Chapter 34 of Tales and Novels — Volume 08 is here in full — 31 sentences across 7 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 34 of Tales and Novels — Volume 08 is here in full — 31 sentences across 7 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LEONORA TO HER MOTHER. Yarmouth. Morning is at last come, and my husband is still alive: so there is yet hope. When I said I thought I could bear to survive him, how little I knew of myself, and how little, how very little I expected to be so soon tried! All evils are remediable but one, that one which I dare not name.
Chapter 34 of Tales and Novels — Volume 08 is here in full — 31 sentences across 7 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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possessing life
From this reading “Morning is at last come, and my husband is still alive: so there is yet hope.”
have
From this reading “When I said I thought I could bear to survive him, how little I knew of myself, and how little, how very little I expected to be so soon tried!”
take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
From this reading “All evils are remediable but one, that one which I dare not name.”
plural of “evil” — morally objectionable behavior
From this reading “All evils are remediable but one, that one which I dare not name.”
considered likely or probable to happen or arrive
From this reading “When I said I thought I could bear to survive him, how little I knew of myself, and how little, how very little I expected to be so soon tried!”
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading “Morning is at last come, and my husband is still alive: so there is yet hope.”
continue to live and avoid dying
From this reading “When I said I thought I could bear to survive him, how little I knew of myself, and how little, how very little I expected to be so soon tried!”
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading “When I said I thought I could bear to survive him, how little I knew of myself, and how little, how very little I expected to be so soon tried!”
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possessing life
From this reading Morning is at last come, and my husband is still alive: so there is yet hope.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading All evils are remediable but one, that one which I dare not name.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Morning is at last come, and my husband is still alive: so there is yet hope.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading All evils are remediable but one, that one which I dare not name.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Morning is at last come, and my husband is still alive: so there is yet hope.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading When I said I thought I could bear to survive him, how little I knew of myself, and how little, how very little I expected to be so soon tried!
have
From this reading When I said I thought I could bear to survive him, how little I knew of myself, and how little, how very little I expected to be so soon tried!
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading All evils are remediable but one, that one which I dare not name.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Morning is at last come, and my husband is still alive: so there is yet hope.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading When I said I thought I could bear to survive him, how little I knew of myself, and how little, how very little I expected to be so soon tried!
take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
From this reading All evils are remediable but one, that one which I dare not name.
plural of “evil” — morally objectionable behavior
From this reading All evils are remediable but one, that one which I dare not name.
considered likely or probable to happen or arrive
From this reading When I said I thought I could bear to survive him, how little I knew of myself, and how little, how very little I expected to be so soon tried!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading LEONORA TO HER MOTHER.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading When I said I thought I could bear to survive him, how little I knew of myself, and how little, how very little I expected to be so soon tried!
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading Morning is at last come, and my husband is still alive: so there is yet hope.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When I said I thought I could bear to survive him, how little I knew of myself, and how little, how very little I expected to be so soon tried!
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading Morning is at last come, and my husband is still alive: so there is yet hope.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading When I said I thought I could bear to survive him, how little I knew of myself, and how little, how very little I expected to be so soon tried!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Morning is at last come, and my husband is still alive: so there is yet hope.
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading When I said I thought I could bear to survive him, how little I knew of myself, and how little, how very little I expected to be so soon tried!
immediately past
From this reading Morning is at last come, and my husband is still alive: so there is yet hope.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LEONORA TO HER MOTHER.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading When I said I thought I could bear to survive him, how little I knew of myself, and how little, how very little I expected to be so soon tried!
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading Morning is at last come, and my husband is still alive: so there is yet hope.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading LEONORA TO HER MOTHER.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Morning is at last come, and my husband is still alive: so there is yet hope.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading When I said I thought I could bear to survive him, how little I knew of myself, and how little, how very little I expected to be so soon tried!
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading All evils are remediable but one, that one which I dare not name.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading All evils are remediable but one, that one which I dare not name.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When I said I thought I could bear to survive him, how little I knew of myself, and how little, how very little I expected to be so soon tried!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading All evils are remediable but one, that one which I dare not name.
capable of being remedied or redressed
From this reading All evils are remediable but one, that one which I dare not name.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading When I said I thought I could bear to survive him, how little I knew of myself, and how little, how very little I expected to be so soon tried!
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Morning is at last come, and my husband is still alive: so there is yet hope.
in the near future
From this reading When I said I thought I could bear to survive him, how little I knew of myself, and how little, how very little I expected to be so soon tried!
not in physical motion
From this reading Morning is at last come, and my husband is still alive: so there is yet hope.
continue to live and avoid dying
From this reading When I said I thought I could bear to survive him, how little I knew of myself, and how little, how very little I expected to be so soon tried!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading All evils are remediable but one, that one which I dare not name.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Morning is at last come, and my husband is still alive: so there is yet hope.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading When I said I thought I could bear to survive him, how little I knew of myself, and how little, how very little I expected to be so soon tried!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading LEONORA TO HER MOTHER.
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading When I said I thought I could bear to survive him, how little I knew of myself, and how little, how very little I expected to be so soon tried!
precisely as stated
From this reading When I said I thought I could bear to survive him, how little I knew of myself, and how little, how very little I expected to be so soon tried!
at the time that
From this reading When I said I thought I could bear to survive him, how little I knew of myself, and how little, how very little I expected to be so soon tried!
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading All evils are remediable but one, that one which I dare not name.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yarmouth.
but in spite of that
From this reading Morning is at last come, and my husband is still alive: so there is yet hope.
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