Chapter 52 of Blind Love is here in full — 106 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 52 of Blind Love is here in full — 106 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WHAT NEXT? WHAT should she do with the terrible secret? She ought to inform the police. But there were two objections. First, the nurse may have been mistaken in supposing her patient to be dead.
Chapter 52 of Blind Love is here in full — 106 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event to
From this reading “She ought to inform the police.”
wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment
From this reading “First, the nurse may have been mistaken in supposing her patient to be dead.”
try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
From this reading “First, the nurse may have been mistaken in supposing her patient to be dead.”
plural of “objection” — the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
From this reading “But there were two objections.”
a person who requires medical care
From this reading “First, the nurse may have been mistaken in supposing her patient to be dead.”
the force of policemen and officers
From this reading “She ought to inform the police.”
-ing form of “suppose” — express a supposition
From this reading “First, the nurse may have been mistaken in supposing her patient to be dead.”
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading “WHAT should she do with the terrible secret?”
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used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading First, the nurse may have been mistaken in supposing her patient to be dead.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading First, the nurse may have been mistaken in supposing her patient to be dead.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But there were two objections.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading First, the nurse may have been mistaken in supposing her patient to be dead.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading WHAT should she do with the terrible secret?
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading First, the nurse may have been mistaken in supposing her patient to be dead.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading First, the nurse may have been mistaken in supposing her patient to be dead.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading First, the nurse may have been mistaken in supposing her patient to be dead.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading First, the nurse may have been mistaken in supposing her patient to be dead.
impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event to
From this reading She ought to inform the police.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading First, the nurse may have been mistaken in supposing her patient to be dead.
wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment
From this reading First, the nurse may have been mistaken in supposing her patient to be dead.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading WHAT NEXT?
try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
From this reading First, the nurse may have been mistaken in supposing her patient to be dead.
plural of “objection” — the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
From this reading But there were two objections.
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading She ought to inform the police.
a person who requires medical care
From this reading First, the nurse may have been mistaken in supposing her patient to be dead.
the force of policemen and officers
From this reading She ought to inform the police.
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading WHAT should she do with the terrible secret?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading WHAT should she do with the terrible secret?
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading WHAT should she do with the terrible secret?
-ing form of “suppose” — express a supposition
From this reading First, the nurse may have been mistaken in supposing her patient to be dead.
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading WHAT should she do with the terrible secret?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WHAT should she do with the terrible secret?
in or at that place or location
From this reading But there were two objections.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She ought to inform the police.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading But there were two objections.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But there were two objections.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading WHAT NEXT?
in the company of; together with
From this reading WHAT should she do with the terrible secret?
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