Chapter 29 of Cursed is here in full — 180 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 29 of Cursed is here in full — 180 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE READING OF THE CURSE The kitchen door slammed. Ezra, turning the corner of the house, paused to gaze with admiration at Hal. “Hello, Master Hal, sir,” said he. “Always studyin’, ain’t you?” Voice and expression alike showed intense pride.
Chapter 29 of Cursed is here in full — 180 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a feeling of delighted approval and liking
From this reading “Ezra, turning the corner of the house, paused to gaze with admiration at Hal.”
equally
From this reading “Voice and expression alike showed intense pride.”
profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
From this reading “THE READING OF THE CURSE The kitchen door slammed.”
a Jewish priest and scribe sent by the Persian king to restore Jewish law and worship in Jerusalem
From this reading “Ezra, turning the corner of the house, paused to gaze with admiration at Hal.”
a long fixed look
From this reading “Ezra, turning the corner of the house, paused to gaze with admiration at Hal.”
an expression of greeting
From this reading ““Hello, Master Hal, sir,” said he.”
possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
From this reading “Voice and expression alike showed intense pride.”
inflected form of “slam” — close violently
From this reading “THE READING OF THE CURSE The kitchen door slammed.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “THE READING OF THE CURSE The kitchen door slammed.”
In this reading “Ezra, turning the corner of the house, paused to gaze with admiration at Hal.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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a feeling of delighted approval and liking
From this reading Ezra, turning the corner of the house, paused to gaze with admiration at Hal.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Always studyin’, ain’t you?”
equally
From this reading Voice and expression alike showed intense pride.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading “Always studyin’, ain’t you?”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Voice and expression alike showed intense pride.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Ezra, turning the corner of the house, paused to gaze with admiration at Hal.
a place off to the side of an area
From this reading Ezra, turning the corner of the house, paused to gaze with admiration at Hal.
profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
From this reading THE READING OF THE CURSE The kitchen door slammed.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading THE READING OF THE CURSE The kitchen door slammed.
the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading Voice and expression alike showed intense pride.
a Jewish priest and scribe sent by the Persian king to restore Jewish law and worship in Jerusalem
From this reading Ezra, turning the corner of the house, paused to gaze with admiration at Hal.
a long fixed look
From this reading Ezra, turning the corner of the house, paused to gaze with admiration at Hal.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ezra, turning the corner of the house, paused to gaze with admiration at Hal.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Hello, Master Hal, sir,” said he.
an expression of greeting
From this reading “Hello, Master Hal, sir,” said he.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading Ezra, turning the corner of the house, paused to gaze with admiration at Hal.
possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
From this reading Voice and expression alike showed intense pride.
a room equipped for preparing meals
From this reading THE READING OF THE CURSE The kitchen door slammed.
an artist of consummate skill
From this reading “Hello, Master Hal, sir,” said he.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE READING OF THE CURSE The kitchen door slammed.
past form of “pause” — interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing
From this reading Ezra, turning the corner of the house, paused to gaze with admiration at Hal.
a feeling of self-respect and personal worth
From this reading Voice and expression alike showed intense pride.
the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message
From this reading THE READING OF THE CURSE The kitchen door slammed.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Hello, Master Hal, sir,” said he.
past form of “show” — give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading Voice and expression alike showed intense pride.
term of address for a man
From this reading “Hello, Master Hal, sir,” said he.
inflected form of “slam” — close violently
From this reading THE READING OF THE CURSE The kitchen door slammed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Always studyin’, ain’t you?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE READING OF THE CURSE The kitchen door slammed.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Ezra, turning the corner of the house, paused to gaze with admiration at Hal.
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
From this reading Ezra, turning the corner of the house, paused to gaze with admiration at Hal.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading Voice and expression alike showed intense pride.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Ezra, turning the corner of the house, paused to gaze with admiration at Hal.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Always studyin’, ain’t you?”
Chapter 29 of Cursed by George Allan England holds 180 sentences, grouped into 36 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 29 holds 180 sentences of Cursed, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 29 of Cursed by George Allan England exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 180 sentences, grouped into 36 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 36 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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