Chapter 4 of A Thoughtless Yes is here in full — 455 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of A Thoughtless Yes is here in full — 455 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Don't let your part in my case worry you. The game of life has gone against me. That is all. The dice were loaded before I ever got hold of them. I did what I could to out-live--out-fight my awful--inheritance.
Chapter 4 of A Thoughtless Yes is here in full — 455 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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exceptionally bad or displeasing
From this reading “I did what I could to out-live--out-fight my awful--inheritance.”
an occurrence of something
From this reading “"Don't let your part in my case worry you.”
a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
From this reading “The dice were loaded before I ever got hold of them.”
a contest with rules to determine a winner
From this reading “The game of life has gone against me.”
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading “The dice were loaded before I ever got hold of them.”
hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
From this reading “I did what I could to out-live--out-fight my awful--inheritance.”
filled with a great quantity
From this reading “The dice were loaded before I ever got hold of them.”
be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy
From this reading “"Don't let your part in my case worry you.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading The game of life has gone against me.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading That is all.
exceptionally bad or displeasing
From this reading I did what I could to out-live--out-fight my awful--inheritance.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The dice were loaded before I ever got hold of them.
an occurrence of something
From this reading "Don't let your part in my case worry you.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I did what I could to out-live--out-fight my awful--inheritance.
a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
From this reading The dice were loaded before I ever got hold of them.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading I did what I could to out-live--out-fight my awful--inheritance.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Don't let your part in my case worry you.
at any time
From this reading The dice were loaded before I ever got hold of them.
a contest with rules to determine a winner
From this reading The game of life has gone against me.
destroyed or killed
From this reading The game of life has gone against me.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading The dice were loaded before I ever got hold of them.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The game of life has gone against me.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading The dice were loaded before I ever got hold of them.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The dice were loaded before I ever got hold of them.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Don't let your part in my case worry you.
hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
From this reading I did what I could to out-live--out-fight my awful--inheritance.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That is all.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading "Don't let your part in my case worry you.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading The game of life has gone against me.
filled with a great quantity
From this reading The dice were loaded before I ever got hold of them.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The game of life has gone against me.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Don't let your part in my case worry you.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The game of life has gone against me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I did what I could to out-live--out-fight my awful--inheritance.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I did what I could to out-live--out-fight my awful--inheritance.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading "Don't let your part in my case worry you.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That is all.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The game of life has gone against me.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The dice were loaded before I ever got hold of them.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I did what I could to out-live--out-fight my awful--inheritance.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The dice were loaded before I ever got hold of them.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I did what I could to out-live--out-fight my awful--inheritance.
be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy
From this reading "Don't let your part in my case worry you.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Don't let your part in my case worry you.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Don't let your part in my case worry you.
Chapter 4 of A Thoughtless Yes by Helen H. (Helen Hamilton) Gardener holds 455 sentences, grouped into 91 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 4 holds 455 sentences of A Thoughtless Yes, unabridged, divided into 91 reading sections.
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