Chapter 7 of The Passionate Friends is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of The Passionate Friends is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
For a little while neither of us spoke. "It's the trouble of the deceit?" she asked. "It's--the deceit." "We can stop all that," she said. I looked up at her face enquiringly.
Chapter 7 of The Passionate Friends is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 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 “"It's the trouble of the deceit?" she asked.”
The action or practice of deceiving someone by concealing or misrepresenting the truth.
From this reading “"It's the trouble of the deceit?" she asked.”
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading “I looked up at her face enquiringly.”
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading “I looked up at her face enquiringly.”
not one and not the other of two
From this reading “For a little while neither of us spoke.”
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading “For a little while neither of us spoke.”
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading “"We can stop all that," she said.”
a source of difficulty
From this reading “"It's the trouble of the deceit?" she asked.”
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seek information from
In this reading “I looked up at her face enquiringly.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading For a little while neither of us spoke.
(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 "We can stop all that," she said.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "It's the trouble of the deceit?" she asked.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I looked up at her face enquiringly.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "We can stop all that," she said.
The action or practice of deceiving someone by concealing or misrepresenting the truth.
From this reading "It's the trouble of the deceit?" she asked.
in an inquiring manner
From this reading I looked up at her face enquiringly.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading I looked up at her face enquiringly.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For a little while neither of us spoke.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I looked up at her face enquiringly.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I looked up at her face enquiringly.
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From this reading "It's the trouble of the deceit?" she asked.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading For a little while neither of us spoke.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading I looked up at her face enquiringly.
not one and not the other of two
From this reading For a little while neither of us spoke.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading For a little while neither of us spoke.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "We can stop all that," she said.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "It's the trouble of the deceit?" she asked.
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading For a little while neither of us spoke.
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading "We can stop all that," she said.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "We can stop all that," she said.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "It's the trouble of the deceit?" she asked.
a source of difficulty
From this reading "It's the trouble of the deceit?" she asked.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading I looked up at her face enquiringly.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading For a little while neither of us spoke.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "We can stop all that," she said.
during the time that
From this reading For a little while neither of us spoke.
Chapter 7 of The Passionate Friends by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells holds 409 sentences, grouped into 82 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 409 sentences of The Passionate Friends, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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