Chapter 7 of The cost of wings, and other stories is here in full — 385 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of The cost of wings, and other stories is here in full — 385 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“You see I have come to you at last!” He replied, with conscious heaviness: “Yes--I see!” “Has the time seemed long?... We have no time, you know, where.... Is it many days since?...”
Chapter 7 of The cost of wings, and other stories is here in full — 385 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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intentionally conceived
From this reading “He replied, with conscious heaviness: “Yes--I see!””
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading “Is it many days since?...””
immediately past
From this reading ““You see I have come to you at last!””
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading “Is it many days since?...””
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading “He replied, with conscious heaviness: “Yes--I see!””
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading ““Has the time seemed long?...”
from a time in the past until now
From this reading “Is it many days since?...””
an affirmative
From this reading “He replied, with conscious heaviness: “Yes--I see!””
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Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Is it many days since?...””
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in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “You see I have come to you at last!”
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “You see I have come to you at last!”
intentionally conceived
From this reading He replied, with conscious heaviness: “Yes--I see!”
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading Is it many days since?...”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Has the time seemed long?...
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “You see I have come to you at last!”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He replied, with conscious heaviness: “Yes--I see!”
the property of being comparatively great in weight
From this reading He replied, with conscious heaviness: “Yes--I see!”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “You see I have come to you at last!”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Is it many days since?...”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Is it many days since?...”
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading We have no time, you know, where....
immediately past
From this reading “You see I have come to you at last!”
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading “Has the time seemed long?...
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading Is it many days since?...”
not any; not one
From this reading We have no time, you know, where....
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading He replied, with conscious heaviness: “Yes--I see!”
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “You see I have come to you at last!”
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “Has the time seemed long?...
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Is it many days since?...”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Has the time seemed long?...
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading “Has the time seemed long?...
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “You see I have come to you at last!”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We have no time, you know, where....
in or at the place that
From this reading We have no time, you know, where....
in the company of; together with
From this reading He replied, with conscious heaviness: “Yes--I see!”
an affirmative
From this reading He replied, with conscious heaviness: “Yes--I see!”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You see I have come to you at last!”
Chapter 7 of The cost of wings, and other stories by Richard Dehan holds 385 sentences, grouped into 77 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.
Chapter 7 holds 385 sentences of The cost of wings, and other stories, unabridged, divided into 77 reading sections.
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