Chapter 5 of A candle in the wind is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of A candle in the wind is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Go break off your engagement!” the doctor thundered in his ear. “What right have you to marry a girl like Diane? If she knew, she’d never forgive you. I tell you you’ve got to break it--you shall!” But he did not.
Chapter 5 of A candle in the wind is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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terminate
From this reading ““Go break off your engagement!” the doctor thundered in his ear.”
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading ““Go break off your engagement!” the doctor thundered in his ear.”
the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading ““Go break off your engagement!” the doctor thundered in his ear.”
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
From this reading ““Go break off your engagement!” the doctor thundered in his ear.”
stop blaming or grant forgiveness
From this reading “If she knew, she’d never forgive you.”
a young female
From this reading ““What right have you to marry a girl like Diane?”
take in marriage
From this reading ““What right have you to marry a girl like Diane?”
past form of “thunder” — move fast, noisily, and heavily
From this reading ““Go break off your engagement!” the doctor thundered in his ear.”
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interrupt before its natural or planned end
In this reading ““Go break off your engagement!” the doctor thundered in his ear.”
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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 “What right have you to marry a girl like Diane?
terminate
From this reading “Go break off your engagement!” the doctor thundered in his ear.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But he did not.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What right have you to marry a girl like Diane?
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading But he did not.
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading “Go break off your engagement!” the doctor thundered in his ear.
the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading “Go break off your engagement!” the doctor thundered in his ear.
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
From this reading “Go break off your engagement!” the doctor thundered in his ear.
stop blaming or grant forgiveness
From this reading If she knew, she’d never forgive you.
a young female
From this reading “What right have you to marry a girl like Diane?
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “Go break off your engagement!” the doctor thundered in his ear.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading I tell you you’ve got to break it--you shall!”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “What right have you to marry a girl like Diane?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But he did not.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “Go break off your engagement!” the doctor thundered in his ear.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I tell you you’ve got to break it--you shall!”
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If she knew, she’d never forgive you.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Go break off your engagement!” the doctor thundered in his ear.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I tell you you’ve got to break it--you shall!”
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading If she knew, she’d never forgive you.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading “What right have you to marry a girl like Diane?
take in marriage
From this reading “What right have you to marry a girl like Diane?
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading If she knew, she’d never forgive you.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But he did not.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “Go break off your engagement!” the doctor thundered in his ear.
precisely, exactly
From this reading “What right have you to marry a girl like Diane?
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading I tell you you’ve got to break it--you shall!”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading If she knew, she’d never forgive you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading If she knew, she’d never forgive you.
express in words
From this reading I tell you you’ve got to break it--you shall!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Go break off your engagement!” the doctor thundered in his ear.
past form of “thunder” — move fast, noisily, and heavily
From this reading “Go break off your engagement!” the doctor thundered in his ear.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “What right have you to marry a girl like Diane?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What right have you to marry a girl like Diane?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “What right have you to marry a girl like Diane?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I tell you you’ve got to break it--you shall!”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Go break off your engagement!” the doctor thundered in his ear.
Chapter 5 of A candle in the wind by Mary Imlay Taylor holds 419 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 5 holds 419 sentences of A candle in the wind, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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