Chapter 14 of All Roads Lead to Calvary is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of All Roads Lead to Calvary is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
She could help him. Without her, he would fail. The woman herself saw that, and wished it. Why should she hesitate? It was not as if she had only herself to consider.
Chapter 14 of All Roads Lead to Calvary is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
deem to be
From this reading “It was not as if she had only herself to consider.”
fail to do something; leave something undone
From this reading “Without her, he would fail.”
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading “She could help him.”
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “The woman herself saw that, and wished it.”
pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
From this reading “Why should she hesitate?”
cut with a saw
From this reading “The woman herself saw that, and wished it.”
past form of “wish” — hope for; have a wish
From this reading “The woman herself saw that, and wished it.”
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading “The woman herself saw that, and wished it.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The woman herself saw that, and wished it.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was not as if she had only herself to consider.
deem to be
From this reading It was not as if she had only herself to consider.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading She could help him.
fail to do something; leave something undone
From this reading Without her, he would fail.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was not as if she had only herself to consider.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Without her, he would fail.
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading She could help him.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Without her, he would fail.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading The woman herself saw that, and wished it.
pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
From this reading Why should she hesitate?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She could help him.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading It was not as if she had only herself to consider.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The woman herself saw that, and wished it.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was not as if she had only herself to consider.
and nothing more
From this reading It was not as if she had only herself to consider.
cut with a saw
From this reading The woman herself saw that, and wished it.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She could help him.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Why should she hesitate?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The woman herself saw that, and wished it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The woman herself saw that, and wished it.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was not as if she had only herself to consider.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was not as if she had only herself to consider.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why should she hesitate?
past form of “wish” — hope for; have a wish
From this reading The woman herself saw that, and wished it.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Without her, he would fail.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading The woman herself saw that, and wished it.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Without her, he would fail.
Chapter 14 of All Roads Lead to Calvary by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome holds 415 sentences, grouped into 83 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 14 holds 415 sentences of All Roads Lead to Calvary, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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