Chapter 2 of The Wish: A Novel is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Wish: A Novel is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"From the depths of my heart I implore you to grant me this one last favour. I die gladly and have no fear. It is so long since I slept well, that I have need of rest. "Olga Bremer." The old man felt himself in a state of utter helplessness.
Chapter 2 of The Wish: A Novel is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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(plural) the deepest and most remote part
From this reading “"From the depths of my heart I implore you to grant me this one last favour.”
a feeling of favorable regard
From this reading “"From the depths of my heart I implore you to grant me this one last favour.”
in a willing manner
From this reading “I die gladly and have no fear.”
let have
From this reading “"From the depths of my heart I implore you to grant me this one last favour.”
powerlessness revealed by an inability to act
From this reading “The old man felt himself in a state of utter helplessness.”
call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading “"From the depths of my heart I implore you to grant me this one last favour.”
inflected form of “sleep” — be asleep
From this reading “It is so long since I slept well, that I have need of rest.”
articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise
From this reading “The old man felt himself in a state of utter helplessness.”
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.
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In this reading “The old man felt himself in a state of utter helplessness.”
a man who is very old
In this reading “The old man felt himself in a state of utter helplessness.”
In this reading “"From the depths of my heart I implore you to grant me this one last favour.”
In this reading “The old man felt himself in a state of utter helplessness.”
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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 The old man felt himself in a state of utter helplessness.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I die gladly and have no fear.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Olga Bremer."
(plural) the deepest and most remote part
From this reading "From the depths of my heart I implore you to grant me this one last favour.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading I die gladly and have no fear.
a feeling of favorable regard
From this reading "From the depths of my heart I implore you to grant me this one last favour.
be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
From this reading I die gladly and have no fear.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading The old man felt himself in a state of utter helplessness.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "From the depths of my heart I implore you to grant me this one last favour.
in a willing manner
From this reading I die gladly and have no fear.
let have
From this reading "From the depths of my heart I implore you to grant me this one last favour.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I die gladly and have no fear.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading "From the depths of my heart I implore you to grant me this one last favour.
powerlessness revealed by an inability to act
From this reading The old man felt himself in a state of utter helplessness.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading The old man felt himself in a state of utter helplessness.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "From the depths of my heart I implore you to grant me this one last favour.
call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading "From the depths of my heart I implore you to grant me this one last favour.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The old man felt himself in a state of utter helplessness.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is so long since I slept well, that I have need of rest.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is so long since I slept well, that I have need of rest.
immediately past
From this reading "From the depths of my heart I implore you to grant me this one last favour.
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 It is so long since I slept well, that I have need of rest.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading The old man felt himself in a state of utter helplessness.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "From the depths of my heart I implore you to grant me this one last favour.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "From the depths of my heart I implore you to grant me this one last favour.
a condition requiring relief
From this reading It is so long since I slept well, that I have need of rest.
not any; not one
From this reading I die gladly and have no fear.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "From the depths of my heart I implore you to grant me this one last favour.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading The old man felt himself in a state of utter helplessness.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Olga Bremer."
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "From the depths of my heart I implore you to grant me this one last favour.
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading It is so long since I slept well, that I have need of rest.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading It is so long since I slept well, that I have need of rest.
inflected form of “sleep” — be asleep
From this reading It is so long since I slept well, that I have need of rest.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It is so long since I slept well, that I have need of rest.
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
From this reading The old man felt himself in a state of utter helplessness.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It is so long since I slept well, that I have need of rest.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "From the depths of my heart I implore you to grant me this one last favour.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "From the depths of my heart I implore you to grant me this one last favour.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "From the depths of my heart I implore you to grant me this one last favour.
articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise
From this reading The old man felt himself in a state of utter helplessness.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading It is so long since I slept well, that I have need of rest.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "From the depths of my heart I implore you to grant me this one last favour.
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