Chapter 10 of In God's Way: A Novel is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of In God's Way: A Novel is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I can imagine that of him." "Do you know that was why I came away. We will be alone now, may we not? We have always had him hanging over us." "Well, I never!
Chapter 10 of In God's Way: A Novel is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Having no one else present.
From this reading “We will be alone now, may we not?”
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading “We have always had him hanging over us."”
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “"Do you know that was why I came away.”
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “"Do you know that was why I came away.”
decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window
From this reading “We have always had him hanging over us."”
form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
From this reading “"I can imagine that of him."”
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “We will be alone now, may we not?”
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading “"Well, I never!”
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Having no one else present.
From this reading We will be alone now, may we not?
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading We have always had him hanging over us."
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "Do you know that was why I came away.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading We will be alone now, may we not?
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Do you know that was why I came away.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "I can imagine that of him."
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Do you know that was why I came away.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We have always had him hanging over us."
decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window
From this reading We have always had him hanging over us."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We have always had him hanging over us."
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "I can imagine that of him."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I can imagine that of him."
form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
From this reading "I can imagine that of him."
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading "Do you know that was why I came away.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading We will be alone now, may we not?
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "Well, I never!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading We will be alone now, may we not?
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading We will be alone now, may we not?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "I can imagine that of him."
above and across; more than
From this reading We have always had him hanging over us."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "I can imagine that of him."
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We have always had him hanging over us."
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Do you know that was why I came away.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We will be alone now, may we not?
(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, I never!
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Do you know that was why I came away.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading We will be alone now, may we not?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Do you know that was why I came away.
Chapter 10 of In God's Way: A Novel by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson 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.
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