Chapter 26 of Lillian's vow is here in full — 70 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 26 of Lillian's vow is here in full — 70 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
FACE TO FACE. “Do not weep, dear love!” Cyril Fayne took Lenore in his arms and kissed the quivering red lips. “Do not grieve so, my darling. That man is a fiend incarnate, but we will unmask him to the world.
Chapter 26 of Lillian's vow is here in full — 70 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/14 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Greek missionary; the invention of the Cyrillic alphabet is attributed to him (826-869)
From this reading “Cyril Fayne took Lenore in his arms and kissed the quivering red lips.”
a special loved one
From this reading ““Do not grieve so, my darling.”
a cruel wicked and inhuman person
From this reading “That man is a fiend incarnate, but we will unmask him to the world.”
feel grief
From this reading ““Do not grieve so, my darling.”
make concrete and real
From this reading “That man is a fiend incarnate, but we will unmask him to the world.”
a shaky motion
From this reading “Cyril Fayne took Lenore in his arms and kissed the quivering red lips.”
reveal the true nature of
From this reading “That man is a fiend incarnate, but we will unmask him to the world.”
shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain
From this reading ““Do not weep, dear love!””
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.
In this reading “Cyril Fayne took Lenore in his arms and kissed the quivering red lips.”
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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 That man is a fiend incarnate, but we will unmask him to the world.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Cyril Fayne took Lenore in his arms and kissed the quivering red lips.
weapons considered collectively
From this reading Cyril Fayne took Lenore in his arms and kissed the quivering red lips.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading That man is a fiend incarnate, but we will unmask him to the world.
Greek missionary; the invention of the Cyrillic alphabet is attributed to him (826-869)
From this reading Cyril Fayne took Lenore in his arms and kissed the quivering red lips.
a special loved one
From this reading “Do not grieve so, my darling.
dearly loved
From this reading “Do not weep, dear love!”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Do not weep, dear love!”
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading FACE TO FACE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Cyril Fayne took Lenore in his arms and kissed the quivering red lips.
a cruel wicked and inhuman person
From this reading That man is a fiend incarnate, but we will unmask him to the world.
feel grief
From this reading “Do not grieve so, my darling.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading That man is a fiend incarnate, but we will unmask him to the world.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Cyril Fayne took Lenore in his arms and kissed the quivering red lips.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Cyril Fayne took Lenore in his arms and kissed the quivering red lips.
make concrete and real
From this reading That man is a fiend incarnate, but we will unmask him to the world.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That man is a fiend incarnate, but we will unmask him to the world.
past form of “kiss” — touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.
From this reading Cyril Fayne took Lenore in his arms and kissed the quivering red lips.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Cyril Fayne took Lenore in his arms and kissed the quivering red lips.
plural of “lip” — either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
From this reading Cyril Fayne took Lenore in his arms and kissed the quivering red lips.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading “Do not weep, dear love!”
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading That man is a fiend incarnate, but we will unmask him to the world.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Do not grieve so, my darling.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Do not weep, dear love!”
a shaky motion
From this reading Cyril Fayne took Lenore in his arms and kissed the quivering red lips.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading Cyril Fayne took Lenore in his arms and kissed the quivering red lips.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “Do not grieve so, my darling.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That man is a fiend incarnate, but we will unmask him to the world.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Cyril Fayne took Lenore in his arms and kissed the quivering red lips.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading FACE TO FACE.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading Cyril Fayne took Lenore in his arms and kissed the quivering red lips.
reveal the true nature of
From this reading That man is a fiend incarnate, but we will unmask him to the world.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading That man is a fiend incarnate, but we will unmask him to the world.
shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain
From this reading “Do not weep, dear love!”
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading That man is a fiend incarnate, but we will unmask him to the world.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading That man is a fiend incarnate, but we will unmask him to the world.
Chapter 26 of Lillian's vow by E. Burke, Mrs. Collins holds 70 sentences, grouped into 14 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 26 holds 70 sentences of Lillian's vow, unabridged, divided into 14 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 26 of Lillian's vow by E. Burke, Mrs. Collins exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 70 sentences, grouped into 14 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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