Chapter 18 of April's Lady: A Novel is here in full — 353 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of April's Lady: A Novel is here in full — 353 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"AT SIXES AND SEVENS." Pol.--"What do you read, my lord?" Ham.--"Words, words, words." She sighs heavily, as the door closes on her brother. A sense of weakness, of powerlessness oppresses her.
Chapter 18 of April's Lady: A Novel is here in full — 353 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “close” — the temporal end; the concluding time
From this reading “She sighs heavily, as the door closes on her brother.”
meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
From this reading “Ham.--"Words, words, words."”
third-person singular of “oppress” — come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
From this reading “A sense of weakness, of powerlessness oppresses her.”
a person active in party politics
From this reading “Pol.--"What do you read, my lord?"”
the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble
From this reading “A sense of weakness, of powerlessness oppresses her.”
a card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards
From this reading “"AT SIXES AND SEVENS."”
plural of “sigh” — an utterance made by exhaling audibly
From this reading “She sighs heavily, as the door closes on her brother.”
plural of “six” — the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading “"AT SIXES AND SEVENS."”
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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 A sense of weakness, of powerlessness oppresses her.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "AT SIXES AND SEVENS."
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She sighs heavily, as the door closes on her brother.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "AT SIXES AND SEVENS."
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading She sighs heavily, as the door closes on her brother.
plural of “close” — the temporal end; the concluding time
From this reading She sighs heavily, as the door closes on her brother.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Pol.--"What do you read, my lord?"
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading She sighs heavily, as the door closes on her brother.
meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
From this reading Ham.--"Words, words, words."
to a considerable degree
From this reading She sighs heavily, as the door closes on her brother.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She sighs heavily, as the door closes on her brother.
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading Pol.--"What do you read, my lord?"
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Pol.--"What do you read, my lord?"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A sense of weakness, of powerlessness oppresses her.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She sighs heavily, as the door closes on her brother.
third-person singular of “oppress” — come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
From this reading A sense of weakness, of powerlessness oppresses her.
a person active in party politics
From this reading Pol.--"What do you read, my lord?"
the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble
From this reading A sense of weakness, of powerlessness oppresses her.
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading Pol.--"What do you read, my lord?"
a general conscious awareness
From this reading A sense of weakness, of powerlessness oppresses her.
a card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards
From this reading "AT SIXES AND SEVENS."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She sighs heavily, as the door closes on her brother.
plural of “sigh” — an utterance made by exhaling audibly
From this reading She sighs heavily, as the door closes on her brother.
plural of “six” — the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading "AT SIXES AND SEVENS."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She sighs heavily, as the door closes on her brother.
a flaw or weak point
From this reading A sense of weakness, of powerlessness oppresses her.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Pol.--"What do you read, my lord?"
the words that are spoken
From this reading Ham.--"Words, words, words."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Pol.--"What do you read, my lord?"
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