Chapter 22 of Love Me Little, Love Me Long is here in full — 108 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of Love Me Little, Love Me Long is here in full — 108 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“I HEARD your voice, Miss Lucy; I would know it among a million; so I rigged myself directly. Why, what is the matter?” “Oh, Mr. Dodd,” sobbed Lucy, “she has told me all you have gone through, and I am the wicked, wicked cause!” David groaned. “If I didn't think as much.
Chapter 22 of Love Me Little, Love Me Long is here in full — 108 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)
From this reading “David groaned.”
without deviation
From this reading ““I HEARD your voice, Miss Lucy; I would know it among a million; so I rigged myself directly.”
past form of “groan” — indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure
From this reading “David groaned.”
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading ““I HEARD your voice, Miss Lucy; I would know it among a million; so I rigged myself directly.”
the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros
From this reading ““I HEARD your voice, Miss Lucy; I would know it among a million; so I rigged myself directly.”
fitted or equipped with necessary rigging (sails and shrouds and stays etc)
From this reading ““I HEARD your voice, Miss Lucy; I would know it among a million; so I rigged myself directly.”
inflected form of “sob” — weep convulsively
From this reading ““Oh, Mr. Dodd,” sobbed Lucy, “she has told me all you have gone through, and I am the wicked, wicked cause!””
morally bad in principle or practice
From this reading ““Oh, Mr. Dodd,” sobbed Lucy, “she has told me all you have gone through, and I am the wicked, wicked cause!””
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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 “I HEARD your voice, Miss Lucy; I would know it among a million; so I rigged myself directly.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading “Oh, Mr. Dodd,” sobbed Lucy, “she has told me all you have gone through, and I am the wicked, wicked cause!”
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “Oh, Mr. Dodd,” sobbed Lucy, “she has told me all you have gone through, and I am the wicked, wicked cause!”
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading “I HEARD your voice, Miss Lucy; I would know it among a million; so I rigged myself directly.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Oh, Mr. Dodd,” sobbed Lucy, “she has told me all you have gone through, and I am the wicked, wicked cause!”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “If I didn't think as much.
events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
From this reading “Oh, Mr. Dodd,” sobbed Lucy, “she has told me all you have gone through, and I am the wicked, wicked cause!”
patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)
From this reading David groaned.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “If I didn't think as much.
without deviation
From this reading “I HEARD your voice, Miss Lucy; I would know it among a million; so I rigged myself directly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Oh, Mr. Dodd,” sobbed Lucy, “she has told me all you have gone through, and I am the wicked, wicked cause!”
destroyed or killed
From this reading “Oh, Mr. Dodd,” sobbed Lucy, “she has told me all you have gone through, and I am the wicked, wicked cause!”
past form of “groan” — indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure
From this reading David groaned.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Oh, Mr. Dodd,” sobbed Lucy, “she has told me all you have gone through, and I am the wicked, wicked cause!”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Oh, Mr. Dodd,” sobbed Lucy, “she has told me all you have gone through, and I am the wicked, wicked cause!”
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading “I HEARD your voice, Miss Lucy; I would know it among a million; so I rigged myself directly.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I HEARD your voice, Miss Lucy; I would know it among a million; so I rigged myself directly.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “If I didn't think as much.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Why, what is the matter?”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “I HEARD your voice, Miss Lucy; I would know it among a million; so I rigged myself directly.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “I HEARD your voice, Miss Lucy; I would know it among a million; so I rigged myself directly.
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading “I HEARD your voice, Miss Lucy; I would know it among a million; so I rigged myself directly.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading Why, what is the matter?”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Oh, Mr. Dodd,” sobbed Lucy, “she has told me all you have gone through, and I am the wicked, wicked cause!”
the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros
From this reading “I HEARD your voice, Miss Lucy; I would know it among a million; so I rigged myself directly.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading “I HEARD your voice, Miss Lucy; I would know it among a million; so I rigged myself directly.
a form of address for a man
From this reading “Oh, Mr. Dodd,” sobbed Lucy, “she has told me all you have gone through, and I am the wicked, wicked cause!”
to a great degree or extent
From this reading “If I didn't think as much.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “I HEARD your voice, Miss Lucy; I would know it among a million; so I rigged myself directly.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, Mr. Dodd,” sobbed Lucy, “she has told me all you have gone through, and I am the wicked, wicked cause!”
fitted or equipped with necessary rigging (sails and shrouds and stays etc)
From this reading “I HEARD your voice, Miss Lucy; I would know it among a million; so I rigged myself directly.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Oh, Mr. Dodd,” sobbed Lucy, “she has told me all you have gone through, and I am the wicked, wicked cause!”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “I HEARD your voice, Miss Lucy; I would know it among a million; so I rigged myself directly.
inflected form of “sob” — weep convulsively
From this reading “Oh, Mr. Dodd,” sobbed Lucy, “she has told me all you have gone through, and I am the wicked, wicked cause!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Why, what is the matter?”
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading “If I didn't think as much.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading “Oh, Mr. Dodd,” sobbed Lucy, “she has told me all you have gone through, and I am the wicked, wicked cause!”
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading “Oh, Mr. Dodd,” sobbed Lucy, “she has told me all you have gone through, and I am the wicked, wicked cause!”
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading “I HEARD your voice, Miss Lucy; I would know it among a million; so I rigged myself directly.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Why, what is the matter?”
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why, what is the matter?”
morally bad in principle or practice
From this reading “Oh, Mr. Dodd,” sobbed Lucy, “she has told me all you have gone through, and I am the wicked, wicked cause!”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “I HEARD your voice, Miss Lucy; I would know it among a million; so I rigged myself directly.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Oh, Mr. Dodd,” sobbed Lucy, “she has told me all you have gone through, and I am the wicked, wicked cause!”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I HEARD your voice, Miss Lucy; I would know it among a million; so I rigged myself directly.
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