Chapter 7 of A Bullet for Cinderella is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of A Bullet for Cinderella is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
But why would Fitz want to implicate me? The answer was quick and chilling. It meant that he had traced the right Cindy, the Cindy who would know where Timmy had buried the money. He might already have the money. The immediate problem was to get rid of the body.
Chapter 7 of A Bullet for Cinderella is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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placed in a grave
From this reading “It meant that he had traced the right Cindy, the Cindy who would know where Timmy had buried the money.”
provoking fear terror
From this reading “The answer was quick and chilling.”
of the present time and place
From this reading “The immediate problem was to get rid of the body.”
bring into intimate and incriminating connection
From this reading “But why would Fitz want to implicate me?”
a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
From this reading “The immediate problem was to get rid of the body.”
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading “The answer was quick and chilling.”
relieve from
From this reading “The immediate problem was to get rid of the body.”
past form of “trace” — follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something
From this reading “It meant that he had traced the right Cindy, the Cindy who would know where Timmy had buried the money.”
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.
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do away with
In this reading “The immediate problem was to get rid of the body.”
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prior to a specified or implied time
From this reading He might already have the money.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The answer was quick and chilling.
react verbally
From this reading The answer was quick and chilling.
the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
From this reading The immediate problem was to get rid of the body.
placed in a grave
From this reading It meant that he had traced the right Cindy, the Cindy who would know where Timmy had buried the money.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But why would Fitz want to implicate me?
provoking fear terror
From this reading The answer was quick and chilling.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It meant that he had traced the right Cindy, the Cindy who would know where Timmy had buried the money.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But why would Fitz want to implicate me?
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading The immediate problem was to get rid of the body.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It meant that he had traced the right Cindy, the Cindy who would know where Timmy had buried the money.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He might already have the money.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It meant that he had traced the right Cindy, the Cindy who would know where Timmy had buried the money.
of the present time and place
From this reading The immediate problem was to get rid of the body.
bring into intimate and incriminating connection
From this reading But why would Fitz want to implicate me?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It meant that he had traced the right Cindy, the Cindy who would know where Timmy had buried the money.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading It meant that he had traced the right Cindy, the Cindy who would know where Timmy had buried the money.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But why would Fitz want to implicate me?
inflected form of “mean” — mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading It meant that he had traced the right Cindy, the Cindy who would know where Timmy had buried the money.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading He might already have the money.
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading It meant that he had traced the right Cindy, the Cindy who would know where Timmy had buried the money.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The immediate problem was to get rid of the body.
a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
From this reading The immediate problem was to get rid of the body.
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading The answer was quick and chilling.
relieve from
From this reading The immediate problem was to get rid of the body.
precisely, exactly
From this reading It meant that he had traced the right Cindy, the Cindy who would know where Timmy had buried the money.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It meant that he had traced the right Cindy, the Cindy who would know where Timmy had buried the money.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The answer was quick and chilling.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It meant that he had traced the right Cindy, the Cindy who would know where Timmy had buried the money.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But why would Fitz want to implicate me?
past form of “trace” — follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something
From this reading It meant that he had traced the right Cindy, the Cindy who would know where Timmy had buried the money.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading But why would Fitz want to implicate me?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The answer was quick and chilling.
in or at the place that
From this reading It meant that he had traced the right Cindy, the Cindy who would know where Timmy had buried the money.
which person or people
From this reading It meant that he had traced the right Cindy, the Cindy who would know where Timmy had buried the money.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading But why would Fitz want to implicate me?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading But why would Fitz want to implicate me?
Chapter 7 of A Bullet for Cinderella by John D. (John Dann) MacDonald holds 416 sentences, grouped into 84 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 416 sentences of A Bullet for Cinderella, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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