Chapter 17 of For Love of a Bedouin Maid is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of For Love of a Bedouin Maid is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"And have I not suffered enough to make me so? Why should I live? I cannot live. Oh! let me die," she wailed. "Never," he replied impetuously.
Chapter 17 of For Love of a Bedouin Maid is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading “Oh! let me die," she wailed.”
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading “"And have I not suffered enough to make me so?”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Oh! let me die," she wailed.”
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “Why should I live?”
engage in
From this reading “"And have I not suffered enough to make me so?”
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading “"Never," he replied impetuously.”
past form of “suffer” — undergo or be subjected to
From this reading “"And have I not suffered enough to make me so?”
past form of “wail” — emit long loud cries
From this reading “Oh! let me die," she wailed.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And have I not suffered enough to make me so?
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From this reading I cannot live.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading Oh! let me die," she wailed.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading "And have I not suffered enough to make me so?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "And have I not suffered enough to make me so?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Never," he replied impetuously.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "And have I not suffered enough to make me so?
in an impulsive or impetuous way; without taking cautions
From this reading "Never," he replied impetuously.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Oh! let me die," she wailed.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading Why should I live?
engage in
From this reading "And have I not suffered enough to make me so?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "And have I not suffered enough to make me so?
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "Never," he replied impetuously.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "And have I not suffered enough to make me so?
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh! let me die," she wailed.
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading "Never," he replied impetuously.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Oh! let me die," she wailed.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Why should I live?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "And have I not suffered enough to make me so?
past form of “suffer” — undergo or be subjected to
From this reading "And have I not suffered enough to make me so?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "And have I not suffered enough to make me so?
past form of “wail” — emit long loud cries
From this reading Oh! let me die," she wailed.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why should I live?
Chapter 17 of For Love of a Bedouin Maid by Voleur holds 401 sentences, grouped into 81 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 17 holds 401 sentences of For Love of a Bedouin Maid, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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