes.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "How much time can you give me to-morrow?" she said.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading He says he thinks a thousand a year will be enough.
opinion or judgment
From this reading When Wyndham came back to Queen's Gate his wife met him with sparkling eyes.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading I have been speaking to father, and he accedes to all our wishes--he will give us an income.
a movable barrier in a fence or wall
From this reading When Wyndham came back to Queen's Gate his wife met him with sparkling eyes.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading "How much time can you give me to-morrow?" she said.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "I want to go out with you.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have been speaking to father, and he accedes to all our wishes--he will give us an income.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I have been speaking to father, and he accedes to all our wishes--he will give us an income.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading When Wyndham came back to Queen's Gate his wife met him with sparkling eyes.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading When Wyndham came back to Queen's Gate his wife met him with sparkling eyes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "How much time can you give me to-morrow?" she said.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I want to go out with you.
the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time
From this reading I have been speaking to father, and he accedes to all our wishes--he will give us an income.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "How much time can you give me to-morrow?" she said.
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading When Wyndham came back to Queen's Gate his wife met him with sparkling eyes.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading "How much time can you give me to-morrow?" she said.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading I have been speaking to father, and he accedes to all our wishes--he will give us an income.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "I want to go out with you.
possessive form of “queen” — the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading When Wyndham came back to Queen's Gate his wife met him with sparkling eyes.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "How much time can you give me to-morrow?" she said.
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading He says he thinks a thousand a year will be enough.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "How much time can you give me to-morrow?" she said.
shining with brilliant points of light like stars
From this reading When Wyndham came back to Queen's Gate his wife met him with sparkling eyes.
the utterance of intelligible speech
From this reading I have been speaking to father, and he accedes to all our wishes--he will give us an income.
plural of “think” — an instance of deliberate thinking
From this reading He says he thinks a thousand a year will be enough.
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading He says he thinks a thousand a year will be enough.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading "How much time can you give me to-morrow?" she said.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When Wyndham came back to Queen's Gate his wife met him with sparkling eyes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "How much time can you give me to-morrow?" she said.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I have been speaking to father, and he accedes to all our wishes--he will give us an income.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading "I want to go out with you.
at the time that
From this reading When Wyndham came back to Queen's Gate his wife met him with sparkling eyes.
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading When Wyndham came back to Queen's Gate his wife met him with sparkling eyes.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading I have been speaking to father, and he accedes to all our wishes--he will give us an income.
plural of “wish” — a specific feeling of desire
From this reading I have been speaking to father, and he accedes to all our wishes--he will give us an income.
in the company of; together with
From this reading When Wyndham came back to Queen's Gate his wife met him with sparkling eyes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When Wyndham came back to Queen's Gate his wife met him with sparkling eyes.
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading He says he thinks a thousand a year will be enough.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "How much time can you give me to-morrow?" she said.
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