Chapter 21 of Eve: A Novel is here in full — 207 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 21 of Eve: A Novel is here in full — 207 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CALLED TO ACCOUNT. ‘GO,’ said Mr. Jordan, ‘bring Eve to me.’ Barbara obeyed mechanically. She had betrayed Jasper. Her father would not spare him.
Chapter 21 of Eve: A Novel is here in full — 207 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a record or narrative description of past events
From this reading “CALLED TO ACCOUNT.”
past form of “betray” — reveal unintentionally
From this reading “She had betrayed Jasper.”
(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 “‘GO,’ said Mr. Jordan, ‘bring Eve to me.’”
an opaque form of quartz; red or yellow or brown or dark green in color; used for ornamentation or as a gemstone
From this reading “She had betrayed Jasper.”
a river in Palestine that empties into the Dead Sea; John the Baptist baptized Jesus in the Jordan
From this reading “‘GO,’ said Mr. Jordan, ‘bring Eve to me.’”
in a mechanical manner; by a mechanism
From this reading “Barbara obeyed mechanically.”
past form of “obey” — be obedient to
From this reading “Barbara obeyed mechanically.”
refrain from harming
From this reading “Her father would not spare him.”
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In this reading “Barbara obeyed mechanically.”
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a record or narrative description of past events
From this reading CALLED TO ACCOUNT.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Barbara obeyed mechanically.
past form of “betray” — reveal unintentionally
From this reading She had betrayed Jasper.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading ‘GO,’ said Mr. Jordan, ‘bring Eve to me.’
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading CALLED TO ACCOUNT.
(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 ‘GO,’ said Mr. Jordan, ‘bring Eve to me.’
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading Her father would not spare him.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading ‘GO,’ said Mr. Jordan, ‘bring Eve to me.’
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had betrayed Jasper.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her father would not spare him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Her father would not spare him.
an opaque form of quartz; red or yellow or brown or dark green in color; used for ornamentation or as a gemstone
From this reading She had betrayed Jasper.
a river in Palestine that empties into the Dead Sea; John the Baptist baptized Jesus in the Jordan
From this reading ‘GO,’ said Mr. Jordan, ‘bring Eve to me.’
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ‘GO,’ said Mr. Jordan, ‘bring Eve to me.’
in a mechanical manner; by a mechanism
From this reading Barbara obeyed mechanically.
a form of address for a man
From this reading ‘GO,’ said Mr. Jordan, ‘bring Eve to me.’
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Her father would not spare him.
past form of “obey” — be obedient to
From this reading Barbara obeyed mechanically.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading ‘GO,’ said Mr. Jordan, ‘bring Eve to me.’
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had betrayed Jasper.
refrain from harming
From this reading Her father would not spare him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading CALLED TO ACCOUNT.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Her father would not spare him.
Chapter 21 of Eve: A Novel by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould holds 207 sentences, grouped into 42 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 21 holds 207 sentences of Eve: A Novel, unabridged, divided into 42 reading sections.
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