Chapter 21 of Midnight is here in full — 208 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of Midnight is here in full — 208 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CARROLL DECIDES For a moment she was silent. It was patent that she was groping desperately for the correct thing to say. And finally she extended a pleading hand-- "Please--don't think that!" "What?" "That is was--was my husband.
Chapter 21 of Midnight is here in full — 208 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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English author; Charles Dodgson was an Oxford don of mathematics who is remembered for the children's stories he wrote under the pen name Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)
From this reading “CARROLL DECIDES For a moment she was silent.”
make right or correct
From this reading “It was patent that she was groping desperately for the correct thing to say.”
third-person singular of “decide” — reach, make, or come to a decision about something
From this reading “CARROLL DECIDES For a moment she was silent.”
with great urgency
From this reading “It was patent that she was groping desperately for the correct thing to say.”
relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
From this reading “And finally she extended a pleading hand-- "Please--don't think that!"”
acting with uncertainty or hesitance or lack of confidence
From this reading “It was patent that she was groping desperately for the correct thing to say.”
obtain a patent for
From this reading “It was patent that she was groping desperately for the correct thing to say.”
(law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding
From this reading “And finally she extended a pleading hand-- "Please--don't think that!"”
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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 CARROLL DECIDES For a moment she was silent.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And finally she extended a pleading hand-- "Please--don't think that!"
English author; Charles Dodgson was an Oxford don of mathematics who is remembered for the children's stories he wrote under the pen name Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)
From this reading CARROLL DECIDES For a moment she was silent.
make right or correct
From this reading It was patent that she was groping desperately for the correct thing to say.
third-person singular of “decide” — reach, make, or come to a decision about something
From this reading CARROLL DECIDES For a moment she was silent.
with great urgency
From this reading It was patent that she was groping desperately for the correct thing to say.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And finally she extended a pleading hand-- "Please--don't think that!"
relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
From this reading And finally she extended a pleading hand-- "Please--don't think that!"
after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay
From this reading And finally she extended a pleading hand-- "Please--don't think that!"
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading CARROLL DECIDES For a moment she was silent.
acting with uncertainty or hesitance or lack of confidence
From this reading It was patent that she was groping desperately for the correct thing to say.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading And finally she extended a pleading hand-- "Please--don't think that!"
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading "That is was--was my husband.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "That is was--was my husband.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was patent that she was groping desperately for the correct thing to say.
a particular point in time
From this reading CARROLL DECIDES For a moment she was silent.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "That is was--was my husband.
obtain a patent for
From this reading It was patent that she was groping desperately for the correct thing to say.
(law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding
From this reading And finally she extended a pleading hand-- "Please--don't think that!"
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading And finally she extended a pleading hand-- "Please--don't think that!"
express in words
From this reading It was patent that she was groping desperately for the correct thing to say.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading CARROLL DECIDES For a moment she was silent.
marked by absence of sound
From this reading CARROLL DECIDES For a moment she was silent.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was patent that she was groping desperately for the correct thing to say.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was patent that she was groping desperately for the correct thing to say.
a special situation
From this reading It was patent that she was groping desperately for the correct thing to say.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading And finally she extended a pleading hand-- "Please--don't think that!"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was patent that she was groping desperately for the correct thing to say.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading CARROLL DECIDES For a moment she was silent.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What?"
Chapter 21 of Midnight by Octavus Roy Cohen holds 208 sentences, grouped into 42 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 21 holds 208 sentences of Midnight, unabridged, divided into 42 reading sections.
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