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MADAME RIENNES About 11 o’clock on the day following this conversation, Godfrey found himself standing on the platform in the big station of Lucerne. “How are you going to get to Kleindorf?” Miss Ogilvy asked of him. “It’s five miles away by the road. I think you had better come to my house and have some _déjeuner_.
Chapter 4 of Love Eternal is here in full — 245 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.
From this reading “MADAME RIENNES About 11 o’clock on the day following this conversation, Godfrey found himself standing on the platform in the big station of Lucerne.”
about to be mentioned or specified
From this reading “MADAME RIENNES About 11 o’clock on the day following this conversation, Godfrey found himself standing on the platform in the big station of Lucerne.”
important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop
From this reading “MADAME RIENNES About 11 o’clock on the day following this conversation, Godfrey found himself standing on the platform in the big station of Lucerne.”
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading ““It’s five miles away by the road.”
according to the clock
a raised horizontal surface
From this reading “MADAME RIENNES About 11 o’clock on the day following this conversation, Godfrey found himself standing on the platform in the big station of Lucerne.”
having a supporting base
From this reading “MADAME RIENNES About 11 o’clock on the day following this conversation, Godfrey found himself standing on the platform in the big station of Lucerne.”
a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose
From this reading “MADAME RIENNES About 11 o’clock on the day following this conversation, Godfrey found himself standing on the platform in the big station of Lucerne.”
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From this reading MADAME RIENNES About 11 o’clock on the day following this conversation, Godfrey found himself standing on the platform in the big station of Lucerne.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading MADAME RIENNES About 11 o’clock on the day following this conversation, Godfrey found himself standing on the platform in the big station of Lucerne.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I think you had better come to my house and have some _déjeuner_.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “How are you going to get to Kleindorf?”
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading Miss Ogilvy asked of him.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “It’s five miles away by the road.
(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 I think you had better come to my house and have some _déjeuner_.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading MADAME RIENNES About 11 o’clock on the day following this conversation, Godfrey found himself standing on the platform in the big station of Lucerne.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading “It’s five miles away by the road.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading I think you had better come to my house and have some _déjeuner_.
the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.
From this reading MADAME RIENNES About 11 o’clock on the day following this conversation, Godfrey found himself standing on the platform in the big station of Lucerne.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading MADAME RIENNES About 11 o’clock on the day following this conversation, Godfrey found himself standing on the platform in the big station of Lucerne.
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From this reading I think you had better come to my house and have some _déjeuner_.
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading “It’s five miles away by the road.
about to be mentioned or specified
From this reading MADAME RIENNES About 11 o’clock on the day following this conversation, Godfrey found himself standing on the platform in the big station of Lucerne.
set up or found
From this reading MADAME RIENNES About 11 o’clock on the day following this conversation, Godfrey found himself standing on the platform in the big station of Lucerne.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “How are you going to get to Kleindorf?”
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From this reading MADAME RIENNES About 11 o’clock on the day following this conversation, Godfrey found himself standing on the platform in the big station of Lucerne.
the act of departing
From this reading “How are you going to get to Kleindorf?”
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I think you had better come to my house and have some _déjeuner_.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I think you had better come to my house and have some _déjeuner_.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Miss Ogilvy asked of him.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading MADAME RIENNES About 11 o’clock on the day following this conversation, Godfrey found himself standing on the platform in the big station of Lucerne.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading I think you had better come to my house and have some _déjeuner_.
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From this reading “How are you going to get to Kleindorf?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I think you had better come to my house and have some _déjeuner_.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading MADAME RIENNES About 11 o’clock on the day following this conversation, Godfrey found himself standing on the platform in the big station of Lucerne.
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From this reading “It’s five miles away by the road.
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From this reading “How are you going to get to Kleindorf?”
important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop
From this reading MADAME RIENNES About 11 o’clock on the day following this conversation, Godfrey found himself standing on the platform in the big station of Lucerne.
title used for a married Frenchwoman
From this reading MADAME RIENNES About 11 o’clock on the day following this conversation, Godfrey found himself standing on the platform in the big station of Lucerne.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading “It’s five miles away by the road.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading Miss Ogilvy asked of him.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I think you had better come to my house and have some _déjeuner_.
according to the clock
From this reading MADAME RIENNES About 11 o’clock on the day following this conversation, Godfrey found himself standing on the platform in the big station of Lucerne.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading MADAME RIENNES About 11 o’clock on the day following this conversation, Godfrey found himself standing on the platform in the big station of Lucerne.
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From this reading Miss Ogilvy asked of him.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading MADAME RIENNES About 11 o’clock on the day following this conversation, Godfrey found himself standing on the platform in the big station of Lucerne.
a raised horizontal surface
From this reading MADAME RIENNES About 11 o’clock on the day following this conversation, Godfrey found himself standing on the platform in the big station of Lucerne.
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From this reading MADAME RIENNES About 11 o’clock on the day following this conversation, Godfrey found himself standing on the platform in the big station of Lucerne.
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading “It’s five miles away by the road.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading I think you had better come to my house and have some _déjeuner_.
having a supporting base
From this reading MADAME RIENNES About 11 o’clock on the day following this conversation, Godfrey found himself standing on the platform in the big station of Lucerne.
a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose
From this reading MADAME RIENNES About 11 o’clock on the day following this conversation, Godfrey found himself standing on the platform in the big station of Lucerne.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading MADAME RIENNES About 11 o’clock on the day following this conversation, Godfrey found himself standing on the platform in the big station of Lucerne.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading I think you had better come to my house and have some _déjeuner_.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading MADAME RIENNES About 11 o’clock on the day following this conversation, Godfrey found himself standing on the platform in the big station of Lucerne.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “How are you going to get to Kleindorf?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “How are you going to get to Kleindorf?”
Chapter 4 of Love Eternal by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard holds 245 sentences, grouped into 49 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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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