Chapter 12 of Eve: A Novel is here in full — 386 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Eve: A Novel is here in full — 386 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
FORGET-ME-NOT! THAT night Eve could not sleep. She thought of her wonderful adventure. Who was that strange boy? And who was Martin?
Chapter 12 of Eve: A Novel is here in full — 386 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
From this reading “She thought of her wonderful adventure.”
a youthful male person
From this reading “Who was that strange boy?”
(Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
From this reading “THAT night Eve could not sleep.”
French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)
From this reading “And who was Martin?”
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading “THAT night Eve could not sleep.”
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading “THAT night Eve could not sleep.”
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading “Who was that strange boy?”
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading “She thought of her wonderful adventure.”
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take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
From this reading She thought of her wonderful adventure.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And who was Martin?
a youthful male person
From this reading Who was that strange boy?
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading THAT night Eve could not sleep.
(Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
From this reading THAT night Eve could not sleep.
small perennial herb having bright blue or white flowers
From this reading FORGET-ME-NOT!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She thought of her wonderful adventure.
French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)
From this reading And who was Martin?
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading THAT night Eve could not sleep.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading THAT night Eve could not sleep.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She thought of her wonderful adventure.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She thought of her wonderful adventure.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading THAT night Eve could not sleep.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading Who was that strange boy?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THAT night Eve could not sleep.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading She thought of her wonderful adventure.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Who was that strange boy?
which person or people
From this reading Who was that strange boy?
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading She thought of her wonderful adventure.
Chapter 12 of Eve: A Novel by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould holds 386 sentences, grouped into 78 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, 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 12 holds 386 sentences of Eve: A Novel, unabridged, divided into 78 reading sections.
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