Chapter 13 of Mehalah: A Story of the Salt Marshes is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of Mehalah: A Story of the Salt Marshes is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
’Elijah! I insist on your listening to me. I will not hear this.’ ’You will not? I do not care, you must.
Chapter 13 of Mehalah: A Story of the Salt Marshes is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading “I do not care, you must.”
a Hebrew prophet in the Old Testament who opposed the worship of idols; he was persecuted for rebuking Ahab and Jezebel (king and queen of Israel); he was taken up to heaven in a chariot of fire (circa 9th century BC)
From this reading “’Elijah!”
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading “I will not hear this.’”
be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
From this reading “I insist on your listening to me.”
the act of hearing attentively
From this reading “I insist on your listening to me.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “I do not care, you must.”
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In this reading “I insist on your listening to me.”
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the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading I do not care, you must.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I do not care, you must.
a Hebrew prophet in the Old Testament who opposed the worship of idols; he was persecuted for rebuking Ahab and Jezebel (king and queen of Israel); he was taken up to heaven in a chariot of fire (circa 9th century BC)
From this reading ’Elijah!
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading I will not hear this.’
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I insist on your listening to me.
be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
From this reading I insist on your listening to me.
the act of hearing attentively
From this reading I insist on your listening to me.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I insist on your listening to me.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading I do not care, you must.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I will not hear this.’
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I insist on your listening to me.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I will not hear this.’
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I insist on your listening to me.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading I will not hear this.’
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ’You will not?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I insist on your listening to me.
Chapter 13 of Mehalah: A Story of the Salt Marshes by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould holds 405 sentences, grouped into 81 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.
Chapter 13 holds 405 sentences of Mehalah: A Story of the Salt Marshes, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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