Chapter 19 of To Love is here in full — 133 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of To Love is here in full — 133 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I did not choose thee, dearest. It was Love That made the choice, not I." W. S. BLUNT. All the way up the river from the Nore after they had picked up the pilot the ship moved through a dense fog. A huge P.
Chapter 19 of To Love is here in full — 133 sentences across 27 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.
having a broad or rounded end
From this reading “W. S. BLUNT.”
the person or thing chosen or selected
From this reading “It was Love That made the choice, not I."”
pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
From this reading “"I did not choose thee, dearest.”
a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
From this reading “"I did not choose thee, dearest.”
permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
From this reading “All the way up the river from the Nore after they had picked up the pilot the ship moved through a dense fog.”
droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
From this reading “All the way up the river from the Nore after they had picked up the pilot the ship moved through a dense fog.”
past form of “pick” — select carefully from a group
From this reading “All the way up the river from the Nore after they had picked up the pilot the ship moved through a dense fog.”
operate an airplane
From this reading “All the way up the river from the Nore after they had picked up the pilot the ship moved through a dense fog.”
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In this reading “All the way up the river from the Nore after they had picked up the pilot the ship moved through a dense fog.”
take and lift upward
In this reading “All the way up the river from the Nore after they had picked up the pilot the ship moved through a dense fog.”
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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 All the way up the river from the Nore after they had picked up the pilot the ship moved through a dense fog.
later than; following
From this reading All the way up the river from the Nore after they had picked up the pilot the ship moved through a dense fog.
(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 All the way up the river from the Nore after they had picked up the pilot the ship moved through a dense fog.
having a broad or rounded end
From this reading W. S. BLUNT.
the person or thing chosen or selected
From this reading It was Love That made the choice, not I."
pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
From this reading "I did not choose thee, dearest.
a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
From this reading "I did not choose thee, dearest.
permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
From this reading All the way up the river from the Nore after they had picked up the pilot the ship moved through a dense fog.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "I did not choose thee, dearest.
droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
From this reading All the way up the river from the Nore after they had picked up the pilot the ship moved through a dense fog.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading All the way up the river from the Nore after they had picked up the pilot the ship moved through a dense fog.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading All the way up the river from the Nore after they had picked up the pilot the ship moved through a dense fog.
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading A huge P.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I did not choose thee, dearest.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was Love That made the choice, not I."
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading It was Love That made the choice, not I."
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading It was Love That made the choice, not I."
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading All the way up the river from the Nore after they had picked up the pilot the ship moved through a dense fog.
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From this reading All the way up the river from the Nore after they had picked up the pilot the ship moved through a dense fog.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "I did not choose thee, dearest.
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading A huge P.
past form of “pick” — select carefully from a group
From this reading All the way up the river from the Nore after they had picked up the pilot the ship moved through a dense fog.
operate an airplane
From this reading All the way up the river from the Nore after they had picked up the pilot the ship moved through a dense fog.
a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
From this reading All the way up the river from the Nore after they had picked up the pilot the ship moved through a dense fog.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading W. S. BLUNT.
transport commercially
From this reading All the way up the river from the Nore after they had picked up the pilot the ship moved through a dense fog.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was Love That made the choice, not I."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was Love That made the choice, not I."
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading "I did not choose thee, dearest.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading All the way up the river from the Nore after they had picked up the pilot the ship moved through a dense fog.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading All the way up the river from the Nore after they had picked up the pilot the ship moved through a dense fog.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading All the way up the river from the Nore after they had picked up the pilot the ship moved through a dense fog.
a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
From this reading W. S. BLUNT.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was Love That made the choice, not I."
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading All the way up the river from the Nore after they had picked up the pilot the ship moved through a dense fog.
Chapter 19 of To Love by Margaret Peterson holds 133 sentences, grouped into 27 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 19 holds 133 sentences of To Love, unabridged, divided into 27 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 19 of To Love by Margaret Peterson exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 133 sentences, grouped into 27 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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