Chapter 3 of Dulcibel: A Tale of Old Salem is here in full — 22 sentences across 5 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Dulcibel: A Tale of Old Salem is here in full — 22 sentences across 5 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Satan's Especial Grudge against Our Puritan Fathers. "Tituba!" And who else? Why need there have been anybody else? Why could not the whole thing have stopped just there?
Chapter 3 of Dulcibel: A Tale of Old Salem is here in full — 22 sentences across 5 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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any person at all
From this reading “Why need there have been anybody else?”
surpassing what is common or usual or expected
From this reading “Satan's Especial Grudge against Our Puritan Fathers.”
plural of “father” — a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading “Satan's Especial Grudge against Our Puritan Fathers.”
a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
From this reading “Satan's Especial Grudge against Our Puritan Fathers.”
a condition requiring relief
From this reading “Why need there have been anybody else?”
a member of a group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries thought that the Protestant Reformation under Elizabeth was incomplete and advocated the simplification and regulation of forms of worship
From this reading “Satan's Especial Grudge against Our Puritan Fathers.”
possessive form of “satan” — (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
From this reading “Satan's Especial Grudge against Our Puritan Fathers.”
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading “Why could not the whole thing have stopped just there?”
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touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Satan's Especial Grudge against Our Puritan Fathers.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And who else?
any person at all
From this reading Why need there have been anybody else?
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Why need there have been anybody else?
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Why could not the whole thing have stopped just there?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And who else?
surpassing what is common or usual or expected
From this reading Satan's Especial Grudge against Our Puritan Fathers.
plural of “father” — a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading Satan's Especial Grudge against Our Puritan Fathers.
a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
From this reading Satan's Especial Grudge against Our Puritan Fathers.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Why need there have been anybody else?
and nothing more
From this reading Why could not the whole thing have stopped just there?
a condition requiring relief
From this reading Why need there have been anybody else?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Why could not the whole thing have stopped just there?
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Satan's Especial Grudge against Our Puritan Fathers.
a member of a group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries thought that the Protestant Reformation under Elizabeth was incomplete and advocated the simplification and regulation of forms of worship
From this reading Satan's Especial Grudge against Our Puritan Fathers.
possessive form of “satan” — (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
From this reading Satan's Especial Grudge against Our Puritan Fathers.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading Why could not the whole thing have stopped just there?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Why could not the whole thing have stopped just there?
in or at that place or location
From this reading Why need there have been anybody else?
a special situation
From this reading Why could not the whole thing have stopped just there?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Tituba!"
which person or people
From this reading And who else?
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading Why could not the whole thing have stopped just there?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why need there have been anybody else?
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