Chapter 13 of A Damsel in Distress is here in full — 232 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of A Damsel in Distress is here in full — 232 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
George's idea was to get home. Quick. There was no possible chance of a second meeting with Maud that night. They had met and had been whirled asunder. No use to struggle with Fate.
Chapter 13 of A Damsel in Distress is here in full — 232 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
widely separated especially in space
From this reading “They had met and had been whirled asunder.”
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading “There was no possible chance of a second meeting with Maud that night.”
an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
From this reading “No use to struggle with Fate.”
possessive form of “george” — Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading “George's idea was to get home.”
a formally arranged gathering
From this reading “There was no possible chance of a second meeting with Maud that night.”
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading “Quick.”
make a strenuous or labored effort
From this reading “No use to struggle with Fate.”
past form of “whirl” — turn in a twisting or spinning motion
From this reading “They had met and had been whirled asunder.”
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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 There was no possible chance of a second meeting with Maud that night.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They had met and had been whirled asunder.
widely separated especially in space
From this reading They had met and had been whirled asunder.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading They had met and had been whirled asunder.
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading There was no possible chance of a second meeting with Maud that night.
an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
From this reading No use to struggle with Fate.
possessive form of “george” — Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading George's idea was to get home.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading George's idea was to get home.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They had met and had been whirled asunder.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading George's idea was to get home.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading George's idea was to get home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There was no possible chance of a second meeting with Maud that night.
a formally arranged gathering
From this reading There was no possible chance of a second meeting with Maud that night.
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading They had met and had been whirled asunder.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading There was no possible chance of a second meeting with Maud that night.
not any; not one
From this reading There was no possible chance of a second meeting with Maud that night.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There was no possible chance of a second meeting with Maud that night.
capable of happening or existing
From this reading There was no possible chance of a second meeting with Maud that night.
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading Quick.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading There was no possible chance of a second meeting with Maud that night.
make a strenuous or labored effort
From this reading No use to struggle with Fate.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There was no possible chance of a second meeting with Maud that night.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was no possible chance of a second meeting with Maud that night.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had met and had been whirled asunder.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading George's idea was to get home.
the act of using
From this reading No use to struggle with Fate.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading George's idea was to get home.
past form of “whirl” — turn in a twisting or spinning motion
From this reading They had met and had been whirled asunder.
in the company of; together with
From this reading There was no possible chance of a second meeting with Maud that night.
Chapter 13 of A Damsel in Distress by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse holds 232 sentences, grouped into 47 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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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