Chapter 33 of Love's Shadow is here in full — 117 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXXIII
Chapter 33 of Love's Shadow is here in full — 117 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Anne and Eugenia 'If you please, my lady, there's someone called to see you.' Eugenia looked up in surprise. She was in the library, occupied in cataloguing Lord Selsey's books. 'It's a--well--it's not exactly a young person, my lady. She says she's sure you will see her.
Chapter 33 of Love's Shadow is here in full — 117 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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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 “Anne and Eugenia 'If you please, my lady, there's someone called to see you.'”
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading “She was in the library, occupied in cataloguing Lord Selsey's books.”
-ing form of “catalogue” — make an itemized list or catalog of; classify
From this reading “She was in the library, occupied in cataloguing Lord Selsey's books.”
tropical trees and shrubs with aromatic leaves and often valuable hard wood
From this reading “Anne and Eugenia 'If you please, my lady, there's someone called to see you.'”
indicating exactness or preciseness
From this reading “'It's a--well--it's not exactly a young person, my lady.”
a room where books are kept
From this reading “She was in the library, occupied in cataloguing Lord Selsey's books.”
held or filled or in use
From this reading “She was in the library, occupied in cataloguing Lord Selsey's books.”
a person, without saying who
From this reading “Anne and Eugenia 'If you please, my lady, there's someone called to see you.'”
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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--well--it's not exactly a young person, my lady.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Anne and Eugenia 'If you please, my lady, there's someone called to see you.'
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 Anne and Eugenia 'If you please, my lady, there's someone called to see you.'
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading She was in the library, occupied in cataloguing Lord Selsey's books.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Anne and Eugenia 'If you please, my lady, there's someone called to see you.'
-ing form of “catalogue” — make an itemized list or catalog of; classify
From this reading She was in the library, occupied in cataloguing Lord Selsey's books.
tropical trees and shrubs with aromatic leaves and often valuable hard wood
From this reading Anne and Eugenia 'If you please, my lady, there's someone called to see you.'
indicating exactness or preciseness
From this reading 'It's a--well--it's not exactly a young person, my lady.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She says she's sure you will see her.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Anne and Eugenia 'If you please, my lady, there's someone called to see you.'
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Eugenia looked up in surprise.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'It's a--well--it's not exactly a young person, my lady.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading Anne and Eugenia 'If you please, my lady, there's someone called to see you.'
a room where books are kept
From this reading She was in the library, occupied in cataloguing Lord Selsey's books.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Eugenia looked up in surprise.
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading She was in the library, occupied in cataloguing Lord Selsey's books.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Anne and Eugenia 'If you please, my lady, there's someone called to see you.'
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading 'It's a--well--it's not exactly a young person, my lady.
held or filled or in use
From this reading She was in the library, occupied in cataloguing Lord Selsey's books.
a human being
From this reading 'It's a--well--it's not exactly a young person, my lady.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading Anne and Eugenia 'If you please, my lady, there's someone called to see you.'
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading She says she's sure you will see her.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Anne and Eugenia 'If you please, my lady, there's someone called to see you.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She was in the library, occupied in cataloguing Lord Selsey's books.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was in the library, occupied in cataloguing Lord Selsey's books.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She says she's sure you will see her.
a person, without saying who
From this reading Anne and Eugenia 'If you please, my lady, there's someone called to see you.'
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading She says she's sure you will see her.
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading Eugenia looked up in surprise.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She was in the library, occupied in cataloguing Lord Selsey's books.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Anne and Eugenia 'If you please, my lady, there's someone called to see you.'
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Anne and Eugenia 'If you please, my lady, there's someone called to see you.'
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Eugenia looked up in surprise.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was in the library, occupied in cataloguing Lord Selsey's books.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading 'It's a--well--it's not exactly a young person, my lady.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading She says she's sure you will see her.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Anne and Eugenia 'If you please, my lady, there's someone called to see you.'
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading 'It's a--well--it's not exactly a young person, my lady.
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