Chapter 12 of Angels and Ministers, and Other Victorian is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 12 of Angels and Ministers, and Other Victorian is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
EX-PRES. I don't want to judge the exceptions now (as perhaps I have done in the past) more hardly than I judge myself ... Tumulty, I've failed. TUMULTY (_extenuatingly_.) In a way--yes: for a time, no doubt. EX-PRES.
Chapter 12 of Angels and Ministers, and Other Victorian is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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the state of being unsure of something
From this reading “TUMULTY (_extenuatingly_.) In a way--yes: for a time, no doubt.”
plural of “exception” — a deliberate act of omission
From this reading “I don't want to judge the exceptions now (as perhaps I have done in the past) more hardly than I judge myself ...”
past form of “fail” — fail to do something; leave something undone
From this reading “Tumulty, I've failed.”
only a very short time before
From this reading “I don't want to judge the exceptions now (as perhaps I have done in the past) more hardly than I judge myself ...”
determine the result of (a competition)
From this reading “I don't want to judge the exceptions now (as perhaps I have done in the past) more hardly than I judge myself ...”
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “I don't want to judge the exceptions now (as perhaps I have done in the past) more hardly than I judge myself ...”
the time that has elapsed
From this reading “I don't want to judge the exceptions now (as perhaps I have done in the past) more hardly than I judge myself ...”
by chance
From this reading “I don't want to judge the exceptions now (as perhaps I have done in the past) more hardly than I judge myself ...”
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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 TUMULTY (_extenuatingly_.) In a way--yes: for a time, no doubt.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I don't want to judge the exceptions now (as perhaps I have done in the past) more hardly than I judge myself ...
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From this reading I don't want to judge the exceptions now (as perhaps I have done in the past) more hardly than I judge myself ...
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading I don't want to judge the exceptions now (as perhaps I have done in the past) more hardly than I judge myself ...
the state of being unsure of something
From this reading TUMULTY (_extenuatingly_.) In a way--yes: for a time, no doubt.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading EX-PRES.
plural of “exception” — a deliberate act of omission
From this reading I don't want to judge the exceptions now (as perhaps I have done in the past) more hardly than I judge myself ...
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading TUMULTY (_extenuatingly_.) In a way--yes: for a time, no doubt.
past form of “fail” — fail to do something; leave something undone
From this reading Tumulty, I've failed.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading TUMULTY (_extenuatingly_.) In a way--yes: for a time, no doubt.
only a very short time before
From this reading I don't want to judge the exceptions now (as perhaps I have done in the past) more hardly than I judge myself ...
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I don't want to judge the exceptions now (as perhaps I have done in the past) more hardly than I judge myself ...
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I don't want to judge the exceptions now (as perhaps I have done in the past) more hardly than I judge myself ...
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Tumulty, I've failed.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I don't want to judge the exceptions now (as perhaps I have done in the past) more hardly than I judge myself ...
determine the result of (a competition)
From this reading I don't want to judge the exceptions now (as perhaps I have done in the past) more hardly than I judge myself ...
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading I don't want to judge the exceptions now (as perhaps I have done in the past) more hardly than I judge myself ...
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I don't want to judge the exceptions now (as perhaps I have done in the past) more hardly than I judge myself ...
not any; not one
From this reading TUMULTY (_extenuatingly_.) In a way--yes: for a time, no doubt.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading I don't want to judge the exceptions now (as perhaps I have done in the past) more hardly than I judge myself ...
the time that has elapsed
From this reading I don't want to judge the exceptions now (as perhaps I have done in the past) more hardly than I judge myself ...
by chance
From this reading I don't want to judge the exceptions now (as perhaps I have done in the past) more hardly than I judge myself ...
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading I don't want to judge the exceptions now (as perhaps I have done in the past) more hardly than I judge myself ...
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I don't want to judge the exceptions now (as perhaps I have done in the past) more hardly than I judge myself ...
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading TUMULTY (_extenuatingly_.) In a way--yes: for a time, no doubt.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I don't want to judge the exceptions now (as perhaps I have done in the past) more hardly than I judge myself ...
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Tumulty, I've failed.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading I don't want to judge the exceptions now (as perhaps I have done in the past) more hardly than I judge myself ...
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading TUMULTY (_extenuatingly_.) In a way--yes: for a time, no doubt.
an affirmative
From this reading TUMULTY (_extenuatingly_.) In a way--yes: for a time, no doubt.
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