Chapter 17 of Love's Shadow is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of Love's Shadow is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Hyacinth Waits 'He's coming this afternoon, Anne,' Hyacinth said. 'See that I'm really alone today--I mean that I'm out to everyone.' 'You think, then, that he really will propose today?' 'Don't be so horribly explicit. Don't you think his having to go the other day--because of Lady Cannon--would lead to a sort of crisis?
Chapter 17 of Love's Shadow is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels
From this reading “Don't you think his having to go the other day--because of Lady Cannon--would lead to a sort of crisis?”
an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
From this reading “Don't you think his having to go the other day--because of Lady Cannon--would lead to a sort of crisis?”
precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication
From this reading “'Don't be so horribly explicit.”
of a dreadful kind
From this reading “'Don't be so horribly explicit.”
a red transparent variety of zircon used as a gemstone
From this reading “Hyacinth Waits 'He's coming this afternoon, Anne,' Hyacinth said.”
make a proposal, declare a plan for something
From this reading “'You think, then, that he really will propose today?'”
the present time or age
From this reading “'See that I'm really alone today--I mean that I'm out to everyone.'”
plural of “wait” — time during which some action is awaited
From this reading “Hyacinth Waits 'He's coming this afternoon, Anne,' Hyacinth said.”
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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 Don't you think his having to go the other day--because of Lady Cannon--would lead to a sort of crisis?
the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading Hyacinth Waits 'He's coming this afternoon, Anne,' Hyacinth said.
Having no one else present.
From this reading 'See that I'm really alone today--I mean that I'm out to everyone.'
Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
From this reading Hyacinth Waits 'He's coming this afternoon, Anne,' Hyacinth said.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading 'Don't be so horribly explicit.
for the reason that
From this reading Don't you think his having to go the other day--because of Lady Cannon--would lead to a sort of crisis?
a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels
From this reading Don't you think his having to go the other day--because of Lady Cannon--would lead to a sort of crisis?
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading Hyacinth Waits 'He's coming this afternoon, Anne,' Hyacinth said.
an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
From this reading Don't you think his having to go the other day--because of Lady Cannon--would lead to a sort of crisis?
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Don't you think his having to go the other day--because of Lady Cannon--would lead to a sort of crisis?
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From this reading 'Don't be so horribly explicit.
every person
From this reading 'See that I'm really alone today--I mean that I'm out to everyone.'
precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication
From this reading 'Don't be so horribly explicit.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Don't you think his having to go the other day--because of Lady Cannon--would lead to a sort of crisis?
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading Don't you think his having to go the other day--because of Lady Cannon--would lead to a sort of crisis?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading 'You think, then, that he really will propose today?'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hyacinth Waits 'He's coming this afternoon, Anne,' Hyacinth said.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Don't you think his having to go the other day--because of Lady Cannon--would lead to a sort of crisis?
of a dreadful kind
From this reading 'Don't be so horribly explicit.
a red transparent variety of zircon used as a gemstone
From this reading Hyacinth Waits 'He's coming this afternoon, Anne,' Hyacinth said.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 'See that I'm really alone today--I mean that I'm out to everyone.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'See that I'm really alone today--I mean that I'm out to everyone.'
a polite name for any woman
From this reading Don't you think his having to go the other day--because of Lady Cannon--would lead to a sort of crisis?
take somebody somewhere
From this reading Don't you think his having to go the other day--because of Lady Cannon--would lead to a sort of crisis?
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading 'See that I'm really alone today--I mean that I'm out to everyone.'
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Don't you think his having to go the other day--because of Lady Cannon--would lead to a sort of crisis?
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading Don't you think his having to go the other day--because of Lady Cannon--would lead to a sort of crisis?
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading 'See that I'm really alone today--I mean that I'm out to everyone.'
make a proposal, declare a plan for something
From this reading 'You think, then, that he really will propose today?'
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading 'See that I'm really alone today--I mean that I'm out to everyone.'
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Hyacinth Waits 'He's coming this afternoon, Anne,' Hyacinth said.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading 'See that I'm really alone today--I mean that I'm out to everyone.'
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading 'Don't be so horribly explicit.
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading Don't you think his having to go the other day--because of Lady Cannon--would lead to a sort of crisis?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading 'See that I'm really alone today--I mean that I'm out to everyone.'
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Don't you think his having to go the other day--because of Lady Cannon--would lead to a sort of crisis?
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading 'You think, then, that he really will propose today?'
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading 'You think, then, that he really will propose today?'
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Hyacinth Waits 'He's coming this afternoon, Anne,' Hyacinth said.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading 'See that I'm really alone today--I mean that I'm out to everyone.'
the present time or age
From this reading 'See that I'm really alone today--I mean that I'm out to everyone.'
plural of “wait” — time during which some action is awaited
From this reading Hyacinth Waits 'He's coming this afternoon, Anne,' Hyacinth said.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading 'You think, then, that he really will propose today?'
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Don't you think his having to go the other day--because of Lady Cannon--would lead to a sort of crisis?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'You think, then, that he really will propose today?'
Chapter 17 of Love's Shadow by Ada Leverson holds 188 sentences, grouped into 38 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.
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