Chapter 21 of Arms and the Woman is here in full — 283 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of Arms and the Woman is here in full — 283 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The suddenness of this demand overwhelmed him, and he fell back into the chair, his eyes bulging and his mouth agape. "Do you hear me?" I cried. "The proofs!" going up to him with clenched fists. "What have you done with those proofs?
Chapter 21 of Arms and the Woman is here in full — 283 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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with the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe
From this reading “The suddenness of this demand overwhelmed him, and he fell back into the chair, his eyes bulging and his mouth agape.”
curving or bulging outward
From this reading “The suddenness of this demand overwhelmed him, and he fell back into the chair, his eyes bulging and his mouth agape.”
closed or squeezed together tightly
From this reading “"The proofs!" going up to him with clenched fists.”
an urgent or peremptory request
From this reading “The suddenness of this demand overwhelmed him, and he fell back into the chair, his eyes bulging and his mouth agape.”
plural of “fist” — a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting)
From this reading “"The proofs!" going up to him with clenched fists.”
past form of “overwhelm” — overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
From this reading “The suddenness of this demand overwhelmed him, and he fell back into the chair, his eyes bulging and his mouth agape.”
plural of “proof” — any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something
From this reading “"The proofs!" going up to him with clenched fists.”
the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
From this reading “The suddenness of this demand overwhelmed him, and he fell back into the chair, his eyes bulging and his mouth agape.”
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with the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe
From this reading The suddenness of this demand overwhelmed him, and he fell back into the chair, his eyes bulging and his mouth agape.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The suddenness of this demand overwhelmed him, and he fell back into the chair, his eyes bulging and his mouth agape.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading The suddenness of this demand overwhelmed him, and he fell back into the chair, his eyes bulging and his mouth agape.
curving or bulging outward
From this reading The suddenness of this demand overwhelmed him, and he fell back into the chair, his eyes bulging and his mouth agape.
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading The suddenness of this demand overwhelmed him, and he fell back into the chair, his eyes bulging and his mouth agape.
closed or squeezed together tightly
From this reading "The proofs!" going up to him with clenched fists.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading I cried.
an urgent or peremptory request
From this reading The suddenness of this demand overwhelmed him, and he fell back into the chair, his eyes bulging and his mouth agape.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Do you hear me?"
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading "What have you done with those proofs?
opinion or judgment
From this reading The suddenness of this demand overwhelmed him, and he fell back into the chair, his eyes bulging and his mouth agape.
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading The suddenness of this demand overwhelmed him, and he fell back into the chair, his eyes bulging and his mouth agape.
plural of “fist” — a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting)
From this reading "The proofs!" going up to him with clenched fists.
the act of departing
From this reading "The proofs!" going up to him with clenched fists.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "What have you done with those proofs?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The suddenness of this demand overwhelmed him, and he fell back into the chair, his eyes bulging and his mouth agape.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading "Do you hear me?"
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The suddenness of this demand overwhelmed him, and he fell back into the chair, his eyes bulging and his mouth agape.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The suddenness of this demand overwhelmed him, and he fell back into the chair, his eyes bulging and his mouth agape.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I cried.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The suddenness of this demand overwhelmed him, and he fell back into the chair, his eyes bulging and his mouth agape.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Do you hear me?"
the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
From this reading The suddenness of this demand overwhelmed him, and he fell back into the chair, his eyes bulging and his mouth agape.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The suddenness of this demand overwhelmed him, and he fell back into the chair, his eyes bulging and his mouth agape.
past form of “overwhelm” — overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
From this reading The suddenness of this demand overwhelmed him, and he fell back into the chair, his eyes bulging and his mouth agape.
plural of “proof” — any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something
From this reading "The proofs!" going up to him with clenched fists.
the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
From this reading The suddenness of this demand overwhelmed him, and he fell back into the chair, his eyes bulging and his mouth agape.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The suddenness of this demand overwhelmed him, and he fell back into the chair, his eyes bulging and his mouth agape.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The suddenness of this demand overwhelmed him, and he fell back into the chair, his eyes bulging and his mouth agape.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading "What have you done with those proofs?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "The proofs!" going up to him with clenched fists.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "The proofs!" going up to him with clenched fists.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What have you done with those proofs?
in the company of; together with
From this reading "The proofs!" going up to him with clenched fists.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Do you hear me?"
Chapter 21 of Arms and the Woman by Harold MacGrath holds 283 sentences, grouped into 57 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 21 holds 283 sentences of Arms and the Woman, unabridged, divided into 57 reading sections.
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