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Chapter 32 of A Love Story is here in full — 85 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The Letter. "And from a foreign shore Well to that heart might _hers_ these absent greetings pour." Three weeks had elapsed since George's death. It would be difficult to depict satisfactorily, the state of Sir Henry Delmé's mind during that period. The pride of life appeared crushed within him.
Chapter 32 of A Love Story is here in full — 85 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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not being in a specified place
From this reading “"And from a foreign shore Well to that heart might _hers_ these absent greetings pour."”
treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance
From this reading “The pride of life appeared crushed within him.”
show in, or as in, a picture
From this reading “It would be difficult to depict satisfactorily, the state of Sir Henry Delmé's mind during that period.”
(of time) having passed or slipped by
From this reading “Three weeks had elapsed since George's death.”
possessive form of “george” — Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading “Three weeks had elapsed since George's death.”
plural of “greeting” — (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting)
From this reading “"And from a foreign shore Well to that heart might _hers_ these absent greetings pour."”
cause to run
From this reading “"And from a foreign shore Well to that heart might _hers_ these absent greetings pour."”
in a satisfactory manner
From this reading “It would be difficult to depict satisfactorily, the state of Sir Henry Delmé's mind during that period.”
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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 "And from a foreign shore Well to that heart might _hers_ these absent greetings pour."
not being in a specified place
From this reading "And from a foreign shore Well to that heart might _hers_ these absent greetings pour."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And from a foreign shore Well to that heart might _hers_ these absent greetings pour."
past form of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading The pride of life appeared crushed within him.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It would be difficult to depict satisfactorily, the state of Sir Henry Delmé's mind during that period.
treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance
From this reading The pride of life appeared crushed within him.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading Three weeks had elapsed since George's death.
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From this reading It would be difficult to depict satisfactorily, the state of Sir Henry Delmé's mind during that period.
show in, or as in, a picture
From this reading It would be difficult to depict satisfactorily, the state of Sir Henry Delmé's mind during that period.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading It would be difficult to depict satisfactorily, the state of Sir Henry Delmé's mind during that period.
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading It would be difficult to depict satisfactorily, the state of Sir Henry Delmé's mind during that period.
(of time) having passed or slipped by
From this reading Three weeks had elapsed since George's death.
of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own)
From this reading "And from a foreign shore Well to that heart might _hers_ these absent greetings pour."
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "And from a foreign shore Well to that heart might _hers_ these absent greetings pour."
possessive form of “george” — Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading Three weeks had elapsed since George's death.
plural of “greeting” — (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting)
From this reading "And from a foreign shore Well to that heart might _hers_ these absent greetings pour."
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Three weeks had elapsed since George's death.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading "And from a foreign shore Well to that heart might _hers_ these absent greetings pour."
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading It would be difficult to depict satisfactorily, the state of Sir Henry Delmé's mind during that period.
the one or ones belonging to her
From this reading "And from a foreign shore Well to that heart might _hers_ these absent greetings pour."
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The pride of life appeared crushed within him.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It would be difficult to depict satisfactorily, the state of Sir Henry Delmé's mind during that period.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading The Letter.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading The pride of life appeared crushed within him.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading "And from a foreign shore Well to that heart might _hers_ these absent greetings pour."
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading It would be difficult to depict satisfactorily, the state of Sir Henry Delmé's mind during that period.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It would be difficult to depict satisfactorily, the state of Sir Henry Delmé's mind during that period.
an amount of time
From this reading It would be difficult to depict satisfactorily, the state of Sir Henry Delmé's mind during that period.
cause to run
From this reading "And from a foreign shore Well to that heart might _hers_ these absent greetings pour."
a feeling of self-respect and personal worth
From this reading The pride of life appeared crushed within him.
in a satisfactory manner
From this reading It would be difficult to depict satisfactorily, the state of Sir Henry Delmé's mind during that period.
the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading "And from a foreign shore Well to that heart might _hers_ these absent greetings pour."
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Three weeks had elapsed since George's death.
term of address for a man
From this reading It would be difficult to depict satisfactorily, the state of Sir Henry Delmé's mind during that period.
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
From this reading It would be difficult to depict satisfactorily, the state of Sir Henry Delmé's mind during that period.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "And from a foreign shore Well to that heart might _hers_ these absent greetings pour."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Letter.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading "And from a foreign shore Well to that heart might _hers_ these absent greetings pour."
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading Three weeks had elapsed since George's death.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "And from a foreign shore Well to that heart might _hers_ these absent greetings pour."
plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading Three weeks had elapsed since George's death.
(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 "And from a foreign shore Well to that heart might _hers_ these absent greetings pour."
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading The pride of life appeared crushed within him.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It would be difficult to depict satisfactorily, the state of Sir Henry Delmé's mind during that period.
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