Chapter 27 of Sparrows: The Story of an Unprotected Girl is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 27 of Sparrows: The Story of an Unprotected Girl is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Aren't you happy?" she asked. "How can I be?" "You've everything you want in life." "Have I? Since when?"
Chapter 27 of Sparrows: The Story of an Unprotected Girl is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “"Aren't you happy?" she asked.”
all things; all of a situation
From this reading “"You've everything you want in life."”
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading “"Aren't you happy?" she asked.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"Have I?”
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading “"You've everything you want in life."”
from a time in the past until now
From this reading “Since when?"”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “"You've everything you want in life."”
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From this reading "Aren't you happy?" she asked.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "Aren't you happy?" she asked.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "How can I be?"
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "How can I be?"
all things; all of a situation
From this reading "You've everything you want in life."
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading "Aren't you happy?" she asked.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Have I?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "How can I be?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "How can I be?"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "You've everything you want in life."
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading "You've everything you want in life."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Aren't you happy?" she asked.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Since when?"
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading "You've everything you want in life."
at the time that
From this reading Since when?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Aren't you happy?" she asked.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You've everything you want in life."
Chapter 27 of Sparrows: The Story of an Unprotected Girl by Horace W. C. (Horace Wykeham Can) Newte holds 415 sentences, grouped into 83 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 27 holds 415 sentences of Sparrows: The Story of an Unprotected Girl, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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