Chapter 14 of Bella Donna: A Novel is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 14 of Bella Donna: A Novel is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"What did you know?" "Oh, I can understand something of women--when they permit me. And on the _Hohenzollern_ you permitted me. Did you not?" "I never spoke to you alone."
Chapter 14 of Bella Donna: A Novel is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Having no one else present.
From this reading “"I never spoke to you alone."”
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading “"I never spoke to you alone."”
a legal document giving official permission to do something
From this reading “"Oh, I can understand something of women--when they permit me.”
inflected form of “permit” — consent to, give permission
From this reading “And on the _Hohenzollern_ you permitted me.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “"Oh, I can understand something of women--when they permit me.”
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading “"I never spoke to you alone."”
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading “"Oh, I can understand something of women--when they permit me.”
plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading “"Oh, I can understand something of women--when they permit me.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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Having no one else present.
From this reading "I never spoke to you alone."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And on the _Hohenzollern_ you permitted me.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "Oh, I can understand something of women--when they permit me.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "What did you know?"
a German noble family that ruled Brandenburg and Prussia
From this reading And on the _Hohenzollern_ you permitted me.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Oh, I can understand something of women--when they permit me.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading "What did you know?"
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Oh, I can understand something of women--when they permit me.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "I never spoke to you alone."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Did you not?"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Oh, I can understand something of women--when they permit me.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, I can understand something of women--when they permit me.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading And on the _Hohenzollern_ you permitted me.
a legal document giving official permission to do something
From this reading "Oh, I can understand something of women--when they permit me.
inflected form of “permit” — consent to, give permission
From this reading And on the _Hohenzollern_ you permitted me.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading "Oh, I can understand something of women--when they permit me.
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading "I never spoke to you alone."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And on the _Hohenzollern_ you permitted me.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Oh, I can understand something of women--when they permit me.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I never spoke to you alone."
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading "Oh, I can understand something of women--when they permit me.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What did you know?"
at the time that
From this reading "Oh, I can understand something of women--when they permit me.
plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading "Oh, I can understand something of women--when they permit me.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "What did you know?"
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