Chapter 50 of Blind Love is here in full — 180 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 50 of Blind Love is here in full — 180 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE NURSE IS SENT AWAY "YOU have repented and changed your mind, Vimpany?" said Lord Harry. "I repented?" the doctor repeated, with a laugh. "You think me capable of that, do you?" "The man is growing stronger and better every day. You are going to make him recover, after all.
Chapter 50 of Blind Love is here in full — 180 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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(usually followed by “of”) having capacity or ability
From this reading “"You think me capable of that, do you?"”
made or become different in nature or form
From this reading “THE NURSE IS SENT AWAY "YOU have repented and changed your mind, Vimpany?" said Lord Harry.”
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading “"The man is growing stronger and better every day.”
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading “THE NURSE IS SENT AWAY "YOU have repented and changed your mind, Vimpany?" said Lord Harry.”
try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
From this reading “THE NURSE IS SENT AWAY "YOU have repented and changed your mind, Vimpany?" said Lord Harry.”
get or find back; recover the use of
From this reading “You are going to make him recover, after all.”
past form of “repent” — turn away from sin or do penitence
From this reading “THE NURSE IS SENT AWAY "YOU have repented and changed your mind, Vimpany?" said Lord Harry.”
comparative of “strong” — having strength or power greater than average or expected
From this reading “"The man is growing stronger and better every day.”
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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 "I repented?" the doctor repeated, with a laugh.
later than; following
From this reading You are going to make him recover, after all.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading You are going to make him recover, after all.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE NURSE IS SENT AWAY "YOU have repented and changed your mind, Vimpany?" said Lord Harry.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading You are going to make him recover, after all.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading THE NURSE IS SENT AWAY "YOU have repented and changed your mind, Vimpany?" said Lord Harry.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading "The man is growing stronger and better every day.
(usually followed by “of”) having capacity or ability
From this reading "You think me capable of that, do you?"
made or become different in nature or form
From this reading THE NURSE IS SENT AWAY "YOU have repented and changed your mind, Vimpany?" said Lord Harry.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading "The man is growing stronger and better every day.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "You think me capable of that, do you?"
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading "I repented?" the doctor repeated, with a laugh.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading "The man is growing stronger and better every day.
the act of departing
From this reading You are going to make him recover, after all.
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading "The man is growing stronger and better every day.
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading THE NURSE IS SENT AWAY "YOU have repented and changed your mind, Vimpany?" said Lord Harry.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading THE NURSE IS SENT AWAY "YOU have repented and changed your mind, Vimpany?" said Lord Harry.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You are going to make him recover, after all.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I repented?" the doctor repeated, with a laugh.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE NURSE IS SENT AWAY "YOU have repented and changed your mind, Vimpany?" said Lord Harry.
the sound of laughing
From this reading "I repented?" the doctor repeated, with a laugh.
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading THE NURSE IS SENT AWAY "YOU have repented and changed your mind, Vimpany?" said Lord Harry.
engage in
From this reading You are going to make him recover, after all.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading "The man is growing stronger and better every day.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "You think me capable of that, do you?"
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading THE NURSE IS SENT AWAY "YOU have repented and changed your mind, Vimpany?" said Lord Harry.
try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
From this reading THE NURSE IS SENT AWAY "YOU have repented and changed your mind, Vimpany?" said Lord Harry.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "You think me capable of that, do you?"
get or find back; recover the use of
From this reading You are going to make him recover, after all.
recurring again and again
From this reading "I repented?" the doctor repeated, with a laugh.
past form of “repent” — turn away from sin or do penitence
From this reading THE NURSE IS SENT AWAY "YOU have repented and changed your mind, Vimpany?" said Lord Harry.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading THE NURSE IS SENT AWAY "YOU have repented and changed your mind, Vimpany?" said Lord Harry.
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading THE NURSE IS SENT AWAY "YOU have repented and changed your mind, Vimpany?" said Lord Harry.
comparative of “strong” — having strength or power greater than average or expected
From this reading "The man is growing stronger and better every day.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "You think me capable of that, do you?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE NURSE IS SENT AWAY "YOU have repented and changed your mind, Vimpany?" said Lord Harry.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading "You think me capable of that, do you?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You are going to make him recover, after all.
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From this reading THE NURSE IS SENT AWAY "YOU have repented and changed your mind, Vimpany?" said Lord Harry.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "I repented?" the doctor repeated, with a laugh.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading THE NURSE IS SENT AWAY "YOU have repented and changed your mind, Vimpany?" said Lord Harry.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading THE NURSE IS SENT AWAY "YOU have repented and changed your mind, Vimpany?" said Lord Harry.
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