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Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story

Chapter XXXII · Chapter 32

Chapter 32 of Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story is here in full — 209 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By H. G. (Herbert George) Wells • Curated US English Learning Edition

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He woke the glassy water to swirling activity again, and made the deep-blue shapes below writhe and shiver.

“This is MY thing,” said Ann Veronica, softly, with thoughtful eyes upon him.

Then she looked up the sweep of pine-trees to the towering sunlit cliffs and the high heaven above and then back to his face.

She drew in a deep breath of the sweet mountain air.

Her eyes were soft and grave, and there was the faintest of smiles upon her resolute lips.

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Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story

Chapter XXXII · Chapter 32

Chapter 32 of Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story is here in full — 209 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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

Line 1

He woke the glassy water to swirling activity again, and made the deep-blue shapes below writhe and shiver.

Line 2

“This is MY thing,” said Ann Veronica, softly, with thoughtful eyes upon him.

Line 3

Then she looked up the sweep of pine-trees to the towering sunlit cliffs and the high heaven above and then back to his face.

Line 4

She drew in a deep breath of the sweet mountain air.

Line 5

Her eyes were soft and grave, and there was the faintest of smiles upon her resolute lips.

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a

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above

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activity

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again

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air

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and

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Ann

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back

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below

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breath

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cliffs

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deep

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deep-blue

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drew

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eyes

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face

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faintest

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glassy

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grave

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He

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heaven

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Her

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high

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him

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his

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in

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is

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lips

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looked

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made

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mountain

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MY

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of

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pine-trees

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resolute

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said

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shapes

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she

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shiver

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smiles

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soft

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softly

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From this reading “This is MY thing,” said Ann Veronica, softly, with thoughtful eyes upon him.

sunlit

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sweep

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sweet

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swirling

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the

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Then

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there

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thing

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From this reading “This is MY thing,” said Ann Veronica, softly, with thoughtful eyes upon him.

This

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thoughtful

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to

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towering

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up

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upon

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From this reading “This is MY thing,” said Ann Veronica, softly, with thoughtful eyes upon him.

Veronica

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was

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water

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were

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with

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From this reading “This is MY thing,” said Ann Veronica, softly, with thoughtful eyes upon him.

woke

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writhe

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Chapter 32 of Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells holds 209 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.

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