Chapter 37 of North and South is here in full — 102 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 37 of North and South is here in full — 102 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“NE’ER TO BE FOUND AGAIN.” “My own, my father’s friend! I cannot part with thee! I ne’er have shown, thou ne’er hast known, How dear thou art to me.” ANON.
Chapter 37 of North and South is here in full — 102 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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at another time
From this reading “ANON.”
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading “I ne’er have shown, thou ne’er hast known, How dear thou art to me.””
possessive form of “father” — a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading “I ne’er have shown, thou ne’er hast known, How dear thou art to me.””
apprehended with certainty
From this reading “I ne’er have shown, thou ne’er hast known, How dear thou art to me.””
not ever; at no time in the past or future
inflected form of “show” — give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading “I ne’er have shown, thou ne’er hast known, How dear thou art to me.””
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading “I cannot part with thee!”
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anew
From this reading “NE’ER TO BE FOUND AGAIN.”
at another time
From this reading ANON.
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading I ne’er have shown, thou ne’er hast known, How dear thou art to me.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “NE’ER TO BE FOUND AGAIN.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I cannot part with thee!
dearly loved
From this reading I ne’er have shown, thou ne’er hast known, How dear thou art to me.”
possessive form of “father” — a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading “My own, my father’s friend!
set up or found
From this reading “NE’ER TO BE FOUND AGAIN.”
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading “My own, my father’s friend!
an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading I ne’er have shown, thou ne’er hast known, How dear thou art to me.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I ne’er have shown, thou ne’er hast known, How dear thou art to me.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I ne’er have shown, thou ne’er hast known, How dear thou art to me.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I cannot part with thee!
apprehended with certainty
From this reading I ne’er have shown, thou ne’er hast known, How dear thou art to me.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I ne’er have shown, thou ne’er hast known, How dear thou art to me.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “My own, my father’s friend!
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading “NE’ER TO BE FOUND AGAIN.”
have ownership or possession of
From this reading “My own, my father’s friend!
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading I cannot part with thee!
inflected form of “show” — give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading I ne’er have shown, thou ne’er hast known, How dear thou art to me.”
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading I cannot part with thee!
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading I ne’er have shown, thou ne’er hast known, How dear thou art to me.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “NE’ER TO BE FOUND AGAIN.”
in the company of; together with
From this reading I cannot part with thee!
Chapter 37 of North and South by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell holds 102 sentences, grouped into 21 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 37 holds 102 sentences of North and South, unabridged, divided into 21 reading sections.
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