Chapter 7 of 54-40 or Fight is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of 54-40 or Fight is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MR. CALHOUN ACCEPTS A woman's tongue is her sword, that she never lets rust. --_Madam Necker_. I struggled among three courses. The impulses of my heart, joined to some prescience of trouble, bade me to follow Elisabeth.
Chapter 7 of 54-40 or Fight is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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third-person singular of “accept” — consider or hold as true
From this reading “CALHOUN ACCEPTS A woman's tongue is her sword, that she never lets rust.”
plural of “course” — education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading “I struggled among three courses.”
plural of “impulse” — an instinctive motive
From this reading “The impulses of my heart, joined to some prescience of trouble, bade me to follow Elisabeth.”
plural of “let” — a brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir; fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India
From this reading “CALHOUN ACCEPTS A woman's tongue is her sword, that she never lets rust.”
a lover who necks
the power to foresee the future
From this reading “The impulses of my heart, joined to some prescience of trouble, bade me to follow Elisabeth.”
become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid
From this reading “CALHOUN ACCEPTS A woman's tongue is her sword, that she never lets rust.”
past form of “struggle” — make a strenuous or labored effort
From this reading “I struggled among three courses.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading CALHOUN ACCEPTS A woman's tongue is her sword, that she never lets rust.
third-person singular of “accept” — consider or hold as true
From this reading CALHOUN ACCEPTS A woman's tongue is her sword, that she never lets rust.
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading I struggled among three courses.
a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria
From this reading The impulses of my heart, joined to some prescience of trouble, bade me to follow Elisabeth.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CALHOUN ACCEPTS A woman's tongue is her sword, that she never lets rust.
plural of “course” — education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading I struggled among three courses.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The impulses of my heart, joined to some prescience of trouble, bade me to follow Elisabeth.
to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading The impulses of my heart, joined to some prescience of trouble, bade me to follow Elisabeth.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading The impulses of my heart, joined to some prescience of trouble, bade me to follow Elisabeth.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading CALHOUN ACCEPTS A woman's tongue is her sword, that she never lets rust.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I struggled among three courses.
plural of “impulse” — an instinctive motive
From this reading The impulses of my heart, joined to some prescience of trouble, bade me to follow Elisabeth.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading CALHOUN ACCEPTS A woman's tongue is her sword, that she never lets rust.
of or relating to two people who are married to each other
From this reading The impulses of my heart, joined to some prescience of trouble, bade me to follow Elisabeth.
plural of “let” — a brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir; fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India
From this reading CALHOUN ACCEPTS A woman's tongue is her sword, that she never lets rust.
a woman of refinement
From this reading --_Madam Necker_.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The impulses of my heart, joined to some prescience of trouble, bade me to follow Elisabeth.
a form of address for a man
From this reading MR.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The impulses of my heart, joined to some prescience of trouble, bade me to follow Elisabeth.
a lover who necks
From this reading --_Madam Necker_.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading CALHOUN ACCEPTS A woman's tongue is her sword, that she never lets rust.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The impulses of my heart, joined to some prescience of trouble, bade me to follow Elisabeth.
the power to foresee the future
From this reading The impulses of my heart, joined to some prescience of trouble, bade me to follow Elisabeth.
become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid
From this reading CALHOUN ACCEPTS A woman's tongue is her sword, that she never lets rust.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading CALHOUN ACCEPTS A woman's tongue is her sword, that she never lets rust.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading The impulses of my heart, joined to some prescience of trouble, bade me to follow Elisabeth.
past form of “struggle” — make a strenuous or labored effort
From this reading I struggled among three courses.
a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
From this reading CALHOUN ACCEPTS A woman's tongue is her sword, that she never lets rust.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading CALHOUN ACCEPTS A woman's tongue is her sword, that she never lets rust.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The impulses of my heart, joined to some prescience of trouble, bade me to follow Elisabeth.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading I struggled among three courses.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The impulses of my heart, joined to some prescience of trouble, bade me to follow Elisabeth.
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
From this reading CALHOUN ACCEPTS A woman's tongue is her sword, that she never lets rust.
a source of difficulty
From this reading The impulses of my heart, joined to some prescience of trouble, bade me to follow Elisabeth.
possessive form of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading CALHOUN ACCEPTS A woman's tongue is her sword, that she never lets rust.
Chapter 7 of 54-40 or Fight by Emerson Hough holds 190 sentences, grouped into 38 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 190 sentences of 54-40 or Fight, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
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