Chapter 7 of Farewell Love! A Novel is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Farewell Love! A Novel is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Well, Anna, what have you to say?" "Why do you ask? I love you, and without you I should die. Anything is better than death. You are my life."
Chapter 7 of Farewell Love! A Novel is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a former copper coin of Pakistan and India
From this reading “"Well, Anna, what have you to say?"”
any thing at all
From this reading “Anything is better than death.”
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “"Why do you ask?”
(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 “Anything is better than death.”
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading “Anything is better than death.”
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading “I love you, and without you I should die.”
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading “I love you, and without you I should die.”
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “I love you, and without you I should die.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I love you, and without you I should die.
a former copper coin of Pakistan and India
From this reading "Well, Anna, what have you to say?"
any thing at all
From this reading Anything is better than death.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading You are my life."
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "Why do you ask?
(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 Anything is better than death.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading Anything is better than death.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading I love you, and without you I should die.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Why do you ask?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Well, Anna, what have you to say?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I love you, and without you I should die.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Anything is better than death.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading You are my life."
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading I love you, and without you I should die.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading You are my life."
express in words
From this reading "Well, Anna, what have you to say?"
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading I love you, and without you I should die.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Anything is better than death.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Well, Anna, what have you to say?"
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Well, Anna, what have you to say?"
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Well, Anna, what have you to say?"
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why do you ask?
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading I love you, and without you I should die.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Well, Anna, what have you to say?"
Chapter 7 of Farewell Love! A Novel by Matilde Serao holds 419 sentences, grouped into 84 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 7 holds 419 sentences of Farewell Love! A Novel, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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