Chapter 25 of North and South is here in full — 119 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 25 of North and South is here in full — 119 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MISCHANCES. “What! remain to be Denounced—dragged, it may be, in chains.” WERNER. All the next day they sate together—they three. Mr. Hale hardly ever spoke but when his children asked him questions, and forced him, as it were, into the present.
Chapter 25 of North and South is here in full — 119 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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metal shackles; for hands or legs
From this reading ““What! remain to be Denounced—dragged, it may be, in chains.””
past form of “denounce” — speak out against
From this reading ““What! remain to be Denounced—dragged, it may be, in chains.””
inflected form of “drag” — pull, as against a resistance
From this reading ““What! remain to be Denounced—dragged, it may be, in chains.””
produced by or subjected to forcing
From this reading “Mr. Hale hardly ever spoke but when his children asked him questions, and forced him, as it were, into the present.”
a soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British; his last words were supposed to have been `I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776)
From this reading “Mr. Hale hardly ever spoke but when his children asked him questions, and forced him, as it were, into the present.”
plural of “question” — an instance of questioning
From this reading “Mr. Hale hardly ever spoke but when his children asked him questions, and forced him, as it were, into the present.”
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading ““What! remain to be Denounced—dragged, it may be, in chains.””
fill to satisfaction
From this reading “All the next day they sate together—they three.”
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(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading All the next day they sate together—they three.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mr. Hale hardly ever spoke but when his children asked him questions, and forced him, as it were, into the present.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Mr. Hale hardly ever spoke but when his children asked him questions, and forced him, as it were, into the present.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading Mr. Hale hardly ever spoke but when his children asked him questions, and forced him, as it were, into the present.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “What! remain to be Denounced—dragged, it may be, in chains.”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Mr. Hale hardly ever spoke but when his children asked him questions, and forced him, as it were, into the present.
metal shackles; for hands or legs
From this reading “What! remain to be Denounced—dragged, it may be, in chains.”
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading Mr. Hale hardly ever spoke but when his children asked him questions, and forced him, as it were, into the present.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading All the next day they sate together—they three.
past form of “denounce” — speak out against
From this reading “What! remain to be Denounced—dragged, it may be, in chains.”
inflected form of “drag” — pull, as against a resistance
From this reading “What! remain to be Denounced—dragged, it may be, in chains.”
at any time
From this reading Mr. Hale hardly ever spoke but when his children asked him questions, and forced him, as it were, into the present.
produced by or subjected to forcing
From this reading Mr. Hale hardly ever spoke but when his children asked him questions, and forced him, as it were, into the present.
a soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British; his last words were supposed to have been `I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776)
From this reading Mr. Hale hardly ever spoke but when his children asked him questions, and forced him, as it were, into the present.
only a very short time before
From this reading Mr. Hale hardly ever spoke but when his children asked him questions, and forced him, as it were, into the present.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Mr. Hale hardly ever spoke but when his children asked him questions, and forced him, as it were, into the present.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Mr. Hale hardly ever spoke but when his children asked him questions, and forced him, as it were, into the present.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “What! remain to be Denounced—dragged, it may be, in chains.”
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Mr. Hale hardly ever spoke but when his children asked him questions, and forced him, as it were, into the present.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “What! remain to be Denounced—dragged, it may be, in chains.”
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “What! remain to be Denounced—dragged, it may be, in chains.”
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From this reading MISCHANCES.
a form of address for a man
From this reading Mr. Hale hardly ever spoke but when his children asked him questions, and forced him, as it were, into the present.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading All the next day they sate together—they three.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading Mr. Hale hardly ever spoke but when his children asked him questions, and forced him, as it were, into the present.
plural of “question” — an instance of questioning
From this reading Mr. Hale hardly ever spoke but when his children asked him questions, and forced him, as it were, into the present.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading “What! remain to be Denounced—dragged, it may be, in chains.”
fill to satisfaction
From this reading All the next day they sate together—they three.
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading Mr. Hale hardly ever spoke but when his children asked him questions, and forced him, as it were, into the present.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading All the next day they sate together—they three.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading All the next day they sate together—they three.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading All the next day they sate together—they three.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “What! remain to be Denounced—dragged, it may be, in chains.”
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading All the next day they sate together—they three.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Mr. Hale hardly ever spoke but when his children asked him questions, and forced him, as it were, into the present.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WERNER.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What! remain to be Denounced—dragged, it may be, in chains.”
at the time that
From this reading Mr. Hale hardly ever spoke but when his children asked him questions, and forced him, as it were, into the present.
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