Chapter 21 of Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story is here in full — 196 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story is here in full — 196 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Then, if possible, I would like to go to prison.” “It isn’t nice going to prison.” “It would suit me.” “It isn’t nice getting there.” “That’s a question of detail,” said Ann Veronica.
Chapter 21 of Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story is here in full — 196 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
From this reading ““That’s a question of detail,” said Ann Veronica.”
the act of acquiring something
From this reading ““It isn’t nice getting there.””
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading ““It isn’t nice going to prison.””
capable of happening or existing
From this reading ““Then, if possible, I would like to go to prison.””
a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
From this reading ““Then, if possible, I would like to go to prison.””
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading ““That’s a question of detail,” said Ann Veronica.”
be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading ““It would suit me.””
any plant of the genus Veronica
From this reading ““That’s a question of detail,” said Ann Veronica.”
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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 “That’s a question of detail,” said Ann Veronica.
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From this reading “That’s a question of detail,” said Ann Veronica.
an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
From this reading “That’s a question of detail,” said Ann Veronica.
the act of acquiring something
From this reading “It isn’t nice getting there.”
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “Then, if possible, I would like to go to prison.”
the act of departing
From this reading “It isn’t nice going to prison.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Then, if possible, I would like to go to prison.”
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “Then, if possible, I would like to go to prison.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It isn’t nice going to prison.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “It isn’t nice going to prison.”
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading “Then, if possible, I would like to go to prison.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “It would suit me.”
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading “It isn’t nice going to prison.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “That’s a question of detail,” said Ann Veronica.
capable of happening or existing
From this reading “Then, if possible, I would like to go to prison.”
a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
From this reading “Then, if possible, I would like to go to prison.”
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading “That’s a question of detail,” said Ann Veronica.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “That’s a question of detail,” said Ann Veronica.
be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading “It would suit me.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “That’s a question of detail,” said Ann Veronica.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading “Then, if possible, I would like to go to prison.”
in or at that place or location
From this reading “It isn’t nice getting there.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Then, if possible, I would like to go to prison.”
any plant of the genus Veronica
From this reading “That’s a question of detail,” said Ann Veronica.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Then, if possible, I would like to go to prison.”
Chapter 21 of Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells holds 196 sentences, grouped into 40 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.
Chapter 21 holds 196 sentences of Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story, unabridged, divided into 40 reading sections.
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