Chapter 24 of To Love is here in full — 145 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 24 of To Love is here in full — 145 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Ah, sweet, and we too, can we bring One sigh back, bid one smile revive? Can God restore one ruined thing, Or he who slays our souls alive Make dead things thrive?" A. C. SWINBURNE. Early morning brought Joan a letter from Dick. She had hardly slept all night.
Chapter 24 of To Love is here in full — 145 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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propose a payment
From this reading “"Ah, sweet, and we too, can we bring One sigh back, bid one smile revive?”
return to its original or usable and functioning condition
From this reading “Can God restore one ruined thing, Or he who slays our souls alive Make dead things thrive?"”
cause to regain consciousness
From this reading “"Ah, sweet, and we too, can we bring One sigh back, bid one smile revive?”
destroyed physically or morally
From this reading “Can God restore one ruined thing, Or he who slays our souls alive Make dead things thrive?"”
heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
From this reading “"Ah, sweet, and we too, can we bring One sigh back, bid one smile revive?”
inflected form of “sleep” — be asleep
From this reading “She had hardly slept all night.”
plural of “soul” — the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading “Can God restore one ruined thing, Or he who slays our souls alive Make dead things thrive?"”
grow vigorously
From this reading “Can God restore one ruined thing, Or he who slays our souls alive Make dead things thrive?"”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Early morning brought Joan a letter from Dick.”
In this reading “She had hardly slept all night.”
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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 A. C. SWINBURNE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Ah, sweet, and we too, can we bring One sigh back, bid one smile revive?
possessing life
From this reading Can God restore one ruined thing, Or he who slays our souls alive Make dead things thrive?"
(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 She had hardly slept all night.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Ah, sweet, and we too, can we bring One sigh back, bid one smile revive?
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "Ah, sweet, and we too, can we bring One sigh back, bid one smile revive?
propose a payment
From this reading "Ah, sweet, and we too, can we bring One sigh back, bid one smile revive?
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading "Ah, sweet, and we too, can we bring One sigh back, bid one smile revive?
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Early morning brought Joan a letter from Dick.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading A. C. SWINBURNE.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "Ah, sweet, and we too, can we bring One sigh back, bid one smile revive?
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading Can God restore one ruined thing, Or he who slays our souls alive Make dead things thrive?"
someone who is a detective
From this reading Early morning brought Joan a letter from Dick.
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading Early morning brought Joan a letter from Dick.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Early morning brought Joan a letter from Dick.
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading Can God restore one ruined thing, Or he who slays our souls alive Make dead things thrive?"
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had hardly slept all night.
only a very short time before
From this reading She had hardly slept all night.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Can God restore one ruined thing, Or he who slays our souls alive Make dead things thrive?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Early morning brought Joan a letter from Dick.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading Early morning brought Joan a letter from Dick.
engage in
From this reading Can God restore one ruined thing, Or he who slays our souls alive Make dead things thrive?"
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading Early morning brought Joan a letter from Dick.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading She had hardly slept all night.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "Ah, sweet, and we too, can we bring One sigh back, bid one smile revive?
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Can God restore one ruined thing, Or he who slays our souls alive Make dead things thrive?"
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Can God restore one ruined thing, Or he who slays our souls alive Make dead things thrive?"
return to its original or usable and functioning condition
From this reading Can God restore one ruined thing, Or he who slays our souls alive Make dead things thrive?"
cause to regain consciousness
From this reading "Ah, sweet, and we too, can we bring One sigh back, bid one smile revive?
destroyed physically or morally
From this reading Can God restore one ruined thing, Or he who slays our souls alive Make dead things thrive?"
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had hardly slept all night.
heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
From this reading "Ah, sweet, and we too, can we bring One sigh back, bid one smile revive?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Can God restore one ruined thing, Or he who slays our souls alive Make dead things thrive?"
inflected form of “sleep” — be asleep
From this reading She had hardly slept all night.
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading "Ah, sweet, and we too, can we bring One sigh back, bid one smile revive?
plural of “soul” — the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading Can God restore one ruined thing, Or he who slays our souls alive Make dead things thrive?"
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading "Ah, sweet, and we too, can we bring One sigh back, bid one smile revive?
English poet (1837-1909)
From this reading A. C. SWINBURNE.
a special situation
From this reading Can God restore one ruined thing, Or he who slays our souls alive Make dead things thrive?"
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading Can God restore one ruined thing, Or he who slays our souls alive Make dead things thrive?"
grow vigorously
From this reading Can God restore one ruined thing, Or he who slays our souls alive Make dead things thrive?"
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading "Ah, sweet, and we too, can we bring One sigh back, bid one smile revive?
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "Ah, sweet, and we too, can we bring One sigh back, bid one smile revive?
which person or people
From this reading Can God restore one ruined thing, Or he who slays our souls alive Make dead things thrive?"
Chapter 24 of To Love by Margaret Peterson holds 145 sentences, grouped into 29 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 24 holds 145 sentences of To Love, unabridged, divided into 29 reading sections.
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