Chapter 6 of In the Whirl of the Rising is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of In the Whirl of the Rising is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I'm most awfully sorry, Miss Vidal, but I can't just now." "You won't?" said Clare curtly, for she was not accustomed to be refused. "I can't," he repeated. "Do believe I have a good reason--and don't direct any attention to me just now. Believe me, a great deal hangs upon it."
Chapter 6 of In the Whirl of the Rising is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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commonly used or practiced; usual
From this reading “"You won't?" said Clare curtly, for she was not accustomed to be refused.”
used as intensifiers
From this reading “"I'm most awfully sorry, Miss Vidal, but I can't just now."”
in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
From this reading “"You won't?" said Clare curtly, for she was not accustomed to be refused.”
command with authority
From this reading “"Do believe I have a good reason--and don't direct any attention to me just now.”
plural of “hang” — a special way of doing something
From this reading “Believe me, a great deal hangs upon it."”
past form of “refuse” — show unwillingness towards
From this reading “"You won't?" said Clare curtly, for she was not accustomed to be refused.”
recurring again and again
From this reading “"I can't," he repeated.”
United States writer (born in 1925)
From this reading “"I'm most awfully sorry, Miss Vidal, but I can't just now."”
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In this reading “"I'm most awfully sorry, Miss Vidal, but I can't just now."”
In this reading “Believe me, a great deal hangs upon it."”
In this reading “"Do believe I have a good reason--and don't direct any attention to me just now.”
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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 "Do believe I have a good reason--and don't direct any attention to me just now.
commonly used or practiced; usual
From this reading "You won't?" said Clare curtly, for she was not accustomed to be refused.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Do believe I have a good reason--and don't direct any attention to me just now.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading "Do believe I have a good reason--and don't direct any attention to me just now.
the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
From this reading "Do believe I have a good reason--and don't direct any attention to me just now.
used as intensifiers
From this reading "I'm most awfully sorry, Miss Vidal, but I can't just now."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "You won't?" said Clare curtly, for she was not accustomed to be refused.
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading "Do believe I have a good reason--and don't direct any attention to me just now.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "I'm most awfully sorry, Miss Vidal, but I can't just now."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I'm most awfully sorry, Miss Vidal, but I can't just now."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You won't?" said Clare curtly, for she was not accustomed to be refused.
in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
From this reading "You won't?" said Clare curtly, for she was not accustomed to be refused.
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
From this reading Believe me, a great deal hangs upon it."
command with authority
From this reading "Do believe I have a good reason--and don't direct any attention to me just now.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Do believe I have a good reason--and don't direct any attention to me just now.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Do believe I have a good reason--and don't direct any attention to me just now.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "You won't?" said Clare curtly, for she was not accustomed to be refused.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "Do believe I have a good reason--and don't direct any attention to me just now.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Believe me, a great deal hangs upon it."
plural of “hang” — a special way of doing something
From this reading Believe me, a great deal hangs upon it."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Do believe I have a good reason--and don't direct any attention to me just now.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "I can't," he repeated.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I'm most awfully sorry, Miss Vidal, but I can't just now."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I'm most awfully sorry, Miss Vidal, but I can't just now."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Believe me, a great deal hangs upon it."
and nothing more
From this reading "I'm most awfully sorry, Miss Vidal, but I can't just now."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Do believe I have a good reason--and don't direct any attention to me just now.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading "I'm most awfully sorry, Miss Vidal, but I can't just now."
used to form the superlative
From this reading "I'm most awfully sorry, Miss Vidal, but I can't just now."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "You won't?" said Clare curtly, for she was not accustomed to be refused.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "I'm most awfully sorry, Miss Vidal, but I can't just now."
a rational motive for a belief or action
From this reading "Do believe I have a good reason--and don't direct any attention to me just now.
past form of “refuse” — show unwillingness towards
From this reading "You won't?" said Clare curtly, for she was not accustomed to be refused.
recurring again and again
From this reading "I can't," he repeated.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "You won't?" said Clare curtly, for she was not accustomed to be refused.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "You won't?" said Clare curtly, for she was not accustomed to be refused.
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading "I'm most awfully sorry, Miss Vidal, but I can't just now."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "You won't?" said Clare curtly, for she was not accustomed to be refused.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Believe me, a great deal hangs upon it."
United States writer (born in 1925)
From this reading "I'm most awfully sorry, Miss Vidal, but I can't just now."
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "You won't?" said Clare curtly, for she was not accustomed to be refused.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You won't?" said Clare curtly, for she was not accustomed to be refused.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You won't?" said Clare curtly, for she was not accustomed to be refused.
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