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Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story
Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story

Chapter VII · Chapter 7

Chapter 7 of Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story is here in full — 207 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Part 5 The Gwen affair happened when she was away at school at Marticombe-on-Sea, a term before she went to the High School, and was never very clear to her.
Her mother missed writing for a week, and then she wrote in an unusual key.
My dear,” the letter ran, I have to tell you that your sister Gwen has offended your father very much.
I hope you will always love her, but I want you to remember she has offended your father and married without his consent.
Your father is very angry, and will not have her name mentioned in his hearing.
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Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story

Chapter VII · Chapter 7

Chapter 7 of Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story is here in full — 207 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/41 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Part 5 The Gwen affair happened when she was away at school at Marticombe-on-Sea, a term before she went to the High School, and was never very clear to her.
Line 2
Her mother missed writing for a week, and then she wrote in an unusual key.
Line 3
My dear,” the letter ran, “I have to tell you that your sister Gwen has offended your father very much.
Line 4
I hope you will always love her, but I want you to remember she has offended your father and married without his consent.
Line 5
Your father is very angry, and will not have her name mentioned in his hearing.

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

Remember verb US /rɪˈmɛm.bər/

To recall to mind.

From this reading “I hope you will always love her, but I want you to remember she has offended your father and married without his consent.”

All words in this reading · 67

Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.

5

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From this reading Part 5 The Gwen affair happened when she was away at school at Marticombe-on-Sea, a term before she went to the High School, and was never very clear to her.

a

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From this reading Part 5 The Gwen affair happened when she was away at school at Marticombe-on-Sea, a term before she went to the High School, and was never very clear to her.

affair

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From this reading Part 5 The Gwen affair happened when she was away at school at Marticombe-on-Sea, a term before she went to the High School, and was never very clear to her.

always

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From this reading I hope you will always love her, but I want you to remember she has offended your father and married without his consent.

an

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From this reading Her mother missed writing for a week, and then she wrote in an unusual key.

and

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From this reading Part 5 The Gwen affair happened when she was away at school at Marticombe-on-Sea, a term before she went to the High School, and was never very clear to her.

angry

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From this reading Your father is very angry, and will not have her name mentioned in his hearing.

at

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From this reading Part 5 The Gwen affair happened when she was away at school at Marticombe-on-Sea, a term before she went to the High School, and was never very clear to her.

away

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From this reading Part 5 The Gwen affair happened when she was away at school at Marticombe-on-Sea, a term before she went to the High School, and was never very clear to her.

before

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From this reading Part 5 The Gwen affair happened when she was away at school at Marticombe-on-Sea, a term before she went to the High School, and was never very clear to her.

but

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From this reading I hope you will always love her, but I want you to remember she has offended your father and married without his consent.

clear

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From this reading Part 5 The Gwen affair happened when she was away at school at Marticombe-on-Sea, a term before she went to the High School, and was never very clear to her.

consent

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From this reading I hope you will always love her, but I want you to remember she has offended your father and married without his consent.

dear

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From this reading “My dear,” the letter ran, “I have to tell you that your sister Gwen has offended your father very much.

father

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From this reading “My dear,” the letter ran, “I have to tell you that your sister Gwen has offended your father very much.

for

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From this reading Her mother missed writing for a week, and then she wrote in an unusual key.

Gwen

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From this reading Part 5 The Gwen affair happened when she was away at school at Marticombe-on-Sea, a term before she went to the High School, and was never very clear to her.

happened

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From this reading Part 5 The Gwen affair happened when she was away at school at Marticombe-on-Sea, a term before she went to the High School, and was never very clear to her.

has

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From this reading “My dear,” the letter ran, “I have to tell you that your sister Gwen has offended your father very much.

have

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From this reading “My dear,” the letter ran, “I have to tell you that your sister Gwen has offended your father very much.

hearing

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From this reading Your father is very angry, and will not have her name mentioned in his hearing.

her

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From this reading Part 5 The Gwen affair happened when she was away at school at Marticombe-on-Sea, a term before she went to the High School, and was never very clear to her.

High

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From this reading Part 5 The Gwen affair happened when she was away at school at Marticombe-on-Sea, a term before she went to the High School, and was never very clear to her.

his

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I hope you will always love her, but I want you to remember she has offended your father and married without his consent.

hope

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From this reading I hope you will always love her, but I want you to remember she has offended your father and married without his consent.

