Chapter 12 of Lady Sybil's Choice: A Tale of the Crusades is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Lady Sybil's Choice: A Tale of the Crusades is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Damoiselle!" I turned just enough to let her see my face. "Is Satan tempting my Damoiselle very hard just now?" What made her ask that question? "No, Margot," I said, sitting up, and pushing the hair off my forehead.
Chapter 12 of Lady Sybil's Choice: A Tale of the Crusades is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “What made her ask that question?”
the part of the face above the eyes
From this reading “"No, Margot," I said, sitting up, and pushing the hair off my forehead.”
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading “"No, Margot," I said, sitting up, and pushing the hair off my forehead.”
the act of applying force in order to move something away
From this reading “"No, Margot," I said, sitting up, and pushing the hair off my forehead.”
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading “What made her ask that question?”
(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
From this reading “"Is Satan tempting my Damoiselle very hard just now?"”
(photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)
From this reading “"No, Margot," I said, sitting up, and pushing the hair off my forehead.”
highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire
From this reading “"Is Satan tempting my Damoiselle very hard just now?"”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "No, Margot," I said, sitting up, and pushing the hair off my forehead.
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading What made her ask that question?
a young unmarried woman
From this reading "Damoiselle!"
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading I turned just enough to let her see my face.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading I turned just enough to let her see my face.
the part of the face above the eyes
From this reading "No, Margot," I said, sitting up, and pushing the hair off my forehead.
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading "No, Margot," I said, sitting up, and pushing the hair off my forehead.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading "Is Satan tempting my Damoiselle very hard just now?"
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I turned just enough to let her see my face.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I turned just enough to let her see my face.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Is Satan tempting my Damoiselle very hard just now?"
and nothing more
From this reading I turned just enough to let her see my face.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading I turned just enough to let her see my face.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading What made her ask that question?
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From this reading "No, Margot," I said, sitting up, and pushing the hair off my forehead.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I turned just enough to let her see my face.
not any; not one
From this reading "No, Margot," I said, sitting up, and pushing the hair off my forehead.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "Is Satan tempting my Damoiselle very hard just now?"
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "No, Margot," I said, sitting up, and pushing the hair off my forehead.
the act of applying force in order to move something away
From this reading "No, Margot," I said, sitting up, and pushing the hair off my forehead.
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading What made her ask that question?
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "No, Margot," I said, sitting up, and pushing the hair off my forehead.
(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
From this reading "Is Satan tempting my Damoiselle very hard just now?"
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading I turned just enough to let her see my face.
(photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)
From this reading "No, Margot," I said, sitting up, and pushing the hair off my forehead.
highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire
From this reading "Is Satan tempting my Damoiselle very hard just now?"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading What made her ask that question?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "No, Margot," I said, sitting up, and pushing the hair off my forehead.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I turned just enough to let her see my face.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading I turned just enough to let her see my face.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "No, Margot," I said, sitting up, and pushing the hair off my forehead.
precisely as stated
From this reading "Is Satan tempting my Damoiselle very hard just now?"
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What made her ask that question?
Chapter 12 of Lady Sybil's Choice: A Tale of the Crusades by Emily Sarah Holt holds 417 sentences, grouped into 84 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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