Chapter 7 of The World's Illusion, Volume 1 (of 2): Eva is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of The World's Illusion, Volume 1 (of 2): Eva is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Christian smiled. “Very well, I’ll ask you something,” he said. “Are you contented, Judith? Is your heart at peace?” Judith laughed.
Chapter 7 of The World's Illusion, Volume 1 (of 2): Eva is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading ““Very well, I’ll ask you something,” he said.”
relating to or characteristic of Christianity
From this reading “Christian smiled.”
satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are
From this reading ““Are you contented, Judith?”
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading “Is your heart at peace?””
Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha; she saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes
From this reading ““Are you contented, Judith?”
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading “Judith laughed.”
the state prevailing during the absence of war
From this reading “Is your heart at peace?””
past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading “Christian smiled.”
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dead
In this reading “Is your heart at peace?””
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the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Are you contented, Judith?
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “Very well, I’ll ask you something,” he said.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Is your heart at peace?”
relating to or characteristic of Christianity
From this reading Christian smiled.
satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are
From this reading “Are you contented, Judith?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Very well, I’ll ask you something,” he said.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading Is your heart at peace?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Very well, I’ll ask you something,” he said.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Is your heart at peace?”
Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha; she saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes
From this reading “Are you contented, Judith?
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading Judith laughed.
the state prevailing during the absence of war
From this reading Is your heart at peace?”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Very well, I’ll ask you something,” he said.
past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading Christian smiled.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “Very well, I’ll ask you something,” he said.
precisely as stated
From this reading “Very well, I’ll ask you something,” he said.
(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 “Very well, I’ll ask you something,” he said.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Very well, I’ll ask you something,” he said.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Is your heart at peace?”
Chapter 7 of The World's Illusion, Volume 1 (of 2): Eva by Jakob Wassermann holds 404 sentences, grouped into 81 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 404 sentences of The World's Illusion, Volume 1 (of 2): Eva, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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