Chapter 6 of Farewell Love! A Novel is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Farewell Love! A Novel is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Always." "May I say something that will pain you?" "Say it," she sighed. "It seems to me, then, that you are slightly changeable. A year ago you thought you loved another, and would love him always.
Chapter 6 of Farewell Love! A Novel is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in the past
From this reading “A year ago you thought you loved another, and would love him always.”
capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature
From this reading “"It seems to me, then, that you are slightly changeable.”
held dear
From this reading “A year ago you thought you loved another, and would love him always.”
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
From this reading “"May I say something that will pain you?"”
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “"It seems to me, then, that you are slightly changeable.”
past form of “sigh” — heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
From this reading “"Say it," she sighed.”
to a small degree or extent
From this reading “"It seems to me, then, that you are slightly changeable.”
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading “A year ago you thought you loved another, and would love him always.”
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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 A year ago you thought you loved another, and would love him always.
in the past
From this reading A year ago you thought you loved another, and would love him always.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading "Always."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A year ago you thought you loved another, and would love him always.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading A year ago you thought you loved another, and would love him always.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "It seems to me, then, that you are slightly changeable.
capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature
From this reading "It seems to me, then, that you are slightly changeable.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A year ago you thought you loved another, and would love him always.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "May I say something that will pain you?"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Say it," she sighed.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading A year ago you thought you loved another, and would love him always.
held dear
From this reading A year ago you thought you loved another, and would love him always.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading "May I say something that will pain you?"
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "It seems to me, then, that you are slightly changeable.
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
From this reading "May I say something that will pain you?"
express in words
From this reading "May I say something that will pain you?"
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading "It seems to me, then, that you are slightly changeable.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Say it," she sighed.
past form of “sigh” — heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
From this reading "Say it," she sighed.
to a small degree or extent
From this reading "It seems to me, then, that you are slightly changeable.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading "May I say something that will pain you?"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "May I say something that will pain you?"
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "It seems to me, then, that you are slightly changeable.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading A year ago you thought you loved another, and would love him always.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "It seems to me, then, that you are slightly changeable.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "May I say something that will pain you?"
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading A year ago you thought you loved another, and would love him always.
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading A year ago you thought you loved another, and would love him always.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "May I say something that will pain you?"
Chapter 6 of Farewell Love! A Novel by Matilde Serao holds 437 sentences, grouped into 88 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.
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