Chapter 10 of Love's Shadow is here in full — 132 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Love's Shadow is here in full — 132 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The Troubles of the Ottleys 'Bruce', said Edith, 'you won't forget we're dining with your people tonight?' 'It's a great nuisance.' 'Oh, Bruce!' 'It's such an infernally long way.' 'It's only to Kensington.'
Chapter 10 of Love's Shadow is here in full — 132 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931)
From this reading “The Troubles of the Ottleys 'Bruce', said Edith, 'you won't forget we're dining with your people tonight?'”
the act of eating dinner
From this reading “The Troubles of the Ottleys 'Bruce', said Edith, 'you won't forget we're dining with your people tonight?'”
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading “The Troubles of the Ottleys 'Bruce', said Edith, 'you won't forget we're dining with your people tonight?'”
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading “'It's such an infernally long way.'”
(law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive
From this reading “'It's a great nuisance.'”
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading “The Troubles of the Ottleys 'Bruce', said Edith, 'you won't forget we're dining with your people tonight?'”
On the present night.
From this reading “The Troubles of the Ottleys 'Bruce', said Edith, 'you won't forget we're dining with your people tonight?'”
plural of “trouble” — a source of difficulty
From this reading “The Troubles of the Ottleys 'Bruce', said Edith, 'you won't forget we're dining with your people tonight?'”
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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 'It's a great nuisance.'
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading 'It's such an infernally long way.'
Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931)
From this reading The Troubles of the Ottleys 'Bruce', said Edith, 'you won't forget we're dining with your people tonight?'
the act of eating dinner
From this reading The Troubles of the Ottleys 'Bruce', said Edith, 'you won't forget we're dining with your people tonight?'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Troubles of the Ottleys 'Bruce', said Edith, 'you won't forget we're dining with your people tonight?'
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading The Troubles of the Ottleys 'Bruce', said Edith, 'you won't forget we're dining with your people tonight?'
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading 'It's a great nuisance.'
extremely
From this reading 'It's such an infernally long way.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'It's a great nuisance.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'It's only to Kensington.'
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading 'It's such an infernally long way.'
(law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive
From this reading 'It's a great nuisance.'
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Troubles of the Ottleys 'Bruce', said Edith, 'you won't forget we're dining with your people tonight?'
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading 'Oh, Bruce!'
and nothing more
From this reading 'It's only to Kensington.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Troubles of the Ottleys 'Bruce', said Edith, 'you won't forget we're dining with your people tonight?'
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading The Troubles of the Ottleys 'Bruce', said Edith, 'you won't forget we're dining with your people tonight?'
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading The Troubles of the Ottleys 'Bruce', said Edith, 'you won't forget we're dining with your people tonight?'
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading 'It's such an infernally long way.'
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Troubles of the Ottleys 'Bruce', said Edith, 'you won't forget we're dining with your people tonight?'
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading 'It's only to Kensington.'
On the present night.
From this reading The Troubles of the Ottleys 'Bruce', said Edith, 'you won't forget we're dining with your people tonight?'
plural of “trouble” — a source of difficulty
From this reading The Troubles of the Ottleys 'Bruce', said Edith, 'you won't forget we're dining with your people tonight?'
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading 'It's such an infernally long way.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Troubles of the Ottleys 'Bruce', said Edith, 'you won't forget we're dining with your people tonight?'
in the company of; together with
From this reading The Troubles of the Ottleys 'Bruce', said Edith, 'you won't forget we're dining with your people tonight?'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Troubles of the Ottleys 'Bruce', said Edith, 'you won't forget we're dining with your people tonight?'
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The Troubles of the Ottleys 'Bruce', said Edith, 'you won't forget we're dining with your people tonight?'
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The Troubles of the Ottleys 'Bruce', said Edith, 'you won't forget we're dining with your people tonight?'
Chapter 10 of Love's Shadow by Ada Leverson holds 132 sentences, grouped into 27 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 10 holds 132 sentences of Love's Shadow, unabridged, divided into 27 reading sections.
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