Chapter 5 of Off duty is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Off duty is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“You!” he began, low-voiced, ominous. “You!” He raised a great fist high. “You two murderers! You didn’t consider me, twenty years ago.
Chapter 5 of Off duty is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 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.
in the past
From this reading “You didn’t consider me, twenty years ago.”
deem to be
From this reading “You didn’t consider me, twenty years ago.”
a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting)
From this reading “He raised a great fist high.”
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading “He raised a great fist high.”
plural of “murderer” — a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
From this reading ““You two murderers!”
threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
From this reading ““You!” he began, low-voiced, ominous.”
located or moved above the surround or above the normal position
From this reading “He raised a great fist high.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading “You didn’t consider me, twenty years ago.”
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In this reading “You didn’t consider me, twenty years ago.”
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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 He raised a great fist high.
in the past
From this reading You didn’t consider me, twenty years ago.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading “You!” he began, low-voiced, ominous.
deem to be
From this reading You didn’t consider me, twenty years ago.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You didn’t consider me, twenty years ago.
a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting)
From this reading He raised a great fist high.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading He raised a great fist high.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “You!” he began, low-voiced, ominous.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading He raised a great fist high.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You!” he began, low-voiced, ominous.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You didn’t consider me, twenty years ago.
plural of “murderer” — a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
From this reading “You two murderers!
threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
From this reading “You!” he began, low-voiced, ominous.
located or moved above the surround or above the normal position
From this reading He raised a great fist high.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading You didn’t consider me, twenty years ago.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading “You two murderers!
a late time of life
From this reading You didn’t consider me, twenty years ago.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You!” he began, low-voiced, ominous.
Chapter 5 of Off duty by Wilhelmina [Compiler] Harper holds 408 sentences, grouped into 82 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 5 holds 408 sentences of Off duty, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of Off duty by Wilhelmina [Compiler] Harper exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 408 sentences, grouped into 82 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 82 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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