Chapter 18 of Black Oxen is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of Black Oxen is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"That's all very well for you, but it's really a question of temperament. Do you think I'd dare come back here looking like a girl again--and I suppose I should. I'm sixteen years younger than you.
Chapter 18 of Black Oxen is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
From this reading “Do you think I'd dare come back here looking like a girl again--and I suppose I should.”
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading “Do you think I'd dare come back here looking like a girl again--and I suppose I should.”
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading “"That's all very well for you, but it's really a question of temperament.”
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading “"That's all very well for you, but it's really a question of temperament.”
being one more than fifteen
From this reading “I'm sixteen years younger than you.”
express a supposition
From this reading “Do you think I'd dare come back here looking like a girl again--and I suppose I should.”
your usual mood
From this reading “"That's all very well for you, but it's really a question of temperament.”
used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father
From this reading “I'm sixteen years younger than you.”
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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 "That's all very well for you, but it's really a question of temperament.
anew
From this reading Do you think I'd dare come back here looking like a girl again--and I suppose I should.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "That's all very well for you, but it's really a question of temperament.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Do you think I'd dare come back here looking like a girl again--and I suppose I should.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Do you think I'd dare come back here looking like a girl again--and I suppose I should.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "That's all very well for you, but it's really a question of temperament.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Do you think I'd dare come back here looking like a girl again--and I suppose I should.
take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
From this reading Do you think I'd dare come back here looking like a girl again--and I suppose I should.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do you think I'd dare come back here looking like a girl again--and I suppose I should.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "That's all very well for you, but it's really a question of temperament.
a young female
From this reading Do you think I'd dare come back here looking like a girl again--and I suppose I should.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Do you think I'd dare come back here looking like a girl again--and I suppose I should.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Do you think I'd dare come back here looking like a girl again--and I suppose I should.
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From this reading Do you think I'd dare come back here looking like a girl again--and I suppose I should.
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From this reading I'm sixteen years younger than you.
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From this reading "That's all very well for you, but it's really a question of temperament.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Do you think I'd dare come back here looking like a girl again--and I suppose I should.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading Do you think I'd dare come back here looking like a girl again--and I suppose I should.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "That's all very well for you, but it's really a question of temperament.
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading "That's all very well for you, but it's really a question of temperament.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading "That's all very well for you, but it's really a question of temperament.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Do you think I'd dare come back here looking like a girl again--and I suppose I should.
being one more than fifteen
From this reading I'm sixteen years younger than you.
express a supposition
From this reading Do you think I'd dare come back here looking like a girl again--and I suppose I should.
your usual mood
From this reading "That's all very well for you, but it's really a question of temperament.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading I'm sixteen years younger than you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That's all very well for you, but it's really a question of temperament.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading Do you think I'd dare come back here looking like a girl again--and I suppose I should.
precisely as stated
From this reading "That's all very well for you, but it's really a question of temperament.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "That's all very well for you, but it's really a question of temperament.
a late time of life
From this reading I'm sixteen years younger than you.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "That's all very well for you, but it's really a question of temperament.
used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father
From this reading I'm sixteen years younger than you.
Chapter 18 of Black Oxen by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton holds 412 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.
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