I

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From this reading “My dear,” the letter ran, “I have to tell you that your sister Gwen has offended your father very much.

in

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Her mother missed writing for a week, and then she wrote in an unusual key.

is

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From this reading Your father is very angry, and will not have her name mentioned in his hearing.

key

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From this reading Her mother missed writing for a week, and then she wrote in an unusual key.

letter

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From this reading “My dear,” the letter ran, “I have to tell you that your sister Gwen has offended your father very much.

love

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From this reading I hope you will always love her, but I want you to remember she has offended your father and married without his consent.

married

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From this reading I hope you will always love her, but I want you to remember she has offended your father and married without his consent.

Marticombe-on-Sea

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Part 5 The Gwen affair happened when she was away at school at Marticombe-on-Sea, a term before she went to the High School, and was never very clear to her.

mentioned

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Your father is very angry, and will not have her name mentioned in his hearing.

missed

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From this reading Her mother missed writing for a week, and then she wrote in an unusual key.

mother

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From this reading Her mother missed writing for a week, and then she wrote in an unusual key.

much

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From this reading “My dear,” the letter ran, “I have to tell you that your sister Gwen has offended your father very much.

My

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From this reading “My dear,” the letter ran, “I have to tell you that your sister Gwen has offended your father very much.

name

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From this reading Your father is very angry, and will not have her name mentioned in his hearing.

never

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From this reading Part 5 The Gwen affair happened when she was away at school at Marticombe-on-Sea, a term before she went to the High School, and was never very clear to her.

not

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Your father is very angry, and will not have her name mentioned in his hearing.

offended

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “My dear,” the letter ran, “I have to tell you that your sister Gwen has offended your father very much.

Part

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Part 5 The Gwen affair happened when she was away at school at Marticombe-on-Sea, a term before she went to the High School, and was never very clear to her.

ran

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “My dear,” the letter ran, “I have to tell you that your sister Gwen has offended your father very much.

rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/

To recall to mind.

From this reading I hope you will always love her, but I want you to remember she has offended your father and married without his consent.

school

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Part 5 The Gwen affair happened when she was away at school at Marticombe-on-Sea, a term before she went to the High School, and was never very clear to her.

she

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Part 5 The Gwen affair happened when she was away at school at Marticombe-on-Sea, a term before she went to the High School, and was never very clear to her.

sister

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “My dear,” the letter ran, “I have to tell you that your sister Gwen has offended your father very much.

tell

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From this reading “My dear,” the letter ran, “I have to tell you that your sister Gwen has offended your father very much.

term

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Part 5 The Gwen affair happened when she was away at school at Marticombe-on-Sea, a term before she went to the High School, and was never very clear to her.

that

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From this reading “My dear,” the letter ran, “I have to tell you that your sister Gwen has offended your father very much.

The

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Part 5 The Gwen affair happened when she was away at school at Marticombe-on-Sea, a term before she went to the High School, and was never very clear to her.

then

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Her mother missed writing for a week, and then she wrote in an unusual key.

to

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Part 5 The Gwen affair happened when she was away at school at Marticombe-on-Sea, a term before she went to the High School, and was never very clear to her.

unusual

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Her mother missed writing for a week, and then she wrote in an unusual key.

very

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From this reading Part 5 The Gwen affair happened when she was away at school at Marticombe-on-Sea, a term before she went to the High School, and was never very clear to her.

want

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From this reading I hope you will always love her, but I want you to remember she has offended your father and married without his consent.

was

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Part 5 The Gwen affair happened when she was away at school at Marticombe-on-Sea, a term before she went to the High School, and was never very clear to her.

week

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Her mother missed writing for a week, and then she wrote in an unusual key.

went

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Part 5 The Gwen affair happened when she was away at school at Marticombe-on-Sea, a term before she went to the High School, and was never very clear to her.

when

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Part 5 The Gwen affair happened when she was away at school at Marticombe-on-Sea, a term before she went to the High School, and was never very clear to her.

will

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I hope you will always love her, but I want you to remember she has offended your father and married without his consent.

without

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I hope you will always love her, but I want you to remember she has offended your father and married without his consent.

writing

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From this reading Her mother missed writing for a week, and then she wrote in an unusual key.

wrote

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From this reading Her mother missed writing for a week, and then she wrote in an unusual key.

you

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From this reading “My dear,” the letter ran, “I have to tell you that your sister Gwen has offended your father very much.

your

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From this reading “My dear,” the letter ran, “I have to tell you that your sister Gwen has offended your father very much.

Chapter 7 of Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells holds 207 sentences, grouped into 42 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.

What does chapter 7 of Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story contain?

Chapter 7 holds 207 sentences of Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story, unabridged, divided into 42 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 7 of Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 207 sentences, grouped into 42 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.

How do I study chapter 7 of Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story?

Work through the 42 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 42 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

Can chapter 7 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 7 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #524, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 581 minutes of reading across 1395 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Ignoring
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Accomplishments
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Every
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Well-bred
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