Chapter 40 of Cursed is here in full — 304 sentences across 61 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 40 of Cursed is here in full — 304 sentences across 61 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
NEW DAWN Twenty minutes later, anxious fingers tapped at Filhiol’s door. “Come!” bade the doctor. Laura entered. “Forgive me,” she begged. “I—I couldn’t stay away.
Chapter 40 of Cursed is here in full — 304 sentences across 61 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/60 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
eagerly desirous
From this reading “NEW DAWN Twenty minutes later, anxious fingers tapped at Filhiol’s door.”
a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria
From this reading ““Come!” bade the doctor.”
inflected form of “beg” — call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading ““Forgive me,” she begged.”
the first light of day
From this reading “NEW DAWN Twenty minutes later, anxious fingers tapped at Filhiol’s door.”
plural of “finger” — any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb)
From this reading “NEW DAWN Twenty minutes later, anxious fingers tapped at Filhiol’s door.”
stop blaming or grant forgiveness
From this reading ““Forgive me,” she begged.”
in a condition for letting out liquid drawn out as by piercing or drawing a plug
From this reading “NEW DAWN Twenty minutes later, anxious fingers tapped at Filhiol’s door.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading “NEW DAWN Twenty minutes later, anxious fingers tapped at Filhiol’s door.”
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 “NEW DAWN Twenty minutes later, anxious fingers tapped at Filhiol’s door.”
stay clear of, avoid
In this reading ““I—I couldn’t stay away.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
eagerly desirous
From this reading NEW DAWN Twenty minutes later, anxious fingers tapped at Filhiol’s door.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading NEW DAWN Twenty minutes later, anxious fingers tapped at Filhiol’s door.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “I—I couldn’t stay away.
a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria
From this reading “Come!” bade the doctor.
inflected form of “beg” — call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading “Forgive me,” she begged.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Come!” bade the doctor.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I—I couldn’t stay away.
the first light of day
From this reading NEW DAWN Twenty minutes later, anxious fingers tapped at Filhiol’s door.
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading “Come!” bade the doctor.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading NEW DAWN Twenty minutes later, anxious fingers tapped at Filhiol’s door.
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading Laura entered.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading NEW DAWN Twenty minutes later, anxious fingers tapped at Filhiol’s door.
plural of “finger” — any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb)
From this reading NEW DAWN Twenty minutes later, anxious fingers tapped at Filhiol’s door.
stop blaming or grant forgiveness
From this reading “Forgive me,” she begged.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I—I couldn’t stay away.
happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
From this reading NEW DAWN Twenty minutes later, anxious fingers tapped at Filhiol’s door.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Laura entered.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Forgive me,” she begged.
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading NEW DAWN Twenty minutes later, anxious fingers tapped at Filhiol’s door.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading NEW DAWN Twenty minutes later, anxious fingers tapped at Filhiol’s door.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Forgive me,” she begged.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading “I—I couldn’t stay away.
in a condition for letting out liquid drawn out as by piercing or drawing a plug
From this reading NEW DAWN Twenty minutes later, anxious fingers tapped at Filhiol’s door.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Come!” bade the doctor.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading NEW DAWN Twenty minutes later, anxious fingers tapped at Filhiol’s door.
Chapter 40 of Cursed by George Allan England holds 304 sentences, grouped into 61 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 40 holds 304 sentences of Cursed, unabridged, divided into 61 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 40 of Cursed by George Allan England exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 304 sentences, grouped into 61 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 61 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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