Chapter 21 of Bessy Rane: A Novel is here in full — 614 sentences across 123 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of Bessy Rane: A Novel is here in full — 614 sentences across 123 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
PANIC. The funerals were going about in Dallory. Dr. Rane's prognostications had proved correct; the fever was severe. It spread, and a panic set in. As yet it had been confined to the poor.
Chapter 21 of Bessy Rane: A Novel is here in full — 614 sentences across 123 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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not invading healthy tissue
From this reading “As yet it had been confined to the poor.”
make right or correct
From this reading “Dr. Rane's prognostications had proved correct; the fever was severe.”
a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection
From this reading “Dr. Rane's prognostications had proved correct; the fever was severe.”
plural of “funeral” — a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated
From this reading “The funerals were going about in Dallory.”
an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
From this reading “PANIC.”
plural of “prognostication” — a sign of something about to happen
From this reading “Dr. Rane's prognostications had proved correct; the fever was severe.”
established beyond doubt
From this reading “Dr. Rane's prognostications had proved correct; the fever was severe.”
intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
From this reading “Dr. Rane's prognostications had proved correct; the fever was severe.”
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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 It spread, and a panic set in.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The funerals were going about in Dallory.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It spread, and a panic set in.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As yet it had been confined to the poor.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading As yet it had been confined to the poor.
not invading healthy tissue
From this reading As yet it had been confined to the poor.
make right or correct
From this reading Dr. Rane's prognostications had proved correct; the fever was severe.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The funerals were going about in Dallory.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dr. Rane's prognostications had proved correct; the fever was severe.
a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection
From this reading Dr. Rane's prognostications had proved correct; the fever was severe.
plural of “funeral” — a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated
From this reading The funerals were going about in Dallory.
the act of departing
From this reading The funerals were going about in Dallory.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Dr. Rane's prognostications had proved correct; the fever was severe.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The funerals were going about in Dallory.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It spread, and a panic set in.
an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
From this reading PANIC.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading As yet it had been confined to the poor.
plural of “prognostication” — a sign of something about to happen
From this reading Dr. Rane's prognostications had proved correct; the fever was severe.
established beyond doubt
From this reading Dr. Rane's prognostications had proved correct; the fever was severe.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dr. Rane's prognostications had proved correct; the fever was severe.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading It spread, and a panic set in.
intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
From this reading Dr. Rane's prognostications had proved correct; the fever was severe.
distribute or disperse widely
From this reading It spread, and a panic set in.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The funerals were going about in Dallory.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As yet it had been confined to the poor.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Dr. Rane's prognostications had proved correct; the fever was severe.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The funerals were going about in Dallory.
but in spite of that
From this reading As yet it had been confined to the poor.
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