Chapter 19 of A Crooked Path: A Novel is here in full — 268 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of A Crooked Path: A Novel is here in full — 268 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CONFESSION. "Errington is completely ruined!" De Burgh's words repeated themselves over and over again in Katherine's ears through the darkness and silence of her sleepless night. What would become of him--that grave, stately man who had never known the touch of anything common or unclean? How would he live?
Chapter 19 of A Crooked Path: A Novel is here in full — 268 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading “"Errington is completely ruined!"”
an admission of misdeeds or faults
From this reading “CONFESSION.”
absence of light or illumination
From this reading “De Burgh's words repeated themselves over and over again in Katherine's ears through the darkness and silence of her sleepless night.”
death of a person
From this reading “What would become of him--that grave, stately man who had never known the touch of anything common or unclean?”
destroyed physically or morally
From this reading “"Errington is completely ruined!"”
experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness
From this reading “De Burgh's words repeated themselves over and over again in Katherine's ears through the darkness and silence of her sleepless night.”
impressive in appearance
From this reading “What would become of him--that grave, stately man who had never known the touch of anything common or unclean?”
soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
From this reading “What would become of him--that grave, stately man who had never known the touch of anything common or unclean?”
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anew
From this reading De Burgh's words repeated themselves over and over again in Katherine's ears through the darkness and silence of her sleepless night.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading De Burgh's words repeated themselves over and over again in Katherine's ears through the darkness and silence of her sleepless night.
any thing at all
From this reading What would become of him--that grave, stately man who had never known the touch of anything common or unclean?
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading What would become of him--that grave, stately man who had never known the touch of anything common or unclean?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading De Burgh's words repeated themselves over and over again in Katherine's ears through the darkness and silence of her sleepless night.
belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
From this reading What would become of him--that grave, stately man who had never known the touch of anything common or unclean?
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading "Errington is completely ruined!"
an admission of misdeeds or faults
From this reading CONFESSION.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading De Burgh's words repeated themselves over and over again in Katherine's ears through the darkness and silence of her sleepless night.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading De Burgh's words repeated themselves over and over again in Katherine's ears through the darkness and silence of her sleepless night.
plural of “ear” — the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading De Burgh's words repeated themselves over and over again in Katherine's ears through the darkness and silence of her sleepless night.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Errington is completely ruined!"
death of a person
From this reading What would become of him--that grave, stately man who had never known the touch of anything common or unclean?
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading What would become of him--that grave, stately man who had never known the touch of anything common or unclean?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading How would he live?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading De Burgh's words repeated themselves over and over again in Katherine's ears through the darkness and silence of her sleepless night.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading What would become of him--that grave, stately man who had never known the touch of anything common or unclean?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How would he live?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading De Burgh's words repeated themselves over and over again in Katherine's ears through the darkness and silence of her sleepless night.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Errington is completely ruined!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading De Burgh's words repeated themselves over and over again in Katherine's ears through the darkness and silence of her sleepless night.
apprehended with certainty
From this reading What would become of him--that grave, stately man who had never known the touch of anything common or unclean?
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading How would he live?
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading What would become of him--that grave, stately man who had never known the touch of anything common or unclean?
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading What would become of him--that grave, stately man who had never known the touch of anything common or unclean?
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading De Burgh's words repeated themselves over and over again in Katherine's ears through the darkness and silence of her sleepless night.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading De Burgh's words repeated themselves over and over again in Katherine's ears through the darkness and silence of her sleepless night.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading What would become of him--that grave, stately man who had never known the touch of anything common or unclean?
above and across; more than
From this reading De Burgh's words repeated themselves over and over again in Katherine's ears through the darkness and silence of her sleepless night.
recurring again and again
From this reading De Burgh's words repeated themselves over and over again in Katherine's ears through the darkness and silence of her sleepless night.
destroyed physically or morally
From this reading "Errington is completely ruined!"
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading De Burgh's words repeated themselves over and over again in Katherine's ears through the darkness and silence of her sleepless night.
experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness
From this reading De Burgh's words repeated themselves over and over again in Katherine's ears through the darkness and silence of her sleepless night.
impressive in appearance
From this reading What would become of him--that grave, stately man who had never known the touch of anything common or unclean?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading What would become of him--that grave, stately man who had never known the touch of anything common or unclean?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading De Burgh's words repeated themselves over and over again in Katherine's ears through the darkness and silence of her sleepless night.
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading De Burgh's words repeated themselves over and over again in Katherine's ears through the darkness and silence of her sleepless night.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading De Burgh's words repeated themselves over and over again in Katherine's ears through the darkness and silence of her sleepless night.
make physical contact with, come in contact with
From this reading What would become of him--that grave, stately man who had never known the touch of anything common or unclean?
soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
From this reading What would become of him--that grave, stately man who had never known the touch of anything common or unclean?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What would become of him--that grave, stately man who had never known the touch of anything common or unclean?
which person or people
From this reading What would become of him--that grave, stately man who had never known the touch of anything common or unclean?
the words that are spoken
From this reading De Burgh's words repeated themselves over and over again in Katherine's ears through the darkness and silence of her sleepless night.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading What would become of him--that grave, stately man who had never known the touch of anything common or unclean?
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