Chapter 32 of Young Lives is here in full — 44 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXXII
Chapter 32 of Young Lives is here in full — 44 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BACK TO REALITY It was good to get back to reality, with Angel's blue eyes, Mike's laugh, and Esther's common sense. "Let me look deep into them, Angel--deep--deep. It is so good to get back to something true." "Are they true?" said Angel, opening them very wide. "Something that will never forsake one, something we can never forsake!
Chapter 32 of Young Lives is here in full — 44 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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spiritual being attendant upon God
From this reading “BACK TO REALITY It was good to get back to reality, with Angel's blue eyes, Mike's laugh, and Esther's common sense.”
possessive form of “angel” — spiritual being attendant upon God
From this reading “BACK TO REALITY It was good to get back to reality, with Angel's blue eyes, Mike's laugh, and Esther's common sense.”
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
From this reading “"Something that will never forsake one, something we can never forsake!”
the sound of laughing
From this reading “BACK TO REALITY It was good to get back to reality, with Angel's blue eyes, Mike's laugh, and Esther's common sense.”
possessive form of “mike” — device for converting sound waves into electrical energy
From this reading “BACK TO REALITY It was good to get back to reality, with Angel's blue eyes, Mike's laugh, and Esther's common sense.”
an open or empty space in or between things
From this reading “"Are they true?" said Angel, opening them very wide.”
all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you
From this reading “BACK TO REALITY It was good to get back to reality, with Angel's blue eyes, Mike's laugh, and Esther's common sense.”
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading “"Are they true?" said Angel, opening them very wide.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BACK TO REALITY It was good to get back to reality, with Angel's blue eyes, Mike's laugh, and Esther's common sense.
spiritual being attendant upon God
From this reading "Let me look deep into them, Angel--deep--deep.
possessive form of “angel” — spiritual being attendant upon God
From this reading BACK TO REALITY It was good to get back to reality, with Angel's blue eyes, Mike's laugh, and Esther's common sense.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Are they true?" said Angel, opening them very wide.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading BACK TO REALITY It was good to get back to reality, with Angel's blue eyes, Mike's laugh, and Esther's common sense.
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading BACK TO REALITY It was good to get back to reality, with Angel's blue eyes, Mike's laugh, and Esther's common sense.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "Something that will never forsake one, something we can never forsake!
belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
From this reading BACK TO REALITY It was good to get back to reality, with Angel's blue eyes, Mike's laugh, and Esther's common sense.
relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
From this reading "Let me look deep into them, Angel--deep--deep.
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From this reading BACK TO REALITY It was good to get back to reality, with Angel's blue eyes, Mike's laugh, and Esther's common sense.
opinion or judgment
From this reading BACK TO REALITY It was good to get back to reality, with Angel's blue eyes, Mike's laugh, and Esther's common sense.
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
From this reading "Something that will never forsake one, something we can never forsake!
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading BACK TO REALITY It was good to get back to reality, with Angel's blue eyes, Mike's laugh, and Esther's common sense.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading BACK TO REALITY It was good to get back to reality, with Angel's blue eyes, Mike's laugh, and Esther's common sense.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "Let me look deep into them, Angel--deep--deep.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is so good to get back to something true."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading BACK TO REALITY It was good to get back to reality, with Angel's blue eyes, Mike's laugh, and Esther's common sense.
the sound of laughing
From this reading BACK TO REALITY It was good to get back to reality, with Angel's blue eyes, Mike's laugh, and Esther's common sense.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading "Let me look deep into them, Angel--deep--deep.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading "Let me look deep into them, Angel--deep--deep.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Let me look deep into them, Angel--deep--deep.
possessive form of “mike” — device for converting sound waves into electrical energy
From this reading BACK TO REALITY It was good to get back to reality, with Angel's blue eyes, Mike's laugh, and Esther's common sense.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "Something that will never forsake one, something we can never forsake!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "Something that will never forsake one, something we can never forsake!
an open or empty space in or between things
From this reading "Are they true?" said Angel, opening them very wide.
all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you
From this reading BACK TO REALITY It was good to get back to reality, with Angel's blue eyes, Mike's laugh, and Esther's common sense.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Are they true?" said Angel, opening them very wide.
a general conscious awareness
From this reading BACK TO REALITY It was good to get back to reality, with Angel's blue eyes, Mike's laugh, and Esther's common sense.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It is so good to get back to something true."
a thing, without saying which
From this reading It is so good to get back to something true."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Something that will never forsake one, something we can never forsake!
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "Let me look deep into them, Angel--deep--deep.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Are they true?" said Angel, opening them very wide.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading BACK TO REALITY It was good to get back to reality, with Angel's blue eyes, Mike's laugh, and Esther's common sense.
consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading It is so good to get back to something true."
precisely as stated
From this reading "Are they true?" said Angel, opening them very wide.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading BACK TO REALITY It was good to get back to reality, with Angel's blue eyes, Mike's laugh, and Esther's common sense.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "Something that will never forsake one, something we can never forsake!
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading "Are they true?" said Angel, opening them very wide.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Something that will never forsake one, something we can never forsake!
in the company of; together with
From this reading BACK TO REALITY It was good to get back to reality, with Angel's blue eyes, Mike's laugh, and Esther's common sense.
Chapter 32 of Young Lives by Richard Le Gallienne holds 44 sentences, grouped into 9 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.
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