Chapter 12 of Love's Shadow is here in full — 243 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Love's Shadow is here in full — 243 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
More of the Little Ottleys 'Fancy!' said Edith. 'Fancy what?' 'Somehow I never should have thought it,' said Edith thoughtfully. 'Never should have thought what? You have a way of assuming I know the end of your story before I've heard the beginning.
Chapter 12 of Love's Shadow is here in full — 243 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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excessively forward
From this reading “You have a way of assuming I know the end of your story before I've heard the beginning.”
the event consisting of the start of something
From this reading “You have a way of assuming I know the end of your story before I've heard the beginning.”
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading “You have a way of assuming I know the end of your story before I've heard the beginning.”
something many people believe that is false
From this reading “More of the Little Ottleys 'Fancy!' said Edith.”
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading “You have a way of assuming I know the end of your story before I've heard the beginning.”
in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means
From this reading “'Somehow I never should have thought it,' said Edith thoughtfully.”
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading “You have a way of assuming I know the end of your story before I've heard the beginning.”
in a thoughtful manner
From this reading “'Somehow I never should have thought it,' said Edith thoughtfully.”
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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 You have a way of assuming I know the end of your story before I've heard the beginning.
excessively forward
From this reading You have a way of assuming I know the end of your story before I've heard the beginning.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading You have a way of assuming I know the end of your story before I've heard the beginning.
the event consisting of the start of something
From this reading You have a way of assuming I know the end of your story before I've heard the beginning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading More of the Little Ottleys 'Fancy!' said Edith.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading You have a way of assuming I know the end of your story before I've heard the beginning.
something many people believe that is false
From this reading More of the Little Ottleys 'Fancy!' said Edith.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading 'Somehow I never should have thought it,' said Edith thoughtfully.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading You have a way of assuming I know the end of your story before I've heard the beginning.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 'Somehow I never should have thought it,' said Edith thoughtfully.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You have a way of assuming I know the end of your story before I've heard the beginning.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading 'Somehow I never should have thought it,' said Edith thoughtfully.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading You have a way of assuming I know the end of your story before I've heard the beginning.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading More of the Little Ottleys 'Fancy!' said Edith.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading More of the Little Ottleys 'Fancy!' said Edith.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading 'Somehow I never should have thought it,' said Edith thoughtfully.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading More of the Little Ottleys 'Fancy!' said Edith.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading More of the Little Ottleys 'Fancy!' said Edith.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading More of the Little Ottleys 'Fancy!' said Edith.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading 'Somehow I never should have thought it,' said Edith thoughtfully.
in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means
From this reading 'Somehow I never should have thought it,' said Edith thoughtfully.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading You have a way of assuming I know the end of your story before I've heard the beginning.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading More of the Little Ottleys 'Fancy!' said Edith.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading 'Somehow I never should have thought it,' said Edith thoughtfully.
in a thoughtful manner
From this reading 'Somehow I never should have thought it,' said Edith thoughtfully.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading You have a way of assuming I know the end of your story before I've heard the beginning.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading 'Fancy what?'
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You have a way of assuming I know the end of your story before I've heard the beginning.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You have a way of assuming I know the end of your story before I've heard the beginning.
Chapter 12 of Love's Shadow by Ada Leverson holds 243 sentences, grouped into 49 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 12 holds 243 sentences of Love's Shadow, unabridged, divided into 49 reading sections.
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