Chapter 7 of The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident is here in full — 170 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident is here in full — 170 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SWEET-AND-TWENTY What Sylvia replied to Orr's communication, whether indeed she replied at all, Annandale was not informed. He himself wrote to her. The letter was long; it was also abject. But he got no answer. He wrote again.
Chapter 7 of The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident is here in full — 170 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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of the most contemptible kind
From this reading “The letter was long; it was also abject.”
react verbally
From this reading “But he got no answer.”
the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information
From this reading “SWEET-AND-TWENTY What Sylvia replied to Orr's communication, whether indeed she replied at all, Annandale was not informed.”
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading “SWEET-AND-TWENTY What Sylvia replied to Orr's communication, whether indeed she replied at all, Annandale was not informed.”
having much knowledge or education
From this reading “SWEET-AND-TWENTY What Sylvia replied to Orr's communication, whether indeed she replied at all, Annandale was not informed.”
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading “The letter was long; it was also abject.”
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading “SWEET-AND-TWENTY What Sylvia replied to Orr's communication, whether indeed she replied at all, Annandale was not informed.”
inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work
From this reading “He himself wrote to her.”
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of the most contemptible kind
From this reading The letter was long; it was also abject.
anew
From this reading He wrote again.
(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 SWEET-AND-TWENTY What Sylvia replied to Orr's communication, whether indeed she replied at all, Annandale was not informed.
in addition
From this reading The letter was long; it was also abject.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SWEET-AND-TWENTY What Sylvia replied to Orr's communication, whether indeed she replied at all, Annandale was not informed.
react verbally
From this reading But he got no answer.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading SWEET-AND-TWENTY What Sylvia replied to Orr's communication, whether indeed she replied at all, Annandale was not informed.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But he got no answer.
the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information
From this reading SWEET-AND-TWENTY What Sylvia replied to Orr's communication, whether indeed she replied at all, Annandale was not informed.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading But he got no answer.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He himself wrote to her.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He himself wrote to her.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He himself wrote to her.
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading SWEET-AND-TWENTY What Sylvia replied to Orr's communication, whether indeed she replied at all, Annandale was not informed.
having much knowledge or education
From this reading SWEET-AND-TWENTY What Sylvia replied to Orr's communication, whether indeed she replied at all, Annandale was not informed.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The letter was long; it was also abject.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading The letter was long; it was also abject.
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 The letter was long; it was also abject.
not any; not one
From this reading But he got no answer.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading SWEET-AND-TWENTY What Sylvia replied to Orr's communication, whether indeed she replied at all, Annandale was not informed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SWEET-AND-TWENTY What Sylvia replied to Orr's communication, whether indeed she replied at all, Annandale was not informed.
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading SWEET-AND-TWENTY What Sylvia replied to Orr's communication, whether indeed she replied at all, Annandale was not informed.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading SWEET-AND-TWENTY What Sylvia replied to Orr's communication, whether indeed she replied at all, Annandale was not informed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SWEET-AND-TWENTY What Sylvia replied to Orr's communication, whether indeed she replied at all, Annandale was not informed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SWEET-AND-TWENTY What Sylvia replied to Orr's communication, whether indeed she replied at all, Annandale was not informed.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The letter was long; it was also abject.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading SWEET-AND-TWENTY What Sylvia replied to Orr's communication, whether indeed she replied at all, Annandale was not informed.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading SWEET-AND-TWENTY What Sylvia replied to Orr's communication, whether indeed she replied at all, Annandale was not informed.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading SWEET-AND-TWENTY What Sylvia replied to Orr's communication, whether indeed she replied at all, Annandale was not informed.
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading SWEET-AND-TWENTY What Sylvia replied to Orr's communication, whether indeed she replied at all, Annandale was not informed.
inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work
From this reading He himself wrote to her.
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