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Chapter 18 of Israel Rank is here in full — 102 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
But I had to tell Sibella. I looked forward to this task with little relish. I had never seen her in a really bad temper, but I was certain that she could be violent. That was not all. She might break off our little affair, and my heart almost stopped beating as I thought of the possibility.
Chapter 18 of Israel Rank is here in full — 102 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “I had never seen her in a really bad temper, but I was certain that she could be violent.”
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “She might break off our little affair, and my heart almost stopped beating as I thought of the possibility.”
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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 I had never seen her in a really bad temper, but I was certain that she could be violent.
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From this reading She might break off our little affair, and my heart almost stopped beating as I thought of the possibility.
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From this reading That was not all.
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From this reading She might break off our little affair, and my heart almost stopped beating as I thought of the possibility.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She might break off our little affair, and my heart almost stopped beating as I thought of the possibility.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She might break off our little affair, and my heart almost stopped beating as I thought of the possibility.
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From this reading I had never seen her in a really bad temper, but I was certain that she could be violent.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I had never seen her in a really bad temper, but I was certain that she could be violent.
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From this reading She might break off our little affair, and my heart almost stopped beating as I thought of the possibility.
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From this reading She might break off our little affair, and my heart almost stopped beating as I thought of the possibility.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I had to tell Sibella.
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From this reading I had never seen her in a really bad temper, but I was certain that she could be violent.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I had never seen her in a really bad temper, but I was certain that she could be violent.
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From this reading I looked forward to this task with little relish.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading But I had to tell Sibella.
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From this reading She might break off our little affair, and my heart almost stopped beating as I thought of the possibility.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I had never seen her in a really bad temper, but I was certain that she could be violent.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading But I had to tell Sibella.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I had never seen her in a really bad temper, but I was certain that she could be violent.
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From this reading I looked forward to this task with little relish.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I looked forward to this task with little relish.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading She might break off our little affair, and my heart almost stopped beating as I thought of the possibility.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading She might break off our little affair, and my heart almost stopped beating as I thought of the possibility.
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From this reading I had never seen her in a really bad temper, but I was certain that she could be violent.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading That was not all.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She might break off our little affair, and my heart almost stopped beating as I thought of the possibility.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She might break off our little affair, and my heart almost stopped beating as I thought of the possibility.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading She might break off our little affair, and my heart almost stopped beating as I thought of the possibility.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She might break off our little affair, and my heart almost stopped beating as I thought of the possibility.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I had never seen her in a really bad temper, but I was certain that she could be violent.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I looked forward to this task with little relish.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I had never seen her in a really bad temper, but I was certain that she could be violent.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I had never seen her in a really bad temper, but I was certain that she could be violent.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But I had to tell Sibella.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She might break off our little affair, and my heart almost stopped beating as I thought of the possibility.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I looked forward to this task with little relish.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But I had to tell Sibella.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I had never seen her in a really bad temper, but I was certain that she could be violent.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I had never seen her in a really bad temper, but I was certain that she could be violent.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She might break off our little affair, and my heart almost stopped beating as I thought of the possibility.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I looked forward to this task with little relish.
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From this reading She might break off our little affair, and my heart almost stopped beating as I thought of the possibility.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But I had to tell Sibella.
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From this reading I had never seen her in a really bad temper, but I was certain that she could be violent.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I had never seen her in a really bad temper, but I was certain that she could be violent.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I looked forward to this task with little relish.
