Chapter 7 of Hungry Hearts is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Hungry Hearts is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I fall on the steps and clinch the stones with the twistings of my body. A terrible cry breaks out from me--“David! David!” My soul is tearing itself out from my body. It is gone.
Chapter 7 of Hungry Hearts is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “break” — some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
From this reading “A terrible cry breaks out from me--“David!”
secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts
From this reading “I fall on the steps and clinch the stones with the twistings of my body.”
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “A terrible cry breaks out from me--“David!”
patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)
From this reading “A terrible cry breaks out from me--“David!”
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading “I fall on the steps and clinch the stones with the twistings of my body.”
plural of “stone” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading “I fall on the steps and clinch the stones with the twistings of my body.”
shedding tears
From this reading “My soul is tearing itself out from my body.”
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading “A terrible cry breaks out from me--“David!”
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start abruptly
In this reading “A terrible cry breaks out from me--“David!”
In this reading “I fall on the steps and clinch the stones with the twistings of my body.”
In this reading “I fall on the steps and clinch the stones with the twistings of my body.”
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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 terrible cry breaks out from me--“David!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I fall on the steps and clinch the stones with the twistings of my body.
the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
From this reading I fall on the steps and clinch the stones with the twistings of my body.
plural of “break” — some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
From this reading A terrible cry breaks out from me--“David!
secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts
From this reading I fall on the steps and clinch the stones with the twistings of my body.
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading A terrible cry breaks out from me--“David!
patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)
From this reading A terrible cry breaks out from me--“David!
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
From this reading I fall on the steps and clinch the stones with the twistings of my body.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A terrible cry breaks out from me--“David!
destroyed or killed
From this reading It is gone.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I fall on the steps and clinch the stones with the twistings of my body.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading My soul is tearing itself out from my body.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is gone.
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading My soul is tearing itself out from my body.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A terrible cry breaks out from me--“David!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I fall on the steps and clinch the stones with the twistings of my body.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I fall on the steps and clinch the stones with the twistings of my body.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I fall on the steps and clinch the stones with the twistings of my body.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading A terrible cry breaks out from me--“David!
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading My soul is tearing itself out from my body.
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading I fall on the steps and clinch the stones with the twistings of my body.
plural of “stone” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading I fall on the steps and clinch the stones with the twistings of my body.
shedding tears
From this reading My soul is tearing itself out from my body.
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading A terrible cry breaks out from me--“David!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I fall on the steps and clinch the stones with the twistings of my body.
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From this reading I fall on the steps and clinch the stones with the twistings of my body.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I fall on the steps and clinch the stones with the twistings of my body.
Chapter 7 of Hungry Hearts by Anzia Yezierska holds 407 sentences, grouped into 82 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 407 sentences of Hungry Hearts, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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