Chapter 11 of Damned is here in full — 362 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Damned is here in full — 362 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
In the long moment during which Mrs. Cabot leveled her astonished stare upon the applicant as governess to her son, the girl did not breathe. When direct demand was made of her she could not speak. “Tell me, is coming here your own idea? Or did my husband----?” The smart vision in black and white interrupted herself by an over-shoulder invitation.
Chapter 11 of Damned is here in full — 362 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission
From this reading “In the long moment during which Mrs. Cabot leveled her astonished stare upon the applicant as governess to her son, the girl did not breathe.”
draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
From this reading “In the long moment during which Mrs. Cabot leveled her astonished stare upon the applicant as governess to her son, the girl did not breathe.”
son of John Cabot who was born in Italy and who led an English expedition in search of the Northwest Passage and a Spanish expedition that explored the La Plata region of Brazil; in 1544 he published a map of the world (1476-1557)
From this reading “In the long moment during which Mrs. Cabot leveled her astonished stare upon the applicant as governess to her son, the girl did not breathe.”
a woman entrusted with the care and supervision of a child (especially in a private home)
From this reading “In the long moment during which Mrs. Cabot leveled her astonished stare upon the applicant as governess to her son, the girl did not breathe.”
a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something
From this reading “The smart vision in black and white interrupted herself by an over-shoulder invitation.”
past form of “level” — aim at
From this reading “In the long moment during which Mrs. Cabot leveled her astonished stare upon the applicant as governess to her son, the girl did not breathe.”
showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness
From this reading “The smart vision in black and white interrupted herself by an over-shoulder invitation.”
look at with fixed eyes
From this reading “In the long moment during which Mrs. Cabot leveled her astonished stare upon the applicant as governess to her son, the girl did not breathe.”
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 ““Tell me, is coming here your own idea?”
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the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The smart vision in black and white interrupted herself by an over-shoulder invitation.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The smart vision in black and white interrupted herself by an over-shoulder invitation.
a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission
From this reading In the long moment during which Mrs. Cabot leveled her astonished stare upon the applicant as governess to her son, the girl did not breathe.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading In the long moment during which Mrs. Cabot leveled her astonished stare upon the applicant as governess to her son, the girl did not breathe.
filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock
From this reading In the long moment during which Mrs. Cabot leveled her astonished stare upon the applicant as governess to her son, the girl did not breathe.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading The smart vision in black and white interrupted herself by an over-shoulder invitation.
draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
From this reading In the long moment during which Mrs. Cabot leveled her astonished stare upon the applicant as governess to her son, the girl did not breathe.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The smart vision in black and white interrupted herself by an over-shoulder invitation.
son of John Cabot who was born in Italy and who led an English expedition in search of the Northwest Passage and a Spanish expedition that explored the La Plata region of Brazil; in 1544 he published a map of the world (1476-1557)
From this reading In the long moment during which Mrs. Cabot leveled her astonished stare upon the applicant as governess to her son, the girl did not breathe.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “Tell me, is coming here your own idea?
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading When direct demand was made of her she could not speak.
an urgent or peremptory request
From this reading When direct demand was made of her she could not speak.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading In the long moment during which Mrs. Cabot leveled her astonished stare upon the applicant as governess to her son, the girl did not breathe.
command with authority
From this reading When direct demand was made of her she could not speak.
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading In the long moment during which Mrs. Cabot leveled her astonished stare upon the applicant as governess to her son, the girl did not breathe.
a young female
From this reading In the long moment during which Mrs. Cabot leveled her astonished stare upon the applicant as governess to her son, the girl did not breathe.
a woman entrusted with the care and supervision of a child (especially in a private home)
From this reading In the long moment during which Mrs. Cabot leveled her astonished stare upon the applicant as governess to her son, the girl did not breathe.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading In the long moment during which Mrs. Cabot leveled her astonished stare upon the applicant as governess to her son, the girl did not breathe.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “Tell me, is coming here your own idea?
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading The smart vision in black and white interrupted herself by an over-shoulder invitation.
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading Or did my husband----?”
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “Tell me, is coming here your own idea?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the long moment during which Mrs. Cabot leveled her astonished stare upon the applicant as governess to her son, the girl did not breathe.
discontinued temporarily
From this reading The smart vision in black and white interrupted herself by an over-shoulder invitation.
a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something
From this reading The smart vision in black and white interrupted herself by an over-shoulder invitation.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Tell me, is coming here your own idea?
past form of “level” — aim at
From this reading In the long moment during which Mrs. Cabot leveled her astonished stare upon the applicant as governess to her son, the girl did not breathe.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading In the long moment during which Mrs. Cabot leveled her astonished stare upon the applicant as governess to her son, the girl did not breathe.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading When direct demand was made of her she could not speak.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Tell me, is coming here your own idea?
a particular point in time
From this reading In the long moment during which Mrs. Cabot leveled her astonished stare upon the applicant as governess to her son, the girl did not breathe.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading In the long moment during which Mrs. Cabot leveled her astonished stare upon the applicant as governess to her son, the girl did not breathe.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Or did my husband----?”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading In the long moment during which Mrs. Cabot leveled her astonished stare upon the applicant as governess to her son, the girl did not breathe.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When direct demand was made of her she could not speak.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Or did my husband----?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The smart vision in black and white interrupted herself by an over-shoulder invitation.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading “Tell me, is coming here your own idea?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When direct demand was made of her she could not speak.
showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness
From this reading The smart vision in black and white interrupted herself by an over-shoulder invitation.
a male human offspring
From this reading In the long moment during which Mrs. Cabot leveled her astonished stare upon the applicant as governess to her son, the girl did not breathe.
express in speech
From this reading When direct demand was made of her she could not speak.
look at with fixed eyes
From this reading In the long moment during which Mrs. Cabot leveled her astonished stare upon the applicant as governess to her son, the girl did not breathe.
express in words
From this reading “Tell me, is coming here your own idea?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the long moment during which Mrs. Cabot leveled her astonished stare upon the applicant as governess to her son, the girl did not breathe.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In the long moment during which Mrs. Cabot leveled her astonished stare upon the applicant as governess to her son, the girl did not breathe.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading In the long moment during which Mrs. Cabot leveled her astonished stare upon the applicant as governess to her son, the girl did not breathe.
a vivid mental image
From this reading The smart vision in black and white interrupted herself by an over-shoulder invitation.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When direct demand was made of her she could not speak.
at the time that
From this reading When direct demand was made of her she could not speak.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading In the long moment during which Mrs. Cabot leveled her astonished stare upon the applicant as governess to her son, the girl did not breathe.
a Caucasian
From this reading The smart vision in black and white interrupted herself by an over-shoulder invitation.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Tell me, is coming here your own idea?
Chapter 11 of Damned by E. S. (Ethel Smith) Dorrance holds 362 sentences, grouped into 73 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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