Chapter 6 of A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
‘Sure?’ ‘Perfectly sure.’ She came over and the cross-examination was interrupted. But in a few minutes she had settled down to it again. ‘Well, now—the first?’ said she.
Chapter 6 of A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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anew
From this reading “But in a few minutes she had settled down to it again.”
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “She came over and the cross-examination was interrupted.”
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading “‘Well, now—the first?’ said she.”
discontinued temporarily
From this reading “She came over and the cross-examination was interrupted.”
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading “But in a few minutes she had settled down to it again.”
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “‘Perfectly sure.’”
established or decided beyond dispute or doubt
From this reading “But in a few minutes she had settled down to it again.”
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading “‘Sure?’”
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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 But in a few minutes she had settled down to it again.
anew
From this reading But in a few minutes she had settled down to it again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She came over and the cross-examination was interrupted.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But in a few minutes she had settled down to it again.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading She came over and the cross-examination was interrupted.
(law) close questioning of a hostile witness in a court of law to discredit or throw a new light on the testimony already provided in direct examination
From this reading She came over and the cross-examination was interrupted.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading But in a few minutes she had settled down to it again.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading But in a few minutes she had settled down to it again.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading ‘Well, now—the first?’ said she.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading But in a few minutes she had settled down to it again.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But in a few minutes she had settled down to it again.
discontinued temporarily
From this reading She came over and the cross-examination was interrupted.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But in a few minutes she had settled down to it again.
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading But in a few minutes she had settled down to it again.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading ‘Well, now—the first?’ said she.
above and across; more than
From this reading She came over and the cross-examination was interrupted.
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading ‘Perfectly sure.’
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading ‘Well, now—the first?’ said she.
established or decided beyond dispute or doubt
From this reading But in a few minutes she had settled down to it again.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She came over and the cross-examination was interrupted.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading ‘Sure?’
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She came over and the cross-examination was interrupted.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But in a few minutes she had settled down to it again.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She came over and the cross-examination was interrupted.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading ‘Well, now—the first?’ said she.
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