Chapter 29 of Old Crow is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 29 of Old Crow is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"No. I won't do it. You can't make me." Was this the way to speak to Anne, to whom all the reticences and delicacies of life were native air? But she was not Anne now so much as the enemy of sane conduct here in this world and of his struggling will. "D'you speak?" called Tenney from the next room.
Chapter 29 of Old Crow is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
From this reading “Was this the way to speak to Anne, to whom all the reticences and delicacies of life were native air?”
direct the course of; manage or control
From this reading “But she was not Anne now so much as the enemy of sane conduct here in this world and of his struggling will.”
plural of “delicacy” — the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance
From this reading “Was this the way to speak to Anne, to whom all the reticences and delicacies of life were native air?”
an opposing military force
From this reading “But she was not Anne now so much as the enemy of sane conduct here in this world and of his struggling will.”
characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
From this reading “Was this the way to speak to Anne, to whom all the reticences and delicacies of life were native air?”
mentally healthy; free from mental disorder
From this reading “But she was not Anne now so much as the enemy of sane conduct here in this world and of his struggling will.”
express in speech
From this reading “Was this the way to speak to Anne, to whom all the reticences and delicacies of life were native air?”
engaged in a struggle to overcome especially poverty or obscurity
From this reading “But she was not Anne now so much as the enemy of sane conduct here in this world and of his struggling will.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “"D'you speak?" called Tenney from the next room.”
In this reading “Was this the way to speak to Anne, to whom all the reticences and delicacies of life were native air?”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading Was this the way to speak to Anne, to whom all the reticences and delicacies of life were native air?
(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 Was this the way to speak to Anne, to whom all the reticences and delicacies of life were native air?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Was this the way to speak to Anne, to whom all the reticences and delicacies of life were native air?
Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
From this reading Was this the way to speak to Anne, to whom all the reticences and delicacies of life were native air?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But she was not Anne now so much as the enemy of sane conduct here in this world and of his struggling will.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But she was not Anne now so much as the enemy of sane conduct here in this world and of his struggling will.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading "D'you speak?" called Tenney from the next room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You can't make me."
direct the course of; manage or control
From this reading But she was not Anne now so much as the enemy of sane conduct here in this world and of his struggling will.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "D'you speak?" called Tenney from the next room.
plural of “delicacy” — the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance
From this reading Was this the way to speak to Anne, to whom all the reticences and delicacies of life were native air?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "No. I won't do it.
an opposing military force
From this reading But she was not Anne now so much as the enemy of sane conduct here in this world and of his struggling will.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "D'you speak?" called Tenney from the next room.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading But she was not Anne now so much as the enemy of sane conduct here in this world and of his struggling will.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading But she was not Anne now so much as the enemy of sane conduct here in this world and of his struggling will.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "No. I won't do it.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But she was not Anne now so much as the enemy of sane conduct here in this world and of his struggling will.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "No. I won't do it.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Was this the way to speak to Anne, to whom all the reticences and delicacies of life were native air?
engage in
From this reading You can't make me."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You can't make me."
to a great degree or extent
From this reading But she was not Anne now so much as the enemy of sane conduct here in this world and of his struggling will.
characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
From this reading Was this the way to speak to Anne, to whom all the reticences and delicacies of life were native air?
immediately following in time or order
From this reading "D'you speak?" called Tenney from the next room.
not any; not one
From this reading "No. I won't do it.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But she was not Anne now so much as the enemy of sane conduct here in this world and of his struggling will.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading But she was not Anne now so much as the enemy of sane conduct here in this world and of his struggling will.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Was this the way to speak to Anne, to whom all the reticences and delicacies of life were native air?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Was this the way to speak to Anne, to whom all the reticences and delicacies of life were native air?
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading "D'you speak?" called Tenney from the next room.
mentally healthy; free from mental disorder
From this reading But she was not Anne now so much as the enemy of sane conduct here in this world and of his struggling will.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But she was not Anne now so much as the enemy of sane conduct here in this world and of his struggling will.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading But she was not Anne now so much as the enemy of sane conduct here in this world and of his struggling will.
express in speech
From this reading Was this the way to speak to Anne, to whom all the reticences and delicacies of life were native air?
engaged in a struggle to overcome especially poverty or obscurity
From this reading But she was not Anne now so much as the enemy of sane conduct here in this world and of his struggling will.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "D'you speak?" called Tenney from the next room.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Was this the way to speak to Anne, to whom all the reticences and delicacies of life were native air?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Was this the way to speak to Anne, to whom all the reticences and delicacies of life were native air?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Was this the way to speak to Anne, to whom all the reticences and delicacies of life were native air?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Was this the way to speak to Anne, to whom all the reticences and delicacies of life were native air?
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Was this the way to speak to Anne, to whom all the reticences and delicacies of life were native air?
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Was this the way to speak to Anne, to whom all the reticences and delicacies of life were native air?
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Was this the way to speak to Anne, to whom all the reticences and delicacies of life were native air?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading But she was not Anne now so much as the enemy of sane conduct here in this world and of his struggling will.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "No. I won't do it.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading But she was not Anne now so much as the enemy of sane conduct here in this world and of his struggling will.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You can't make me."
Chapter 29 of Old Crow by Alice Brown holds 397 sentences, grouped into 80 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 29 holds 397 sentences of Old Crow, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
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