Chapter 12 of The Love-Story of Aliette Brunton is here in full — 392 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The Love-Story of Aliette Brunton is here in full — 392 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Aliette dear: You asked me not to hurry you. I've tried to be patient; but life without you has become impossible. I can't see what duty either of us owes to anybody except each other. It isn't as though you had children. It isn't as though you were really married.
Chapter 12 of The Love-Story of Aliette Brunton is here in full — 392 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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any person at all
From this reading “I can't see what duty either of us owes to anybody except each other.”
the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
From this reading “I can't see what duty either of us owes to anybody except each other.”
apart from; not including
From this reading “I can't see what duty either of us owes to anybody except each other.”
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading “"Aliette dear: You asked me not to hurry you.”
not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with
From this reading “I've tried to be patient; but life without you has become impossible.”
joined in matrimony
From this reading “It isn't as though you were really married.”
third-person singular of “owe” — be obliged to pay or repay
From this reading “I can't see what duty either of us owes to anybody except each other.”
a person who requires medical care
From this reading “I've tried to be patient; but life without you has become impossible.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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 “I've tried to be patient; but life without you has become impossible.”
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From this reading "Aliette dear: You asked me not to hurry you.
any person at all
From this reading I can't see what duty either of us owes to anybody except each other.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It isn't as though you had children.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "Aliette dear: You asked me not to hurry you.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I've tried to be patient; but life without you has become impossible.
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading I've tried to be patient; but life without you has become impossible.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I've tried to be patient; but life without you has become impossible.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can't see what duty either of us owes to anybody except each other.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading It isn't as though you had children.
dearly loved
From this reading "Aliette dear: You asked me not to hurry you.
the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
From this reading I can't see what duty either of us owes to anybody except each other.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading I can't see what duty either of us owes to anybody except each other.
one or the other of two
From this reading I can't see what duty either of us owes to anybody except each other.
apart from; not including
From this reading I can't see what duty either of us owes to anybody except each other.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It isn't as though you had children.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I've tried to be patient; but life without you has become impossible.
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading "Aliette dear: You asked me not to hurry you.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I can't see what duty either of us owes to anybody except each other.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I've tried to be patient; but life without you has become impossible.
not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with
From this reading I've tried to be patient; but life without you has become impossible.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It isn't as though you had children.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It isn't as though you had children.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading I've tried to be patient; but life without you has become impossible.
joined in matrimony
From this reading It isn't as though you were really married.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Aliette dear: You asked me not to hurry you.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Aliette dear: You asked me not to hurry you.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I can't see what duty either of us owes to anybody except each other.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading I can't see what duty either of us owes to anybody except each other.
third-person singular of “owe” — be obliged to pay or repay
From this reading I can't see what duty either of us owes to anybody except each other.
a person who requires medical care
From this reading I've tried to be patient; but life without you has become impossible.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading It isn't as though you were really married.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading I can't see what duty either of us owes to anybody except each other.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading It isn't as though you had children.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Aliette dear: You asked me not to hurry you.
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading I've tried to be patient; but life without you has become impossible.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I can't see what duty either of us owes to anybody except each other.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It isn't as though you were really married.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I can't see what duty either of us owes to anybody except each other.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading I've tried to be patient; but life without you has become impossible.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Aliette dear: You asked me not to hurry you.
Chapter 12 of The Love-Story of Aliette Brunton by Gilbert Frankau holds 392 sentences, grouped into 79 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 12 holds 392 sentences of The Love-Story of Aliette Brunton, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
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